The Idaho scimitar. [volume], December 14, 1907, Page 9, Image 9

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Historical Notes
Tin Old-Time Election.
The territorial campaign of 1886 was a very dra
matic one from many standpoints. It was especially
so in Southeastern Idaho, where the Republican
party virtually went out of business and all of the
Republicans joined a local organization there known
as the anti-Mormon party. This party had its
strongest organization in old Bingham County, with
Blackfoot as the county seat. Bingham County then
and until the second State legislative session, com
prised what is now Bingham, Bannock and Fremont
counties. The tickets below are very badly mixed
as between original Republicans and original Demo
crats, i. e., the anti-Mormon tickets.
The following county tickets in Custer County at
the election twenty-one years ago this fall will
recall many familiar names :
Democratic Ticket.
Republican Ticket.
A. J. Macnab.
Cal C. Closson
For Joint Councilman Custer and Lemhi Counties.
George Harland
For Joint Assemblyman Custer and Bingham Cos.
John S. Rohrer.L. Falls.
J. C. Fox.
For Member of Assemblv.
Thos. J. Paul.
E. K. Davis
For Sheriff.
James Burns.
E. P. Johnson
For Probate Judge.
For Auditor and Recorder.
F. J. Clyde.
F. B. Willis.
George M. Fulton
C. L. Randall
For Assessor and Collector.
C. L. Rood.
A. J. Pierce.
W. E. Trapp
For Treasurer.
L. H. Johnston.
For Supt. Pub. Schools.
1. Jas. H. Van Camp.
.2. Geo. Emery.
3. D. E. McCullum.3. D. E. McCullum.
1. James Hooper
2. C. E. Taylor.
For County Commissioners.
W. A. Dodge.
Lockhart Boyd
For Coroner.
The emblem of the Republican party was "The
Eagle," and of the Democratic party "The Flag."
At the same election there was no Republican
ticket in Bingham County. This was when old Bing
ham County comprised what is now in the territory
of the present Bingham County, besides both Fre
mont and Bannock counties.
The following is the personnel of the Democratic
and of the anti-Mormon county tickets :
Anti-Mormon.
Democratic.
H. W. Smith.
H. H. Spencer
For Member of the Council.
P. L. Hughes.
J. M. McCullum
For Joint Member of the Council until Oneida Co.
C. B. Wheeler.C
Charles Wallace.
For Member of the Assembly.
W. H. King.
T. A. Hartwell
For Member of the Assembly.
J. C. Fox.
H. G. VanReypen
For Joint Member of the Assembly with Custer Co.
John Watson.
S. F. Taylor.
For Sheriff.
John Hunter.
For County Commissioner District No. 3.
George A. Robethan.
J. M. Bennett
H. L. Beacraft
For Auditor and Recorder.
F. M. Shoemaker.
J. W. Jones
For Probate Judge.
Robert Anderson
For Treasurer.
C. Bunting, Jr.
George W. Gorton.
William C. Johnson
For Assessor.
J. Ed. Smith
J. M. Taylor
H. M. Bennett.
For District Attorney.
For County Surveyor.
For Coroner.
In the same election, 1886, the Bear Lake Demo
crats had the following ticket; our scrap-book fail
Jos. A. Clark.
.W. H. Behle.
George H. Davis
ing to give any opposing ticket :
R. L. Wood (Cassia)—Joint Councilman for Bear
Lake, Oneida and Cassia Counties.
R. W. Gee (Montpelier)—Representative.
F. Passey (Paris)—Commissioner 2d District.
J. Grimmett (Dingle Dell)—Probate Judge.
J. L. Montonya (Montpelier)—Auditor and Re
corder.
E. Strong (Montpelier)—Assessor and Collector.
L. Dalrymple (Preston)—Sheriff.
W. M. White( Montpelier)—District Attorney.
Wm. Quayle (Dingle Dell)—Treasurer.
Richard Kennington (Bennington)—Superintend
ent Public Instruction.
L. M. Ward (Liberty)—County Surveyor.
Frank Hutchins (Montpelier)—Coroner.
To give an idea as to the hieght to which feeling
ran in this election of 1886 in the southeastern coun
ties, we quote from an address which w r as published
by "The Republican Anti-Mormon Party of Idaho"
in this election, as follows:
CHERISH
THE PURITY OF HOME.
To the Loyal Women of Idaho :
The main issue upon which the political campaign
of 1886 is being fought is one in which every true
hearted, pure-minded and loyal woman in Idaho has
an interest. MORMONISM and its attendant curses
is seeking a foothold in our territory. For years
this most unholy institution has controlled the four
counties bordering on Utah. The supremacy of the
Mormon church in Idaho means the enslavement of
men, the degradation of women and the utter
destruction of the home circle. Your churches,
schools and firesides are menaced by this over
shadowing evil. Broken-hearted mothers, neglected
children and the most cruel social desolation are
the necessary results of the Mormon creed as not
only taught, but commanded by John Taylor, the
Twelve Apostles, Bishops, Deacons and Elders of
this so-called church. Polygamy not only degrades
to the level of the beasts of the field those who
practice it, but it pollutes communities, taints the
young mind, breeds infamy and ridicules virtue.
Are you aware that in scores of towns, villages and
hamlets in our beloved "Gem of the Mountains" this
state of affairs exists? The above picture is not
overwrought It is naked, unwholesome truth. Your
duty is plain. As Christian women, affectionate
wives, loving mothers and proud queens of happy
household kingdoms you have a part to perform
in this struggle against the iniquities of the Mor
mon horror. Some of the grandest acts of loyalty
and devotion to principle were performed by the
braye women of the country, North and South,
during the late war. The present struggle in Idaho
involves the protection of the Nation against trait
ors, the ennobling of virtue and the preservation of
the home circle in all its lovely purity,
your might and let the influence of virtuous
Arise in
woman
hood be felt on the side of home and mother. Help
us drive polygamists and their unclean and unnat
ural practices from Idaho. While you do not come
in actual contact with Idaho's politics a-t the polls,
the influence of your minds outspoken, and the sub
tle charm of your wishes among fathers, husbands,
brothers and sons may prove of 'inestimable value to
a worthy cause. Coax your father, plead with your
husband and brother and admonish your son to exer
cise the glorious privilege of American citizenship
at the polls against treason and impurity.
Signed,
Thu Republican Anti-Mormon Party oe Idaho.
One of Seventeen Widows.
A cutting from the Chicago Inter-Ocean of Feb
ruary 7, 1905
nection with the career of Brigham Young,
cords the death of Lucy Bigelow Young, sixth wife
of Brigham Young, at the age of seventy-five. She
was with Brigham Young when he declared war
against the United States, and when he urged all
Mormons to fight to the last against American en
croachment. She was with him at his death, and
she lived on for twenty-seven years.
Brigham Young was a typical representative of
recalls some interesting facts in con
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the old Mormonism. Strong, resolute and resource
ful, he contemplated obedience to no laws except
those of his own making. It suited his purpose to
preach and practice polygamy. He took to himself
twenty-six wives, and was the father of fifty-six
children. At his death he left seventeen widows, six
teen s'ons and twenty-eight daughters.
Brigham Young's domestic affairs came before the
public in 1874 through the application of his fifteenth
wife, Ann Eliza, for divorce. The United States
Court denied the petition on the ground that the
marriage was polygamous, and therefore null. Mrs.
Young in her lectures and published articles por
trayed the character of Brigham Young and his
many wives, and revealed many things which are
still the subject of controversy.
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