The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-31
The DOUBLE CROSS
BUSINESS GENERAL
Democrats and Republicans
Both Complain About the Bad
Faith of the Other.
REAL OFFENDERS ARE THE
FAMOUS F0RTY-NINERS
Only Way to Put End to Such
FarceS Clear This
Year.
BY MAC.

BY MAC.
Salt Lake Democrats now very freely
admit that they are the victims of "the
double cross" The Salt Lake Repub.
iIcans claim that they, too, have been
"dcuble crossed Each is threatening
all sorts Of vengeance against the
other, and friends Of other days are
reaching for their pistol pockets when
ever they meet on the streets.
OF course, both have been double
crossed. There ism { any doubt about
that. But by whom! BY none other
than Il handful Of stake presidents
bishops, high coanselors and block
teachers, under tho leadership of Ncph
l.. Morris
The first move was to get the Re-
publlcans IN such an attitude that they
felt in order 10 save themselves they'd
have 10 make a deal with the Demo-
crafts. Before the Democrats got into
conference with the Federal bunch
ers,n G. b. Felt, Nephi L. Morris, Or
son Hewlett and few others OF this
stripe '.saw the Democrats first and
had them urge such impossible terms
that the Federal bunchersp could not
accept
There was seesawing back and forth
for two or three weeks, and fusion
meeting was called every time Felt
whistled, Ben Lloyd beckoned or Harry
Joseph yelped. 1t was meet, quarrel
and adjourn two or three times a day
until most everyone became disgusted.
And when the situation had become so
badly mixed that something had to he
done in hurry In order to get the
nominations filed within the legal limit
Morris and others got into the game
iDlga ell
ING here and cutting there, until u com
blnatlon was presented that makes most
everyone sick at the stomach whenever
it is thought about.
The Democrats were forced TO swal-
low five fusion candidates for thc couu-
ell and three Republicans who were
nominees of the so.called Citizens.
The Democrats were obliged to &C.
cppt three candidates on the Citizens
ticket who were Republicans and five
alleged Republican members of the
council.
Then there was grand rush for the
recorder s office TO file the tickets.
Nearly every certificate was illegal and
could have been thrown out bad AmeGr
leans cared 10 take any advantage OF
the mess.
Nephi L. Morris and others arc cham
pions of Wallace and fusion council
manic candidates. They got up cir
cular claiming that the Wallace ticket
by dealing the Republicans body
blow. The News has chumpioucd tho
Wallace cause by printing flaming
boosts for the so-called Democratic
ticket under IL fake advertising" line.
The Hcmorrhagc attacked the
Wallace fusion circular. charging bad
faith all along the line The Sunday
la,
for the purpose of giving Utah dcmoc-
racy the Simonpurc article, ostensibv
supports the Wallace ticket, but pobcs
fun ut the whole mess. 1t tells rock
ribbed Democrats IN language as plain
as studhorSe typo on Il barn door that
they would be lot of chumps if they
should support ticket made up largo.
ly of Republicans selected by that great
and verbose, priestly champion of Taft
and protection, Nephi l.. Morris,
OF course. tho old parties were.
. double crossed That is just why
the American party was organized
Those who controlled tbe deliverable
Mormon vote would never be fair so
long as political contests were fought
along party lines They arc past mas.
tcrs in the "double cross business
And they would Just as soon double
cross friend, if he stood in their
way, ms to hammer their bitterest foes.
The political wing of tho church is
in tho saddle. aud the forty.ninc high
who, with George Lawrence.
are leading the non progressive element
)f the dominant church from the Re
publican ranks of last year. TO The So
allied Democratic ranks this year, arc
,layiug game which they hope TO make
effective in the legislative campaign in
1910.
OF course. tho real Democrats were
double crossed, - aud SD were the
eadcrs of the Republican organization.
Snd they Will continue TO he "doublc
rosScd' so long as they do not Join
With the Americans in putting an end
o these farclcal politics for all timG
o come.
There is only one thing for q decent
or a decent Republican 20 do
nd chat is to vote tho American ticket
rush out the Morris methods and then
o issue an ultimatum in the future that
he first time there is any indication
i so bold movement IS the famous
orty miners have made this year, that
II hands JOIN on the instant and swat
he 'double-crossing forty miners be
wv the ear
Tuesday Will afford a fine opportu-
ity for the young mau aud young
oman, too, who will soon pass into
'i'tA'' w ''iN buSi4INfN' ~, 'hlr Nt'lhS
'ial and political affairs of this city,
90 TO the front and help make things
Isier for them in the years TO come.
They have more at stake ut this tiule
lan their fathers aud mothers and the
der men and women havo who Will
D to the polls The foundation has
cen laid for II great city. Those who
e here on the ground VIII have n trc-
endous advantage over those who arc
come later, and they should do every
ing within their power 10 make tho
ection Of the progressivcs absolutely
cure.
The young man or Young woman who
i'll cast first vote next Tuesday along
th such men as Fernstrom, Hall, Muir.
l'nni innn1 On