The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-25
For the Constitution.

elected the delegates to the state convention at Wal
lace. The boilers had promised each other that the
going to sweep Idaho county into the Sal
Lake basket and had Dragged about it not little
much of the inspiration being furnished by the Bois
followers of Joseph
The constitutional democrats of Idaho county made
a good and successful fight along the lines of law
and decency They put forth circular which tel
so many truths and, witha, is interesting that i
is worth quoting from. Here is a sample
The events of the last Idaho legislature when nine
teen of the republican majority of that body joined
with the democratic minority their efforts to pre-
vent Mormon control, has driven the Mormons tc
desperate measures, and with the aid of the Boise
gang of boilers they making hard fight for
the control of the democratic party at the coming
Wallace convention. If they succeed they will re-
pudate the party record for the past four years. and
brand it fraudulent, in order to discredit the
party record with the people at the coming election
If the party thus swaps horses in the middle of the
stream, repudiates its record and practically
pleads guilty to the charge of deceiving the people in
the last two campaigns you can readily understand
that there would be no hope OF the election OF our
county or state ticket.
The circular declared that the democrats of Idaho
would not consent to follow the leadership of Nor
mon-backed men who had "bolted their ticket and
fought the party in the last two campaigns" This
was reference to the Boise malcontents and some
others, who have been sustaining the Mormon-pur-
chased republican party for a number of years and
are making a pretence of democratic faith that
they may betray the democratic party into the hands
of the oath bound order of Latter Day Saints with
its poygamistc attachment and its blood atonement
doctrine
The Idaho county circular proceeds theoretically
and truthfully:
The Mormons that their only hope is
in the control of the democratic party, and have
holt
that pupose The leaders of this movement
such men as Frank Martin, of Boise who re-
sponsibe for the defeat of Governor Hunt for
ond term and who furnished the money to Avery
G. Moore to establish newspaper at Weser for the
sole purpose of fighting the democratic party i'll the
last campaign. Martin is under indictment by
the federal grand jury, for the second time, in con-
nection with timber frauds Another of the leaders
IS James II. Hawley, who has not supported the
democratic ticket i'll the last two campaigns; is denti
fled with the Gooding administrator, and paid
$2000000 fee by Gooding in the Steunenberg
1t is useless state that such fees are paid to
good democrats by republican administrations except
for political reasons This combination of Mormons
and boilers appear to be represented on the Nor
mon side by Mr.. W. H. Cassidy, of this county, whose
record is familiar to most of and does not require
any comment
With these brief biographical sketches, the true
of Idaho county RECALLED the populace and
with good effect for in Mondays rally at the prm-
aries the ground swept from under the feet
If the agents of the saints and the constitution and
he home rose triumphant the Vaccinations of
he plotting enemies of law and decency.
The wise and loyal men of Idaho county, and their
James signed to the circular continue in an
difying way
The leading organ of this combination is the Boise
capital News. This paper fought the democratic
arty bitterly in the last campaign and after the cam
align was the publisher got into lawsuit at
'ose in which contract between him and the chair
of the republican state central committee was in
reduced in evidence This contract stated that the
,apital News had borrowed $4,000 from Brady at
he beginning of the campaign upon the express con-
ition that Mr. Brady might dictate the policy of that