The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-25
MORRIS SUGGESTS THE JOB.

President Nephi L. Morris is making
good time in his use Of his church posi-
tion for tho advancement Of the Smoot-
lite political cause in this city. On Mon
day night last he undertook TO pledge
fair-sized meeting of his flock to the
anti.American cause, meaning thereby
that they must vote the church Repub-
lican ticket this year, whether they are
Democrats or Republicans.
Pursuing his ecclesiastico-politica
fight, President Morris on Friday night
took the same position at the conven-
tion of presidents OF the Mutual I'm
provement associations, trying TO pledge
all Of them 10 his political programme.
Being asked to be more specific than
he was at the Monday night s meeting.
President Morris said that his mean.
ing was that all should oppose the
American party but in order more eff
fectually to do this they must vote the
Republican ticket. That brings the
thing down 10 the point of precision,
and leaves no doubt as 70 the meaning
of President Morris at his Monday
night s meeting, where he failed to add
that call must vote the Republican
ticket" as, in fact, was practically not
doubted before.
In this Friday night s meeting, Presi-
dent Morris said that he did not mean
TO make the combination that he was
urging apply to the State or National
tickets but be did wish TO have all
agree TO vote the Republican county,
legislative, and judicial ticket at the
coming election.
Now, this raises an important ques-
ton; There is good deal of talk
| about a trade whereby the Democrats
are to receive advantage for their Ma
tional and State ticket in consideration
of Democratic votes for the county and
judicial ticket. Of course any trade of
this kind will not be known absolutely
until after election. Then the figures
will show, and then again there will
be a series of dcnials such as We are ac-
customed to, the like experience having
been passed through heretofore. We
shall be assured that the figures show
ing and absolutely demonstrating the
trade referred TO are a mere casual CO.
Incidence and do not mean anything in
| particular. They will absolutely prove
the trade, however, If il is made, as sp-
pearances now Indicate that il is. And
it will be absolutely idle then, as il
has been idle in the past, for the church
quibhlcrs TO seek to cvadc the force Of
Che returns as presented. The election
returns will prove clearly Just what has
been done, even though we may not
know precisely what is going on in the
inner churc circles before election
| 1t is plain, however. that the church
an extent as possible in favor of the
Republican local ticket here this year.
| President Morris is simply coming out
more into the open than the other stake
! presidents are doing, but doubtless they
are all doing the same sort of work
Such Of the stake presidents as are
Democrats will be able to do this work
for the Republican" party even more
effectunlly than Republican presidents
can do it, because they can cite to their
! brother Democrats the fact that they
themselves are going TO change their
coats just as they are asking their fol.
: lowers to do.
1t is mighty interesting situation,
and it is evident that the church is
going TO do everything that it can this
year TO help the socalled Republican
| party, aud obliterate the Democratic
| party as an organization in Salt Lake
| City and county. But Just what the
outcome of this will be we shall all have
, to wait until the figures are in. We
think IL is entirely safe to say, how
| ever, with the utmost confidence in the