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VOL. VI.
MONTPELIER, IDAHO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23,1900.
No, 39
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First Presidency Urges Ail to Vacci
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The following important address '
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To the members of tne Church of its
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Greeting:
The widespread feeling of fear
^and anxiety concerning the prevâl
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dice of smallpox in this city has
nate.
was published Saturday in the Des
•eret News:
.
•caused Us to advice that the-Lattei-j.^^y
'day Saints college be closed for a j
-short time, until the excitement is j
allayed concörmng -that institution
>of learning and others where peo
ple are in danger of exposure to this
dread disease.
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We lakethis oppor- ,
tunity of suggesting to the people j
'generally that -tfeçy employ every !
precaution to prevent the Spread of j
;
they be ! the means of eommumcat
^fche contagion, by seeing to it that !
*thbse who are or have been exposed
'■exclude themselves strictly from
^public association 'with others, lest
■ing the disease. To the question of
'vaccination we have gwen careful
thought and consideration^-and our
$■■: conclusion ; is that where care is
taken as to cleanliness and purity
'of the vaccine matter, the treatment
in beneficial, in that if it does not
prove a preventative, it at least acts
as a palliative—that is, it robs the
ïjfiague of much <if its terror by
causing it to assume, in the case ot
a vaccinated person, a l^hter form.
We are aware that there is a <fiffer
ence of opinion in the community
as to the merits of. this question;
•and, while we have regarded it large
ly as a matter of individual choice,
we have felt reluctant to express
ourselves publicly upon it. Now,
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however, we feel to publish the |
foregoing as our conclusion; and we
therefore, suggest and .recommend
nthat the people generally avail them
selves of the opportunity to become
vaccinated, using the utmost care
*to procure the services of those who
competent and will be conscien
tious in supplying only the purest
-virus that can be obtained. We
At each recurring election in L tab j
«ver ,since the division on party lines, |
there has been an «expression of fear
are
feel in our own minds justified in
•making this recommendation, and
trust that it will be generally adopt
Lobknzo Snow,
George Q. Cannon.
t>ait Lake City, Nov. 17, 1900.
•ed.
Good Ad\dce.
throughout these beautiful valleys that
something might "drop" on the night
previous to the election that would set
to flight the other fellow's partibiilat
Nb doubt this fear has been
often exaggerated and enlarged upon,
its 041186 anâ authorship have as often
been denied. We are very slow to be
lieVe, however, that eyory democratic
reverse in Utah is caused by church in
fluence. We can hardly believe that
Utah county democracy fell so far he
hind oh abbohht bf the excessive use of
party .
church influence there, nor that Logan
g en tly tipped itself out of deino
cratic plumb by reason of any very
ardent application of that particular
^influence within her limits.
From What we have thus far beeh
able to learn, however, it is probably
true that a few small fry churchmen
havB ^ aaied themselves at each elec
tion. magnifying "themselves and their
own importance, and have stooped to
anything small to retain themselves or
their friEhds'in office. There are th'ose
in both political parties \vho do this
ri^ht along, evidently.
"We do not wish to excuse nor paliate
this sort Of Conduct: fetid Wherever,
whenever or "by whomever it is done in
the name, or by the wishes of "the
brethren," it is conduct highly repre
hensible, and should be met vrith
speedy -reprimand <bÿ the proper ec
clesiastical authority. When an elec
tion is on it appears to be everybody's
prerogative to go out on the broad ex
panse in quest of political scalps, and
up to date it has been a very knotty
problem to determine as to .«just what
degree or organization "in the church
this scalp taking is to be confined, or
stop at. At any rate/let us have the
•battle limited to the state, and to po
litical ethics—leaving the church on
higher ground.
Without being considered too pre
sumptuous, believing it to be to the
best interest of the chnrch and state,
the authorities, so-called, of the do mi
mant church should prom pi y and proper
ly discipline every member of the Mor
man church found guilty of using "the
brethren desire," method of campaign
mg. and let all other churches and
societies in the state do like-wise.—
Logan Journal.
If such punishment was meted
out to stake and ward officials there
would .soon be no fear of "church
influence.
are allowed to go on as they have in
the past, just that long will there be
trouble and "fears.
The church, as such, is believed
not to be in politics, but as long as
the authorities in Salt Lake permit
minor church officials, to use any
kind of influence that they can com
mand, the effect is just the same as
though the heads of the church were
j ^ em8C l V es taking an active part,
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But as long as they
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The orily way to eradicate such
things is to remove any church of
ficial who is guilty, and until that
is done, suspicion will not he whol
ly removed that the church is ab
solutely out of the political atmos
,phere.
3
Then Appoint J. S. Barrett.
Now let everyone put his shoulder to
the wheel and push Canyon county to
the front. Tfe connection with this
matter the Record would suggest to
Governor Hunt that he should use his
best judgmentin the seleHfion of a com
missioner of emigration. He should be
a man that is capable of putting a dis
cription of the resources of Idaho on
paper in such language as will attract
emigration to our state. This is a mat
ter in which we are all interested re
gardless of party. Give us a good one.
—■Uaildwell Record.
If Gov. Hunt wants to fill the
Record's ideal of a commissioner
he will surely apptflnt 8 . 8 . 'Barrett
of this city. Mr. BarreTt will "brin g
to the office the greatest hustling
ability in Idaho; he will be able to
put what he knows on paper in
such shape as to attract people from
everywhere; further he will not take
Ins Statistics from some antiquated
almanac published before the flood,
but will picture Idaho as it is to
day.
The ■ExAstrsKR makes the predic
tion, that if Gov. Hunt appoints
Mr. Barrett to this office, Idaho
will have a man who will wake up
the people of other states, to the glor
ious possibilities of the Gem of the
Mountains, m a way that will re
dound to the good of every county
in the state.
■How the Counties Stand.
The following is the majorities
oast in each county for McKinley
and Bryan:
McKinley Bryan.
-- 700
ada.
Bannock.
Bear Lake
Bingham.
Blaine.
Boise..
■Canyon.
Cassia.
Custer.
Elmore.
Fremont.
Idaho.
Kootenai..
Latah.....
Lemhi.
Linoeî» --
100
18
100
coo
150
... 50
100
250
150
. 100
275
M0
76
400
.... 125
lies Fares
100
Oneida..
Owyhee..
Shoshone...
Washington_
500
250
BOO
100
Totals.
_ 1877
3048
In the Highest Court.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 12,
1000,—On motion of the defendant
the case of Jack Davis alias *'Dia
mondfield Jack''' against J. F. Burke,
Sheriff of Cassia county, Idaho, was
advanced on the docket and set for
argument December 3rd. In this
case Davis was convicted of murder
in the first degree and sentenced to
be hanged Junc.4, 1897. It has
3 beon before the State Supreme court,
the United States District court for
the district of Idaho, and the Unit
ed States Circuit Court of Appeals
for the mnth circuit, It is now 'be
fore the highest court ot the land
on appeal from the decision of the
'Circuit Court of Appeals denying a
writ of habeas corpus.
It Will be a Dandy.
The'ExAMiNER force is npw work*- .
ing on its Christmas edition. It
will be gotten out in pamphlet form
and will be by far the finest number
eyer issued from this office.
Among other interesting to,picH
Will be kWritetip of Idaho, Bear
Lake county, and of Montpelier.
Tables of votes cast in Idaho and
this county at the recent election.
•Census TCturas for Idaho fend this
county. Assessed valuation and
taxes collected of this state an«lr
county. Items of interest about
the state and Bear Lake county.
Half tone cuts of prominent people
and business houses in this county,
all of which will go to make up a
'book of reference for years to come.
Those who desire ads in this num
ber will have a chance to insert them
at low rates. Those who wish extra
copies of this onrnber to «end to
friends will please leave their order#
oarly. The edition will be limited
to 1000 copies.
The election of Tom Glenn seem«
to stick in the crops>of some of the
republican exchanges of, Idaho.
iWell, gentlemen, you will have to
grin and bear it. Meanwhile Tom'
is using every endeavor to inform
himself on the needs of Idaho, and
when he goes -to Washington he
will have all the knowledge possi
ble of the wants of this state.
That was a terrible thing, tbs
burning of that negro in Colorado,
but when one remembers, that, ho
only suffered 13 minutes, while hin
victim
suffered equally j iSjgroa* tor
ture for enc hoar and
punishment don't seem ao .bmL
The brute deserved what he jjoâ.
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