The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15
THE TRIBUNE, MORNING NOVEMBER N 1908

him, he, as governor, would appoint J.
II. Forney, of Moscow He stated that
this was agreeable to the Mormous and
he considered that be had closed bar
gain with them for their support, and
that the election returns showed dis
tinetly that they had lied tc him, and,
as a result, he was going to help fight
the Morrnons.
Again, these Democrats urge. Stock.
slager's platform contained a pledge
positive to the enforcement Of the So
called two.milelimit law. law pro-
hlbitlng migratory sheep from passing
within two miles of a home. where
range is to be occupied by these focks
No sooner had the ninth session con-
vened than Stockslagcr a sheepman, en-.
tered the lobbies OF the capitol and be
gan trying to induce the Democrats Of
that body to vote for the repeal of the
existing two-mile-limit law. StocksIager
will not claim much of voto at the
hands of tho tenth session.
Local option comes in for its share of
interest in the tenth session Of the
Idaho legislature. 1t is pledge of the
Republican state platform. 1t was also
a pledge of the anti-Mormon Democratic
platform, which was denied place on
the ballot by the state Supreme court,
The natural inference would be that
1T would pass beyond question. Added
TO this is the repeated declaration that
Joseph Z, Smith of Utah (the head Of
the Mormon chuTch) received some
word from God that the Mormons were
for local option. which should fasten to
these other members aid which would
appear to make local option a certainty.
But with all these combined forces.
those who usually guess things off
about right, reason that there will be
smart contest IN the tenth session as
10 this reformatory measure. 1t means
great deal for Idaho 1t means some
thing of more than passing concern to
the Republican party. To the Mormons
it means nothing. They have lied so
often, so. rapidly and so clums,ly to
leaders or all parties that (likc Stock.
slager) they were mad at the time,
but later, seeing the blazing parch-
ment, commission to hold office, plar-
ing IN the promise to forgive thcm for
their deception this time they have still
known that lying was prominent part
of the business of this sect
Idaho has spoken for local option.
The fight against it, for instance. the
fight to gain control OF the senate, was
made as an adjunct to the campaign Of
the "Supreme court s Jack Mormon
ticket. and IN many cases the cleo
tion of representatives TO one or both
branches Of the legislature showed vivid
signs or the use. Of funds. There is
smart organization Of the liquor inter.
ests of the state. Earl Sanders, lawyer
from Couer 'Alcne, has maintained
headquarters IN the Overland block in
Boise during the entire campaign. He has
made trips to almost all parts OF the
state, and il is claimed that he has
not "gum shoed' the Gem state for his
health.
The election of United States sena
tor and the passing of a local option
bill are not the only matters which will
attract wide interest in the tenth ses-
sion of the Idaho legislature, but they
are the two most important matters at
the present time about which the peo-
pie of this state are talking.
g. D. Evans