Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-06
A CHICAGO PAPER on THE
CAMPAIGN.


Herald, goes after the conspirstoI
who are seeking to wrest, by tricker
and deception, the government {
this city out OF the hands Of tn
majority. He wields a yigorou
pen rs will be seen by this extraC
in reference to boomers, and infa
tionists:
"During the las. few months tn
army Of real estate boomers who al
but succeeded in wrecking the pros
perity Of Wichita, LeadviIle and othe
western cities in which they starteC
silly and ruinous booms, hsveinYade
Salt Lake. The result is an unwar
ranted and preposterous advance In
the prices OF real estate. Without the
aid Of fictitious influences Salt lake
has been enjoying a wonderful degree
OF prosperity, and those OF its citizens
who have the future welfare Of tho
city at heart strongly object TO hav-
ing lions integrity undermined
by a lot Of rsscslly shRrpers.
Bat since the boomers struck the
town, property that a year ago was
sold for what was considered very fair
prices, has doubled and trebied in
value, while farming and pasture lands
lying { the south and west have been
staked of into town lots and put upon
the market at prices that make the
sanity Of the boomers questionable.
Many Of the real estate sharks have
but little ready cash to invest, but
what they lack In capital they make
up in monumental western gall. Most
Of the property they have obtained
control OF was secured by what Is
known as the option plan, by which
the boomer selects a tract OF land for
his subdivision and at once opens up
negotiations with tho men who for
nearly half a century have raised
crops upon it. Fairy tales Of great
prospective wealth, accompanied by a
small cash deposit, turns the farmers
heads and they sign a contract with
The boomer, agreeing TO sell their acres
for a specified price within a specified
time.
After describing the Nun chausen
tactics Of the land gamblers, and the
character of this country when
first settled by the ''MormonD peo-
pie in 1877, he turns his attention to
alate phase ofthe political ~conspira-
cy, involving theexcIuslon of men,
bes Of the Church from na~turaliza-
ton. His statements in this line
are 50 pointed that we introduce
them here:
"The willy boomer, who is a good
deal OF a genius in his way, has de-
veloped a scheme for disposing Of his
options at enormous profits, and II
this scheme can be successfully |
worked he expects to revel in riches
Although the willy boomer is men
toned in the singular person it must
ne understood that there are hundreds
OF him here and that all these hum
dreds are banded together for the
parpoSe OF attaining a single Object
heecinS victims. He has already
attempted to market his town lots In
the eastern cities.but meeting " I'm An
unexpected setback he is now trying
other tactics. The real estate sharks
found that, as in the case OF Wichita
aud Leadvills, there was no diff
Guilty in hoodwinking c astern people
with money to invest, but they also
found that p~rejudices against the Nor
mons were so deeply rooted that so
long as the Mormons held control Of
theSSlt Lake government their sub
divisions were not likely TO find pur-
chssers. In this connection /. is
singular how much credence has been
given in the East to the silly sensa-
tons that have been recently sprung
by these same boomers in regard to
the Mormons. The lurid, blood curd-
ling tales that were related in Judge
Anderson's court juring the recent
naturalization contests were evidently
accepted by the outside world as actu-
al facts. Salt Lake people knew that
much Of the testimony was false.
knowing the irresponsible character Of
many OF the witnesses they simply
laughed at the absurd stories Of cruel-
~ treason and murder, and the silly
alleged disclosures OF the secrets OF the
Endowment House. These Witnesses
or st least the more sen~sational q,
them, are positively believed to
have accepted brides from the
boomers or carpel-bag element, the
object being to still further SANDER the
Mormon church and furnish the courts
with a pretext for refusing naturaliza-
lion papers 10 many who were honest
ly entitled 10 become citizens OF the
United States. It was butts another
way Of prosecuting the Mormons. {
Eminent constitutional lawyers who |
have since gone over all OF the eyi. f,
denoe and read the ruling and opin- ,
IN Of the court. say most emphatic 1
ally that in deciding that an alien !.
csnnot become a citizen simply be- :
cause ne is a member Of the Mormon /
church Judge Anderson committed a
grave error, and one that the eonstitu. /
ton and laws OF the United States will o
justify. The steps taken to prevent
naturalization Of Mormon aliens Il
the beginning OF the political con- a
spiracy that is now being so carefully n
worked out. This conspiracy has for ~
IFS object the crushing out OF Mormon =
in the city government, and the -
Of the offices and the funds o,
city in the control Of the boomers 1t
In treating upon the political sit /,
lation in this city this pungent al
exposes the unfairness Of the ii
'Liberal'' anti" Mormon" tactics h,
places this exact estimate upon W
hose who formulate and operate 10
hem: ~,
Their campaign is being managed ."
" men who are as shrewd and tricky ca
5 they are INSCRIPTIONS. and who lii
Tiii not hesitate at any sort OF political br
ascality when necessity requires-~ L
The selection in every instance Of
nh-"Aiermon, or "Liberal,, regis or,
nation officers by the Utah Com az
nSsion is denounced as without de,
Il element of justice, showing the su,
'Rrped and prejudieed condition of ito
lie Utah Commission, whose duty fra
to administer the law with fair UNI
ess and equity. Two of those Off sor
rs are specially named as having Obi
Ipressed publicly and otherwise par
leir antipathy to the majority of trio