The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-06
RELIEF SOCIETY WOMEN
DRAGGED INTO POLITICS
Their Names Used in invitation to Brace Up Fall
ing Fortunes of Lynch Campaign
Deseret News Refuses to Publish invitation 5000 Copies OF
Which Are Scattered Broadcast Over City For Political
Effect on Voters.

r OR the past two weeks the cam
paign for Lynch has been in 4 des-
perate plight and the members Of
the Spry Smoot Callister Anderson
| clique have been circulating the Wild
| est canards in order TO attract support.
/ They have used fake figures. they have
professed to have church" influence
and have circulated any sort of fairy
tale that might appear to be OF
/ service for the moment. Their emissa-
ries have been trailed from house to
house and voters told the truth, so that
/ their strenuous endeavors thus far
! have been wasted
The last campaign dodge is intended to
deceive members of the Mormon church
| into the belief that the authorities az
/ the church desire the election of Lynch
and his fellow candidates. IL involves
! the dragging into politics some of The
most prominent women Of the church.
/ 4 few of them have been known in
| politics, but the vast majority have
| been known only for their good deeds
! In the Relief society work.
The leaders of the Lynch campaign
| have issued invitations 10 a reception
and musicale" this afternoon. The in
vitation reads:
Text of invitation.
Yourself and friends are cordially
invited TO attend a reception and mu-
sicale by the Republican ladies of Salt
/ Lake at the home OF Ex-Governor Heber
/ NJ. Wells, 81 First street Monday Nov.
6, at .. m. Music by Imperial quar-
/ tette and LambOurne string band.
/ Speeches by Hon. George Sutherland,
/ W. J. Lynch. Thomas Huh ana others.
/ Refreshments
Then comes this: Mrs. Wells viii be
assisted in receiving by the following
/ ladies: Mrs Bathsheba W. Smith.
/ Mrs. Emmeline b. Wells, Mrs. Charles
| :. Burton, Mrs. Clarissa Smith VIII
( liams, Mrs. Ida Smoot Dusenberry
. (sister Of Senator Smooth 5lrs. George
/ q. Cannon. Mrs. Phebe y. Beatie. Mrs.
Anthem n. LUnd. Mrs. Ann d. GrOeS~
I beck. Mrs. Susa Young Gates Mrs. (.
/ W. Nibley, Mrs Emma Empey. Mrs.
Annie Watson. Mrs. Margaret Romney,
. Mrs. Mae NyestTom. Mrs Augusta W.
! Grant, Mrs. Adella W Eardley. Mrs.
{ Maria Y. Dougall. Mrs Alice kimbalI
/ Smith, Mrs. Carl \. Badger, Mrs. +. +.
( jenkins, Mrs. Dora Y. Hagan. Mrs.
+ +. H. Callister. Mrs. 3. T. Cummings,
Mrs. Josephine q. Smith, Mrs. Lucy
Woodruff Smith. Miss Sarah Eddlug-
ton, Mrs Olive u. Christensen tirs.
3 Edna Smith Mrs. Ida J.. Smith Mrs
Margaret Hull. Kiss May Anderson.
Mrs Louise Felt Mrs Grace f. Fol
/ land, Mrs. Vera Felt, Mrs Mary 4.
Free, Mrs. Lizzie Felt. Mrs. Loie Felt,
! Mrs. Nellie c. Taylor. Mrs, George a.
! Smith, Mrs. Minnie J. snow
Every woman on the list is prominent
in the Relief society work of the
church. Some Of them are Republic
ans; others are Democrats. Some Of
them are for Lynch for mayor. others
are today for Morris and always have
been,
News Turns Down Invitation.
/ In at least one ward meeting last
evening these invitations We're scat
3 tered broadcast over the seats. Others
/ were distributed i'm unaddrcssed en-
: yclOpeS at the doors Of houses all over
the city II was estimated last even
ing that at least 5000 of the invitations
had been distributed,
/ II WAS learned yesterday that an eff
fort was made on Saturday To have the
text of the invitation and the list of
Relief society women published in the
/ Descret News. The directors Of that
paper declined to publish the invitation
/ because the PURPOSE was 50 transpar-
/ ent to deceive Mounous into the belief
4 that this church society had gone into
! politics IL was stated also that tho
I church authorities later endorsed the
position taken r. tho News in eXclud-
( ing the article from the paper
How Fraud Was Worked.
d
Some time ago, it is learned, ex-Gov-
/ eTnor Wells was asked for the use of
his home for the purpose of holding a
Republican meeting. He assentcd.
supposing it would be an ordinary
meeting. with speeches and music. at
tended by his friends and neighbors
He didn't expect any campaign fraud
to be worked under his roof tree and
+ apparently with him as a partner in
the fraud. Then the promoters began
on the list Of women. The names of
some were easily obtained. They were
Republicans and perfectly willing 10
assist Others, il was stated on eX-
cellent authority last evening, were
] persuaded to allow their names to be
used because they were told that the
/ reception was in honor of Mr.. Wells,
! whose public career they had followed
and admired. Some of the ladies on
/ the list are Democrats and hope for
/ Morris election. They supposed that
! the only purpose Of the meeting was
social and incidentally political only SO
far as recognition of Ex-Governor Wells
/ services TO the state We're concerned.
/ Others, it was stated, were not con-
suited at al.
If all of the 5000 OF more who have
received invitations attend. Mrs Wells
/ will have a busT day. But it is not
expected. nor was it expected by the
promoters Of this fraud, that all will
attend. The purpose of the invitation
was simply 10 give credulOus MOrmOns
to believe that the stories they have
been told by Shoots retainers are
true-that the church really desires the
election of Lynch. They were expected
10 read the list of Relief society wo-
.,,nr, ct ~ ~ homo .nL WHO ha D.