The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-07-04
Northern Idaho Opinion.

used at the Twin Falls convention by Chairman Nc
Kinley which would be out of place in the worst
slums of the city. The writer was present and
failed to hear any such language published
in that paper. Those statements are about as
reasonable, however, many others which have been
made by the organ of the boilers
There are many things which occurred in that
vention which most regretable, and any other
conditions would work disaster upon the democratic
party in the election this fall 1t may be that the
Capital News management are simple enough to be-
lieve that the boilers were in the right and usti-
fed in their If this is true it is safe to say that
at least ninety per cent of the democratic party
of the state believe otherwise.
A chairman of one of the boiling delegations made
the statement, after the bolt that from that time
on he was with the Dubois faction heart and soul
he was convinced there was something to the Nor
mon question, which he had not believed before. The
manoeuvers of the Boise gang of lawyers satisfied
him on that point. 1t is said that he wrote the
anti Mormon plank in the platform and that his only
regret was that he could not make them stronger #
he stood high enough in his county to come to the
convention chairman of his delegation it is evil
dent that he carries enough weight to his polt
ical friends in his county to change their opinions
between and the Wallace convention.
A sufficient length of time has elapsed since the
convention to form some kind of an opinion to
the effect the bolt of the Ada county lawyers will
have upon the party With very few exceptions
these lawyers have not voted the democratic ticket
for the past six years. This fact IS we'll known and
their influence is nil It is also we'll known that this
bunch of Mormon-paid lawyers do not represent the
real sentiment among the democrats of Ada county.
1t is true they controlled the county convention, but
it due to the inertia upon the part OF the OPPOSE
ton.
To take calm dispassionate view of the matter it
is hard to see how only good can result. 1t has
opened the eyes of the people of other parts of the
re 10 he his TO Uh1C Mormon hierarchy
will go in order to control the politics of the matter
This reasonable organization now has absolute con-
troll of the republican party. The decision of the
supreme court that the test oath sef-execut1ng
hard blow to Joseph Smith. To follow the de-
csion to its inevitable conclusion it the COM
plete disfranchisement of the Mormon people If the
oath is enforced By gaining control of the demo-
cratic party the hierarchy has control of the
republican party this contingency is removed to the
far distant future Under this condition of affairs
does it stand to that from $4,000 to $780,,
900 of tithng money would be cheap to control the
democratic party through the intrigue and machna-
tons of the Ada county bunch Of lawyers?
There may be contest by the gang at Wall
ace, but it is to be doubted The Mormon dele
gates will not have look in at the Denver conven-
ton. There will be strong anti polygamy plank
passed in that PLATFORM and when the Mornon-pald,
pett1fOggng lawyers try to create friction at Wallace
they will have to repudiate the national platform.
In this contingency they will receive but little sypa
thy from counties which were with them at Twin
Falls Of course there will be plenty of tthing
money their disposal but the eyes of the people
are opened to their venaity.
The bolt has opened the eyes of thousands of re-
pubcanS in the Mormon counties, and the counties
adjacent thereto, to the fact that there something
to the Mormon question. At least seventy-fi per
cent of these republicans will vote the democratic
ticket this fall; and many conservative republicans
place the number at ninety per cent In the north
part OF the state the democrats have recently
great light What to them in the past has been
merely sentiment is now an actually. In place of
being passive, far the state ticket is concerned
thew will be active for the ticket from top bottom
The democratic ticket will not receive as large
publican support in the north as it will receive in the