Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-08-18

that the Independent Republican press
of the state of Utah shall at once set
the seal of it's disapproval on this sort
of conduct and shall serve notice that
every man holding Office is a creation
of the Republican party and not Gre
ator; vassal and not a master.
This mess is all the result of med
iling and interference. 1t began wnen
The members of the state committee
commenced to work to insist upon the
prominent OF person to federal
position who is unworthy and who is
not wanted by the Republicans of We
Der county. 1t was continued by in
reference by members of the same
| committee in a purely local affair in
Ogden, when a judge of a court was
approached and a case discussed by
men who had no right to invade the ga.
cred precincts of justice and debate
| possible action by the judge in ques-
| ton. 1t started as local blaze and
It bids fair to end in a general con-
1agration and no one Is more pleased
with the state of affairs now prevail
ing than the opponents of Republican
| ism.
| Before this unwise and asinine con-
duct on the part of the individuals re-
| Sponsible for this unhappy state of af-
airs everything was lovely and invit-
ing. True, we expected the little ante
convention battles, but they are al
ways to be expected, and sometimes a
right smart scrap among ourselves
makes matters only more lively. The
prospects for Republican victory were
as rosy as the dawn. What are they
| now? Can the party expect to win
when men in high station are accusing
each other of being crooked, corrupt
and venal? viii the soldier in the
ranks charge on the common enemy
when the generals are leaping, sword
in hand, at each others threats?
Hardly.
This scrap must cease. 1t is the duty
OF the Republican press of this state
to demand that it cease. 1t is the duty
or every Republican to insist that a
stop be put to this dirty business.
How, and what way The Journal
leaves to the conscience of those
whose personal regulations and pri-
vate characters have been attacked.
If Judge Howell of this city is of
the same mind as the writer, proceed
ings would be at once instituted to
bring into a court of proper jurisdic-
ton the men who are accused of en-
deavoring to influence him in an i'm
proper way. If those men are guilty
they should be punished for their mis-
conduct and that Immediately. If
they are not, and he has to bear the
odium, well and good But the Re-
publican party of the state of Utah
ought not be compelled to carry the
burden of this dirty fight, which is do
Ing no one any good but the organiza-
ton an Unreasonable amount of
harm, while it is furnishing the oppo-
nents of Republicanism with campaign
material without limit as to quantity.
In it's support of the Republican
ticket this fall, what defense will The
| State Journal offer for neglect to ac-
cept this advice? What defense can
any other Republican paper inter-
pose when its opponents triumphantly
point to the fact that the United States
marshal and the encouragement of
i Utah attempted to corrupt and influ.
ence the decision of the Judge of the
\ Second district? If we defend the for
mer, we must admit the guilt of the
latter. If we excuse the latter we adj
NIT the guilt of the former. If we saw
nothing, we will play the part of the
coward and that we will never do