The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-25
Idaho in the Convention.

record the vote on the anti Mormon resolution in
the Denver convention, and some of the facts anc
circumstances surrounding it. The seating of the
regular Idaho delegation entered into the considera
ton of the resolution
The subcommittee of the national democratic com
mittee reported unanimously in favor of the regular
democratic delegation and the national democratic
committee unanimously endorsed the report of the
subcommittee. The boilers then went before the
credentials committee.
At time did the boilers claim that they should
be seated in the place of the regular delegation.
They begged in behalf of harmony and for the good
of the party and in the interests of Mr. Bryan, that
they should be given representation, and the most
they asked that the votes in the convention
should be divided equally between them and the
regular democrats The regular democrats insisted
that their entire delegation should be seated and
that the national convention should put its seal of
disapproval the bolters and recognize the plain
fact that they boilers and not entitled
to any recognition whatever. The credentials com
mtee decided and the national convention
a last and final arbiter unanimously seated the
tire regular Idaho delegation
1t is significant and very encouraging that our
neighboring states of Montana Nebraska, Wyoming,
Washington and California voted with the Idaho
delegation. The Wyoming delegation had a meeting
the various committees. The Mormon question
came up and debated by the delegates with the
result that the Wyoming delegation decided to take
firm stand on the Mormon question: and selected
a member of the credentials committee and of the
resolutions committee to stand with the Idaho dele
CATION The Mormons have become numerous
i'll Wyoming that the question in that state has be-
come acute, and the democracy of Wyoming intends
TO make the same fight which the democracy of
Idaho is making The national committeeman from
Wyoming Governor Osborne, is sympathizer
with the Mormons and occupies the same position
with respect to the democrats of his state that
Messrs, Nugent, Perky and the democratic boilers
of Idaho do to the regular democracy of Idaho.
After the regular democrats seated, the plea
was then made on behalf of the Mormons, that this
Mormon question be left to the various states for
them to decide what action they would take in
their state conventions 1t urged that the
seating of the regular Idaho delegation by the ma
tional convention put the seal of approval of the ma
tonal convention and the national democracy the
contest which the Idaho democrats were making to
uphold the constitution of their state, and that the
regular Idaho democrats should be content with this
md should go back and make their fight locally in
IDAHO
Judge King, of Utah. Mormon and member
If the resolutions committee gave the impression
hat if any plank denouncing polygamy was put in
he national platform, it would destroy any chance
# Mr.. Bryan carrying the state and that it would
lienate great many democratic Mormon votes in
IDAHO. Judge King claimed that he represented
he democracy of Utah, that nearly all the democrats
f Utah Mormons
Senator Dubois was asked that if the polygamy
lank in the platform he would guarantee Idaho
} Bryan He declined to make the promise He
ave it as his judgment that with the plank in
ut the Mormons would vote for Mr. Taft, and that
would not change any Mormon votes to speak Of