Show t THE SMOTHERED FIRE 0 OU A very lively scrap has broken for r mong on the local democracy air din donl piny in y I 1 on the one side and the iberal heram r i I 1 1 on oil I the other mr D writes a letter and the herald publishes it with belittling headlines and contemptuous comment anil and yet mr dinnany probably does docs not leel feel quite crushed tho the chief points in the controversy may be briefly mr dinnany charges that the election returns prove church interference cc constantly n in favor of the republican party sliding aiding greatly the immense gain of 14 30 votes achieved by that party parly since liance 1890 this the herald denim denies alleging that the opportunity afforded lor for republican lam in the claim that the democratic party must bo be hold held responsible for or the hard times the descent of silver the slump in wool the labor depression and nd the general discontent sufficiently accounts tor for the republican gain incidentally the herald defends john henry smith und other republicans in this connection mr dinnany claims that its his bartys expectation X pec tation ot of a s mighty democratic majority has been thwarted by church counsel that the Ifor mormon nion people if dl vide ax as nearly equal between the two parties as possible forcible tho the herald denies that there lias has been any such church counsel co mr dinnany charges that church influence has been used direct in the interest of tile the republican party citing the gibbs incident tho the herald con besses the use of sch anch influence but denies that it was effectual mr dinnany specifically charges the defeat of 0 mr rawlins last tall fall up upon the churchs churche wish to elect the son of the ilia roaster master cial claiming minK that otherwise it would have been impossible to defeat mr ile rawlins with bla big brilliant record of 0 service to utah the herald denies ill this is specifically accounting tor for that 1 defeat I e on tho the general causes that woi ked democratic defeat throughout the country and pointedly insinuates that j sir DIn dinnany as chairman of the democratic campaign committee is himself ahlm blameworthy by his management it adds that the herald did quite as m much as sir air dinnany did to elect mr rawlins Raw llna and that without pay Is 13 there a covert stab here mr air dinnany charges that cache valleys young democrats are being sent away on art missions inferentially as suman that this Is done because these young democrats have incurred the church displeasure because bebau so 0 of tile stiffness of their democracy the herald denies that politics has anything to do with the missionary details of 0 the church mr dinneny claims that thirty art ari davits ot of church influence in politics were presented to the heads of the ch church showing that various officials of 0 the church went among the th people claiming that in asking ashing them to rup support the republican RepublIc all ticket they were doing the bidding ot of the leaders ot of the church and probably in pursuance of this same point but further along mr D arks and why hae bae a good many cormon mormon democrats been notified to appear for trial for or having told the truth about the heads ot of the church to this the herald replies there Is 13 noth leg the ot of the mormon church which would put mormon monnon democrats or anyone else on trial for ILI telling the truth about anything or anybody we believe that query of mr DInnI nys to be impudent assertion in the form ot of a question to put the herald in fix the atti attitude tudo of 0 defending the li mormon formon church and in saying that we know this and we know that and we know the other mr fr resorts to a very paltry piece of pettifogging that la Is deserving ot of a much harsher anil and much shorter term finally the herald informs sir mr din that tile tho religious preferences preference a of persons employed on the herald are rione none of 0 his business and that no further from him will appear in its columns its a mighty pretty quarrel as ag it a lands stand si and in view ot of the harsh discipline the herald applies lit fit its answer to mr Din dinnany its appeal for or something to be written that will har hannon mort ito ite and strengthen the party Is rather grotesque it Is however how a confession that jig its editorial reply to 9 air Is not or 0 the tha harmonizing var variety lety and in this we have no doubt tho the victim of its scolding will easily agree |