The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-10
BY G.. E. ARNEY.

Special TO The Tribune.
BOISE. Ida. March 81 had slight
| ideas of the attention OF the public gen
| orally TO the Parkinson Hart case during
| Its progress That IL is over, and l have
| visited several counties I'm southern Idaho
since The event, | am impressed by the
| familiarity OF the public generally with
| the Issues involved as indicated by the
| testimony, the speeches OF respective
counsel and the verdict OF the jury.
| ! met many during and after the trial
They were chiefly Mormons who had
either financial or a patriotic interest
| In the case. None Of them. accustomed
| TO the environment, predicted that ver-
dict against Parkinson and Hart was pos
sibc through jury drawn from the box
| in Oneida county.
Be It said here that the drawing OF the
panel was entirely legal. regular and free
| from influence of a religious bias. The
| twenty four mems names returned were
entirely representative OF the population
| of Oneida county they came from the
| box. in turn. gathered there In tho legal
way, based on the poll list Of the county.
or the twenty-four men, but five were
Gentiles. No official was 10 blame for
men that bishop and councillor were
among the twenty-four.
But that they qualified for service:
that they answered as they did on their
honor; took the oath and listened TO the
| testimony. and later. In the jury room,
|
| faith to come TO the rescue of their ac-
| cused fellow official ecclesiasts and stop
| further blackenlng OF th6ir names In
Oneida county. whore Brother Parkin-
| son" had been so prominent ecclesiasti-
| cally and politically: was a species of the
Mormon system altogether diabolical. and
| as regrettable TO the better clement OF
Mormons In Oneida county as TO the Cen
| tile element.
Herein lies the menance. that the pow
er OF the organization Is against these
| men OF the better clement II is win
| George c. Parkinson. the chief manipu-
lator Of these dishonest, abhorrent dia-
| bollcal thefts OF money from those whom
he is sworn by law and presumed. by the
Preston T.sS is George George c. Parkinson, the 10
cal head, as president OF tho Oneida
stake OF Zion, OF the Mormon system
| There is not a Mormon anywhere under
the Oneida Irrigation district system but
| what knows that ne has stolen money
from this company, and those present ~
| the court room at Malad when he gave
| his testimony saw him reluctantly driven
TO an admission OF IL: yet the weight oi
the organization Of the Mormon church
seems TO have been ruthlessly cast IN the
balances with this ahominable scouharel
This is not the sum total OF Parkn,
sons skududdery. Idaho has suffered
more than this through his crookedness
He has been for long time in the coun-
ellis OF the Republican party Of ldaho'
His recognition In politics. snaIne tt
both parties. has not been confined 10 oil
ficlals Of that political faith alone. Demo
cratic governors have made this crooked
man 81 member of their official FAMILY
He has been In the state senate. on state
committees, in state and national con.
yentions and, incidental TO all these, nc
has served a term in the penitentlary.
AS a regent Of the State University o.
Idaho. he has ridden on free transPorta
ton and collected fare from the state o
Idaho for the amount OF IT.
As an officer OF the Oneida Irrigation
district he has collected expense money
from this public ation-iilegal'y-
While drawing expense money for I'M
same Jointly from the Gtah-Idaho Suga
company, and, as we'll from the juvenile
branch OF his own professed doVete'
brotherhood.
AS shown by his treacherous letter e
his fellow bandit Arthur Hart. he held u
ono hand the bible Of confidence of hi
CO partners In the purchase OF the Arm
strong ranch. while with the othe
he grasped the dagger OF deceit. as indi
Gated by these lines from his own sin
cursed pen: "You see them (meanini
Jenson and Crockett before they SO
him meanng Armstrong;, as We are stil
in the deal and may want TO remain.
II lis cruel. in the face OF these ex
posed facts with which the people OF TN
state Of Idaho at least are familiar, 10
the sufferers under this irrigation SYs
tenn 10 be compelled 10 bend the Sne
TO this treacherous. criminal clothed II
robes OF ecclesiastical power. So long a.
this wrongdoer is at the head Of churcl
affairs. hundreds OF earnest Mormons
his stake will cease their fervent deNo
tions 10 the system, because OF th
treachery he has displayed to sacre.
trust. overstepping. in his greed for gold
the bounds OF all regard for dccency.
II am sorry the Jury failed TO do it
duty" said a Mormon from Malad tn
day of the verdict, for this man Park
inson has been imposing himself on IN
pcopIe Of Oneida county 10 my knowledge
since 1883. when he first came over here
@ClRNNER Many ,STaRF NFWSEs