The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-29
Church Crowd viii Attempt to
Elect Citizens-DemOcrat Can
didateS Next Week.
WELL LAID PLOT TO
CONTROL CITY COUNCIL
Only Two Candidates Oil Repub-
Iican Ticket viii Pull
Eagle Lever.
BY MAC.


Day by day il becomes clearer TO ob
servers of the political drift in Salt
Lake that the church politicians have
received Instructions to cast the vote
of the deliverable Mormon TO the
so-caIlcd Citizens Democratic ticket
Had Smoot succeeded in effccting n
complete fusion Of forces with prom
inert Gentle al the head of the ticket
and other candidates alternating be-
tween church Democrats aud church Re
publicans, IA united effort would have
been made 10 wrcsi the city from Amer
lean control. But Smoot failed III this
and he Was doubteSsly told of the plan
of the church crowd 10 support the
Citizens Democratic ticket before he
gave up thc hight here. He then sought
10 escape the humiliation of the defeat
of the Republicans by Joining President
Taft on his trip down the Mississippi.
Smoot would mol have left Salt Lake
had there been any hope for his party,
but be wHs made 10 step aside.
This year the church Democrats are
to be The benehciarics of The work of
President Ncpbi l.. Morris, the bishops
and counsclors of the Salt Lake STAKE.
They are aided by the political fac
lion D The church that has opposed the
local Republican machine,
Murdoch will he slaughtered worse
than "BilI' Lynch was four wears ago,
aud unless the Gentle Republicans are
alive 10 The situation, they will prac-
tically b" the only ones who will rec
ord their votes with the Republican
lever. Even on the Republican ticket
there arc candidates who have no idea
whatever of supporting their party.
II is dollars to dimes that every can
didate on the Republican ticket, with |
the exception OF Murdoch, Myton and |
Nieus, viii pull the Citizens Democratic |
lever. il IS u cincb that Hewlett Lees.
Atkins and knight. council candidates,
will do ;hls, as they arc known now
10 he working for the election Of Wal. |
lace George Lawrence has placed him
self III liuc 10 support Wallace, and |
he is making speeches under tho banner |
Of tho Citizens Democratic party,
he Republican who votes for either
one of these. to bc plain, is chump
In fact, the only way that Republicans
rau defend themselves this year is TO
vote the straight American ticket
The Ncphi l.. Morris crowd has sci
ont 10 administer u drubbing TO those
who opposed them i'll their fanHtical
work in The last Legislature. They hope
10 accomplish two thiugs-capture the
council and block American progress
and TO use the councilmauic weapon 10
force terms next year IN the Republican
nominating convention.
il would appear that if there ever
was q man in the ministry in Salt
Lake who needs u guardian, that man
Us the Rev. Francis Burgctte Short He
has become q typical lack Mormon He
has appeared on tho platform with
polygamists, has Joined them in some of
their political schemes and has so en-
dearcd himself TO the Dcscrct News that
the News singles him ont as the object
oi lis praise. Aud he has more re-
Gently allowed himself TO be used as
n catSpaw of the disrepuiable daily
hemorrhage 10 pull the Dolly Dim
pies chestnut out Of the FIRE.
One can think Of that minister's
shortcomings only with pity, He rep
,esents a church that was established
hero to oppose the very class that he
now assoclntes with, encourages and
comforts. He has brought humiliation
20 hundreds of the best Mcthodists Of
tbc city because of his lack Of wisdom
ana Ill'consIdered utierauccs
:, ~ rs dlllcult 10 bring one 5 self 10
Inc point Of publicly criticising one
g%vsupylng So important pulpit as does
Dr' snort, The charitable thing TO say
Is, that ne IS 10 be pltled because he
KNOWS not what he does.
And speaking OF Dolly nimplcs, if
sveI newspaper got in bad with the
IIp'pc on account OF any promotion
TTeMe .m that paper is the U.R The
hsapine Goals of fire on the red head
paper
In other cities newspapers have at
.ymp,ed 10 pull of the Dolly Dim.
lNcs scheme, but not one Of them
myyulo undertake another such carnival
" " insults aud grating for "a thousand
~ nI j
,"ulect' The police have had 10 in.
t'iete III other cities in order 10 check ,
h @ foWdics aud protect Young women
VINO have becu set upon aud in.ultcd
~ inc thugs. These thugs are given
noense ,ae TO mlstreat and humiliaie de-
-ba'less bnaseless women under the guisc of {
s"aNlng suspected them TO he the adyer.
ffaress OF the dsreputable campaign ,
lor subscriptions
lsere haTc also been % great MANY ,
,bN sJaas broken and battered faces else.
mere, MR., as there will he here unless VIC
IIL.dhe inc temper Of the average Salt i
ia.aker who becomes n witness fn ,bc |
insults of Salt Lake womcu.
inc uat was rather interesting show.
d.s winch The Tribune made The other
er., Illustrating how careful the fed. /
,ff;coo ouheh works to Keep all of the {
cirs,e aod appointments within the {
lex. Jod, d''99Ss9 OF l'ussy. kinlly, Cur. I
i No.. Soul Artie and Tommy 'ull. II |
:,ud p"n ni surprising either that the rank
| unJ JJ %le Republicans find it difficult to I
iage for "q ah Mnere they get any adyan.
;ne party ;, and Fprcservc tho or,,. 49, /
mg m''9h, IN. They arc learning that say.
orean;,,, %r party" and "prcservinp the
4 yored Iron means TO keep the Ga.
eu ones at the pie counter. " 80
Just what George Iowrouoo ,.,
Il crnShs aS nY associating with the mem ell" m
n old daun'hc INC spirit Of his father in tbc {
cause luu VINO prosecuted him he ,
oe dared to be an indepcndont