The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-12
REFUSE TO OBEY ALL
HUMAN and DIVINE LAW s!
COL A. Parker Of lngevl|e Gives The Recorder Some 1elt Reasons
Why the Democratic Party Should Take no Backward Step.

But II they are not strong enough TO
control the party organization, plat
form and policy, then as democrats
they are In duty bound, simply as
matter Of party ethics, To conform TO
the desires of the majority. II they
fear they cannot control, then they
should not go to the primaries nor
attend the convention. They are
then at liberty to vote the ticket or
to scratch II AT their pleasure. But
having attended primary election
they are In duty bound to vote the
ticket nominated by the convention.
Any action Is dishonest. And UT,
as your anonymous correspondent ad.
mits, he and his Jack Mormon associ.
ates have scratched the democratic
ticket because they did not approve
Of the democratic policy on the Nor.
mon issue And now, with gall su,
periative, although the Jack Mormon
leaders have not voted the democratic
ticket for many years, thev now ask
the great majority to reverse them.
selves and the action OF the party.
They will never he gratiied.
Shortly after the state election OF
1905 the Jack. Mol mon press pointed
to the fact that Stockslager carried
Ada county, while the republican
candidates for the legislature we're
elected by about 1000 majority. and
they gleeful'y pointed TO this as an
indication Of the unpopularity oi
Senator Dubois In Ada county. A.
a matter Of fact the democratic can
didates for the legislature In Ada
county ran ahead of the rest Of the
democratic ticket, thus demonstrate
Ing that Dubois was stronger than
his ticket In that county, although II
was Senator Borah's hone county.
A comparison of the vote for 6oodinp
with the vote for the county ticket Is
very misleading. Boise City was the
center Of the revolt against the Good
| ing machine, and a bitter light was
made against him by the politicians
In Adaa ounty. The Ada county vot,
shows that the candidates for th,
legislature received from 200 to 50,
votes more than the other candidate,
on the democratic ticket, which wa,
a good showing for Dubois In Mr.
Borahs home county.
This matter Is not important ex
cept as showing that the Jack-Mor
mon hostility 10 the anti. Mormon
campaign Is based more upon batreC
Of and hostility 10 Senator Dubois
than TO any other reason. Nor 4
there any more reason why the dem
ocratic party should espouse the caus'
OF the sanity Harry Orchard. Al
we ask Is that Haywood and Petit
bone having been tried, now let Or
chard be prosecuted and tried by
jury In the courts Of either Ada o
Canyon conuty, at the expense Of tb,
state, II necessary. The representa-
tives 10 the next legislature vii
cheerfully appropriate the funds 70
this desirable purpose. The demo
cratic party, more than any other 30
litical organization In the history o
the world stands for the maintenance
OF law and order and the administra
tion Of ''exact and equal justice I,
ALL"
The Mormon issue will always b
the paramount issue I'm the polite
of this state until II is settled right
but IL is equally true that there ar
many live and important issues b
fore the people Of this state and ma
tion which should not be overIooke'
In the coming campaign. The conf
denee Of the masses has been shaker
by recent exposures Of rotten tinsn
ciering by those who have in tb
past posed as the 'ssyiors and de
Tenders OF the national honor, an
/, there are grievous scandals connectet
. with our state administration ~hlcl
. require explanation at the bar @
public opinion. IL will be necessar
for the democrats 70 place at tb
head OF their state ticket men of we
. known hiah character who merit IA
. implicit con d sence of the public
. Without such candidates no amour
Of platform pledges will avail.
Yours In the democratic faith,
A. r. Parker.