The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-21
Hierarch Directs. and Clerk of
Salt Lake County Complies,
With the Order.
SM00T TICKET Is GIVEN
PRECEDENCE OVER ALL
Then Comes the Socialists,
Whom the Church Condemns;
Taft-LiberaI Is Last.

The Supreme court OF Utah on
Wednesday will probably render de-
cision or give IN opinion whether the
Taft Liberal ticket shall go upon the
oilicial ballot ard give American Re-
pubicans an opportunity TO vote for
their choice for President of the United
States.
Ii was expected that an opinion
would be handed down on Tuesday, but
it was not given. Tho. information,
however was impaired that possibly on
Wednesday at o'clock an opinion
would be rendered in TIE case, which
was argued on Tuesday in the Supreme
court, so that this afternoon voters may
know what they can do. Thursday
morning. therefore, Utahns who arc real
Republicans may know what they can
do.
According to the official ballot which
has been prepared, and which has been
placed upon the voting machines in
Salt Lake county, according to Jody
real Republicans, that is, old timers,
Republicans who voted the ticket be
fore he was born, who voted the
Republican ticket when the present
boss of the party in Utah, Reed Smoot,
wore knee pants, have no choice.
Church Republicans First.
The church Republican, ticket, the
ticket named bv those who believe that
Joseph +, Smith is king Of Utah.
and that the state is n monarchy, IN
stead OF free American state. Is the
first one on the official ballot. Jody
Eldredge placed there. He thinks he
is u Republican. ii the hierarch told
him TO be Democrat, and said tC HIM
that Apostle Smoot desired another TO
fill the office of assayer in charge of
the Salt Lake assay Office after II has
been established he would be n Demo
crat Jody Eldrcdge is churchman
first. last and all the time. When the
election is over he may go on n mis-
sion. If Box b. so orders he obeys.
Here is the way the tickets arc
placed on the voting machines in Salt
Lake county. Church Republican first,
This IS the ticket headed by Elder Spry.
Then the Socialist ticket with Eugene
Victor Debs at the head. Then the
BRYAN national, followed by the Demo-
cratic ticket, The American ticket,
which up to date has no presi-
Dental electors, comes fifth. This
ticket. the Taft Liberal ticket, with
no electors, coming last.
Efforts to Confuse Voters
Everything possible las been done
by the county clerk of Salt Lake county
TO confuse voters and drive them TO
the support of the church Republican
ticket. if such thing is possible The
arrangement of the tickets upon the
voting machines has been done by
man who owes his political life to
Apostle Reed SmoOt Had this apostle
said leave o0' so and So it would have
been done. Here is where The church
gets in its work. JodY Eldred0e owes
his allegiance TO the church first, and
that means Smoot.
Perhaps after the supreme court rem
dcrs its decision there may be changes
upon the official ballot, but no one can
tell. The hierarch is supreme in Utah
When he pulls the string the jumping
Jacks i'll the several clerks offices Of
the state-for all of them owe first al
legiance to bim-do Just as he says
They jump. But the official ballot in
Salt Lake county has been so arranged
as to confuse voters and Jodv Ed
redge. clerk of Salt Lake county, has
so arranged it. The hierarch may have
instructed him. Smoot may have in
structad him, but IN any event it has
been 50 arranged. Now comes the
question. will the people stand for it!
May Change the Board
On Monday next the Intermauntain
Mormon and the organ Of the Lord will
print the official ballot Could the
Juvenile Instructor handle il the bal
lot would no doubt be given that iour-
nal TO print, and over it might be print
ed tho command Of Joseph i. Smith to
vote tho church Republican ticket.
However, The Tribune viii upon Sun
day print fac simile of the ticket as
now arranged by Clerk Eldredge. and
The Tribune will show voters how thev
can turn the lever which will record
their votes against the ticket which
the monarch Of Utah wants elected.
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