The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-09
Again Switch and Assist the
to Defeat the Americans;
the Vote Is an Average One
,FsTlY DOMINATION TURNS THE
TRICK FOR THE FEDERAL BUNCH
,ericans Win in the City by a Small Majority,
Despite the DespicabIe Methods Employed
by Opposition

BY SO doing tho Americans have
served notice on the Mormon church
that it will not permit the Shiny hand
of church misrule TO get Salt Lake City
within its grasp.
Saloons for Church.
The American vote in Salt Lake City
fell below the estimate of the party
being almost 1000 less than that polled
by Mayor Bransford IL year ago. There
were large number of Americans who
failed to go to the polls and the Ameri.
cans suffered most because of the
stayat home vote In addition to that
fact there were a considerable number
of Gentiles who were influenced by the
threats of the church Republicans to
vote for that ticket instead of for the
American ticket.
The liquor vote was with the church
Republicans and the liquor dealers car
RED out their side Of the compact to
the letter, They furnished the sinews
OF the campaign In the shape of a cam
paign contribution of $4,000 to the
church Republican party, and almost to
man the liquor element voted with
the church Republicans. The women of
the houses of ill-fame and the disre-
pnthble element of the city were all with
the church Republicans The Mormon
walked side by side TO the polls and
both voted against prohibition and for
the church Republican party.
Ecclesiasts Work Hard.
AS a part of the working organi2a-
tion of the church Republicans. almost
all of the ecclesiasts were out in force
on Tuesday The bishops, the elders,
the home missionaries, the block teach
ers and the Relief society whisperers
were all together for the church Re-
puhlicans. They did their work at the
last minute and their house to- house
whisperings among the Mormon Demo
Gratis gave the county to the church
Republicans
In order, to carry the deception fur
ther, the newly converted Mormon Dem
badges at the polls, ostenslbly as Dem
ocratlc prohibition workers, but to each
Democratic voter who appeared they
whispered softly that Goods will must
be DONE and this could only be ac-
complished by voting the straight
church Republican ticket Surely the
word that was passed in the night was
mighty.
Not content With violating all of the
principles of the constitution of the
United States in DENYING political and
religious freedom TO its people the Nor
mon church went further. Throughout
the county election frauds were COM
mon.
Frauds Are Charged,
The church Republicans. it is said. re-
sorted TO every known means of getting
their votes registered. 1t is certain
that large number of those who voted
the church Republican ticket were in-
eligible TO east ballot, but secure in
the protection Of the church and the
Republicans. they arc practically i'm
mune from prosecution. Hundreds Of
others were brlbed TO vote the Repub.
licaD ticket by employment at the poll.
ing places in the city and county. Each
Democratic worker who would switch
in consideration of a fee as an employee
of the church Republican headquarters
was given a position which made him
eligible 20 participate in the slush funds
collected from the Hquor interests.
Against the combined forces of all The
Mormons who are under the control Of
the president Of the church who had as
their powerful allies the liquor interests
Of the state. the Americans made bril-
liant showing and in the gloom Of de-
feat there is the ray of satisfaction in
the success in Salt Lake City which
gives promise of the certainty of the
ultimate success Of the Americans both
in the county and state The Americans
have uDIv lust begun to fight.