The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-27
JUST a PLAIN LIE.
The Sanpete Correspondence Merely
an Old Republican Trick.

an OAu AbCpuOAACeth
An article appeared in the Salt Lake
Argus of yesterday, reading as fol-
lows:
The following correspondence from
| the banner Republican town Of San
pete" which is generally known to be
Fountain Green, appeared in yester-
days Provo Enquirer. The entire COM
munication is most respectfully re-
ferred to Judge Powers for his prayer
full thought and most careful consid-
Grafton:
Editor Enquirer: 1t is enough to
make one tired to hear the Democrats
/ howl at the top of their voice and froth
at the mouth about church inf1u-
ence'
Zone unacquainted with Democratic
methods would think that Powers and
all his honest subordinates were as
pure as the driven snow and as inno-
cent as new born lamb. Yet we find
their actions as consistent (?) as their
sayings and principles.
Republicans are charged with using
church influence in order to direct pub
lie attention from Democrats who are
using it. This is a great Democratic
Powers scheme.
and appear the most sanctimonious
are, when properly unveiled the dirt
lest, Wickedest. stinkenest, ungentle-
manly set of all.
while Powers is spending his wind
! (for that is all there is to him) against
church and state, his precinct chair
men are practicing what he is endeav-
oring to blow away, or at least the one
! at the banner Republican town Of
/ Sanpete' is He reasons with his fell
! low citizens in this way: Now,
/ brethren, look here, you have been to
the temple and received your endow-
/ ments?'
Yes
hood?
Yes
And you have been told by our
! leaders to always follow the majority
/ of the priesthood? Therefore, it is your
! duty to find, if possible. which way the
majority Of the priesthood will vote
: this year and then vote the same way
/ Look at the Democratic ticket. It has
seven men on it who hold the priest
hood While the Republican ticket has
/ but four. Isn't it plain which way you
/ should vote?
is this consistent with the wflirl-
wind which curls from the rottenest
mouth in the Democratic party?
''Mr. Powers, have you so instructed
/ your subordinates? Have you advised
! them to talk thus in private while you
/ draw public attention away from them
to yourself? Why did you not instruct
/ them to eschew everything in that line
as the Republicans do and as You wish
! them to? J. 2. B."
, Judge Powers Reply.
/ The foregoing article was shown
!
/ he was asked whether he had anything
! to say about it. He replied that: The
whole matter is on a par with the
athletic. gymnastic and acrobatic Jug
Cling with the truth, to use no stronger
/ terms, that has been the stock-in- trade
! of the Republicans in this campaign [
! do not believe that there is any truth
( in the article. I think that the man
! who wrote it is a follower of Ananias
and I fully believe that he will vote
/ the Republican ticket. He ought to
! belong TO the Ancient, Reckless and
/ Independent Order of Prevarica tors. I
/ can answer the whole thing in a few
words.
"First-It is lie. I am aware that
the Republicans do not like to have
me speak thus plainly.
"Second-It is a Republican cam
paign document, twin brother to the
I last designation, and
Third have not instructed any of
! my subordinates to do what is in
timated that 1 have I do not think
that any of my subordinates have thus
talked. If l found any of them talk
/ ing in that way would very soon "call
them down." and that is much more
than any Republican would do with
regard to anyone that used such eff
forts to further the Republican
cause.
81 am not surprised that the com
munication first saw light in the
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