The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-26


promised the people OF Idaho when
They said the republicans, Ii elected,
world enact adequate laws 20 ieal
with the Mormtns Judge Richards
acted in good faith, lie introduced
carefully drawn and considered bin
providing change ai venue law.
But the Moripons and the republi-
cans thrnttied the n neasure. passing
an administrators biH, which del
egatea the power of obtaining
change of venue unls 20 county
attorney. And il was understood a,
the time that no attorney In the
southeast would ever seek TO disconi
iii a polggsmist. Judge Richards,
@ho represents the best tyre Of Ida
ho citizenship, 1t might tie said en-
rassani, is noa trying 10 remove thai
saint1y jndge Of The fifth judicial
district, Alfred Badee
Mormon ingenuity was taxed ever
less ~hen confronted wfth The prob
lem OF providing board t. gather
vital statistics. II was only neces
sary TO suggest Df, Hyne, OF Rex.
burg, as chairman, and Gov. Franz
q. Goooine saw 10 II that the thought
was deemed wise. Dr. HYDE Is said
10 be ue~ poiypanist. III he has
OF late become satber, the state oi
Idaho Is more the wiser, and II Is
asiniae 20 suggest that the aocsor
will put down black mark aeains,
the cognomen Of ans member Of the
church OF Jesus Christ OF Lattet-aas
Saints.
OF What good, then, Is the state
board of health 10 those who are
making an honest effort 10 eradicate
the monster, poiygamy$ There have
been more than $500 polysamoas
marriages since the manifesto. This
is the statement OF Mormon, mem
hers of whose family have become
new p0iyganists stree 1890 The
marriages in Idaho number hundreds.
but Tie issue of these relations vii
never De known untii the sauve an0
psoUs Dr. Hyde Is once more Ell.
scCued within the confines o; one OF
his homes.
II scarcely is necessary 10 discus.
whether the constitutional test oath
Is self-cyccutiug. II is. United
States Senator " n. lIeybun at
Boise in lae6. said the constitution
was higher than any statue II the
Mormoas came within the provision.
he said, they were dislranehised. aud
no legislation was needed 90 place
tie test cath In effect IL Is an ac
cepted proposition OF law that all 1
prohibitory clauses ot an organic act
are Seif-executine. The supreme
court Of Idaho has held that certain 4
parts ot the constitution II the state
are selt.etecutlng aud the ATTORNEYS
Tor the defense OF Alfred Bulge urge
that the test oatn can he exercised
without legislation.
In regular state Il would i've an
easy matter TO dlstanchise the Nor.
Mons 10y challenging them on the
test oath, because they
Ire uuquestionahls within the pro.
vision.
But in Idaho thuse who challenge
Mormons are thrown into Jail nndes
she instructions Of the governor nf
he state, who says, IN effect, ITO
hell With the constitution - over
he signature II James H. brady,
chairman of the republican state cen.
iral committee, ia a communication
lated Boise. October n. iaoa. the
attention of election Judges was cal.
ed To wnat was termed "au organ.
zed attempt 'aF % prevent tbcus.
lnds OF citizens WHO are duly quail.
led aud registered voters FROM cast.
ng their ballots The Judges were
informed that the county clerk would
furnish them With the election laws.
heir only guide In the performance
II their duties
"Tbe electors OATH" wrvte
Brady. prescribed by the statute.
and which Is ihe only oath that you
,an administer. Is found on page II
'f toe election laws, and Is n follows
DO swear lor aiifml that am
:itizen OF the United states. of the
iRe of q years. ~ will be tlse----day
II, A. u. tao inaaips the dsy
Df the succeeding electicn); that /
have or sili bayel actually resided
10 this state for sir months and Ia
Lhis county for thirty days Bext pre-
'edine the Dext ensuing election
hat ! have never been convicted OF 1
treason. felony, eDbezzlemeni Of
DIblie funds, ,bsrtefiBg or selling or
lGering 70 hsftef or stil my vo,e. ~
purchasing or Offering TO pufehase
the vote Of another. or other lnfa.
mons er ne witbout thereafter heinq
restored % the rights Of citizenship;
that siil not eomait any act In
OF the provisions II this
bath contained; hat ! am not nov