The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-03-28

The Citizens organized with John F. Pincock as
chairman and M. ]. Hammond secretary. This
organization was afterwards declared permanent
c. c. Kellar, of Rexburg, chosen chair
man of the county central committee, and Hyrum
Kicks, Jr, secretary.
The platform on which the above Citizens ticket
will make its appeal for votes is embodied in the
following resolutions:
eve the citizens of Fremont County, in mass
meeting assembled believing that the time has come
when the people of this county should lay aside
partisan politics, far as local and county affairs
are concerned, and join in a movement to nominate
and elect non-partisan ticket in Fremont County
that will administer the affairs of county govern
ment strictly in the interest of the people, and i'll
a buSlnesslke, just and economical manner, and to
this end invite all the citizens of Fremont County,
irrespective of party ailiaon, to unite in nominal
ing and electing non-partlsan county ticket IN the
coming election.
1--WE pledge Our candidates for the Legislature,
if elected, to vote against and to every
in their power to prevent the reenactment of the
Idaho test oath, and the attempted dsfranchise-
ment of a large class of citizens
eve unalterably opposed to the reelection of
Fred T. Dubois as United States Senator from this
State and hereby pledge the people of Fremont
County that if candidates for the Legislature
should be elected they will vote against and
their utmost efforts to prevent his reelection to said
office by the Legislature of Idaho.
1--WE further pledge each and every of
candidates, if elected to economical and bust
nessike administration of county affairs to the end
that the county expenses may be reduced to mini
mum, and that our taxes may be materially lowered.
1--WE promise the people of Fremont County that,
II elected we will give them better system of pub
lie roads, highways and bridges, and to that they
are kept in good repair and in passable condition"
1t is apparent that there is no party in Fremont
County which calls itself Democratic There
is, as matter of fact, a Democratic party there,
called the American party, which Endorsed the action
of the Democratic State convention at Occur d'Aene
and voted for the Democratic State ticket. The
"CitizenS" party denounced the State convention of
the Democratic party and their candidates and sup
ported the Republican State ticket. 1t is the
of efrontery for these "citizens" to claim
the name of Democrats. 1t was eminently wise for
the Democratic party through their State committee
to ask the American party send delegates to their
State convention. The American party gave to the
Democratic candidates the only they received.
These erstwhile Citizens" say by the resolu-
tons adopted two weeks ago that they will not
denounce the next Democratic State platform, and
by implication say they will vote for the candidates
of the party 1t is to be hoped they will They
surely cannot expect to participate in the delibera
tons of that convention, however. If they will in
good faith support the next platform and the can
didates of the party, they will be entitled to recog
milton by the party They elected to leave the party
because the party would not yield to them. The
party will not yield to them price for their
return Their declaration that they will support the
party the coming election is significant and impor-
tant if true Their statement needs verification, and
will not be accepted until the polls closed after
the next election. If the Mormons have not yet
learned that they vote the Republican ticket
solidly and at the time claim the privilege of
aiding in shaping the policy of the Democratic party
they are not very observant, to say the least We
think they have learned this. Their votes in the
next election will determine whether they have The
declarations of the Fremont County Mormons while
far from conclusive is at the same time family
hopeful.