The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30

III the United States means an ec- clesiastical control that has ever been aggressive, exacting and tyran- nical and whose boast has ever been that the Mormon church and peo- pie do not and will not assimilate with the people of our country ; whose dominating tenet is polyga- my; whose doctrine Is to segregate it's people from all others in their affairs who vote as one man under the dictation of its priesthood and only for those who can be used for its base purposes; that as a people they are un-American and dlsloyal, and that for less reasons than these the Chinese have been refused citi- zenship and are excluded from our country; that the Mormon element in our midst is constantly increas- ing that the evil of their lives is a blot upon the good name and fair fame of our Territory, and that If we allow this vice to continue We can hope to harvest from it only evil and. therefore,
 We, the Republicans of Arizona in convention assembled, do hereby demand of Congress that before it adjourns it shall pass the bill now pending before it, known as an Act for the 'Purifcation of Elections in Arizona"
 We call attention to the above extract from the fact that the nom- inces of the Republican party in Apache for county officers, in secret caucus, determined that 1t was un- wise and impolltic to say anything during the present campaign about the Mormons. After due delibera- ton they concluded that by keep ing quiet on the Mormon question they might be able to inveigle few of the Mormon voters into voting some portion of their ticket, if not all of 1t.
 It is a well known fact that R. E. Morrison, who represented the Re publican party of this county in the Territorial convention which adopt ed the above plank as a part and parcel of their platform, is the au- thor of the paragraph which heads this article. He was appointed by a county convention of the R3pub- lican party held in St. Johns, and was clothed with ful! authority to act and speak for them in the Ter ritorial convention which adopted and promulgated the platform, of which the above is plank. There fore the Republicans of Apache county are directly responsible for it. They may twist, squirn and deny it, but the cold, hard, stub born facis of the history of it's ori- gin, rises up and gives them the lie, whenever and wherever they may seek to shirk their responsibility for its appearance. Every Mormon in Apache county should read it., ponder it, anulyze it, digest il, take in all it's bearings and significance, and then gn to the polls, if they can, and vote for single man on the Republican ticket.
 It is rumored in St. Johns tha the Mormuns in the western DOT t on of the county are divided that a portion of them intend voting with the Republicans in this eiec- ton. We do not, cannot believe 1t. For them to do so after the abuse, vituperation and contempt that has been heaped upon them by the Re  jpublican party, would smack too much of the cur, that fawningly turns and licks the hand which has just smitten it. For them to do so is contrary to all sense of manhood lis repugnant to all ideas of self respect, and would be a virtual ac- knowledgment that all that has ! been said about them as a people was true--that they are guilty "f all the crimes and iniQuities which has been charged against them. For them to vote for single, solitary man on the Republican ticket would , I f