The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
Beautiful Dreams of the Storm
starting Boss.
WHY HE FIGHTS MORMONS
AND WHY BE JOINED THE HAN
Ma GoLDBUGS.
Seeking to Establish a Political Re
alignment, With All the Mormons
In the Democratic Party and All
the Gentiles In Republican Party
-Anti-Mormon, Goldbug Bunco.

The stormstarter has now come out
into the open and the mercenary motive
of the Republican organs war on the
Mormons, as well as it's desertion of the
silver cause, is daily proclaimed from
the street corners. Mr.. Lannan's dream
involves a political realignment IN
Utah; the formation of a Lannanite
party, composed mainly of Gentiles,
and flying Mark Hanna S banner; the
driving OF all Mormons into the Demo-
cratic party; the restoration of old con-
ditions and the revival of all the bit
terness and strife of the past; all this
10 be accomplished through bunco meth
DDS, and to the end that the Salt Lake
Tribune may reserve the solid Gentle
support as of yore, and that more
dollars may find their way into its
owners poket.
VIII this mercenary effort to hood
wink the people and distract the state
be successful?
This is a question the promoters
would like to see answered, as well as
those who are watching their perform
ances.
The general plan is, and there is less
secrecy about it every day, to work up
Il realignment on old issues and reor-
ganize the Liberal element, as far as
practicable, with the addition of as
many representatives of Mr.. Lannan' s
branch of Young Utah" as can be in
duced to enter the ranks or work IN
secret for the success of the movement.
Just what this new party is to be
christened no one seems to know def
nitely, but enough has been given out
To indicate that it viii be made to serve
the ends and purposes of local Re
publican organization
In fact, Mir. Lannan, the chief pro-
moter and the originator of this, as
we'll as many similar schemes, has
boosted recently that certain Gentle
Democrats of his acquaintance would
soon be voting the Republican ticket in
local elections, as a rebuke to the re
dictionaries" of the dominant church.
Mr.. Lannan, it is said, has been inter
viewing all the prominent Gentle Dem
ocrats he felt able to approach in
safety, unfolding his plan, and trying to
impress its beauties and strong points
upon their minds.
A. large majority of the Republican
party in this state is composed of Cen
tiles" he is quoted as saying to one
Democrat. Now, the thing to do is TO
drive all the old Mormons out of our
ranks and swing in all the Gentle Dem
ocrats. In this way we can capture the
city, county and state whenever we
want Them
Then he points out a way to capture
the Mormon woolmen by preaching pro-
lection and Mark Hanna Republican,
ism to them; he purposes to wage war
on the MormonS in order TO win over
the Gentle mining camps; to throw an
occasional piece of SOP TO the Gentle
Democrats who follow him, and to
toady to a certain Mormon element by
praising members of the Cannon fam
lily.
No More Mormons.
To one Democrat, it is said, he de-
clared that his personal organ would
never again support Mormon at the
head of a ticket.
"Oh, of course he added, IF one
was after an unimportant office or had
his name way down towards the tail
of the ticket, we'd let him pass"
Another graft that this indefatiga-
bic wireworker is operating is the fac
tional feeling that he succeeded in
arouSing during the recent senatorial
contest. How he used his personal or
friends TO that purpose is an old story.
This feeling he is busily employed in
trying to keep alive.
Hardly a day passes. it is said. that
he doesn't hunt up some Democrat who
opposed McCune'S candidacy and tell
him something to make him angry or
suspicious. He has told them of meet
ings that never We're held, and plans to
down the so-called anti-McCLne people
that never originated anywhere save in
his fertile imagination. This sort of
stuff doesn't always go down. if the
subsequent comments of the men ap-
preached may be accepted as an indica-
ton OF the impression made, but now
and then he gets hold of a man who
claims to be a Democrat, while ne leans
to the Republican party, and the way
Lannan works him up is said by eye
witnesses to be ''as good as circus.
A Characteristic Trick.
THE whole thing is a trick worthy of
the man who is trying to spring 1t,
said one Disguised Democrat. after pa
tiently following the would-be boss of
the new party through the details of
his plan. And the Democrat who could
be inVeigled into the gUldbug party on
such nimsy preteXts isn't much use to
either party-the one that has him, or
the one that gets him after a while"
There are some fascinating things
about Lannans new party project
said another. But ne leaves too many
gaps down to suit me. L can't see how
any policy which is antagonistic to sill
yer viii win in the mining camps. He
has failed to demonstrate that the Cen
tile miners will swallow anti-MOrmOn
soup in preference to 16 to l meat. The
recent flop of his organ into the Mark
Hanna corral Will make all silver men
exceedingly suspicious of any PROPOSE
ton ii or its owner advances. And when !
il comSs to talking one thing in the
mining districts and another in the
sheep country. excuse me"
4 number Of Democrats have spoken /
about this matter from time to time, |
and called attention 10 the eXtraordi- |
nary activity of the new party-maker. |
But ne can't make Gentle Democrats |
see things his way. Some declare that |
they never could tell how far this self |
appointed MahGi would lead them be- |
fore something more promising should |
take his eye. Others assert that they |
recognize the hand as the hand of !
Esau, but the voice is the voice OF |
Jacob" SO this weli-laid plan, as 9TH |
ers before it. is likely 10 gang aglee.''
Preliminary Steps.
The tight on the superintendent of |
and the realignment in the 1
city council, in ali of which the fine |
Italian hand of the wouldbe boss is cas-
ily observable, marks the beginning of |
the new party. Whether it will go any |
further, or grow any larger, depends |
upon the gullability OF Democrats and |
of the young Utah ele-
,nent Many business men declare !
themselves opposed to any attempt To |
revive old animosities and irritate the
or To anything else that \
lends 10 delay the progress. none dis
,ute. except Mr.. Bannan and his organ,
n to disturb business relations which
nave been both pleasant and profitable
,r-o,. e-iYlCa the old fight ended.