The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09
AN APPEAL TO oLD-TIsIE PREJU-
DICES.

Utah is not a good state in which
to make appeals to prejudice and to
stir up strife; the work of putting them
down has been too hard 70 make it
desirable to do the work over again.
That which causes us TO make these
remarks is the fact, the regrettable
fact, that for some time past the
Provo Enquirer has been. occasionally,
engaged in this very business. It poses
as a Republican paper and il so far
as it advocates political doctrines they
are Republican. But the paper en-
Joys the distinction Of having as the
vice-president Of the company which
owns it Hon. John Henry Smith, a
member OF the Twelve Apostles Of the
Mormon church. 1t is also the general
impression. whether correct or not we
make no pretension to say, that he
very largely shapes the policy of the
paper. These facts give the Enquirer's
u14erances on political nasyters an i'm
portance they would not otherwise
possess.
In its issue Of last night it discussed
the political situation in the state. In
the course Of its article it took occasion
t. say, speaking of the silver Republi-
cans:
Judge Powers is at the head Of the
entire combination, boilers and Dem
ocrats He has conceded to the
silver Republicans" as the boilers
county Offices, ami Democrats viii take
the legislative offices. If the third
party movement can be carried into
other counties and if Judge King,
Mormon. gets the nomination for con-
gressman, then it is said that C. S.
%ariar viii also be put up by the
Powers combination for congressman.
If David Evans secures the nominal
ton, then the situation viii be little
mixed and Vacisp may have TO take
a back seat.
The free silver cry is simply to blind
the Mormon people while 0. W. Powers
and his gang get away with the Of
fees. Powers will get the senatorial
toga, and Fred Leonard and the same
old click who have looted Salt Lake
county in the past VIII get the Salt
Lake offices in their hands again. if
this bolt goes on as outlined. The only
thing thai viii prevent it is an awak-
ening of the Mormon people to a re-
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they seem to be made willing catspaws
for lot of politicians.
The then It is said" portion of the
above isn't worthy of comment one
way or the other; the insinuation in it
is contemplate But when it is said
that 'the free silver cry is simply TO
blind the Mormon people while c. w
:,
the Offices" and the only thing that
viii prevent It IS an awakening OF the
Mormon people TO a realization of
where they are att an appeal to preju-
dice is made, stirring up Of strife is
attempted. It is directly charged that
the free silver cry is simply to blind
the Mormon people that certain men
may get the offices. That is not true:
on the contrary. It is absolutely false.
But the Enquirer charges it, antici-
pating that the charge will be believed
by its readers. Then the Mormon peo-
pie nobody else, are told that the only
thing which VII prevent this is their
awakening 20 a realization of their
true position. It is sought to convey
the idea mat the Mormon people alone
can save the state from a gang of loot
ers, everybody being looters but them
selves.
We have no fears that the Mormon
people win be caught with any such
sophistry and insinuation, but it shows
that there are those who are perfectly
willing to revive the dead past, with
all its bitterness and hatred, if by so
doing they can gain the slightest pc
litical advantage. They should under
stand now that if they succeed there
win never again be any alignment of
Mormons and non-Mormons on national
party lines, but that the alignment will
be on religious lines Then the only
parties that will be known in Utah for
a generation to come will be Mormon
and anti-Mormon.
THE ARKANSAS ELECTION.