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Newspaper
The Idaho Scimitar
Location
Boise, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
12
Section 3 bars voting juror or civil office to bigamists and those in patriarchal plural or celestial marriages or who teach or aid such crimes. It also bans supporting groups that promote bigamy or deny state laws as supreme. Section 4 allows the Legislature to set additional suffrage qualifications but cannot annul this article.
William A. Hyde, president of a Mormon Stake of Zion of Idaho, declared that polygamy is banned by the church as thoroughly as its law can state. He added that members who violate it face civil penalties and the severest church-imposed penalties.
The Scimitar demands President Hyde cite church actions against polygamists to prove his assertion. It brands the ecclesiast as covering criminality and political infamy in Idaho and nationwide, urging proof or withdrawal of the claim.
The Scimitar has issued a challenge to President Hyde, who has not yet responded. The newspaper notes the public dispute and records no formal reply or timeline as of press time.
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