Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-11-06

no one could gain official recognition
from him, except that he put on the
bosses badge and did his bidding. AS
the head of a great newspaper he did
what he could to neutraliZe all the
work that the paper had done for
thirty years to make Utah real Amer
lean State; he did what he could to
make Apostle Smoot, Apostle Senator
Reed Smoot; he kept the great news
paper sounding his own praises and
convincing the world that all the old
heart burnings in Utah had passed
away, except little which was con-
fined to the breasts of few irrecon-
cilables.
Suddenly he awakened one morn
ing to discover that, in his opinion,
the apostle Senator had not played
fair. The apostle had agreed to ride
and tie with him, but once in the sad
die the apostle liked it. 1t was new
experience for him and he forgot his
agreement and determined to hence
forth keep the steed in his own sta
BILE. Then this boss became angry and
strangely enough his wrath took on the
form of lofty patriotism and he bade
his henchmen go out and beat the
brush and made the woods ring with
Indignation, and to call upon the peo-
pie to come to the rescue of the old
flag, to stand up while the Star Span
gled Banner" was being played, and to
help to redeem, regenerate and olsen
thrall Utah and make it real Ameri-
can State.
IF this wins he will naturally get
over being mad, will he not, and be-
come his natural self? But If he does,
will not the boss in his soul re-assert
itself? Why, of course, and then Utah's
last state will be worse than the first,
for surely boss rule, while it lasts, is
worse than church rule. When church
rule has it's way it gives the glory
to the Lord; but when boss rule is on
top, here are no concessions, not even
to God; the glory is all appropriated
close down to the earth.
"All this should be a reminder to the
Republicans of Utah that up to election
day neither boss rule nor church rule
should be considered, but rather the
election of officers, from the highest
under the Federal Government down
to the Constable on the city ticket. The
effort, in our opinion, of the original
freedom shriekers is to defeat the en-.
tire Republican ticket; that then new
deal may be negotiated without any
provoking obstacles in the way.
THE importance of the election can
scarcely be estimated. The national
issue is whether the Republic shall
keep on it's sublime way upward or
whether a halt shall be called, it's in
dustries stopped and that part of the
flag which has taken on new splendors
of late shall be enough furled to cover
up it's new light.
THE local issue is whether the State
shall be given up to Democratic rule,
with Democratic Governor, Member
of Congress, Legislature and little
later a Democratic Senator Surely
this ought to be concernment enough
to occupy all the best thought and
energies of Republicans for one month
more.
"There will be time enough for the
consideration of other questions after
this first business shall be fixed"
I'm a convention in which all the
pyrotechnics and vaudeville features
were provided by Honorable Frank j
Cannon, the American party yesterday
carried out it's threat to furnish for the
delectation of voters a legislative an6
county ticket. A large crowd was pres
ent to hear Mr.. Cannon, and warmly
applauded his splendid elocution ant
sonorOus periods.