The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-23

Anti Mormon issue in the last two campaigns.
The representatives on both tickets are in favor
Of the nomination of William J. Bryan for president.
The marked difference between the two contending
factions in this county is on the Mormon question,
state and national
We demand that the party stand by its national
PLATFORM which declared "for the determination of
poygamy and the complete separation of the church
and state in political affairs and by the state plat
form, which is IN substance reiteraton of state
constitution and a demand for its enforcement.
The democratic party has insisted that those living
in the poygamous relation in Idaho shall be pun
ished and that this awful crime and foul blot on the
fair name of our state shall be wiped out. We ask
now that the democratic party maintain this high
and splendid POSITION that it pledge the people again
for the enforcement of the fundamental law of the
state
The Capital News, which is controlled by the Nor
mons, and its followers contendng that the
democratic party shall abandon this ISSUE shall
pledge itself that it will not enact or enforce them
to punish po1ygamsts and that it will render null
and void the constitution of the state.
It is known to all that this polygan1ist Mormon
organization absolutely controls the republican party
Of the state. 1t is the plain and announced inten-
ton of the Capital News and its allies to turn the
democratic party over to the same po1ygamst organ
1zat1On.
The only argument that they advance for this is
that by abandoning its principles the democratic
party will receive Mormon votes. Every one who
reads this communication knows many republicans
who voted the democratic ticket in the last campaign
the domination of the Mormon church in political
affairs. Every one knows that there hundreds
and hundreds of republicans in Boise City who will
vote the democratic ticket this coming fall provided
the democratic party stands true to its principles
and pledges itself again to put the political control
in Idaho in the hands of the American citizens of
the state. There is not one who reads this letter
who does not know that if the democracy abandons
the high ground which it has occupied, it will meet
and merit the contempt of the best citizenship of the
state, and will not attract to the party single
vote
The Mormons have a complete and satisfactory
alliance with the republicans. The Mormons vote
the republican machine politicians into the high Of
fees and in return the republican party protects
them in their polygamy, and also prevents the en-
forcement of the constitution of the 1t is alb
surd to suppose that the Mormons will abandon their
republican allies in order to under the direction
of the Capital News Mormon paper whose in
fiuence and support the Mormons already possess
Our position is thoroughly understood and we'll de-
fined it was expressed in the last state PLATFORM
We favor the principles and policies enumerated in
the last national and state platforms of the party
Our opponents in the primaries ask your votes on
the ground that they intend to eliminate the Mormon
question: and they appeal to you to help them to, do
this because Senator Dubois is the leader of the An
ti-Mormon contention and is the boss of the demo-
cratic party"
The only argument they advance in order to secure
your vote is that Dubois is the boss, and fought to
be eliminated"
Those who desire to turn the national democracy
over to the predatory rich the trusts and combina
TONS have also designated Mr.. Bryan as the boss
and dictator of the national democracy and have
demanded his elimination
Replying to this charge Mr.. Bryan says:
"NIy friends I have no money to buy anybody
and would not if had. I have no patronage to deal
out to any one and SO you see have none of the
qualifications that required to constitute a boss
or Dictator"
Senator Dubois occupies the same position with
reference to the democratic party of the state,
loes Mr. Bryan to the democratic party of the ma
ion Senator Dubois has money to buy any