The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-27
AN APPEAL TO PREJUDICE.

AN APPEAL TO PREJUDICE.
Senator Shoots personal organ yes
terday published an appeal directed to
the Mormon people. urging them i'm i'm
passioned terms to vote the Republic
can ticket this fall. The appeal was
based-not on political grounds, not be-
cause the election involves the tariff.
or the presidents policies. or any polit-
fcal issue-but on the ground that the
American" party will win If the Re
publicans do not, and that American"
success means untold terrors for the
Mormons
The frankness of this editorial utter
ance is commendable. 1t shows that
the Smoot Republicans hope to win by
playing upon the fears, the religious
sentiment of the people. II any one
utterance could sway sensible Nor
mons from their honest convictions.
such a plea might because It is adj
dressed to the religious feelings of men
and women who cherish their religion
deeply. who would sacrifice much for
it. if IL were necessary.
Fortunately the day has passed in
Utah when such a subterfuge can
hope to carry any weight. To begin
with. the figures are against the pc
tense that the Republicans alone can
hope to defeat the American" party
Lynch's campaign last fall, backed as
II was by Senator Smoot and the fe.I-
eral Office-hOlders in Salt Lake DEM
onstrated beyond question the utter
Generalization of the Republican party
in this city. Lynch got barely half
as many Republican votes as Mr.. How
ell got the year before, while the Dem
ocrats gained nearly a thousand and the
Americans" got enough Republican
votes TO win. a vote for the Republi-
can ticket is half vote for the Amer
leans"
The fight this fall lies between the
americans and the Democrats. with
the Republicans hopelessly out Of it in
Salt Lake City and county. There is
no other probability In sight. and the
Republicans who know anything know
they are bound to lose. Their one hope,
q last desperate chance, lay in the APP
peal they have made. an appeal utter
~ inexcusable, utterly deserving of
condemnation because il ranks with
the whispering" methods that have
characterized the SmOot organization
and which have driven the Republican
party to destruction.
Waving the political immortality of
such abhorrent methods, what are the
facts confronting the voter? On one
side the Smoot wing of the Republican
party controlled by a machine that is
dscredited at home and abroad, is re-
sponsible for much of the political
chaos that has befallen Utah. that has
alienated the best men Of it's own par
" and entangled the state i'm a muddle
that has inflicted countless injury TO
all its best interests. On the other
side is the American" party, likewise
basing it's hope Of success on religious
prejudice on the hatred or men for
their neishbors and former associates
in politics. defaming the state and de-
termined to rule or ruin
Against these two destructive forces
will be arrayed the Democratic party.
basing its campaign on it's ability to
furnish good government, with ticket
that will represent no faction. no in
dividual ambitions. no hatred or malice !
or other evil thing. That ticket will
he named i'm a convention controlled by |
no clique, representing only the peo-
pie. gentiles and Mormons alike who |
want peace with honor. who hope to !
inaugurate new political day i'm |
which both the Smoot faction and the |
American" faction will have no part |
The voters of Utah, and particularly /
of this city and county, will have their |
choice Of these three tickets. We do
not believe that either the Smoot or
gan's appeal to the Mormons or the
American partys appeal to Mormon
haters will win. The people, the COM
mon, everyday American citizens of
this community are tired of the fight
brought on by these factions; they
want relief from the wrangliHg and
yecriminations and abuse that follow