The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15

Joint Idaho legislature if tho Mormops
are against him. There arc nor IN nz,.
coed tfty'siX Republicans elected from
the various counties, out Of total
membership OF seventy-six, to which
the tenth session is entitled. Twenty
one OF thcse come from the counties
OF the southeast, and while they are
Principally Mormon those who are not
are silent devotees Of Mormons. else
not one OF them would have been elecr.
cd. The Gentiles will obev counsel "a
devoutly as will the Mormons them.
selves. That is their business. They
are JACK, ,Mormons. If they had not
been willing TO defend the Mormops
andt. mayhap, defeat any attempt thai
might be made to mako effective the the
test oath of the .state constitution
they would not have been nominated
and elected to either branch of tbe
Idaho state legislature from these Nor
mon infested counties.
Again, there arc certain Republicans
VINO are elected to the legislature who
are sald to be reasoning that immedi.
ateiy after the Republican state CON
Ttnl1op Manbup, o9anq bn h;e the party to reolect
opposition to the direct primary law
which was defeated in the state plat
form by the efforts Of Hepburn, said
enough from the stump to release every
Republican from any pledge to support
him, because he took the position that
the state convention had power only to
recommend, not to instruct.
The. senatorial question in Idaho.
therefore, is not a settled case. It NAV
and, again, it NAV not be "Kinp Hey
burn, as the Boise Statesman IRE
publican) is pleased to style him.
There are ten or so Democrats
elected to each branch of the tenth
Idaho session. About one-half of these
are OF the Mormon or Supreme court''
brand of Democrats, and the other half
are OF the so-called "Dubois persua.
SION" The former were pledged in
state convention to Charles o. Stock
slayer and the latter 70 William W.
Wood, the former of Blaine and the lat
ter of Shoshone county. The Jack Nor.
mon Democrats will claim of the anti
Mormon Democrats that they should
support Stockslager for the senate, be.
cause the Supreme court declared them
TO be the legal ticket The anti~Mor-
bound to spport Woods, because many
Of them. as their constituents, were IN
the state convention which nominated
him, and they still believe in the en-.
tire validity of their state convention,
regardless OF the Supreme courts dc.
clS1on@
Other anti Mormon Democrats reason
TINT Stockslager las played on both
sides OF the Mormon game at the same
time. For instance. two years ago, he
ran for governor on the Democratic
state ticket, when the platform con-
tanned one clause pledging the enact
ment of the 'Test OATH which would
disfranchise the Mormons, and another
clause (said to be drawn by the Judge
himself) providing for change of
venue. by which polygamists could be
tried in counties outside of those where
the courts are filled with Mormon courts
and Mormon iuries, This convention
was held at Couer 'Alene City.
During the session of the legislature,
Stockslager is known TO have told GER
tain members of the ninth session that
the Mormons were not to be trusted.
and that the fight which Dubois and
others were making against them was
right aud Just, and that he was going
10 ally himself with them, because the