The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-18

ills attending secret meetings of the
State Land Board in the transaction of
the public s business. What chance had
these smaller sheep men of Fremont
county? What brand Of conduct is this
for state officials9 Such gigantic pill
fering, knayery is diabolcal, What
rights have the Webstcrs and the
Smarts and the Rickses and Peter John
son Of Blackfoot which of right should
not be tho heritage OF any free man?
An Unrighteous Act.
What right has Governor Brady. and
his associates on the State Land Board
70 grant a lease on state school land i'll
violation of their own published rules,
which is the law governing the limita-
tions of the l7ard' Why should one
man he accorded n special privilege
over another7
Are the small sheep men the only suf
ferers of tins cheap game OF political
chicanerv? How about the school
fund? The small sheep men were ready.
willing and anxious TO pay n higher an
nual rental than seven and half
cents an acre for this land
This is the Gooding and the Brady
way! 1t is the Mormon way, else it
would not be the Gooding and Brady
way. They do business with the lead
ers, the big fellows in the church,
In this instance they "do' people!
They "do' the people Of Idaho who
have sacred school fund for which
they have moro than passing regard,
These governors and these big Nor
mons are pleased to revcl in the sacred
behests OF our school children for po-
| litIcal purposes. They are the menace
tion is rapidly destroying the public
confidence necessary in Idaho today to
protect the development Of its natural
| resources.
These big Mormon sheep men are Civ.
ing honest Mormons all over Idaho a
bad name. They are cheating the
state They connive to acquire special
privileges through the representation of
their political prestige. and such weak
| officers as Governor Brady, S. Belle
Chamberlain and D.. c. McDougall trade
off TO them the Inheritance of n matur'
! ing generation for support in future
elections. So far as / can learn every
beneficiary of this crooked State Land
lease is today I'M ardent supporter OF
this Brady, McDougall, Chamberlain
| combination.
If there should be change in the
State Land Board rs a result of this
| fall s election, these special privilege
leases Will probably be one of great
manv things to undergo that degree OF
| inspection and OF subsequent action
which will inurc to the financial bene
fit of the state school fund.
This good year 1910 woul., be an idea
time to retire and rebuke officials who
barter in the peoples heritage. 1t i:
| likewise n most auspicious occasion tx
kill off the power of these big Mormon'
who swagger around over the State
stealing from the people, through then
= vain boastngs Of the votes they con
troll. There are few such in Idaho whc
are candidates for the George G. Pork
inson route. He was the most distin
euished Of them all, but these silen
leasers Of the Fremont county range arr
striking the Parkinson gait, They ar,
getting themselves IN shape to undergo
a drubbIng 1t may not come this yea
or next, but Justice and square dealing
, is en- route The people are right an,
should they become advised they ma,
do business with them "right soon!'