The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-07

ing general stenographic work for the at
torneys and others.
am now official stake reporter Of the
Bear Lake stake, having been called to
that position by the stake presidency.
am also stake secretary OF the Sunday
school hoard.
form the important duties OF county
treasurer and II elected TO that position
will endeavor to The best. OF my ability
TO discharge the duties OF the office faith
fully. honestly and we'll.
I consider you as one of my friends
and whatever assistance ASST you may render
you will be duly appreciated, am.
Yours very w wrespssG;ttfully' ,,o
Young Hoge is "Mormon through
and through" He comes from the pure
stock of the cult, his father being Wal
ter Hoge, a polygamist well known in
Republican party politics of the past
twenty years in Idaho along with such
familiar Mormon characters ms Presi-
William Bulge, Bishop James e. Steele
and Bishop John w. Hart. He empha
sizes his religious tutelage, He calls
attention to his obedience in respond
ing to call 10 the missionary field.
He lays special emphasis on the fact
that he was "called" to the position
of "ofliclal stake reporter of the Bear
Lake stake Of zion'' by the stake pres
idoncy, and that he is also 'stake Soc
retary of the sunday school board
These will be understood as badges
OF distinguished honor to young Hoge.
They mean something to the votary of
the Bear Lake stake of Zion which is
church division including the entire
county Of Bear Lake and then some!
This young man is wise to the prestige
which these ecclesiastical preferments
would give him IN the eyes of ''ou-
people, who believe that their system
Of faith is some day to supplant the
present form of government in this
country of ours.
Wholly Mormon.
There is only handful of votes in
Bear Lake county who do not adhere |
igurc in the elections of that political |
division of the commonwealth of Idaho. |
They (the Geptilcs) hold no county Of
lce-unlcss in one or two instances
hey favor some "iacl Mormon" " whom
hey need TO mlsrcpresent their icon
rol,' their ''polygamy'' and their
lsloyalty TO the msinformed of north
daho and elsewhere beyond the proba-
'ility oe knowledge gained through
ontact.
Not Gentle in ali Bear Lake county
he great force of young Hoge's Nor.
,on appeal to n Mormon constituency.
In state matters they offer no candi-
ate for suffrage of the people because
( righteous fear of attack from the
utside voters who do know the menace
f Mormonism. but they have obeClients
n the outside whom they do support
nd in the primary Just closed, their di.
ected vote shows up with peculiar
learncss. They did not support Barney
Neil. They did not support John T.
lorrison. Governor Brady had "made
ood' with s'the brethren.' So had
ttorney General McDougall They had
bcdiently served the purpose of "the
ord's anointed" by appointing tithe-
aying Mormons to Office, in "droves,n
This deduction, along with the dis
nguishcd appeal of young Hoge, is re-
'ectfully dedicated to the voters of
orth Idaho who are unfamiliar with &
he sort of political dope that APP {
eals to the patriotism co of the c
sing generation in the southeasterly r
'bdivision OF the Gem of the Noun i
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