Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-04-23


should not be disturbed il the pro-
misses of the manifesto were adher-
ed to.
Because; About 1900, Brigham
Roberts, Congressman from
Utah, was expelled from Congress,
for the reason that he was Q poly.
gamist. The investigation, was Of
National interest; the Press herald
ed it throughout the Union; Con-
gress was delnged with petitions
for his expulsion; che women Of
the Nation demanded his removal;
Senator Dubois was then Q United
States Senator and, utterly failed,
under the stress of this tremendous
agitation, to discern the menace Of
polygamy.
Because; In the proceeding to ex-
pei Reed Smoot, Senator from Utah,
had by the Senate of the United
States in 1866, not more than
fifteen on twenty cases Of polyga-
my, since the manifesto were shown
in the whole Mormon church, in
Utah, Idaho and elsewhere; q
period Of fifteen years.
Because; In 1904, when Senator
Dubois, conceived and brought
forth his Mormon issue, he stated
in the State convention and In the
campaign Of that year; that we
would get the young Mormon votes,
that they were in hearty accord
with him, and were bidding him
"God Speed" in his fight.
Because; In 1906, after the
young Mormons had voted the re.
publican ticket; The Senator said
we did not want q Mormon vote,
male or female, polygamist or mon
ogamist; and that we would dis
franchise the whole denomination,
those who had babe him "God
speed" and those who hadn't.
Because; If Senator Dubois was
sincere and in 1904 the young
Mormons we're worthy OF the priv.
lege of citizenship: the right to
vote, they were, in principle, equal.
ly worthy in 1906;
The fact that they voted against
Senator Dubois, is not yet legal
reason for their disfranchisement;
but when the time comes that the
Senator can control the whole PEG.
pie, as he has controlled three DO.
litical parties, it may be adopted
as an amendment to the Constitu.
ton.
Because; Under the constitution
of the United States, and OF the
state of Idaho and with the Test
Oath in the Statutes of the state,
we believe Senator Dubois knows
he cannot disfranchise q Mormon,
unless he is q polygamist (and a
polygamist should be disfranchis.
ed. During the last campaign, the
names of about twenty polygamist
we're found and as we remember
most of them, if not all, were cases
where polygamous marriages were
contracted before the manifesto.
Because; We are confronted with
che coincidence, that polygamy did
not appear as danger or an issue
until his term Of Office was nearing
its close, the demoerA.::-- ;....isy was
If TIE minority and the Mormons
were voting the republican ticket,
though he lived in a Mormon coun-
ty and among a Mormon people.
We believe he has traduced the
citizenship of Idaho.
Because; As a resident of Idaho,
with the prestige of q Senator and
ex-senator Of the United States; he
has proclaimed in Congress, on the
lecture platform in other states,
on the hustings in Idaho, and in
his Scimitar, that Idaho was q
polygamOus state and that poly
gamy threatened its homes and
jeopardized the sanctity of it's fire.
sides.
We believe he is no democrat.
Because; He left the republican
party, the party of his young man.
hood and maturer age, on the sill
yer issue. The silver issue is now
in the archives Of the past, the
cause of his departing from the
faith of his fathers is removed and
in 1906, he publicly stated in
Grangeville, that there was no diff
ference between a democrat and a
republican, except the Mormon is.
sue. We may note that when he
eft the republican party, it wac in
hopeless minority.
We believe him intolerant of |
hose who oppose him;
Because; He designates them
lack Mormons, says they are sup
piled with Mormon money that |
hey are allies of the Indians who |
back among the years, were allies
)f the Mormons, who massacred
The Gentiles and have come down
10 the present, through q long
inc of degenerate ancestry, read
IN editorial in the Scimitar of
March 7th, 1908, "Tories OF the
and see there intolerance