The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
The Victory at Wallace.


few who do not recognize in the result pronounced
victory for the defenders of the home.
The democrats of Idaho were again able to prevail
over the banded law assassns of the priesthood of
.Mormondom securing the greatest victory that has
ever been scored against the usurping hierarchy
They were not able of course, to prevent the hire
lings of an oath bound compact from refusing to
cept the conclusions of the majority, for they would
surrender the whole of their unhoy cause should
they admit that the representative voice of the state
was against them.
So they flung political traditions to the winds, VIC
lated all the ethics of the convention forum and cap
ped the climax of their absurditie in eevating Jew
to the position of factional representative of the
church of Jesus Christ
Though it has succeeded not at all thus far in the
conflict, it is still the intention of the Mormon
ganizaton to destroy the democratic party of Idaho
Beaten, disintegrated demorazed, it is not able to
face the victorious army of the right
But it can still stragge along the mountain sides
and from the protection of c1efts and chasms, dis
lodge stones and roll them down upon the advancing
column This species of guerilla warfare will be
tnued, though unavailingly, long supplies from
the tithing houses forthcoming. Men can be
found for any dirty job, for a consideration.
1t is entirely appropriate that the recognized rep
resentative of these political outlaws should be
who has boosted in public speech within the
past half-year that he only pretending to be
democrat in 1896 and in 1900 and that he fooling
the party in his hypocritica1 support of Mr.. Bryan
during those two campaigns.
Since then, he has said he had been out of poll
tics. Now that he is in politics again, he is once
more pretending to support the whom he says
he betrayed in 1896 and 1900 This is the first OPP
portunity he has had to repeat his treachery, for
ID
But Mr.. Alexander is as good as the men who
have selected him as their leader. They knew that
he was wolf in sleeps clothing in 1896 and in 1900
and, knowing it, they using him again to
mate the cause the Mormon church is under con-
tract to Destroy
For months, even years. the shibboleth of the
church faction has been, clown with Dubois" and
there question that they have in this declaration,
represented the wish, hope and intention of the
twenty-six at Salt Lake
Mr. Dubois declined to accept any recognition at
the hands of the Wallace convention beyond the sup
port of the principle for which he has contended since
he found that he had been deceived by the hierarchy
in its pretense of moral and political REFORM and the
last visible issue of the boilers has been destroyed
They have nothing upon which to base their
assaults on the democratic party but the hostility
of the Mormon church to the party, engendered by
the determination of the party to destroy polygamy
and force the church out of politics.
Having drawn the fangs from the republican party,
through dsreputabe bargaining with the party
ganzation, the hierarchy could fully safeguard the
future of its organization by extending its control
the democratic party. 1t offered all it had to
offer in the way of compensation to leaders, for it
always prefers the medium of purchase to the pub
city of open conflict and, failing in its bribery
lures it compelled to accept the gage of battle
The campaigns of 1908 have been disastrous to the