Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-01
MONDAYS ELECTION.

WE assume that the people are fully
alive TO the fact that the election on
Monday Is not m ordinary one for this
Territory. In some respects II Il tse
most important NJ well AZ the most In.
tefestlng that has ever been held In
Utah. The struggle q the paft has
Been all hut hand 10 hand fight be-
tween the mormon" people on the
one side and the avowed enemies Of
the "Mormon" people on the other
The Issue, 30 far as politics were con
cerned, was exceedingly simple. II
was, rs tho Enormous" believe, the
mere question whether We should
have the offices OF the Territory filled
with honest and capable men, or men
whose main inspiration was their hun.
ger for the spoils. Whether the "Aiot-
mons" were correct In this belief let
the nnti-"Mormon" administration Of
Ogden during the past two years and
Of Salt Lake during the two years end
Ing Ia February hear witness.
II more testimony Is needed We have
only III refer 10 the leading non."Mor-
mon" speakers Of the present cam
paign who have come Uut from the
anti."Mormon" party to help In the
restoration Of peace through the Intro.
ductlon OF national politics into the
Territory, their personal confessions
ought TO settle the question, forever.
The non.polltical, OF u you please,
thespcbonal issue Of past elections was
more simple from the "Mormon" stand.
point than the political featufc,and from
the "AIormon" standpoint quite as pro.
nounccd II not little more 10. The
question which tho "Mormon" voter
hadthrust Into his face ut every election
was, did he wish OF his own free will
TO elect as his representative In
office the candidate Of party
whose controlling motive was an un.
compromising hatred Of his religion,
and which came Into every campaign
with the ayowcd hope that one day II
"o,'u w Ao'o |" c'usn anu ii'e'"iy
his livelihood. In this his conceptions
wv n0' u'N'o' ~ IN 'ne o-ne. case
WIN oon'pio''on OF 'N'uenee'
~ 'ne l''a"na o' ono" seekers VINO
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u" opi'"eh'7 70 so"o'. nN Noe' INC
o'ONnns luA'''ca''oh 'oI once was a
'eoO'u % mate anu e'efn"' vengeance
As"''s, '"o 'oin'OuS ihe" PAIN
was olaNoneu win nate maze was
on MARY every up, anu nearly every
"'"'Nnoo " '''' 'os'u'n anu 'ho press
~ne'' 'u''' oa''e "N espouHeu' was
'n ,hi' VIZ" na'e' ihM 'neir
u ,',, nopo W." .ne 'ni''c'iuiiha''
MISREPRESENTATION, , u Mo'hons' mas
o''n 'ous anu 'opo"ouiy anu insult
hs'y aNo"cu IN 'ne poiuvs' iahsuHs'i
au' +" was announced WIN inc same
ofaAeh lmpuuohce anu contempt Tor
cohs'''uuohh hsh", thA' WIN inc
'sul 10 No'o "ou'u also ue 'Aken tho
''ghr oi property anu o'her valuable
privileges OF oiutehship' as result
inc campaigns nave always been In
"Dseiy oi'ter nut rarely exciting
inc eohuiuon. OF Tue coming cleo
Ton are now In almost every res
peot ihuto IN now no Feople's
party IN thc campaign The
o'heF issues OF national Importance
have come In and taken the place, IN
great measure OF those which were
purely local Iho advocates OF true
Amerlcanlsm anu OF deconcy between
neighbors have come out OF the party
OF hate, anu with members OF tho dis
banded Peoples party have erected
platforms upon which all the people OF
Utah, while enjoying tho full privi'
leges OF religious belief may divide
for the discussion and promotion OF the
political principles upon which are
grounded the policy OF the Republic.
Or the old conditions. alone remains
the grim crowd OF political adventnrera
VINO, with inc sait Lake Iriouno Tor