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Show 1 NOW AND THEN. Hero are a few more clippings from Goodwin's Weekly of a year ago. Compare Com-pare tho mental condition of Goodwin now and then. Now the Weekly Is a champion of the Revenge Society which ho so vigorously denounced then. A year ago It said, and said truly: "While deploring apostolic influence and church rule, and praying that Utah may become a real American State, let us stop a moment' and make some calculations. Supposo tho American Amer-ican party, under present auspices, could succeed, accomplish all It has in view, and then an' election was to bo held, what then? Naturally tho men who pledged life, fortune and sacred honor, when tho cause was in swaddling swad-dling clothes, would bo entitled to tho flr3t rewards, would thoy not? Wo all agree on that, certainly. Well, then, behind theso sappers and miners tho gonernl who planned tho campaign would bo entitled to tho chlfest honor, would ho not? This being accepted, wo find ourselves In another fix. That general Is tho samo boss that ho was four years ago, when ho first beguiled tho church Into securing for him a United Slates Senatorshlp, tho samo that ho was three years and two years ago ii.id this year up to about six months ago. When he was boss beforo no ono could gain official recognition from him, except' that he put on tho bosses badge and did his bidding. As tho head of a great nowspaper ho did what ho could to neutralize all tho work that the paper had dono for thirty years to make Utah a real American Amer-ican State; ho did what ho could, to mako Apostlo Smoot, Apostlo Senator Reed Smoot; ho kept tho great newspaper news-paper sounding his own praises and convincing tho world that all tho pld heart-burnings in Utah had passed away, except a little which was confined con-fined to the breasts of n few Irrecon-cllables. Irrecon-cllables. "Suddenly ho awakened ono morn, lug to discover that, In his opinion, tho apostlo Senator had not played fair. Tho apostlo had agreed to rldo and tie with him, but once In tho saddle sad-dle the apostlo liked it. It was a now experience for him and ho forgot his agreement and determined to henceforth hence-forth keep tho steed in his own sin-ble. sin-ble. Then this boas becamo angry and strangely enough his wrath took on tho form of lofty patriotism and ho bade his henchmen go out and beat tho brush and mado tho woods ring with indignation, and to call upon tho peo ple to como to tho rescuo of tho old flag, to stand up while the "Star Spangled Span-gled Banner" was being played, and to help to redeem, regonerato and dls.cn-thrall dls.cn-thrall Utah and mako It a real American Ameri-can State. "If this wins ho will naturally got over being mad, will ho not, and become be-come his natural self? But If ho does, will not tho boss In his soul re-assert Itself? Why, of course, and then Utah's last state will be worse than tho ilrst, for surely boss rule, while It lasts, Is worse than church rule. When church rule has Its way it gives tho glory to the Lord; but when boss rule Is on' top, hero aro no. concessions, not even to God; the glory Is all appropriated close down to tho earth. "All this should bo a reminder to tho Republicans of Utah that up to election day neither boss rule nor church rule should bo considered, but rather the election of officers, from tho highest under the Federal Government down to tho Constable on tho city ticket. The effort, In our opinion, of tho original freedom shrickers Is to defeat tho en-tiro en-tiro Republican ticket; that then a now deal may bo negotiated without any provoking obstacles in tho way. "Tho Importance of tho election can scarcely bo estimated. The natlopal issuo Is whether tho Republic shall keep on Its sublime way upward, or whether a halt shall bo called, Its Industries In-dustries stopped nnd that part of tho flag which has taken on now splendors of lato shall bo enough furled to cover lip -Its now light. "Tho local Issue is whether tho State shall bo given up to Democratic rule, with a Democratic Governor, Member of Congress, Legislature and a little later a Democratic Senator. Surely this ought to bo concernment enough to occupy all tho best thought and energies of Republicans for ono month more. "Tliero will bo time enough for tho consideration of other questions after this first business shall bo fixed." "In a convention in which all tho pyrotechnics and vaudeville features were provided by Honorable Frank J. Cannon, tho American party yesterday carried out its threat to furnish for tho delectation of voters a legislative and county ticket. A largo crowd was present pres-ent to hear Mr. Cannon, and warmly applauded his splendid elocution and sonorous periods. ' "The nominations proved that when tho leaders of the Revenge Society said that thoy would bo recruited by defeated candidates from tho Republican Republi-can convention, It was not a vain boast. Four of tho distinguished gentlemen gen-tlemen who sought similar recognition from tho Republicans, wore named yesterday for county officers on tho bolting ticket. Tho four who drew a consolation prize yesterday woro Geo. L. Nye, who d03lrcd lo bo a Republican Stato Senator; Charles D, Rooklldgc, who aspired to tho county , treasurer-ship treasurer-ship nomination; Angus McKellar, whoso prcdlllctjlons wcro for tho cnun-ty cnun-ty recordorshlp, and F. II. Clark, to tho ofllco of city justico looked alluring In the Republican convention. Although with tho exception of Mr. McKellar, the nnmes of thq quartctto wcro not presented to tho convention, all a few weeks ago woro avowed as-plranls as-plranls for tho exact positions , for which thoy wcro selected yestorday by tho Revenge Society. Tho nominations woro considered peculiarly approprl-ate, approprl-ate, slnco tho wholo movement oris-Inated oris-Inated In splto nnd baffled ambitions, "Tho crowd which attended tho cere-many cere-many was listless nnd apathetic, oven when tho nominations woro being an-nounccd, an-nounccd, and only enmo out of tho lethargy while Senator Cannon was dramatically delivering his philippics. Mr. Cannon charged tho church with political misdemeanors with which tho average citizen Is familiar, always omitting any reference to church lnllu-enco lnllu-enco In tho .old days when ho was tho beneficiary. "Tho real feature of Mr. Cannon's address was an ornamental and glow- fl lug eulogy of Sonator Kearns, a spec- laity at which tho cx-Sonator has fl practiced so long that It begins now to sound perfectly natural. "His reference to Senator Kearns' 'intellectual superiority' over Senator Smoot nnd tho magnanimity and lofty unselfishness of Kearns In 'throwing H away all hope of going back to tho H United States Senato for tho sako pf H winning Utnh back to her own free- H dem' was warmly applauded. It was H distinctly a Kearns gathering. Of H course, Mr. Cannon did not seo lit to H oxpatlato on the fact that Kearns was H beaten beforo ho withdrew, and that H tho withdrawal was only announced H after persistent but futile efforts to" ob- H tain tho church Influence which his ' bolting organ now audaciously crlti- M clses. "Mr. Cannon's explanation of his de- sertlon of tho local Democrats after I advising them to "get together and ll stay together" was about tho lamest II avowal ho ever mado from a public ros- II trum. To cover up tho real fact that II his desertion was at tho behest of tho jfl political syndicate, of which Senator II Clark of Montana is tho head, tho ox- Sonator announced, without ovon smil- ing, that tho reason ho left tho Dcmoc- ! racy was that ho greatly feared that ffl Chairman Spry would make good on his alleged threat to sccuro tho votes ! of two Mormon Democrats for ovory I Republican Gcntllo who joined tho M bolting movement. Even thoso in tho audlenco who haven't much faith in Mr. Cannon's political stability expect- I cd something a llttlo moro material ana plausible than that, arid the announcement announce-ment fnlled to win any a'riplauso from thoso whft camo to cheor. "Mr. Cannon's speech was preceded by a laborious effort by Georgo L. Nyo and another scintillating oration by P. J. Daly, who manipulated tho gavol in tho role of permanent chairman. "Mr. Nyo found tho keynoto of his little contribution when ho announced thnt 'wo havo still fresh In mind tho city election of last year,' roforrlng, of course, to tho fact that Btatosman Georgo was dofoatcd, bocauso tho pop- 1 ulaco rofusod to ratify Intact a tlckot nominated and dictated by Sonator Kearns. This showed tho hand of Mr. Nyo, indicating that ho was merely In tho American party to gain rovongo for last year precisely tho samo motive ! which was strongest in tho minds of j Senator Kenrns and Lippman and the ' rest of tho American party originators when they called on all 'patriotic' citizens cit-izens to aid them In wrecking tho party by which thoy havo been honored." hon-ored." "Tho Tribune and Senator Cannon do not appear to exactly agree on tho matter of tho object of tho formation of tho now party. In his speech ot I yoatorday, Mr. Cannon said: All wo I Intend Is to make this a non-church I party1 not an anti-church party.' And I yet the Tribunols filled every morning I " with vituperative abuse of the Mor- I mons, coupled with advocacy of the American party movement. It Is, ot I; course, tho Tribune's prerogative to conduct an anti-church campaign, but ' It is slightly nauseating when the old j reprobate does It under the pretext 1 that the' -"new party attacks no man ' on 'account of religious belief,' and - that It was formed solely to combat church Influence. If tho Tribune and Senator Cannon are to contlnuo to work' shoulder to shoulder In the American Amer-ican cause, they should get together and half-way harmonlzo their divergent diver-gent view of tho real objects of the Rovengo Society. , "How does Senator Cannon reconcllo his statement that It Is merely a 'non' i and not an 'antl'-church party and that J Its formation was solely to fight J church Influence, with tho Tribune edl- ' torlal of tho 10th, In which women aro advised to go 'to tho polls In November No-vember and file her solemn protest against tho tyrant rulo over women and against church domination in pol-i pol-i itics by voting tho American ticket.' 1 ( "So tho American party has at least f J two arrows to its bow ono for 'church f J Influence' and tho other for 'tyrant ff rulo over women.' It may as well add SI tho othor slogan of 'Revenge,' and then stop all this sham prattle about fl 'Americanism' and 'purity in poll- fi tics.'" |
