The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-13
ARRAIGN PASTORS
AS "HYPOCRITES"
Democratic SpellbinderS De-
nounce Ministers Who
Favor County Option.
GIVE REVERSIBLE ADVICE
FORGET Party Lines to Republic
ans. Turned Around When
Given to Democrats.
GIVE REVERSIBLE ADVICE

Forget party Iines-and vote the
Democratic ticket" was the sentiment
expressed by Samuel Russell at d
Democratic rany "A Forest Dale
amusement hall last night
W. H. King came In a few minutes
after Mr.. Russell had concluded and
before he finished HIS grafton he had
advise his hearers 10 stick TO party
lines; especially If they happened to
be Democratic lirses, and vote the tick
ct stra Aght. paying no heed 70 those
Who urtse ObliteratiOn OF party lines.
There We're seven persons in the
room at 5 O'Clock, but Mr.. Russell
waited until nearly o'clock and be-
fore the meeting had concluded there
We're abo at so present.
Prohibition was sounded as the para
mount iss ne or the campaign by each
speaker. Samuel Russell concluded his
arguments In favor Of Obliterating
party lines on the prohibition QueS-
ton soon after the arrival OF William
II. King.
spend Time Seeking office.
Starting with the statement that
he had heard III at Forest Dale citizens
were bright and intellectual, Mr.. King
said he would have TO qualify the YER
diet when he Remembered that the pre-
clnct had east about % Democratic
votes AZ the last election. Mr.. King
without specifying, said that the Re-
publican adm tnis itratiOn in the county
had been as had as the American par
" administra Ii0n in the city, adding
Lat the com ~ officials and employees
had spent more than half OF their
time in seeking enOmination for them
selves or for their chiefs. He said that
both the county and state Republican
conventions were dominated by office
holders and prov ed his statement by
asking, rs there any question about
IT. Way, or course not"
Holds heIfff 40 Blame.
Mr.. King bla med the county sheriff
Tor conditions o. crime and practically
all evils existing in Salt Lake City
and. calling atisen ton 10 the MURDER
committed in salt Lake yesterday he
ignored the pOlisse AM hold the county
sheriff accountable Tor the escape Of
the murderer.
Getting down "a, the prohibition
question, Ar. kLRG said he knew of
high ecclesiasts WHO had insisted on
pr0hl biIlon IN the past VINO, when they
refused 10 advocate statewide prOhi-
bition were '1llo.shoaL insincere and
hypOcriIical-
ops, stake presidents or apostles. II
they take this stand against prOhihi-
ton after urging IL lhey are lnslncere
and, II in the future the people should
challenge the sincerity or such an &c
CiesiasI, he ought noe TO have the te-
merity TO answer the challenge, said
Mr.. King If a man has worked for
prohibitiOns gone TO the legislature aud
demanded il and then says. Wait, we
are not ready for pgOhibitiOn,' 1 say
this man is guilty OF the greatest by
pOcrisy."
AR King SAID that persons claim
ing church influence were busy Whis-
periRg that Democrats should vote che
Repubhcan ticket in order 10 keep in
harmony with the majority. bur he said
that il ne admitted that ne was afraid
10 be with the minority he would be
damned coward.
King Declares War.
Aren't you Democrats 90 asked Mr..
King. "Then IL you are Democrats,
vote your ticket ana vote II straight.
j don't like chameleOns in politics. I
like 10 see Republicans stand by their
party, but / detest, / despise the gum
sfsoers, and / detest and despise the
sct'undf els who sneak around and tell
PEG pie that they ought TO vote the
Republican ticket because thereby they
can get faVOrs from the party in pow
er. 1 despise them from the highest
TO I'll lowest. If this be treason, make
the most OF it, I'm going TO name
and brand these gumshoeing scOun-
drels before this campaign is over.
They have got 10 quit or there viii be
war"
After lauding the administration OF
Job Lyon, county attorney; John A.
GrOesbeck, county treasurer, and
Frank HeginbOthams county auditor,
Mr.. King said they We're turned down
by the Republican party because they
brought suit against the county COM
missiOners for the recovery OF money
paid the Inuer-MOuntain Republican for
advertising delinquent taxes. Mr.. King
reiterated the charge in the Democratic