The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-22
COUNTING THE MORMONs.

The Republicans of Idaho are reading
the hand writing on the wall Their ad-
ministration has been a dismal failure.
They obtained power through the agencies
of deception and political fraud 1t is well
enough understood nov, and has been for
some time, that it was the Mormon issue'
which placed the Republicans in control of
the territory, and left them masters Of the
state. A good many Democrats were
wheedled or frightened into forming
union for the suppression of the Mormons.
and after this had been done it was ascer-
tanned that the Democrats had been sup
pressed" with the Mormons. In making
the bargain and carrying it out the Re-
publican politicians had been the sharper,
and the Democracy were left ''holding the
| bag" So far as anything they could &C
complish was concerned, the Democrats
might as well have been DISTINGUISHED the
same time the ballot was taken from the
Mormons, for since the former have had
no Will IN the government, and have been
able to get only a few insignificant
county and precinct offices, whilst in the
last legislature the Democrats were so in.
significant in nun bers, that had it not been
for the superior ability and aggressiveness
of some of the members of the minority,
| one would scarcely have known of the ex-
istence of a minority.
The Republicans have had their way for
q long time; they have made the laws and
enforced them; they have bad practically
al the offices, important and otherwise,
and they are responsible for the admins
tration. That administration, both state
and county, having been bad, the people
have resolved to make changer 1t is this
resolution which the bosses of the @. o. q.
are reading on the wall, and which they
have set out to defeat, the party weapon
trickery-to be employed. AS Democrats
were used to destroy the Mormons, now
Mormons are to be used to destroy the
Democrats. We have made reference lately
to instances of Republican toadying to the
Saints. In almost every case the Mormons
are first "blasted'' as of old and then coaxed
and petted, This is because the big bosses
did not advise the lesser workers in the
fold as TO what was to be done, and the
smaller fry thought the proper caper would
De to kick the Mormons as Of yore. If a
town club was TO be organized, thel Saints
would be Indignantly denied membership
as being unclean and to be avoided. Then
instructions would come from head
quarters, the previous unfriendly action
would be recalled, and Mormons would be
made welcome. We have in mind now
little town the population of which is
largely Mormon; last month the few Re-
publican residents formed club for CAM
paign work, and young Mormon whose
character was above reproach having pre-
sented himself for membership, his appli-
cation was Indignantly denied and vigor
Gus anti-Mormon resolution unanimously
adopted. A few days afterwards a meeting
of the club was called, the resolution
revoked and Mormons invited to
join the organization We learn
that in that town to-day, Republicans who
three months ago, would have regarded it
as disgrace to be on friendly terms with
the Saints, are working enthusiastically to
enlist in their ranks both old and young
Mormons. They are not meeting with
much success, bat this is not their fault.
for they are as earnest and solicitous as
politicians and demagogues ever were.
IHE HERALD cannot understand how an
honest Idaho Mormon can join hands with