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Show HE IS THE WORST ENEMY. The subtlest and most dangerous enemy of Republicanism in Utah is O. W. Powers. Ue is such because he work? ways that are dark and tricks that are vain to build up a Democracy from which he may personally benefit in the future. Under the guise of superior patriotism patriot-ism he is the faithful servant of the party of free trade, free wool and free lead. He aims not to win Democratic votes this year, but to delude and deceive de-ceive men who are Republicans at heart into voting against every political polit-ical interest they hold daar. Republicans respect honest Democratic Demo-cratic opponents. They meet them in the open field. They fight them in fair debate. The voter knows what he may expect from the success of parties that openly advocate their principles. rowEiu' methods are different. Just Rt this juncture, when a great struggle is going on to fix the political complexion complex-ion of Utah, he can best serve th free trade party by keeping protectionists away from the party of protection. It is nothing in his favor that he seeks to obtain his ends by assuming to make a tight for Americanism. His methods are all the more contemptible for that reason. In organizing the Tuscarora tribe, Powers aimed to solidify the Democratic Demo-cratic elements of Liberalism into a compact body which he might wield to his personal advantage. He has brought the Liberal party absolutely under the domination of thi3 secret organization, and the secret organization absolutely under the domination of his pei'sonal will. Thus he is able to run the Liberal Lib-eral party in the interest of his private ambitions and his ultimate desires in Utah politics. No man can doubt where he will be after "one nlore victory" which he hopes to win for Liberalism. He will be with the Democratic party, and he hopes to be potent enough to demand its leadership. If his future is not with the Democracy, Democ-racy, thon he has no future. He knows this full well, and he is using every atom of power he can command to build np a victorious Democracy in this territory by the aid of Republican-Liberal votes. The Times has the utmost respect for honest Liberals. It holds the history his-tory and traditions of Liberalism in high honor. It can perfectly understand why many good citizens should desire to see the city and county continue for the present under Liberal administration. But beyond our local situation stand the great national questions which will be settled one week from today. Utah has a great and vital interest in the settlement of those questions. Free wool and free lead would mean disaster to the greatest industries which sustain our people at present and hold out the hope of our future prosperity. Every man who believes in protecting protect-ing Utah wool aad Utah lead, and every man who believes in encouraging encourag-ing the Utah sugar industry by the triumphant tri-umphant methods of Republicanism, should help send to congress a man who will truly represent his views. O. W. Powers is attempting to mislead mis-lead Republicans within the Liberal party and to make the defeat of Republicanism Repub-licanism the price of his admission into the Democratic camp. lie will not succeed, suc-ceed, lie has lost the rospect of the best elements of the Liberal party. His methods und designs will be fully exposed ex-posed before the great wrong is consummated. con-summated. He ha3 a right to be a Democrat, but he has no right to aek Republicans" to help him build up a Democracy for him to boss hereafter. Study the methods of O. W. Powers, consider what a personal stake he has in this game of politics, and then vote to build up the Republican party in a territory that can be made great by Republican Re-publican policies. |