Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-27


wishes from Spokane or the east, and
simply acted upon them. they might
have been saved a long and hot trip
to the northern section Of the state,
but as II was they doubtless enjoyed "A
little outing after they arrived In
cooler cline
The Parma Herald Oem) attacks
the author Of the strife IN the party In
vigorous terms, and puts the matter
In this form
"Wlth unfalterng courage and an
abiding faith IN the ultimate triumph
OF the principles OF jefferson and Jack
son, they (Democrats) VIII again IN ms
year OF grace. 1904 march TO defeat un~
der the dictatlon of a man--who doesn
know the meaning Of the word "democ-
racy"-who boasts that he was reared
in the shadow OF the home Of the pat.
ron Saint OF Republicans, and imblbed
with every drop Of his mothers MIX
the principles OF that party; who, TO
gain personal political prefermenI
wrecked the party under whose ban
ner he had fought the battles OF his
youth and manhood, and pr0fessed al
legiance to the principles OF jefferson
and Jackson; and who now, in violation
OF every tenet Of democracy, proposes
to plunge the party into a fractional re-
llgious- political strife that in the end
can only mean destruction
The owyhee Avalanche GDem) sees
through the scheme which was formed
to divide the Democratic party in Ida
no, and thus jeers those who fell into
the trap:
Senator Dubois forced his antl-Mor-
mon resolution through the Lewiston
convention. The Statesman, which has
been supporting Dubois and making
bitter attacks on The Mormons for
months past Is now advising the peo-
pie to vote the Republican ticket We
learn after awhile not TO drag chest
nuts out Of the fire for the Republi-
cans
The Spokane Review Independent
Rep). after arguing that the para
mount issue in the coming campaign
win be "Mormonism,' and showing that
the Lewiston resolution was directed
TO the Mormon hierarchy In Utah"
goes on to state:
THE Mormons are not likely to re-
main inactive during the war that has
been openly declared against them,
and will probably draw the line sharp
~ when II comes to voting, The Re-
publlcans will probably ignore the Ia
sue. go far as Is possible and II will re-
main for the Democrats to show that
conditions are really as bad as they
paint them"
The Idaho World Popullst Dem)
predicts the complete defeat Of the
arch-plotter's plans and adds
"1'he scheme Of Dubois is the dis
franchlsement Of the Mormon people
for doing biennlally for few weeks
the very thing he has been persist
emily and necessarily doing since the
day he first planted his feet on Idaho
soil He Is driving them TO do the
very thing that he or anyone else with
the spirit OF resentment of worm
would do, He will drive them to vote
as a unit, and for thus voting Will We
hemently demand their disfranchlse-
mentl For what reason7 Look ahead
two years and you will see the reason.
II crops out boldly"
The two paragraphs subjoined aIs
from the Boise Capital-News DemO:
what is Senator Dubois going to do
with the party organization now that
he has driven the Democrats out Of II?
There are enough good men on the
Dubois ticket to make the funeral OBJ
sequles In November emfnently respec-
table"
The Lewiston Tribune Dem) de-
plores the desperate plunge" OF the
party at Lewiston, Is sarcastic on the
high moral tone" which the Demo-
cratic Chairman Jackson assumes, and
quotes him in these words;
II expect said Mr.. Jackson, ITO be-
gin the distribution OF literature imme-
diately. For all practical purposes the
campaign will be run solely on the
Mormon Issue, az there is more interest
In that than in anything else, and the
Mormon question IL one OF more I'M
portance to the people OF Idaho than
any other that can be mentioned. Sem
ator Dubois has agreed to deliver a
number OF speeches on the Mormon ia
sue In the principal towns OF the state"
The Pocatello Advance Dem.) has a
lengthy but vigorous editorial on this
question. headed KIN II Now" In
which II depicts the deplorable condi-
ton OF the party In Idaho through the
action at Lewiston, forced by the
schemes OF the ambitious politician
who, after being the ancient enemy OF
the party" begged to be taken into
f. when he wanted to use It for his
personal gain" 1t gives the history of
his Vaccinations, and their results in
the decadence Of the party, from a ten
thousand majority In two years, goes
on to describe his work at Lewiston
and afilrms that.
by personal pleas and blandsh-
ments and by promises Of possible OFF,
clal appointments he Induced a sum
Client number of misguided members
OF the party to reverse their own cool
Judgments and to adopt his policy OF
dlsruptlng the party for the sake OF
venting his personal spleen and to pos
sibly assist him again into his posi- =
AlhH vi lbllpl anu AlhNAt anu lllhN lubf
on principle that Is as foreign to
democratic doctrine as Ia his practical
morality from his pretended virtue
The Advance makes an appeal to
the Democrats Of the State to Take
the only remedy now offered to quick
ly and effectually stamp this usurper
and his undemocratic policy from the
party" It closes a powerful arraIgn-
ment and forcibe presentation OF the
case IN these paragraphs.
This so-called Mormon issue in
this state has existed under present
conditions for more than thirteen
years. with the exception that II Is less
an issue now than ever before, yet
MIR, Dubois has but Just now discov-
cred a. with the death OF the men
whom Senator Dubois has almost daily