Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-25

age Church influence IN politics. the
thing he complains about now; but AZ
ne time referred 10 above. the Church
people were supporting Dubois when he
was pretending 10 be Republican. OF
course Il was all right with Fred at
that time 10 have the Church IN politics
and Il continued to De all right with
this political crook until many OF the
Mormon people refused 90 follow him
from the straight Republican party into
tho Silver Republican party, then into
tho Silver Republican Democratic-Po
ullst fusion party. and later into the
Democratic party and lastly into the
anu-Mormon party. and so on along the
Inc as fast az the many party switches
and hops came SO with Fred.
We should remember that when Du.
hois was INDUCING in this political
Church love feast with President Bulge
Of the Mormon Church referred 10
above. Mr. Bulge was the same kind
OF n Mormon and the same kind % q
polygamist and the same Kind Of Re-
publican that be is today. and there
were he SEINE general reasons for
fighting him and the other Mormous
that there arc now and the same per-
sonal reasons that there are now. eN-
tept M that time President Bulge and
many of the other Mormons were sup
porting the political party that The foxy
Fred happened to De working with
then These are facts that everybody
In this part OF the state knows about
Dubois is not fighting the Mormon
Leaders because they are in politics
Doc is fighting them because they re-
fused % interfere n his behalf during
tho campaign VI 1900 after he went TO
Salt Lake 90 urge them % help him.
aud because they have failed 10 pro-
mise him help this year
"While they were voting for him
Do worked FOR them in the halls 81
Congress and said that they were en-
titled 20 statehood for Utah, bat as
soon as he failed % get the votes that
he thought belonged to him for an of
DTS tricks and aops. be began pro-
claiming On the eastern people that
the Mormous are not entitled Go amy
of me rights Of citizenship or
course. the official position De holds
enables him TO command more or less
attention and considerable credit
among eastern people. and ] suppose
we should excuse them t0r having a
little respect for him, but how can
we excuse the people of idaho that
bhndiy follow him after thcy nave had
30 many opportunities 90 learn OF HE
lack of AN sense Of honor or ohliga-
ton nv others the moment be- sees
q chance 90 turn trick FOR him.
SELF
"Ho knew the Mormon people Ten
or twelve years ago as well as he does
today and n he really thinks thcy are
menace 90 the welfare Of our coun-
try ne thought 30 az the time he was
trying to gain their good WIN and SUP.
port by doing their bidding As late
a. Feb @. 1908. he declared bon "a speech
in the Senate that the Mormons had or
were abandoning polygamy as fast as
they could by prohibiting further plur-
al marriages. A. the time ne made this
speech ho Niil had some hopes ot
making q deal with them. His de-
claraliOu an So late "a date that poNg-
amy IS dying ont together with the
we'll knows fact that he was 'rst 10
urge the Momon Church to go into
politics after the manifesto. the Two
thing that no has raised an ~ this
great fuss about bars him from any
right 10 complain. and should bar him
from the respect and confidence NJ all
Of the anu-Mormon people that are
opposing the alleged Church rule IN
politics from patriotic motives