Show A REPUBLICAN TRICK I MysterIous messages are said to be bein bein in circulation over ove the state to the ef effect efi i feet that an agreement has been en entered enI I Into between the national lead are of the Republican party nd certain Republican polygamists in Utah b by which fedEral legislation against the wilt be deferred or defeated in inthe inthe the event ot of HammO Hammonds s el to congress or Of course the people or of Utah will wIlli i readily perceive that this In the reason the Salt Lake Tribune Is giving its un unqualified qualified support to Mr Ir Hammonds candidacy and reminding the Mormon voters that they heY o 0 about to be put putto put putto to the test V But t Is there a 3 nian or woman Woma entitled I to tile the ballot in state and 4 gent enough h to the rIg t ot of I franchise nh that the sahn tion or of pol polygamists depends upon the election or of Jam Jama s T P Hammond Ig l the world to understand that the people behind this agitation are ready rea y yand and willing to drop it for a petty par partIsan advantage While there is no 4 as to the partisan origin ot of oti i the cr crusade sade It has aroused a sectarIan if sentiment In the nation which care n a snap of the finger which party 1 succeeds In Utah or what te re rei i calves a of the votes cast at this especial election eJection And the leaders 4 f II or of th the administration at Washington k are much more concerned over the me ap 9 pr probation of thc crusaders or of the east than they are over ovel the addition o of a single ry vote Ote to their pros pres I 4 ent in the house The n l nal leaders or of the I co party are n tso foolIsh s to Iden i thy w with th any nt to upp uny d any star stor stori i fe B have done so or will do i rr ii 1 i 1 1 t so are nio the th silliest sort of claptrap j i jAnd And it Is preposterous to ask th the pen peo people pie Ot of Utah to surrender their political convictions under the absurd pretext that by so EO doing they be shielding a few polygamists or keeping a few polygamist postmasters in office It is like ASking a free people to sell solI themselves for the benefit of a few men who are held by political freebooters in Utah for a ransom It If the voters of Utah are re true to themselves and their avowed principles pies ples if they kEep politics and religion apart If they refuse to yield to the im or of political blackmailers they will come n nearer retaining what frIends they h ve already alread and winning the respect even of their enemies than hy stultifying themselves BesIdes the people of Utah will be befar befar far more likely to bi in line with the next administration by remaining steadfast Ire in their devotion to Democracy Democracy racy than by abandoning their political principles and without any apparent reason wiping out t the majority ot of ot of four years ago |