The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25
|I[NATOR DUBOIS
|. MAKES PROTEST
against the appointment of Sam
Rich as Commissioner of
immigration.
INVITED BY GOV. HAWLEY.
HE SPEAKS HIS MIND
Why He Thinks That a Mormon
Should Not Have That
i Office.
BY G.. E. ARNEY.
o The Tribune

,srecial 10 The Tribune.
BOISE, Ida. Dec. 24.-Former United
states Senator Fred T. Dubois today
Two wears on the political conditions in
Idaho. This was the longest silence the
'ssnator had maintained for almost
tsirtv wears. This, his initial observa.
tion. for so long, was not voluntary.
fIt was invited.
Goye1nor-eect James Hswley. whom
Il 3he senator had supported quietly dur
irr the recent state election, had in
rited Mr Dubois to Boise to advise
+ him about his appointments, with spe-
tia reference 10 his intended appoint
men, of the Mormon elder, Sam Rich,
Of Blackfoot, as immigration commits
.joner OF Idaho. This invitation was
Of such friendly nature, with assur-
.pcc and reinsurance of friendship on
The one hand and confidence in iudg-
reni on the other, that the ex-senator
eould not had be wished 30 do so. evade
he summons.
IN Governor elect Hawley's office
II Yesterday, first in the presence OF the
governor. elect and of the proposed ap-
II uointee. Mr. Rich. and second in the
| 1resence of the governor elect and the
II llonocratic state chairman. Mr.. Nugent,
Ssnator Dubois gave utterance to his
IDEAS OF the immigration commissioner
appointment IN language substantially
Is follows:
Mr.. Dubois's Views.
'I am addressing myself, by ipvi.
is;iop, 10 the governor. elect of Idaho,
not to James II. Hawley. the individual,
1 or 10 James II. Hawley. the great law
yer In what ! have TO say I am plac-
iag hju on the same high plane with
/ Governor elect Woodrow Wilson or Gov
uhcr elect Fudson Harmon.
az have stood bv and watched Idaho
| soF in population from $4,000 in 1890
1 10 l6s000 in 1900 and to 325. 900 in
Tbs year. 1910. I have observed with
q great deal of pride its constant de-
0de increase of loo per cent. In the
face OF this growth and development,
as an individual only. object to and
protest against the appointment of Sam
Ricb as immigration commissioner of
his state and this for no personal rea-
prs. for he is my neighbor and my
Friend, but this because he is a Mormon.
ia. 81 protest seriously against this an
rcntmeDt because Sam Rich is cult
Of polygamv. lie is the representative
Of all the ills OF the Mormon system,
lntndlng nolygamv and church con-
i'o in politics. II is the son of a
Folreamous apostle of. the church. One
d hls brothers is now the councillor
% the president of stake in Idaho.
Another brother is the president of the
Eastern states missions of the Mormon
'sgreb. located in New YoTt City. and
te has taken al least two women in
roIrgamy since the church made its
compact with the government that
rslygsmous living should cease, gener'
ais known As the manifesto If Sam
Rleh is appointed immigration com
r!s;louer. il will 60 out over the coun'
ry, 10 the detrmeut of the increasing
ppnlalion Of this state of Idaho, that
isls IN collusion with his brother, Ben
patsd in New York City, as the gate
1y ot the tide Of Migration from
lofnad, with the intention Of assisting
p The Colonization OF Idaho with polyg
'Nlsis whom the Mormon church are
ahmng into this country.
~ protest against the appointment
q this man az immigration commits
Hcner because of the great injury II
sure 10 DO TO the settlement Of this
'sie with that desirable class of peo
ps Sbich We deserve. ] call attention
,oa condition existing in the country
loday. for which 7 am not in the least
Hsponsible. and that is the intense in
'.fe't taken by The magazines and pa
ssrs Of the country, including Every
,,dy 6, McClure's and Pearson e, III thu
AoImon system,
state 10 YOU gentlemen here, that
naieh YOU must know, that for moro
mn two years there has been no agi
n,leh OF the Mormon question II
,gano. II has not been an issue during
~, Time IN our politics, II it is noN
siue an issue, il will be because yot
fa make It so, and not me,
Inc intelligent people OF Idaho car
- buf one construction on the ap
e.nlment of Sam Rich, the Mormon