The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-24
A BOGUS PARTY's TROUBLES.

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The troubles of the bogus Republican
party in this State this year appear
to be multiplying, Not only is the
prospect for that party badly clouded
but its own action has added TO the
gloom of the prospect before 1t at the
approaching election.
First of all, that party nominated as
/ a candidate for Presidential electo1
man who. as we have shown hereto
| fore, was checked off on the list of of
| ficials OF the Mormon church by the
first presidency as a polygamist This
record is found officially published by
tho United States (see volume 3, be
ginning at page 400) in the report of
the Smoot hearing. Besides this, the
Latter-day Saints Biographical En-
| cyclopedia says (see page 500, edition
! of l90l) that "having yielded obedi-
ence TO the law of plural marriage,
Elder Woolley was twice arrested on
the charge of unlawful cohabitation,
but succeeding in escaping by reason
of the lack Of proof; but the encyclo-
pedia states that he had yielded obedi-
ence to the law Of plural marriage,
which means, of course, that he had en-
tered into polygamy. In escaping con-
viction by reason Of the lack Of evil
dence, Elder Woolley is in the same
class with large number Of other
polygamists. Woolley's offense in
this particular was wen known, but
hard to prove in court. On the other
hand, however, it is admitted that be
is in polygamy. Therefore he is no fit
candidate for Presidential elector, and
his continuance as such would be a
humiliation to President Taft, and
might easily serve to lose him An cleo
toral vote in this State in case the
election should be close, for it is GER
tain that large numbers of lovers of
the American home, which is the mon
oeamist home. will refuse to vote for
this polygsmist for Presidential cleo
tor,
Besides this, il appears that Harry
s. Joseph has stirred up another rue
tion in his attack upon Jacob Johnson
as candidate for Representative in
Congress. In mentioning this nomina-
ton at the time that it was made. The
Tribune said: "The nomination Of
Jacob johnson as Howell IS co-repre-
sentative from the State is no violent
contrast to the nomination Of Mr..
HoweIl' meaning in availability and
Howell weak nominee since he has
served so long and done so little. He
has been elected five times, and is in
the tenth year Of his service, with prac-
tically nothing to show for 1t. But
even so, we consider, in fact, that Mr..
johnson e nomination Is much worse
than Howell's.
Mr., Joseph attacks the nomination
apparently on two grounds. First, on
the ground that the method Of his
nomination was Objectionable, and re-
quires investigation; and second, on
the ground that in his presiding over
the Republican Legislative convention
held here last Friday, Mr.. Joseph, in
Ho' ih'bS VIC optt ol buaJ
ought to be nominated, said "It is
honorable to aspire to office providing
your record and private character are
clean and your claims are presentable. -
Mr.. Joseph says that in this language
he had direct reference to Mr.. John
son.
1t is very pretty quarrel as it
stands, and we trust that whatever
may be Objectionable in the Johnson
nomination will be brought to the pub
lie notice in the investigation which
Mr., Joseph demands.
Here, then, are two specific scan"
dals in the action of the bogus Re-
publican nominating conventions. Both
are certain to be weakening to the
party, and both should take from the
ticket the names Of the Objectionable
candidates. We trust that the people
of this State may wake up to the i'm
portance OF the objections made in both
cases, and insist upon correcting those
things that are rightly and fairly to be
condemned.