The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-20
PETTY REPUBLICAN, rRrcKs.

The Herald has already exposed some
OF the Misrepresentation by which Re
publican stump speakers have been at
tempting to beguile the unsophisticated
voter One of them has not yet been
laid bare. 1t is the statement that:
Governor Thomas and all the Re
publican Judges, with the exception Of
one Democrat. and C. c. Goodwin sent
petition to the President saying Utah
should be a state and polygamists
should be granted amnesty"
That is gross misrepresentation of
the facts in the case. The document
referred, to was simply an endorsement
by certain Utah Republicans of the pc
tition for amnesty from the Presidency
and Twelve Apostles of the Latter-day
Saints. 1t was not a recommendation
for statehood. 1t was declaration Of
belief in the sincerity of the appeal and
that the promises implied therein would
be adhered to if the application was
granted. SO much for the thing itself
Now as to the signers:
Judge Anderson was the only Demo-
cratic Judge on the supreme bench at
that time. The Republican judges con-
ferred on the matter but kept him in
ignorance of the movement, which was
craftily engineered by one Of the
signers of the endorsement, now en-
gagged in his usual snaky tactics for
the Republican party. It was intended
by them to make political capital among
the Mormon people, and is now being
used for that purpose.
But mark the sequel. Judge Ander
son, who was aware that there was
something being kept from him by the
other judges but did not know what ii
was. went to Washington, and in con-
versation With member Of Harrison's
cabinet. was asked how it was that his
name was not attached with that of
the other judges to that endorsement
of the petition for amnesty. He eX-
planned that he had not been let into
the secret The document was shown
to him and he read it and signed it
there and then.
Judge Anderson then communicated
the facts to ex-Marshal Dyer, c. c.
Richards, and others, among whom we
were all in Washington and were vastly
amused at the little Republican trick
and went TO the Department where
they inspected the document and gave
it their approval and support. They
also appeared before congressional com
Judge Anderson included, and
advocated the cause of Utah.
Now. when these paltry, little tricks
are being played by Republican petit
foggers and small politicians. it is time
to present the naked facts. They want
to claim all the credit for accomplish
ing what they were the chief instru-
ments for so many years in preventing.
If statehood had depended upon the
party, Titan would have
been as far from it as ever today.
The silence Of the Republicans in
Congress over the passage of the Demo-
cratic bill giving Utah her liberty, is
all that could be effected by members
of the party who were interested in the
matter. They feared the effects on the
Re. ublican cause in Utah, if the well
known inherent hatred of Republicans
in both Houses should find vent when
the bill was passed.
We know the inside facts of this mat
ter. If the Republicans persist in claim
ing that the Democrats were forced to
pass the bill by Republican pressure.
we will have to go into the details and
show that the whole story is not only
false. but that peculiar in
1uences had to be brought TO bear to
keep the mouths of certain Mormon
eating Representatives and Senators
shut on this question.
Now friends, whenever the tricky
takers tell their tales of
efforts for Utah, confront
them with the facts and cram their
falsehoods down their threats. When
they talk about the Teller bill, get it
and show the people what it was or
rather, was not. There was nothing in
it but sham and a subterfuge, to head
off the Home Rule bill. Bring out the
speeches of Republicans at the time,
made before the committees in Con-
gress. and see how much they were
favorable to liberty for Utah.
Their whole course in the matter has
been tricky, obstructive and inimical to
the interests Of Utah's people. And
now when they think there is a chance
to come in and grab the spoils, they
want to claim that they are the de-
iverers of the people whom they held
in bondage till the last. Let in the
light on their darkness, and then avoid
the traps they have laid for your feet!