The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-23

WE are reliably informed that a
 prominent Republican of Holbrook
 has been circulating a statement to the effect that the Republicans oi
 Apache county, have not, or ever did indorse the Anti-Mormon plank of the Territorial Republican plat from. It is well-known and an indisputahle fact that the plank in that platform which calls for the disfranchisement of the Mormons, was introduced, and after a hotly contested fight, adopted as a part of the creed of the Republican par ty of this Territory, by the delegate from Apache county. It is also a well-known fact, that R. E. Morri- son, who was the delegate who repre- scented this county in the Republi- can convention at Phoenix, had the proxy of this Holbrook man who is asserting so vehementiy that the Republicans of this county do not endorse that plank, and was acting for him in that body, and that he is indirectly responsible for its ap- bearing in the platform. To show that this man is not sincere in his statement in reference to this par ticular plank, we will quote a para graph from an editorial letter writ ten by Ed $. Gill, to the Arizona Republican, printed at Phoenix, while he was canvassing this coun- ty in the interests of his paper. The paragraph is as follows:
 ''The time has come when the Re- publican party must take a firm stand on the Mormon question:" said one of the old party workers at Holbrook. We must demand the enactment of a similar law to the Idaho test oath. l have lived among the Mormons for nine years and think 1 know something of them. As a class they are notori- ously licentious and perfect liber- tines. I never knew a Mormon who would not lie, and particularly If it was for the church he would per jure his soul. They claim to be christians and devout church peo- pie, and yet l never knew one who would not race horses, never knew one who would not bet, or never knew one who led a really moral and upright life. l never was in the com pany of two or more of them for five minutes that they did not turn their conversation into discussion ofsensualism and sensual pleasures. These are only a few of the minor things against them. As to their honoring men who have been not only law breakers, but criminals, you have ample evidence in the case of the perjurer Udall, who was pro- noted from Bishop to President just as soon as he returned from the penitentiary.
 Such language as the above should convince any sane man, that the Republican who says his party in Apache county does not endorse the platform is telling an untruth, and IS simply working to hoUlwink the M0rmons of this county, in order to catch few of their votes.
 But, to show still more clearly that this is their sole object, and that they are in earnest in their eff forts to disfranchise the Mormons of the Territory, we will quote what another prominent Republican had to say, in the same letter quoted from above:
 Said a prominent Republican and member of the Republican Territorial Committee, to me the other day at St. Johns, on reading the call:
 "Great God, what do they mean by that last paragraph. Read that, will you. Asking of Congress x the full privilege of citizenship to ALL within the borders of the present territory and then again, The complete and full enjoyment