The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-04-04
Democratic Party INDICATED.

Pocatelo, Idaho March 26 1908 To The Scim-
itar Knowing that your most valuable paper cir
culates throughout the State desire to express in its
columns and to its readers possibly for their com
fort and cheer, if they in need of either the real
views of this entire section of the State on the re-
cent ruling of highest court
The Supreme Court decision is accepted by every
here, Mormons and Gentes, lawyers and lay
a complete vindcaton of the position Of
the Democratic party during the past two cam
paigns 1t is admitted all through Southeastern:
Idaho that the Mormons must take the test oath IL
order to vote at the next election. 1t is amusing
to read in the Mormon controlled papers that the
decision ends Dubois and his contention and that
Dubois will now have to prove that the Mormon
church practices poygamy before he can ask Nor
mon to take the test oath These Mormon papers
express great satisfaction with the decision 1t is
all very cheap bluff and deceives no one and least
of all does it deceive the Mormons. The Mormons
understand what the decision means They know
that in order to this fall they must take the
test oath, celestial marriage" included They also
know that if they take the test oath they will be
arrested for perjury, and they also know that it can
and will be proved that they commit perjury when
they take the test oath
The Supreme Court hasn't deceived the Mormons
by its decision and attempted definition of celestial
marriage" Celestial marriage" is in the constitu-
ton. The Supreme Court says the constitution is
sef-executing. No party can afford now to place
obstacles in the way of its execution The small
band OF Democrats in the employ of the Mormons,
who ask that the party abandon its last platform
demanding that the Mormons take the test oath,
make themselves than ridiculous in their at
tempt to extract comfort out of the decision The
Democratic party and the Court are agreed that
the test oath must be taken prerequisite to
voting
The Supreme Court says it is sef-executing The
Democratic party says it must be executed by organ
lied effort What excuse can any one give against
organized effort in the face of the Supreme Court
decision? The Democratic party will see to that
the MormonS take the test oath this fall if they vote
and the Republican party will find it more difficult
than it was last election, to prevent the test oath
being administered
The Republican machine and the Mormons NAV
prevent the test oath being administered at the COM
ing election through force, as they did at the last
election but the moral effect of the court decision
guarantees that if they succeed in this the coming
legislature will be compelled by statute to ncorpor-
ate the test oath" in the electors oath The Nor
mons understand full we'll that they cannot escape
much longer from the constitutional requirement for
voting. They very much afraid Also that if I
hey vote illegally and are arrested for so doing,
heir will find its way to the Supreme Court of
he United States. This happened once upon time !
matter involving this identical provision of the
State constitution, and many of the Mormons have +
very vivid recollection of what the Supreme Court
# the United States thinks of this clause of the
IDAHO constitution and of them fl
If these Mormon apologists who whistling and a