Show LEAVINt TA TY ME UD SA1PETE BEPUBLICANS GETTING GET-TING THEIR EYES OPENED Judge Jacob 3ohnsons Sea Becomes a DemocratAbner Lowry and Scores of Otheth to Follow Ephraim Aug 2LOn all sides former Republicans of more or less prominence are denouncing the barefaced attempt to capture their votes by a pretended friend still for silver and declaring themselves as straight Democrats They can hear men now talking for sll er not free coinage protection and eci procity who only a few short weeks ago were telling them that the sliver question was dead and that the gold standard was the proper financial system rhaey can also see by the papers that in every state in the 1 nba except Vtah the Republicas are resolving unequivocally for the gold standard inch realize that the Repuhll can party cannot consistently declare for gold In the nation and silver in Utah Among the latest converts is S Morgan Johnson who was one of the brihtest young Republicans its the county Mr Johnson is a son of Hon Jacob Johnson judge of this district who is hirnsel a staunch silver man Morgan has always al-ways been a consistent believer in the free and unlimited coinage of silver and when the Republican party at the St Louis convention con-vention declarea for gold he allied himself him-self with the silver Republicans Now when that party disbanded in the state he announces himself a Democrat Scores of others wlil follow his example Abney Lowery jr is another prominent promi-nent Republican who proclaims himself a DemOcrat He has been the wheel horse in keeping up a Republican organization in the Democratic town of Sterling He believes ln silver and can now see that the Democratic party is the only place for silver men And this Is not the only source of trouble for the silverplated Hannaites There are in the county a respectable number of consistent Republicans who do not favor deviating from national Repub llcan principles and who will refuse to be made a party to any such scnexnes as is prposed by the Tribune and the administration adminis-tration heelers Prominent among this faction is Hon J D Page of Mt Pleasant Pleas-ant who is very pronounced in his denun elation of the schenie and who openly declares that the party cannot be reunited re-united by any such means There is still another Issue worrying the Republicans of this county which while at present confined principally to Manti is rapidly spreading to other places Seine tirn ago a number of farmers and stockmen stock-men of Manti madehomestead entries on the lower mountain lands cat of the city for the purpoe of securing partures for their stock The sheepmen evidently considered this action an infringement on their rIghis for them commenced contest pioceedlngs to oust the entrymen A great many of these men are Republicans and they now openly denounce the local shieepmen atsd declare they will never vote another Republican ticket This will make Mantl surely Democratic The sheepmen have evidently seen the error of their way and have withdrawn the contests con-tests but the breech cannot be healed nor As one of the parties remarked They have shown what they would do If they had the powerhnd I dont propose to assist them in getting any more power with my vote |