The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-11

their common enemy. How can the
church prevent any Mormon voting rs he
chooses, or how can IL know how one
of them voted with voting machines?
haven't heard OF Roberts being
worked Tor the Democratic party. Keep
up this kind OF campaign OF abuse
against the church. and the Mormons
viii be so thoroughly united that the
Americans never viii have n show OF
winning again. Yours truly.
y. Il. DRESSER.
We are sorry that Mr. Dresser is so
inattentlve reader Of The Tribune
as this letter indicates. The Tribune
Is not engaged in this fight for the
right for but ono campaign, but is en-
listed for the war 1t expects 10 keep
up that war until political and civic
conditions here are in accord with the
like conditions in other States. We
do not believe that any good, genuine
American is sick of the fight. We do
not believe that any one is sick Of II
who has not some other pet scheme
that he wishes 10 bring to the front.
The American party accepts it's dc.
feat. The Tribune reserves 10 itself.
however, the right TO comment on that
which it was brought about
With regard 10 boosting the town,
The Tribune does not need to turn over
any new leaf or TO make any new start.
The Tribune Is the consistent, whole.
souled booster of tho town, always has
been. aud is the only paper that is So
The other morning dailies here, and
he
along virulent assailants of the city,
holding up the city officials as cor.
rupt, as grafters, thieves, and all that
sort Of thing. And good many pco-
pie have agreed with these denuncia.
tions, although The Tribune has always
refuted them and has never failed TO
boost the town. The sad position that
Mr.. Dresser occupies with regard to
this shows that he is not well ac-
quainted either with The Tribune or its
course. And how he can speak of
"keeping out Eastern people, when
these are flocking in by thousands, we
cannot understand. He needs to wake
up and sense what is going on,
Mr.. Dresser is equally unfortunate
where he says that The Tribune is now
holding up or ever has held up the
Mormon people as a set of law break.
ers, The Tribune has never done any.
thing of that kind; but. on the contrary,
has always championed the Mormon
people and endeavored to protect them
against their vicious and lawless lead.
ers. They are honest, well meaning
IL
there is no reason why anybody should
assail them, nor has The Tribune ever
done so. Mr.. Dresser viii seek in vain
TO find any proof of his assertion in
this regard
In speaking of the late campaign. Mr..
Dresser seems to think it was matter
of course that the Mormous should
make a concerted effort against the
Americans. But even so, he is not con.
sistcnt. Because while admitting that
concerted effort, he says that the lead !
ers Of the church did not need to exer-
else any coercion TO make the Mormons
get together TO defeat the Americans. |
AS matter of fact, however. the Nor |
mon leaders did not take that view of |
-. iH'N 'N'ufuNlN tpusiutItu iHaL IuGN
had TO exercise coercion, and they did so. |
President Smith led the way by his |
talk in the October conference in ia.
vor of the Republican delegation in
Congress. Presidents Morris, McLach.
Ian, Taylor. Bishop Woolley, and 9th
ers, in their fierce and bulldozing
speeches IN the Mormon meeting houses
Just prior to election. did precisely con-
trary TO what Mr. Dresser S idea is.
He thinks that they did not need to
exercise coercion, They thought that
they had to exercise it and they did
exercise it. What The Tribune objects
10 is the fact that they were able to do
so, that they were able coerce their peo-
pie and compel them TO vote the Re-
publican ticket or any other ticket,
even against the wishes, desires and