Show BLACKMAIL AS As A WEAPON There is one disgraceful feature of this thi special campaign that h t will wi surely I not escape ece the attention of the te honest I voters of Utah It I Is I a question Queston that involves the political honor and integ integrity integrity rity riy of o the people and ad It commands the earnest er s consideration of every ever cit citizen citizen izen ize who would protect the good goad goo name of the sete st te teA teA A leading Republican organ org conduct conducted ed by a 8 federal officeholder and a po PC p Is proclaiming day by day that if Jf Utah Uh remains rains true tre to her pout political pol thaI ical ic convictions and sends Judge King Kingto to congress the McKInley administration tion ton and the Republican majority wi will retaliate by inflicting further hostile hoste legislation upon the polygamists but that if James T Hammond Hamm nd is elected all aU agitation will wi cease that if the people desire d sire to escape a constitutional amendment I polygamy they th J must mut m t get in line Un with the administration It is a case ce of give us u you von votes or l ba be a sandbagged by congress And Republican emissaries are ae go going going ing about the state in gum Sm shoes like their candidate candidate whispering to this thi and ad that influential voter that t at everything has han ho been fixed that a Republican apos apostle apostle tle tie and ad a Republican bishop went down downto to Washington saw saw the te Republican leaders leades and and made mada satisfactory arrange arrangement arrangement 1 ment and that if t the state ca c cap i only be delivered delvere to the th polygamists will wi suffer sutter no further disturb disturbance ance aiice acc Do these the schemers as assume a aI assume I sume that there is no honest manhood nor womanhood left in Utah Uta Their Ter Bourse ourse oure can imply nothing else Laying aside ade the falsity of any state statement ment meat that the national leaders lee of the Republican party or the McKInley ad administration administration ministration would enter into a deal dea to protect Utah Uta poi polygamists in exchange for fer the te Utah Urh vote Yote what an appalling condition of political degradation dedato these tee Republican workers worker would would ascribe to Utah Uta What strange notions must they the entertain concerning ring the political morals of or the people The statement comes coes from many sources source that thia thi infamous plan Is 1 the chief reliance of the Hanna Hann party art in inthis Inthis this campaign that their main min hope of success lies les in the expectation that the people will wi regard the te welfare of poly polygamists aa t s of greater gr tel importance than I Ithe the welfare of or the te nation or the success s I of political principles In what position of shame would Utah Ut be placed were wee the tho people really realy con controlled trolled by such sch ignoble motives as a this Republican plan pla would imply Suppose they should thus abandon every ever political political cal ca principle and an elect ele a a candidate who throughout the campaign lias a refused to say sj whether he lIe believes the votes vote he solicits are a honest hone votes vote Then Ten Mr Hammond Haon would present himself at the thedoor thedor thedoor door dor of congress cn cs hat in hand band apolo apologizing apologizing for the intrusion and if he spoke the whole truth tu h concerning this hie lis pres presence pr prene presence ence ene he would say this tiis i The Te people that tat sent me here be believe behave have lieve le In IR bimetallism they believe in I Americanism and repudiate the Tory Tr Ism Im and Imperialism of this thin adminis administration they the believe the trusts should be restrained they believe e that the De Declaration Declaration claaton of Independence should con continue timie to be the inspiration of ot this tI re republic re republiC public and that the constitution is i the fundamental law of the land they tey be believe behave have lieve Uee in liberty for oAl JI and are opposed to wars of conquest all aU these th e things do they the believe beleve yet they he have haye surrendered dared dered dere their convictions they have abandoned every political principle and ad have selected me rue to t carry r their ther homage to this imperial administration solely because there ore ere 6 a a few tew fe polygamists out there ther who crave Ins Inn Indulgence ce of C our gracious rulers The p 1 shame of i it Tire The e humiliation hum U ton that la is 1 brought upon honest hon independent ent eat manhood and ad by the knowledge that hee here in Utah are poll poli politicians who woula advertise adverts It to the world that thet thet they believe the people of thia tG state te are ready rady to barter barte off of their American an citizenship to secure secre protection prote tion tiun ton for the institution of polygamy And while such infamous methods as these thc are ae employed in the hope of in influencing influencing the votes vote of one element elemet a a purchased Hanna Hamia Hanna organ in this city is seeking votes yote by playing upon the te prejudice pre prejudice udice of another class cl 9 By gross grons falsi mis falsification fasi and an distortion of the record of ofte the te Democratic convention It attempts to show that that tat convention endorsed polygamy and that Mr Kings election would be an a endorsement of ot polygamy all al the te while mie dishonestly concealing the th attitude of o its own candidate who privately privately privately endorses the Democratic resolution resolution tion lon because beuse he knows it is a Statement of truth who approves s the appointment of polygamists to federal federl place and ap approves approves approves proves their retention in office but who Is too cowardly to proclaim in public his belief bee in the te good goo faith ath and honesty hone of the te people Dele of the state Such outrageous outages methods meho cannot win win In Utah Uth The Te people pele know kow if outsiders do not that polygamy p as a an am institution Is of O so e little moment momet here that it I can cannot cn cannot not be used either as a bribe or a threat to the voters votes The Te tree her citizens of Utah Uta of all sects and nd creeds cre will wi neither be bribed or bulldozed and by yielding to such appeals Invite imle the charge that a I dying custom is ie dearer to them therm than the welfare of their state sate or the te future fur of the republic reD They know that the people of this commonwealth neith neither are er nor defers defers of the law and they will repudiate the charge of and bad faith by voting for the Democratic candidate who en endorses domes dores the resolution denying those charges charger chaes The political party that thinks a whole people can be b blackmailed popl by in intimidation Intimidation polls Dolls will meet met 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