Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
A LITTLE HISTORY.

history that may not be famlllar To the |
newer citizens of the state 1t does not
dodge the real issue of personal aggrandze
nent at the cost of Idaho's good name.
The letter was published in last weeks is.
sue of the Shoshone Journal.)
To Fred 7. dubois; I notice your arti-
Gle on me in the Scimitar of June 81. is
headed 1.-The Passing Of Goodng." The
difference. Mr. Dubois, between myself and
you is, that while may be passing" you
have already passed" 1t is well for the
people of Idaho that this is so.
! have no apology to make for my polit-
zeal career as state chairman or governor.
My merits or dement's I shall leave to the
Judgment of the people whose servant |
am. I should greatly regret it, if your
statement that tie people of the state had
lost all respect for me, was true; and it
would be only fair, if before making such
an assertion. you had pointed out the things
/ have done which have brought me the
contempt and disrespect of the people.
There is one sentence of your article [
want to call your especial attention, in
which YOU say: when one ceases to COM
mand the respect and support of others, the
Mormons abandon him. 1t seems to me
that this is entirely to the credit of the
Mormon people. Let us look at the politi
cal history of Tda no and see when the Nor
mons abandoned you. 1t was just at the
time when the entire state lost respect for
you-when you entered into the arrange
ment for the pardon of Paul Corcoran, serv-
ing sentence under a conviction of murder
the sole consideration demanded by you for
securing this pardon being the votes of the
Western Federation of Miners
The people have not forgotten how
we'll you kept that agreement and disgraced
the state of Idaho. Have you forgotten
that when asked what the people would
think Of such an act you answered: "Oh,
they will forget it all within the next two
years | want to say, Mr.. Dubois, the
people have not forgotten, nor will they
ever forget your insult to law and order
and to common decency.
Nor have the people forgotten, Mr..
Dubois, the shame and disgrace your pri-
vate secretary-the man who now edits
your paper brought on the state through
his management of the pententiary. 1t is
this class of men that seems to be at a prem
ium with you, as you picked Mr.. Arney up
after an investigation that was stencil in
the nostrils of decencv, and made him youI
private secretary. For you he is a fit as
sociate Let me say something more tC
you, Mr. Dubois, that if d leader should
ever be needed in Idahofor moral crusade
you would not be that leader. Some Of
your own acts are too we'll known to the
people.
While others in this state have beer
wiling to give all for the fair name of Idaho
you have dragged that name in the mirt
from one end OF the country to the other
You have vilited the state and its people
and have caused the finger of scorn to b'
pointed at it from every state in the union
by giving expression to the most yillianou
falsehoods ever uttered regarding state
and it's inhabitants. You have held Idaho
up to the ridicule of the whole nation, will
only one thought in mind-that it nigh
advance your own selfish political fortunes
You have turned many honest citizens
away from the state by the story you have
painted of alleged conditions here, making
it appear as an unit abiding place for re
spectacle Christian men and women. You
have cast slur on the state that will take
years to remove and you should be branded
as an enemy of decency and good govern
ment.
have "a high regard for the Mormon
people. As body they may safely be
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