The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-25

! putahle evidence OF church control IN
Idaho politics by high ecclesiastical otti-
clals. polygamists, even to apostles, VINO
/ came to the Mormon counties oil luaho
! from Salt Lake with direct INSTRUCTIONS
! how the!r scrvile obcdlents In Idaho were
/ to vote.
AS TO the second OF these a committee
| Of the SENATE OF the United states ISSUED
subpoena after subpoena for Idaho polys
amists 10 come before them to TESTIFY ana
/ IN most cases the required witness. AT
! the bchest OF his file leader took 10 the
| underground" ignoring the summons.
some timcs--the Sugar City case-after
| service had been duly made.
Added TO this, was the hasty Tesigna-
| tion Of "A half dozen or moro polygamlst
! Idaho postmasters, as result OF a senate
resolution calling on the postmaster gen =
! crGl Of the United States to investigate
| ana report as TO these certain Officials
marital relations.
an ardent struggle was instlgated by
those TO whom we have hitherto referred
as recalcitrants coupled with n consid :
cradle number OF forceful young men OF
Democratic persuasion. who had, during
these three previous campaigns been
entirely harmonious with the status Of The
, Idaho Democracy, 10 set the party at
peace with the Utah hierarchy and gain
| the lost vote OF the southeastern counties,
where the Mormons live.
The initial battle came at Twin Fails,
when the convention met 10 elect IL deie-
! cation to the national convention which
defined the sections contending for su-
| premacy as the Anti Mormon" and
! Mormon" elements Of the Idaho Democ-
| racy.
The Anti -Mornons" held the hall and
! the "Mormons' Doltcd.
Each elected delegates to the Denver
! National convention where, after splr-
tied contest, the anti Mormon" dele
tion was seated. In second contest
| however. over Il re-iDsertiOn OF an anti
| poygamy plank In the national platform
| OF the Democracy; the "MoTmonS were
| victorious; defeating the plank asked Tor
| by the anti MoTmons.'
The fight was carried on to Wallace.
| whore the convention met 10 name a
state ticket, Here the division between
same as In Twin Falls. and the result
the same I'm that the 'Mormons' again
| bolted.
Each convention nominated a ticket
complete. excepting u vacancy LETT by
the ''Mormons" in the nomination OF a
supreme court justice.
The supreme court of the state, the
court of highest appeal settled the con-
troVersy between the two warning fac
tions. by a reversal OF the decision OF the
national convention and held with inc
ly styled Supreme Court Democrats:
This put veto TO any further aslta-
for the 1908 campaign at least; Of the
aggravated Mormon Question.
In just appreciation OF the entire
scheme and outcome OF the Democracy; 81
liberal vote from at least three OF the
Mormon counties OF the state, was set
aside" to the Democratic partys ticket,
expeditions care being exercised to make
II only enough to exempllfy an apprecia-
ton, but not TO elect any one to Office.
But for all this, the Democracy in Idaho
is in tho running. 1t has a Look In
through its open invitation 10 the Nor
mons TO Come Slide Down Our Cellar
Door
The state is largely gentle and its
gentle population is increasing faster
! than It's Mormon population: But SUI,
the Mormons are there with that all
powerful balance OF power. They have
20. 600 votes In Idaho and they are so di.
vided as 10 represent the balance OF
power not only In the outcome OF any
state election. but IN the selection OF
county offices including legislators, In
the following counties, VIZ:
Bear Lake. Bannock. Bingham,
Oneida fremont, Blaine, Cassia, Canyon
and as the vote went last fall: Ada,
Elmore and Lincoln
This deduction portrays the real condi-
ton of political affairs in Idaho and
shows the serene comfort OF the Mormons
in this state under present conditions.
1t also shows the strength OF the Idaho
Democracy. as totally dependent upon the
orders OF a body of men In an adjoining
stale Gitah) 20 make n small minority
party the victors over a natural majority
party. ,D>~r-v