Show A UNITED DEMOCRACY By this time it ought to be plain to everybody that the Democrats of Utah Mormon and alike will stand by their colors to a man and fin finish f In Insh ish sh the fIght light they are making against every effort to precipitate a religious political war in the state If there had been any question about it before the speeches of Judge W T H King ICing and Judge O 0 W Powers Power and the recep reception tion accorded them would have ve settled the stability of the party beyond ques question question question tion Judge King is a Mormon by conviction conviction tion He has been reared in the faith and believes In it devoutly When his religion is attacked he is as quick to defend It as any member of the church He H is familiar with its doctrines and its history and all his associations from childhood have taught him to hold its tenets as sacred And with his religious us convictions the judge is outspoken In his denunciation of the men who would would I if they could use their religion as a I cloak to secure political preferment Firmly he believes that such an effort is an insult to his church and a menace to its Integrity Like all an his Democratic friends in the church he deplores the Jinking linking of religion and politics by men interested only in the achievement of a personal ambition And like a man manam among am ng men he points out the danger to the church and state from such a course To the casual observer it may seem seeman seeman seeman an easy thing for a man of Judge Kings standing and ability to take such sucha a position but to those who know the situation thoroughly his outspoken op opposition opposition position is 15 evidence of a fine moral courage It would be much easier for him to and let others take upon themselves th the burden of mis misrepresentation misrepresentation misrepresentation representation sure to follow It would be a simple matter for him to follow with the current and anti discuss only the commonplace issues of a cam campaign cam Fortunately for the state and for ifor or his party Judge King Iring believes It his duty as a church member and a good citizen to speak out the conviction tion tha that thai Is in him and the result has O been een ol of e ablest blest fairest most ef effective attacks s on Republican an system tem tern In i that has been heard In this campaign Nor has Judge King been alone in his and devotion to principle J JH JB JH H B L R IL Martineau Ashby Sno r Mat Thomas and other Mormon 3 Demo ts have been just as outspoken and upright In their stand for fair fall fairplay play fahd and the elimination of religious questions quest ons from politics They represent represent sent the sentiment of the Democracy exact exactly i bravely and they are present presenting presentIng ing an array array tra bf f arguments that must go far the people of their faith that the Democratic party j offers the one l hope po of a final and per permanent permanent manent solution of r the problem that confronts Utah With these a able aole ble men as ers ers for a common cause Judge Powers presents resents with equal force the conviction o oZ of those Democrats who refuse to desert their party and make common cause with those who are ap appealing appealing pealing to prejudice against a religion for political purposes The judge was one of the th leaders of the old Liberal party and he fought hard for its cause But Dut when he joined in the movement to dissolve the party p and organize on na national ml national party lines he did it in good faith When he reconvened the Demo Democrats Democrats Democrats to protest against Republican abuse of religious influence the men who now compose the American party made fun of him and called the convention a grandstand play From the organization of the t le Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic party he has consistently opposed the Republican appeal for aid on re religious IJ grounds but he has just as con consistently refused to be cajoled or coerced into joining a fight against any or any religion He stands to toy tor t y r 1 day where he has stood since si ce e the ad admission admission mission of Ahe state against any ef er effort erfort effort fort or any pretext to drag religion into politics or intrude politics into religious discussion And he represents faith faithfully faithfully fully effectively the sentiment of all those non who have no use for tor or either Republican or American tactics ta in this campaign c These men are leaders lead r of the Demo Democratic Democratic Democratic cratic party and they have shown clear clearly ly its us sincere desire for the welfare of the state They want peace in Utah and they want it to come with honor They believe that the election of ot the Democratic ticket will compel the Re Republicans Republicans publicans and Americans to abandon their attempt to involve the people in ina Ina ina a warfare on religious lines and they believe such a result would be the greatest boon that could come to the state In this belief they have the united support of every Democrat Dem crat as well as the aid of the very large number of independent ind pendent men and women who be believe believe lieve th time has come for a perma permanent permanent permanent nent settlement of the war between fac factions factions factions which has las distracted the com corn commonwealth commonwealth for the past three years With a united party and with the sup support support support port that will come to them from voters outside the party who believe with them the Democrats ought to win next Tuesday |