The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-06
Federal Bunch Plots to COM
bine Entire Mormon Vote
Against Americans.
SOME DEMOCRATS ARE
KICKING AGAINST 1T
Prophet Of the Lord Will Prob
ably Call Them on the
Carpet Soon.

Plans to effect a fusion of the So
called Republican and Democratic par
ties Of Salt Lake against the American
party in the city election next fall are
already being Matched by the Federal
contingent which foregathers daily in
the United States marshal's office.
Apostle Smoot is now in Zion person
ally, and is giving his personal atten-
tion to the matter, He comes to Salt
Lake every Thursday, to attend the
weekly meeting of his quorum, and,
after the prayer circle in the temple
adiourns, he betakes himself forthwith
to the marshal's office to hear the lat
est reports and to give counsel and
advice
Fusion to beat the Americans has
long been a cherished dream of the
Smoot "Callister-Spry~" Fussy' contin-
gent. That aggregation of patriots
realizes that under existing conditions
the American party has a lead-pipe
cine hon carrying the city this fall,
and that the machine hope, if it has
any hope, is to throw off all semblance
Of Mormon division on party lines,
galvanize the old Peoples party into
life, and make straight church fight
at the polls.
Promoters Of fusion understand full
we'll that even then they cannot hope
to carry the city without the aid of
Gentle votes; but, Judging by past
experience, they count on enough Cen
tiles staying out Of the American ranks
to hold the balance of power and throw
the election to the American ticket.
Jack-Mormon for Mayor
To hold Gentle votes, therefore, the
Smooth machine plans TO nominate n
stool-pigeon GENTLE for mayor. The
councilmanic ticket, however, will be
loaded up with Republican and Demo
cratic Mormons, and, if such a ticket
can be elected at all, the church will
government through its control of the
council
For mayor Jack Mormon of the
Hyrum e. Booth or Orange Blossom
Salisbury stripe-less odorous, if pos
sible, but equally pliable-will be Sc
lected Most of the present Mormon
members of the council will be placed
on the ticket, and the minor city Offices
will be parcelled out between Repub.
lica nand Democratic Mormons and
Gentilcs, with straightout machine Nor
mons getting the hon IS share.
Taking their tip from the Federal
crowd all the small~fry clacqucls of
the Smoot machine are crying out for
fusion to "redeem the city from
American rule. Scratch a Smmotitc
of high or low degree and you will find
a fusionist loaded with arguments as
TO why fusion is ethically right and
highly necessary.
Some Democrats Kicking.
Fusion advocates admit, however,
that there is one serious obstacle in
their way, and that is the opposition
of a coterie of local Democratic lead
ers who object to being made tail to
the Smoot kite.
II 1t wasn't for Bill King, Jim
Moyle and that gang, fusion would be
easy remarked a disheartened Gen
tile patriot the other day. "Even if
we do fuse, they III put straight Dem
ocratic ticket in the field anyway un-
less we can call them off someway."
M@ssrs. King and Mioyle, it will be
recalled, had considerable to say in de-
nunciation of Reed Smoot and eccle-
siastical interference in politics during
the State and county campaign last
fall, and those who heard Judge King
stand up in the Salt Lake theater Just
before election and tell his Democratic
co"religionists that a dishonorable stig-
ma would attach to them if they voted
the Republican ticket, would suffer n
the election Of fusion ticket.
Besides Mr.. Moyle. Judge King and
the faction of Democrats which they
represent would really like to see Smoot
overthrown. SO long as Smoot and his
so called Republican machine are in the
ascendancy they see nothing for the
Democratic party but. prolonged |
counted upon to oppose fusion-up to a
certain point. Besides they don't like
Mr.. Smoot anyway. Mr.. Moyle called
him a liar to his face last fall being
careful to explain that he meant that
Mr. Smoot, not Apostle Smoot, was n
liar
Joseph F. Their Hope.
The fusionists. however. believe that
they see way to call off the Democrat
ic insurgents. AS a last resort they |
will probably he summoned to the Bee
ear to the legitimate counsel of the |
priesthood, and that counsel will be
that they must quit opposing fusion |
and get in and drill to beat the Amer !
lean party. When the prophet of the
Lord puts this matter up squarely to
the King Moyle Democracy, ,~many peo-
pie VIII watch their attitude with in
terest.
Some Democrats insist that. if there
Is to be fusion. a Democrat must be |
named for mayor; and they point to |
Richard P, Morris consistent record |
OF subserviency to tho church as n |
particular reason why he should be |
Mr.. Morris, however, |
doesn Z suit the Federal crowd. In the |
hTst place. they want an alleged Gen
tile for mayor. and in the second place
they don I want to carry the bhqht,pp
record OF "Dick' Morris previous |
as mayor as dead !
weight in the campaign, Besides, it is |
only the small-fry Democrats who are |
insisting on Morris, anyway, and the |
church can handle them with ease when
the time comes,
Manifesto Never Issued.
That the church can issue orders 10
the brave Democratic leaders who spas.
medically denounce church influence in
polltles has been well illustrated dur