The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-25
Not a Time for Cold Feet.

1tar II tail to the force OF the Lewiston Ir1b
unes contention that the failure of the national dem
ocratic convention to reaffirm the polygamy and
church interference plank of four years ago is
body blow to the anti Mormon democracy of Idaho
1t was good doctrine four years ago. and is equally
good doctrine today The fact that the democracy of
Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon and Cal
fornia cater to the Mormon voters of those states
and were therefore averse having the old plank
affirmed is reason why the democracy of Idaho
should surrender its self-respect and become
gained annex of the Mormon hierarchy. Not on
your life If there is despicable political
ganization in the United States than the democracy
of Utah [ have never heard read of it. 1t has
so catered to the Mormon church and is so sub
servient the hierarchy that all decent se-respect
ing democrats have long since abandoned it and gone
bodily to the American party. In spite of its hu
initiating record as the subservent tool of the Nor
priesthood there is not democratic state
county official in all the state of Utah and mighty
few in Wyoming The fact is that the republican adj
ministraton bought and paid for all the electoral
votes controlled by the Mormon church as a condi-
ton for seating Senator Smoot
The press dispatches announce that the polygamy
plank of four years ago left open by vote of
20 to IS, with six absentees. The so-caed Dubois
delegates seated by the convention, and the
boilers who seeded from the Twin Falls convention
were ANONYMOUSLY rejected 1t has been known for
some time that many of the delegates who bo1ted
the Twin Falls convention deeply sensible of the
humiliation into which they led by the designing
myrndons of the Mormon church who have for so
many months maintained organized effort to ntinl-
idate the democracy of Idaho and deliver it bod
lily to the hierarchy. George Erb does not stand
alone in the Nez Perez delegation. E1more, Boise
and Owyhee also had delegates who refused to follow
The tOft he Twin Toll
vention
What Mormon domination does for political par
ty is clearly apparent in the republican organization
in Idaho. During the last legislative session 10 re-
pubcans bolted their party organization and affiliated
with the unterrihed democracy because of Nor
mon domination. 1t has come to condition in the
republican party of Idaho that decent selfrespect
ing republican citizen dares to aspire for nominal
ton for state office the republican state ticket
without first getting the consent of the Boise
chine and its directors of the Salt Lake priesthood
The republican party in all the Mormon counties
is in revolt against this un-American church dicta
ton and church interference And yet there al
legged democrats who would place the democracy of
Idaho in the same humiliating condition. say al
legged democrats because they have supported the
democratic ticket for several years. and of them,
directly and indirectly depend upon the election of
Taft to save themselves and their friends from the
penitentiary
But let us look at the official election figures for
the past four campaigns and learn results:
In 1900 Hunt, democrat, polled 28,628 votes and
was elected over Standrod
In 1902 Hunt was renominated Frank Martin and
the Steunenberg push fighting him all through the
and he poled 26,O21 but defeated by
the boilers.
In 1904, the year of the Roosevelt campaign when
democrats were jumping each other to vote for
II o,,+iM Nor for