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Show m construction of party lines on national issues. It has therefore earned the right to advise the young men of Mormon Mor-mon belief on matters pertaining to politics. Gentlemen, vote for C. C. Goodwin. It is in your own interest and for your individual benefit. The existing order of things cannot continue much longer. You cannot expect Utah to qonvert the nation to her political views, while on the other hand the nation is sure to bring Utah into line with its principles. It is the old story of Mohamet and the mountain. Now it is the young men, the keen, quick and clear sighted, who must load in the movement. Impulsive, enterprising, high spirited, every reformation re-formation finds its inception and execution execu-tion with the young men. Judge Goodwin was a pioneer of the American idea in Utah. With sturdy stroke he felled the tangled wood and cleared the wilderness. Like all pioneers pio-neers he had to strike heavy blows as he pushed onward. Today, due to him, polygamy is dead and the vicious issue eliminated from our politics. He relieved re-lieved the young men of a terrible blight. The question now is,' and Young Utah can decide it, Shall wo persist in keeping keep-ing tho old men, imbued as they are with the old notions, in power, or give the progressive young men a chance? This is not a matter of religion at all. Nobody's conscience is on trial; only cut loose from the political dictation of a church that exceeds its mission and vote as a free American citi.on for a new order of things, in which you will have a commanding voice. Young men, eviuce your manhood. TO THE YOUNG MORMONS. . Young men before they meet the adversities ad-versities of life are apt to be generous. ', We want the young men of Mormon faitli to take a generous view of the political situation as it confronts them in Utah today, and not be guided by the prejudices which often take possession posses-sion of the older men. While fixed and firm in its principles - and policy. The Times is never unfair. As a resolute enemy of polygamy it accepted President Woodruff's manifesto mani-festo in good faithj.as a sturdy opponent oppo-nent of the Peoples' tipket it insisted on . a liberal interpretation of the law though it resulted in the election of the Peoples' candidates last August; as a tanch Liberal paper it aims at a re- |