The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-05
OUTLOOK IN CACHE;
A CHURCH QUANDARY
Many Disposed to Rebel at
whispers" That Always
Help Republicans.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
LOGAN, Nov. As the campaign
here draws to close botn parties are
claiming that they will win by safe ma
.jorities. and to the man up tree it is
all a mystery. for while in any other
community on earth 1t would be possible
to make a guess as to the result, that
would approximate the returns, it is
quite out of the question to do so here.
After contending for fifteen years that
the church has no right to interfere in
political matters, the local Democracy
has abandoned that contention and has
resorted to the tactics Of the Republic
ans in a last desperate effort to ascer-
tain whether it has been irrevocably
ordained that Utah is TO be Repub'
lican state. no matter what the issue.
The indications are that they will learn
what experience should have taught
long ago, that n Democrat has no chance
in Utah, as long as the present regime
lasts. at least.
The Republicans here arc confidently
claiming that unless the women get out
against them they Will win III this coun-
ty and they are offering wagers on this
proposition. 1t is quite possible, how
ever. that they are in error, as there
seems to be a tremendous feeling
against some of the men on the Repub-
lican ticket, and ii has been proven
that in one instance at least they over
did the thing-that was in having Bish-
op Niblev speak here. 1t is beyond
question that he lost them votes, and in
that fact people who hope TO see Ameri-
can conditions prevail in politics here,
see their greatest encouragement.
A Changed Condition.
Five years ago that speech would
have settled the fight, for the "whis-
per- would have been obeyed, (for
Nibley's remarks are esteemed to be
but the whisperings of Joseph +.
SMITH. Now, however. many people
resent the utterances Of the bishop and
men high IN authority in the Mormon
church here are daily making assertions
regarding the church and its interfer-
ence In political matters that five years
ago would have cost them their stand
ing in the church. Prominent men are
saying. "the church has now cast off
the polygamy load, when will 1T decide
to throw off the political burden? If
is isn't done soon there will be many
leave the church for men cannot en-
dure such hypocrisy among the leaders
of the church as this campaign has de-
veloped.
Right here the instances of this hypo-
crisy and double-dealing have been
numerous and aggravated. The presl-
dent of the Cache stake. notwithstand-
ing the emphatic assertions of Joseph
r, Smith at the last general conference
of the church as to people mlsrepresent'
ing him by saying that he desired this
that or the other, has been quietly pass
ing the word along the line that 4" Presi
dent Joseph f. desires the return of Sen
ator Bullen.' Yet when the campaign
opened he assured the chairmen Of both
parties that he would not permit that
sort of thing. and asked them If they
learned of anything of the kind to in.
form him of the facts and he would
discipline the offender. All this double
dealing and hypocrisy is causing a lot
of the good saints who have heretofore
rendered implicit obedience to do seri-
Gus thinking, and its effects are now
becoming visible.