Show I BUY THE3I OFF I lntest Rcpnwlicim Plan to Control the Convention Those voters of Utah who cast their ballots far the Republican candidate it the last election in the belief that it was the party of pure motives am > honest purposes will do well to ponde ver the subject matter of this artcl tnd then cogitate on the perplexing luestion of Where are we at While the flute of the g o p in thi city and its vermiform appendix thP N Ogden Standard have with all thp smaller sheets been hurling mud a + the Utah commission for alleged irregularities irreg-ularities have accused Democratic judges of election of all the mean crimes in the calendar it remained for I ne journal of Republican ideas to giv < away the whole snap and to expos the plans of the Republican party man Bger BgerWord apparently has gone down the epublican line that the constitutional Convention must be controlled by th > fc o p at all hazards Failing in getting get-ting the franchise of the voters on if Election day it is now proposed to cor ftipt the delegateselect to the convention conven-tion by the use of money In the edi lorjal in the Provo Enquirer of recent te I appears the following e i Gentlemen Stand Firm JrWe would like to say to those rood tnd true men like John Henry Smith kho are counted out by the Democratic Recount that you need to act det r 1 1 < ninedly and vigorously and the big Aiaijortty of the people of Utah will tand by you I it First fight the dishonest so apparent fb appar-ent through the courts nut at the a I same time be preparlng to see that tale other tallows do not serve You have f been elected fey the Voles of the people I I ard the people expect you to frame e U = bI their constitution not those counted i1E byi an alien commission You may have to ony those pt whom I thc Democratic coiumisslb has declared elected and yon mayo i e1L Drejare may-o tltf sOt whatever cost I 4h People 9f tltnli ivill stand uy yonV gpntlenaen in your negotiations negotia-tions n If it is money you want call fofjfitr I I I I IIf 15VIf it is the strength ofr vigorous manhood make your levy and by the help of God Utah will be freed from election frauds Vox popuM vox delIs del-Is t e1 peoples matt and they Will standby It come what may i I It willibe noted that this expression by the lEriquirer has not been copied ji the Republican papers very extensively exten-sively if at all Indeed it is so outrageous out-rageous a proposition that not a docent do-cent Republican will support It None No-ne cares about the fat editor of the Enquirer wanting to go out and do the Don Quixote act levying men or patting John Henry Smith or any ither man on the back but a proposItion proposi-tion to buy oH delegates elect and the promise that the cash is ready when the goods are delivered is such ayes criminal actthat none of tho delegates or voters can altord to let the suggestions pass by unrebuked i That the Enquirer speaks by the card however Is apparent t > v the candor exhibited in the statement that the people doubtless meaning Crane Co Republican managers will standby stand-by you in your negotiations The fact that very few copies of the paper ever get beyond the connnes of Utah is a fortunate one for this territory ter-ritory The impression created < by an editorial asserting that the people of 1 soon to be state would furnish a corruption fund to Buy a majority in i constitutional convention In order that one party might obtain a narrow partisan advantage is not likely to endow I en-dow the reader with any degree of1 I confidence in fact they would naturally natural-ly feel for the citizens hare a superlative superla-tive contempt The Herald in calling attention to I this attempt to cast odium upon the I Democracy and people generally of Utah is able to move any wrong impression im-pression In I advance i |