The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-03-21
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

given for them to pass away but that the law woul
be stringenty enforced against any polygamouS mar
riage which might be contracted in the future
In this speech you refer especially to the prom
ise' which you said you, with others, were justle
in making.
The testimony which I gave refers exactly to tina
agreement and does not refer to either politica
party at time later than 1890 You are as I'm
reasonable in handling this quotation in my testi
mony as the man who attempted to justify stealing
by the Biblical words LET him that stole steal omit
ting the words mo more" You have indeed quoted
my exact language but you have taken it away
from everything it refers to, you must know fully
for you were present and heard my testimony.
In more recent editorial, in speaking of me-
you say:
He (Mr. French) is an enthusiastic 1.-THE pro-
moter. Whenever he can fling a fat postofice into
the sanity lap he does not hesitate bungle Some
one who read his title clear. to polygamous
brotherhood gets the job
Replying to this statement, which is the gst of
your EDITORIAL desire to say that your statement
has no foundation whatever in fact You have made
this statement doubtless with the idea of discrediting
me in the sections of the State where they are no
Mormon people. You should know, if you do not
know already, that I have never recommended any
body for appointment to any position because he
that is concerned of any other church I have
never made inquiry as to the religious conviction
of any applicant for any appointment I do not hest
tate to say, however, that at no time in the past
have | refused to recommend an applicant for ap-
pointment to any position upon the ground that he
was member of the Mormon or any other church.
and frankly I shall follow the same course in the
future, because I believe it is absolutely right
Tn 7 co1
remarks you made on February 49, 1908, in the
Senate of the United States (Appendix Cong Rec
57th Cong. End Session, page 1917:
AS one of the representatives of State where
the Mormons are one-fourth of the people, [ ion
with the Senator from Utah. who is in part rep
resentat1ve OF State where three fourths are Nor
mons, in saying that there is no polvgamv that is
new polygamy IN those parts of the country I
doubt II the gentlemen the other side are sincere
n clubbing over this proposition.
believe you were right then and I commend your
words OF that day to your present consideration.
Very truly yours,
Burton L. French
The above letter from Congressman French is
rinted exactly as it was received We will be Glad
D print other replies of the Congressman for he
the representative of Idaho in the popular branch
Congress.
A speech which delivered in the Senate ON
ebruary 5, 1908, by Senator Dubois is made to do
ervlce again, or rather some portions of it. The
beech proves nothing, in the light of subsequent
vents, except that Senator Dubois was mistaken
eceived and betrayed by the Mormon leaders. He
,cepted the manifesto of President Woodruff and
e pleas for amnesty signed by the authorities of
e church, and the ratification of the manifesto bv
e Mormon people themselves in two sem-annua1
nferences, as being sincere The entire church
every conceivable way, had pledged that there
ould be no more new polygamy, no more living
the poygamous relation by the older polvgamists
ter 1890, the date of the issuance of the manifesto