The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-13
SMOOTITES MAKING
RELIGIOUS CANVASS
Straightout Question Is Asked
Voters by Church Republi-
can CanYaSSerS.
If A MORMON THE VOTER
PUT DOWN REPUBLICAN
Mormons, Democrat and Repub'
Iican, Expected to Support
Eldredge, Emery, Hansen.

The church Republicans are now
making a canvass of Salt Lake City and
county. not on a political basis. but on
a straight out entile-Mormon one
From several parts of the city come re-
ports that canvassers for the church
Republicans ask the question only as
to whether the voter is GENTLE or
Mormon. One voter reports that when
she questioned the canvasser as TO why
ne did not ask as to the political status
of the occupants of the house, replied:
ssOh. the religion of the voter settles
the question; If a Mormon we class the
voter as Republican. Your answer
TO nv query that You are n Mormon
fixes YOUR status This is the year the
church must go Republican, because wo
have to sustain Smoot. ms is IL
frank statement and shows concluslveiy
how the Smootites expect TO run things
as best suits them.
II is known that already the ticket
is arranged. The hierarchy must have
the Clerk, the Sheriff and County Attor'
nev. and to this end they will sacrifice
everything else. Eldredge, Emery and
Hansen are the men they would elect,
and every Mormon Democrat. as every
Mormon Republican is expected to vote
ticket is to be sacrificed. Hence 1t is
easily seen why the canvass is being
made on religious instead OF political
lines
The church Democrats overlooked
bet in their recent State convention
in that they failed to nominate candi:
date to fill out the uneXpired term OF
Chief Justice Bartle. who resigned Oc-
no low fba f,nzrprnOT
can only appoint a Supreme Judge when
a vacancy occurs, 10 hold until the next
election The Executive of Utah named
Judge Frick as the successor to Bartch,
but this appointment Will only hold
until November 6. Should Whitecotton
be elected he would not take his seat
until next year and the salary Tor the
two months would be lost TO him. How
ever, neither Whitecotton nor Frick
need worry. Judge Thomas MaIoney
will draw the salary as Judge of the
Supreme Court as successor to Judge
Bartch after November 6.
The official certificates of nomination
for the State officers on the ballots
were mailed yesterday morning by Sec
retary of State Tingey to the County
Clerks throughout the State, The GER
tificates show that Thomas Weir IS tho
y
Thomas Maloney for the Supreme
bench, and also for the unexpired term
That Joseph Howell is the Repub-
lican nominee for Congress. and Judge
Joseph E. Frick, the candidate for the
Supreme bench. and also the nominee
for the uueHpired period.
The Democrats named Judge Orlando
w Powers for Congress, and j. W. N.
Whiteeotton for the Supreme bench:
The Socialists are represented by Ho-
mer P Burt for Congressman.
The certificates also state that the
emblem Of the American party is the
American flag unfurled; of the Demo
cratic party is rooster is q defiant
attitudey the Republican emblem a
beehive.
1t also states that two constitutional
propositions are to be voted upon.
4 meeting of the voters of the Forty
first district will be held at American
headquarters, Cullen hotel, at 3 clock
p m. Sunday the 14th inst. TO dis
cuss matters of Importance. All voters
of the district are cordially invited
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