The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-11-21
AMT 1T AWFUL
MABEL?

Another great crisis in American civilization has
arrived and usual another great genius has arts.
en- to guide safely the old ship of state through
the turbulent waters
This time women is to be the great enamel
pator. Her name is Mrs. vermlye. She lives in
New Jersey, or New York, or Maine, or somewhere
in the eastern states. Anyhow It isn't Kansas this
time nor is it Utah. In any event she talks in
New Jersey. That is to say she talks in English
but the English used in New Jersey.
The fact of the matter is, this Mrs. Vermilye
has made a great discovery. Unaided and alone she
has discovered the toxic virus of our American po-
tical life. Not only has she discovered the germ,
but she has made cultures isolated the particular
bacilli, and successfully inocuated series OF
choice theories which she offers to the Amer.
lean public gratuitously free gratis, summer bon
um all for nothn'.
In plain English Mrs. vermlye-not vermil.
lion-has discovered that the one great menace OF
American political life is Mormonsm! Rorrors!--
but it's really She made the announcement of
her great discovery at the session Of the Method
it Episcopal conference held in Newark New Jer.
sey last Thursday not that there is anything new
in the ladies' announced discovery for 1t would ap.
pear though Mormonism had been discovered"
upon diverse and sundry occasions in the past,
Discovered in fact, whenever anything had arisen
which gave rise for alarm Mormonism has always
been found convenient and somewhat obligmg We
hicle upon which to load the surplus of APP
probrum.
However the ladies argument is certainly in.
genious and unique. She calmly informs her cred.
ulous hearers that Woodrow Wilson is the first OF
the United states presidents elected without
the Mormon vote, and that therefore, consequently
accordingly as aforesaid, Woodrow Wilson can If
he will-"expose" the hidden hand OF Mormonism-
take away their franchise, remove Reed Smoot from
the Senate and Danish the Mormons to the shades
Of Nirvana All of which gentle measures friend
Woodrow is urged to put into motion ito oncet.
Funny, isn't it? Just few months ago Alfred
Henry Lewis was regang the readers OF a popu-
lar magazine with graphic portrayal of the Nor.
mon menace" In which said menace was seen
crawling in the form of a snake from the Mormon
temple at Salt Lake City into the national capitoI
At that time All Henry and others of his iix, were
sitting up nights figuring out how the Mormon
church already held political control of Utah Idaho
Wyoming and sundry other states and that in lust
few short months they would be in control of ,ne
nation and then-And then the pipe must have gone
ont for ALI Henry didn't get any further with his
demonstrations The fact was someone called
him a liar and-An believed IT,
And now last of all comes the aforesaid Mrs
Vermilye who deposes and says that Woodrow vii.
son was elected WITHOUT the Mormon vote when
none other-not even George Washngton-had at.
tanned such distinction.
Why don't ALI Henry and Mrs. Vermiye get
together, and "hgger" the thing out? Hush, Gerald
child! Why do you say such impertinent things!
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LOGAN TO NEPHI
BY ELECTRIC.
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1t is to be sincerely hoped that the pending ne.
gotations between the local owners of the various
nterurban lines in Utah. and the eastern capitalists
may speedily materialize into the project announ.
ced. 1t is in brief to connect Brigham City with
Salt Lake by way of the present Ecces and Bam-
berger lines and then to push the system onward
to Nephi, thereby giving direct interurban connec
ton from Brigham to Nephi, distance of approx
matey $50 miles Twenty million dollars is the
proposed capitalization of the enterprise and
its representative who is in Salt Lake City is
authority for the statement that various branches
will be run from the main system into the sur
rounding sections as fast conditions warrant
In the deal goes through Logan is Ger
tain to be connected with the main trunk line. Al
ready the local people have begun their extension
towards Providence and have been run L
Fourth South street and as Mr.. Eccles is also thu
Brigham City It is safe guess that next year will
I witness the people of Logan making two hour Wis
! its between Logan and Ogden by electric rapi
l transit
I Titan coming into her own! Moneyed me
\ Of the east not afraid to invest their capita
I here because they have learned that the bulk c
the people OF the state progressively conserve
| tive. More railroad facilities is the great cryIn
| need at present, and apparently this Is shortly
| be supplied