The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-04

and If am any judge. 1 should say that
the party that can take the people into
ilS conhdence. assure them that the
whole record will be disclosed and ever,
iact laid bare and that the future will
De characterized by freedom from any
thlng even bearing a semblance 10 graft
WIZ receive the favorable verdict at the
nands of the people In November. Mind
you, do not pretend TO say which party
may be able to do this, The one that
succeeds in winning the confidence Of
the public in connection with this mat
ter VIII have won the battle, II / am
right In my conclusion that the peopl
are more interested In affairs OF state
administration than they arc In any other
questions al the present time, | want to
be perfectly understood. ] am making
no charges. and know nothing as to the
truth or falsty of those 1 have heard.
but the people do not seem To be at all
satisfied. and 1t looks TO me as though Il
is going TO be up 10 someone TO show
them that all has been right"
Clear and Concise
Mr.. Dubois's analysis OF the situation
attending the. pending campaign is clean
cut and concise. lie measures correctly
the frame OF the public mind in relation
to state affairs II is the Idaho state
land board which stands out on the hori-
zon of public opinion as the dark cloud
.3do,ly Of mlystery which needs pgblisty The
book" method of conduct. They
tain of the existence of graft and II
not misled they will give power TO those
whose promises appear to be best. to
show up the exact condition OF state land
board affairs, without regard TO Repub-
licaniSm or to Democracy, The senator's
deductions as 10 the temperance leSis-
lation question is as interesting as it is
accurate.
Had he been speaking quietly among
his friends and not for publication. ] i'm
agine he would have made reference TO
the cover. understanding between the
clergy OF the Protestant churches OF Idaho
and the Mormon saints OF Idaho 10 trade,
one with the other protection of Dolyg-
amy for prohibition j imagine he would
have smiled complaisantly at the aban-
6onmcnt OF the preachers by the saints.
in their futile plan to Supplant local op-
tion with prohibition, statewide in form,
This abandonment of the statewide
prohibition plan. by which the clergy has
been left waiting at the church, is
doubtless in Difference TO the Utah sit
uatlop. IL is doubtless done in an en-
dcayor to protect themselves against loss
In Salt Lake county
The MormonS evidently intend TO hold
The threat Of statewide prohibition for
Utah as a club over the heads OF the sa-
loon vote of salt Lake county. TO force
their support Of the Mormon ticket in tho
election in November,
This at once becomes joke the
clergy of the state and again emphasizes
the failure OF unholy alliances.
II tho men Of the cloth Of Idaho stoop
to manipulation with the Mormons by
which tho rcformatory laws necessary to
punish the practices of polygamy be
stifled VINO can blame the Bradys and
the Goodings and the Nusents for toying
with this relic OF barbarism'
Mayhap the clergy OF, Idaho needs
moral boost. They have no license to
''nirL" with polygamy, for prohibition or
any other reform measure.