Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-12
THE IDAHO CASE.

Alfred Bulge. OF lH' N ''"
trict has been carried 90 the snprem
,ourt of the state. The appeal was NE.
pee when Che case win come ui
for hearing has not been announced. ou
tho probability is that date VIII Do.
nXed for the near future
The outcome of tho c0se win De
watched with intense interest. not onll
BY the people of the Gem state. but
throughout the entire country. An ulu'
mate decision against the defendant
would mean more than might seem 90
be involved bob the controversy. 10
would mean that in idaho no Mormon
would Doe permitted 20 hold office. or
even To vote.
Judge Bulge is ID man Of uuimpcach-
able character For thirteen years DE
has been before the glze of the people
OF southeastern Idaho in official capa-
cities. and his worst enemy has not
been able 60 pick "a flaw in his charac-
ter And speaking of enemies. Judge
Bulge has none. excepting among rabid
anti "AIormous" for only because of his
religion IS he made the victim OF ar
rogaucc and spleen. -Four years DE was
attorney of Bear Lake county Of which
his home town. Paris. is the seat So
satisfactorily aid he nll the position that
De was chosen district attorney serving
for another four years IN "a manner no
less an honor 90 himself than his con-
sttuents Ia the hrst of these CANE
paigus he olectioneered throughout
South eastern Idaho I'm company with
the man who is now the arch mover tn
the dcspicable attempt TO rob him OF the
right. and privileges of American ciu-
zouship-Frcd r. Dubois When Mr.
Nudge Was elected district attorney, this
same Dubois sent him "a telegram OF
cunRratulatiou. AT the close of thu dis
trlct attorLeyship came the election of
Mr.. Bulge 90 the iudgeship of the Filth
district. comprising the counties of Bear
Lake Bannock and Oneida. That was
five years ago. and four years later no
was rejected. without opposition and
this because his record ON the bench
had been beyond adverse criticism.
Scarcely had Judge Budge assumed
the duties OF his second term before
a movement was set on foot 90 deprive
hin IT his seat. What was his offensef
The Constitution of Iduho. as we uu-
derstand a. cmbodics provision 90
the effect that no person belonging 70 or
contributor means % q religious or
ganizHGon that teaches polysamous,
patiiatchal. plural or celestial mar
riace." shall have tho right TO vote or
hold office 70 the state Ina the minds
81 the namers OF the Constitution the
four words were strictly synonymous In
meaning. and the inhibition was de-
signed 20 break up the practice OF po-
lygamy The members OF the Constitu-
tional Convention were not cognizant OK
the fact that a marriage might be celes-
tial and az the same time have none OF
the elements of plurality connected with
IL. The opinion that the word celestial
was synonymous with the word polyEu-
nous for a time suited the purposes of
the and- "Morm0us' OF Idaho. Then
came the issuance of the Manifesto Of
President WHford Woodruff. prohibit
ms the contamination OF any further
pulygamous or plural marriages. The
proclamation made no mention OF coles-
tiai marriage. as 90 was Wen understood
by Church members that the words had
a meaning apart from polygamy.
The attitude of the Idaho agitat0rs
has changed. and they now maintain
that the word celestial means celestial
ana rothing else and that although the