Show Easy Question In Political History To the Editor of THE HERALD Your editorial of the 15th inst entitled Parallels of the Past suggests the following fol-lowing Didnt the dominant party strike off West Virginia from the old state in order or-der to gain one or more Radical seats in the Washington Congress and wasnt the new state very soon redistricted so that three Congressmen might be secured in the interest of the Republican party and when these three congressional districts all returned Democratic members didnt the g o p realize that somebody had caught a Tartar and havent the wire pulling leaders of that party been stretching stretch-ing the blanket of piety ever since by calling call-ing yearly on the good Lord to help them let go that Democratic bear J Am 1 right 12No SALT LAKE CITY Jan 16 1892 |