Show I REPUBLICANS CLUTCHING AT MERE STRAWS I Resort Resort Re Re- Ready Beady in Desperation to sort to Most Shady Sort of Deals 1 r 1 r r 4 t 4 COUNTY ATTORNEY L LYON yi tV V ON DIRTY POLITICAL GAME 1 tV tt t 1 The Jane Doc Doo complaints 4 I left loft office of of- 4 V 1 were issued after my i fice late yesterday yesterday- afternoon 4 1 They were issued without ray any 4 1 I V knowledge or consent I think 1 1 of the dirtiest political poI po po- 4 t 1 it is a part I 1 r game that I ever saw saW 4 have 4 1 complaints 1 v played No have been issued from this office to tomy 4 1 1 my knowledge against gam gam- 4 t tv I 1 bIers I was wa asked to issue such tv I 4 v 1 complaints complaints but refused to do doso doi 4 v i so believing that that was a a 4 matter which should be han han- 4 1 dIed by the police I do not noti V 4 in resentment resent resent- 4 V 4 make this statement i 1 ment for my defeat at the I 4 hands hads of th the Republican convention con con- COl- COl 4 1 4 but I stand ill iU the position po po- 4 siti venton n where I 1 have always 4 V 0 1 stood that it is not the duty of 4 1 4 the county couty commissioners or orthe orI I Ithe 4 the sheriff to police Salt Sat Lake 4 4 City County County Attorney Job 4 4 P. P Lyon 4 1 1 4 l 4 T A corps of political al deputy sheriffs j appointed by Sheriff herf Joe Toe Sharp at the command of Governor William Spry conducted a a. raid ou the tho stockade last 01 night an and I a arrested between sixty and seventy onty fo women of the underworld whom they charged in Jane Tane Doe warrants warrants war war- rants with immorality These warrants were issued by Jus Justice tice tico of the tho Peace Stanley A A. A Hanks H The raid aid was made for political purposes purposes pur pur- e slows to what it is declared and poses straits straits- the Republican Republican- party is re reduced in the tho entire state by rea reason on of the tremendous wave of popularity that that h lias s come to o the tho Democratic tic p party in in nearly Dearly all parts of the tho state by b- breason reason of HIe prohibition plank in tho the state platform and the equally great wave vave wa E 1 of of r revulsion against th the Republican party palt Attempt Is Mere Mel Blind Th rb Tho o sacrifice pla play is looked upon by I American party loaders leaders as by the tho Democrats as a a deliberate attempt to ae save the tho state ticket at the cost of tho support of the interests that are arc injured injured in in- iii- iii bythe by the Ule raid and at tho the strongly probable risk of so weakening the tho support in this county that the entire entro county ticket will be lost Tt I is s declared wi by br both Democrats and Americans that the Democrats more moro se so- seriously threaten the Republicans in the tho state state than ever before and that in or or- order 01 der to throw a sop sop to tho the Republicans in LU the state outside of Salt Lake county coun coun- ty lr the local gau gang bas has resorted to an au- other double cross The political play behind the thc repudiation repudiation ia tion of the alced alleged promises of support and ton nd protection to the tho stockade interests is isto to blind thu tho in In tho the state to the unholy alliance into chich bien the Republican machine entered with the liquor element clement and the tho stockade element ele ole mont ment ent and md to deceive them into believing in jug ing that the party art of rings and boodle boodle- boode will stand for a a. high h gh moral order of ot government gov gOY wi control of the if again g given cu state This move is declared declare by both Am Amen Ameri Americans r- r cans and Democrats Democrats' to bo an admission r that the tho Republicans have given up hope tho the Salt Lake county ct ticket S and and throwing aside 31 11 further pretense 5 desire toos to save many many brands brands that arc are now being consumed by b the tho Democratic 5 fire in in in the state a as possible I Pretense of Two Years Years Ago S It is is claimed that it can be easily I. I S shown that the sheriffs sheriff's office entered'S entered S 'S into with tho the stockade interests I two years ago wih as that official conducted a raid on that part of of the city and andr S closed it tightly By this act he lie admitted ad ad- S. S r mitt coSIl cd that he be recognized it as his duty I close to 10 close the tho stockade and vociferously I S declared that the tho stockade st was as within I W t. t his liis official ty juis jurisdiction h 4 But tho the stockade was not long lon closed cosed Within a short time it was opened a again and running merrily By By the reopening of the stockade under the tho noso nose of and andS j S with ith the consent o T the sheriff and the tho theother theother other Republican an county count officials the they I i y S 'S sheriff sherif and aUll other officials as good good as a adS adi ad- ad 1 S i milted mitt nit d that they had bal entered into a deal with those interests an and that they would I f S 'S Dot not do what the they ha had previously declared de de- dared cared to be their official duty uty as aS a S compensation for the part the stockade interests played in that deal deal l The fhe falt fact that the Republican crowd cr wd it iu B this state state has bas entered into a deal the with the tho National Liquor Dealers' Dealers association as as- through the state of that association is also openly charged barged by DenH Democratic cr tic party party leaders c. c St v r The national association has luis been heen asked i J it is declared to aid the Republican n. n v party aty iu in 1 Utah to save sa YO tho state from S. S the prohibitionists who ho secured the tle Adoption orton of the tho prohibition plank in iu inthe tic the Democratic state platform This aid N is to o be qc iu in money for the state campaign 1 fund and the return that the thc Republican party will give will bo be the fostering 1 I. I 1 wi wi I I land Hind and protection of the tho liquor interests in inthis inthis this state stafe Prohibition an Issue iton The mass mSS of members of the Republican I can party are arc members of the dominant I church which has in the past 1St taken a decided cd stand in favor of prohibition I det and the Republicans b by their deals with ith the stockade element clement and the whisky 11 I ri rit ring g. g have lost the tIC friendship ane of those loyal members of the thie church who believe bell beI be be- ll I lieve ve sincerely that the moral issues involved in- in in- in should be given expression even eyen j at the sa sacrifice of their party fealty These hose men who believe beleve that p principle IS is j greater than party part it it is declared are arc deserting their P rb standard and will willI wi I yote vote for the Democratic ticket and and the prohibition plank j I I Nauseated by b- the foulness of the j deals and counter deals that have I marked the relations of the federal t i bunch and the collar crowd these i I clean Republicans will i vote yote for the patty party that at least promises thc thC them i prot pro pro- i t i. i The The play to sacrifice Salt Lake county i to hold the state shows to what hat straits trait I tb Smoot crowd is re reduced in this campaign camj cam cam- ear ear- earI j I I |