The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-18
Widening the Breach.

In the north the Ada County assistant Mormon
Club is not exercising any influence. The Idaho
Recorder, published at Salmon, in Lemh County,
discusses one of its roorbacks:
The Capital News has perfect right to fight
Dubois if it sees fit 1t has equal right to condone
the offenses against the laws OF the state by the
leaders of the Mormon church That paper also has
right to maintain that the Mormon leaders should
have absolute control the Democratic party, and
dominate its policies but it has no moral right to
attribute Interior motives to other Democratic papers
of the state because they maintain that Dubois has
been right in his contentious.
When the Capital News assumes to say that The
Recorder has in any manner lntmated that 1t would
assist Senator Dubois in organizing an American
party in case the Mormon sympathizers won out in
the convention at Twin Falls it states absolute
untruth The Recorder is a Democratic newspaper
it is owned and controlled by the writer and Sena
tor Dubois nor any other can dictate its policy
The Mormon hierarchy do not own dollars worth
of its stock and for that reason the writer is IN
position to fight their disobedience of all human and
divine laws. Can the Capital News make as posi-
tive statement as this and back it up with absolute
proof?
The writer is not responsible for what the paper
at Pocatello, the at Coeur dAlene and also the
at Weser has to say. 1t IS only responsible tor
what the at Salmon says The honest views OF
the majority should rule, and if the party at Twin
Falls says there should be modification of the Nor
mon question we'll and good In view of the decision
of the State Supreme Court all that is necessary
is to insist that the law shall be obeyed, that the
constitutional test oath shall be part of the election
OATH and the Mormon question will adjust itself.
If Governor Goodng does not do as he did two
years ago and advise the Mormon people to resort to
arms in case it was so demanded that the election
oath be strictly adhered to the Democratic party need
have no fear to the result This paper is not OPP
posed to the Mormon people, but it is opposed to
the leaders of the Mormon church dominating the
affairs of state as done in the legislature two
years ago. If the fight is waged against Senator
Dubois personally, the writer is not with the Capital
News but the difference between the two factions
be amicaby settled if there is disposition to meet
each other half way. AS much as The Recorder adj
mres Senator Dubois it is not ready to follow him
into political party even had he the remotest
intention of organizing another party which he has
not
1t might not be out of place to suggest to the Capt.
tai News how the Democrats feel in this section of
the state relative to the fight that paper is making
In place of trying concilate the differences within
the party it is trying to make the breach greater
and thus is working into the hands of the Repub-
can party. The "Dubosites" willing to meet the
recacitrants half way for the sake of harmony but it
is not willing to go in collision with President Smith
and permit him to as absolutely dictate the policies
of the party he is doing with the Republican
party.