Show i i SOUI FIGURES AND FACTS I It will be found after a very careful estimate that there are in this Territory Terri-tory between 25000 and 29COJ persons who can legally exercise the election l franchise This does not include polyg t f amistswho were disfranchised by the Ed munds Act of 1S82 nor the women who a t 31 rl are now entitled to vote butfrom whon it is proposed to take the suffrage Of this number between 7000 and 8000 are j classed as Liberals though it would perhaps be more proper to designate i them ib nonMormons rather than aatiMormons which latter term is i synoymous with Liberals NonMor mons aro not all antiMorfnons at election elec-tion time as has been demonstrated at t i j every election held here durina the past I < dozen years If the contest were close and there were a probability of the Lib Lib found that very considerable percentage percent-age of the Gentiles would vote for the a I Mormon ticket as they prefer honest economic government to the recklessness reckless-ness and extravagance if not open dishonesty dis-honesty which woudtattend a Libert 1 administration But suppose the non Mormons should stick together and cast their 7COD votes for the Liberal ticket what would be t gained irom the 1 passage of the Edmun < Tucker bill I There is no question fts ta what the Mormbns will do they will stand I t i i firmer and closer than ever before this t < F < assault upon tem having the effect to l J1 t unite them for selfprotection and self i 1 f I i 1 1IIIIIIi preservation against the assaults of the common enemy How unitedly they will vote and how faithfully they wilL perform their political duty to each other was demonstrated in Ogden the other day when here was danger of a Liberal majority The vote was much larger than ever before and there was less scratching of the ticket than ever occurred at an Ogden election In the event of the TuckerEdmunds bill becoming a law the Ogden experience would be repeated in every county city and precinct pre-cinct in the Territory and 22000 votes would be cast by Mormons against the Lib rals 7000 Theso are facts and figures and because be-cause they are facts and figures the ruleorruin gang is sick at heart over the proposed law and is only prevented pre-vented from denouncing all who consented con-sented to the important changes in the Tucker bill by the knowledge that the consenting ones were the gangs best friends and ablest champions |