The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-29
THE EVIL SOURCE
.0F IDAHO GRAF 7
Trucking. to and Seeking Aid
and Protection Of the Nor
mon Church.
THE PRINCIPLE INVOLVED
IN TWIN FALLS CONVENTION
A Retrospect Shows That Much
Has Been Gained for Purity
in State.
BY G. e. ARNEY.

Special to The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida, Nov 2s.-Now that this po-
Iitical campaign has closed. the people
are quietly revolving in their minds the
events which were woven into history
and the scenes which passed before them
during It's progress.
II Is a good calm. The voters. inter-
ested as they have been. welcome the
tranquility and reason as TO the iH'por-
tart events which were discussed
The dramatic features OF the cam l.
paign lust closed have been chiefly the
maiadmn;stration Of the states affairs
Public attention has been directed with
more or less force against those mem :
bers OF the present state administration
who nave been successfully charged, by
q righteous public, with revellng in. the
assets Of Idaho
Now that the conflict Is ended We should
pause and tenect as the thinking peo-
pie of Idaho are doing. as TO the cause
for all these conditions.
II has been the privilege. AS 1t was
the duty OF The Idaho correspondents. TO
The Tribune. 10 expose errng officials
in what / have been compelled TO term
graft In the doing of this. names
hnve been printed. the wrongful acts or
men and women detailed TO the reading
public. and so familiar nave these names
and these nlundercd state assets become
To our citizens that amid the storms OF
The late campaign; the people paid
leading up to this superstructure Of
fraud. of peculation and of graft" be-
cause no public attention was called to it.
The Responsible Cause.
What is this cause? II is the power
responsible for these ''grafters. 1t IS
tho system which places them and holds
Them In Office 1t is the Mormon church
that forcefuI political agency whose
inanlpulations have and are today de-
mandinz the attention Of the people of
This country OF ours, as few other 'agen-
cies of this time attract the attention
Of the thinking public. imbued with a
proper conception OF our Institutions
Brady and FIawley McDougali and
i'u, names OF Idaho peope. reference to
WHOM, have been made. for and against.
rs has appeared for the Eetterment ~
the Americanism OF Idaho. That's all
tion IN the public mind. as those repre-
fenta;ives of parties political which
should. In the light of the Immediate
present and the immediate past history
cr bc supported as rebuke to error
Committed bv otkers.
Flu, the respon sihlc power IL present
Just the SAME; same The TIE. state tat Of Idaho has
ace that is now and for the past ff,y
years Of our nations history. has been
n troublesome system tn those who have
hreafhnd tho atnlosnhere OF national and
Of state righteousness
The renre OF the nat ton have not for
yntt"p tie startling disclosures of the
Snoot cnso. begun eight and ended four
The people Of Idaho have not forgot
ten the two campaigns made In Idaho
aca'nst this Insidiovs power. and its
'tct'ess. RAMPANT parade of its CONNER
ela'isn' its pnlltiealjafIuence, and it's po-
lvgamy. Whcr this struggle commenced
The reopc cf Idaho had Mormon at
'orner general, and polygan,lst De-
Ambitious men. OF reckless regard for the
morals Of state government not only
paused 10 wink at the disgrace. but actu-
! ally threw the weight or their influence
the constitutional law OF the state 10 the
making Of restrictive laws to punish a
crime so vile as polyganly.
The Twin Falls Principle.
The people of Idaho have not forgotten
the Twin Falls convention Not that the
men engaged In that conflict were. or
IRE. tho important factors To the sItua-
iIon No; that But they remember the
patriotism of that procession which
wound It's, way through the rain and
rarading embems which threatened the
destruction of the men who stood for the
ascension OF power within Idaho which
aimed to perpetunte polygamy, churcn
interference in politics and official in
competency. which came as a natural
sequence.
. The people who knew It's importa nee
have not forgotten the "hang dog ey-
PRECISION on the {accs of the RETURNING
pseudo Democratic delegation from Den
ver wlllch went there To convince the
national MISREPRESENTATION surcefs--oi
The uniticcl Importance OF that great ma
th,nsi party lending TN. knee 10 the Utah
Iirrurri,T as the Republican party hat
done, With tive end ~ view that thcse
Munu representatives might become Inc
local pro:rf,;ors ~ the iWpeful Influences
Ia orr ci.ii!2liion. in sonic minor Idaho
Ilace; OF political power. while the ma.
tionaI paTiy might Divide the vote
through q iacii understanding that po-
!vcamy, church influence IN politics ant
lsndrod social and rol,i'ai evils would
receive It's protection
The ncopIe have not forgotten .hf
Wallace convention, thu famous (and tn,
Infamous, Idaho supreme court decision
the oroiia ditch scandal, and the de
ploLih!c n7gnacfrsnt of the affairs o
state hy an administration Just passin,
from tide stage of action.
Not one OF thesn incidents mentionc'
ur the officers or state or OF politica
rarty movements In league with The Nor
mons can escape responsibility for th
arsndful underlying isency which ha
oronght this Young state of Idaho int,
disrcpute. Men Of character and nobl
parts must face this condition. The,
must awaken Ia Tie existence uf In