The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-02
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

democrats OF that county OF some CONFUSION by plaC-
ing the organization of the party in the hands OF
Americans" who at the last election were deceived
into being called democrats" They took the livery
of the Lord to leave the devil in" These real Amer
leans, who true democrats took the first opportun
ity to turn the party over to the true democrats,
who the real Americans.
We assert as a positive fact that the resolutions
above voice the sentiments of every Gentle democrat
in Bingham county. We open the columns of the
Scinitar for any Gentle democrat of Bingham
county to refute this over his signature We assert
that there is power of political commercial in
1uence sufficiently strong to the signatures of
two hundred Gentle republicans to a statement that
these resolutions do not plainly set forth the cond-
tons in Bingham county.
When it is considered that some four thousand
votes cast in Bingham county at the last cleo
ton, and that about one-haf of those votes we're
cast by Gentiles that is to say that two thousand
Gentle votes were cast by American citizens, and
when you take into consideration at the same time
how easy will be to render absurd the contention of
the Scimtar and what it is insisting on it will dawn
on the citizenship of Idaho what the above challenge
means
AS stated in the above resolutions the domination
of this poygamous organization (called church) in
our politics has become into1erab1e.
Our columns open for Gentle republicans
or democrats and the Scimitar will abandon its con-
ention against the absolute dictation of the Mormons
in politics if any Mormon power induce two hun
dred Americans of both parties to sign a statement,
that the Mormon church does not absolutely control
the politics of Bingham county
We could easily extend this challenge to all the
south eastern countless The southeastern counties
control the republican party. The republican party
with the Mormon vote controls the state
There are not one hundred American citizens, Cen
tiles non-Mormons in Bingham county who belong to
the republican party who favor Mr.. Brady for COVER
nor or who will vote for him, if the democrats pre-
sent a pronounced anti Mormon candidate in op
position.
In Idaho Falls and Blackfoot the Gentle republi
cans outnumber the Mormons and these very large
precincts attempted to send representative set OF
delegates to the republican county convention. When
in conventon president of the stake Mr.. Steele took
CHARGE voted resolutions for Brady for governor and
adjourned Inasmuch as all Mormons repub-
cans and nasmuch as Mormons democrats,
and nasmuch as fully one-haf of Bingham county
are not Mormons it is pretty guess that the
Mormon republicans will not carry Bingham county,
under the leadership of Mr. Brady at least by much
of majority.
There are some sef-respecting republicans in south
eastern Idaho who have been 10th to admit conditions
as they exist.
We offer another challenge that you cannot two
hundred Gentiles, democrats and republicans) in
BannocL county, or Fremont, or Oneida Bear
Lake or Cassia, who will sign statement that the
Mormon church does not absolutely dictate to its fol-
lowers how they shall vote
When the splendid citizenship of this state consi-
ders that the Mormons control the republican party,
and through their vote and the Brady-French-
Gooding machine responsible for this
condition, we surmise there will be demand that