Telegram-herald., 1889-08-08
MORMON RULE.
L Receives = Staggering Blow in
It's Strong
VICTORY IL SAlTI,EE
Iass Garry ths Ciry sfsetas ~ sssali
A~.@rify. M~Aiag = ,sAi4 81 "A 49,
the 4 t4h sssl4tars- -
Uinc4aes ~ tAs Result


sA1E Las Csgs. l. A Aag 1-Ghe elsc-
Uea ~slcA tQok I-4os ~ slls cisy NeDcay
N1s Ter ne aoers - Jhe Les ..l4uNe Assem-
rs and tor Territorial co4nts and preelues
otoers lhe prnoipz. interest 81 Us .Asl-
p4gn csntsrea iA sal LAKE Ogy. y aeIe
tAe 6rst real political fghE ever seen
a.. this Territory Va l4sde u was =
novel Nsal T. see huge campaign Iuseungs
held IA 49, Quarters II . city by p~op4s ID
twenty yeals ago woult scarcely have
dared come sithb iis walls without per
mission froIa Brigham ouag. Nkc ~As NlTt-
Ually the aAtocTAt u al Utah.
Tie leading nou k0Tmoas - TIE cits en-
tered apon spirited campaign. snd with
drums. and hfes. and lanterns and t0urEes
and orat0ry, and argument Invaded the cap
it, Of TIC saints Judge Orlando " Powers
"a old politician from Michigan. Who 3
looked upon a. the Noses ~ ho has been ssnt
/ lead tie h0rmons cut II tie IL p1an
darkness ia Wbicl they have Leeu in-
mlred Tor 30 these forty years vas a. tie
head of the Gentle movement he began
Lis woIG by dividing the city on luto
" ards and appointing q Oeltl.e cept1An 10
each ward These wards Nere s4hclNloe
into blocks and agents appointed Ter each
blocA end iu This way thorough mousse 10
house canvass was made. Before eiecuon
cat.the Gentiies knew their.e sacr strength,
and u hile there were supposed 10 be 100
Cent? les out OF a total egistrAtiou ot a.olo
yetthe 9entiles Lad 10 idea that they could
pol theis fan vote.
Many vi their members were out OF the
city others were apathetic. and Judge Pow
ers believed that tho Mofmons Won q win
by about 80 votes IL was therefore 4
A.. q -.
that the Geutiles had carried the clty
by forty-one votes While Lot city officer
was elected none being voted ior-yet IL
gives renewed hope that IN the municipal
election Ia February the city viii be
wrested from the Mormon control. ia which
IL has been ever since Brigham Young
crossed the NasHIch mountains ia So
One o. the prime causes for the victory
wae The detection from The Mormon ranks
Al least = - young NoTmOns voted with tie
Gentles. and this breaking away from the
chains OF the priesthood was the chief
cause for the celebration Monday night
Perfect pandemOnlum Ielgned on The
streets here from O clock until 3 O'Clock
In the morning. business men, professional
men, preachers, boys. women, all joined ia
the 10 lifcation lIhe Mormon pO ice at
tempted % stop the demonstration. bat
were powerless Cow bells. tin horns.
bombs. guns. colored lights. in fact every
thing that would make a round or a blaze
was brought into requ;sition- such a sight
was never before seen in Utah
The victory means an increase Of business
and population; II means that next Febru-
ary the city viii 20 Gentle by 7OJ l. loo
votes, II means the beginning Of the end of
the Mormon power. Tor the young men
have declared at the ballot that they will
in future think for themselves and not al
low priestly Interference with their fran
chise II means population OF ,0DJ IL
ten years
The Mormons were more surprised than
the GentiIes. and take their defeat bitterly
TIE next Legislature wiz have six Gentilcs
III the House and two members Ia the
council-the council being body
corresponding TO tho State Senate
The last Legislature had five Gentle
members. and this increase OF three Is
gratifying This gives them eight mem
bers out OF thirty-six. and when it il re
membered that the first Gentle who sat IN
a Utah Legislature was David Mclaughlin.
who served two sessions ago, the impor-
tance OF this present election Will be better
understood
In Salt Lake County. OF which this city
forms i part this increase IN the Gentle
vote is also astonishing. and the claim IS
made that within two years . Mormons
will lose that also The influx OF the Gen
tiles into Utah since the real-cstate boom
here last year has been steady. but 50
quiet has 1t been thai not even did the gen
tiles appreciate what power they had be