The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1913-01-16
DUBOIS LEADER
Bull Moosers of Idaho Meet in Boise
and Lay Plans For an Anti.
Mormon Fight
STATE CHAIRMAN
UNDER THE ROLLER
Resolutions FIay Senator HARP Of FIRE.
mont County and Supreme Court for
Decision In Capital News Case
Fred T. Dubois Said to be Choice
Of Progressive fer Senator,

Boise Statesman: Cast eating the
Mormon church for what was termed
Its malicious int rference in politics
in Idaho" vilifying Senator John w.
Hart of Fremont county as "a direc-
tor of the sinister influences which
defeated u.s." and tacitly pledging al
legiance to support Fred T. Dubois
for the United States senate two
years from now, was practically al.
of the work done by the Bull Moosers
who met in the Owyhee hotel Monday
The main session of the party lead
ers was executive. except for the adj.
mittance Of members of the press
which supported the Bull Moose can
didates in the late election. The first
gun against the Mormon church and
Senator Hart was fired by Chris Jen-
sen Of Fremont county, who attacked
Senator Hart. 1t was urged by sew
eral of those pr sent at the meeting
that the matters discussed in refer.
ence to the attacks upon the church
and the members thereof be put in
writing and the resolutions he passed
ny viva voce vote. After parleying
Upon this matter for the greater par
Of the morning it was decided that
these matters should not be put ir
writing, but that the members of the
party who were pres mt should agree
among themselves to carry out the
views as expressed by the speakers.
Small Crowd Present
The conference of the Bull Moose
leaders was not as We'll attended as
had been hoped for by those who ar
ranged the meeting. There was only
about 33 preset during the entire ses-
sion in the. Jungle room CT the Owy-
hee. The matter of placing a candi.
date before the legislature at this
session for election to the United
States senate was discussed at length
and the conference decided that no
action should be taken upon this mat
ter, but that each individual who was
present should go out among the men,
bers Of the legislature and work for a
Progressive. 1t was tacitly under
stood that Fred T. Dubois is the Pro-
gressive who will be boosted by those
who were at the NEE ting Monday.
No Legislators There
There was not member of either
house Of the legislature PR sent at
the meeting held Monday. Neither
did any member of the legislature
take part in the parade which was
formed about 4:3O o'clock Monday
afternoon to call upon the owners and
editors of the evening paper who are
serving ten-day sentence in the
county Jail for contempt of the SUI
preme court of the state.
Statq Chairman J. H. Gipson, at the
beginning of the meeting, attempted
to fight shy of the Mormon question,
but he could not suppress those who
made the claims after the late cleo
ton that the Church of Latter Day
Saints had interfered and had coerced
its members to vote the Republican
ticket. When the matter was first
preached by one of the members
the conference he was ruled out of
order, but the matter seemed to be
one of the things which the Bull
Mcosers had met to discuss, and even
the repeated warnings Of the state
chairman that it would be considered
bad politics to cause an anti Mormon
fight to be started at Shis time, did
not deter those who had come to the
to breach the subject from
speaking their mind.
Oppose John w. Hart
1t is understood that the whole mat