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Show UTAH DEMOCRA TIC SHAME! Tho Mormon church has poured on tho i Democratic machine In Utah sorno of the Bairn oil which was squirted. Into tho Idaho Republican machine. Tho church to provide against futuro loss of power' lias been oxortlng all tho strength of its vicious Inlluonco to oxtend its street raJl-way raJl-way monopoly over Salt Lako for a period of fifty yeurs. For months tho Gentiles havo fought off tho drooling dragon. Eight Genlllo Councllmcn stood ?,ol.iranst ?evc'1 Mormon Councilmcii But tho church knew how to work Its In-Bldlous In-Bldlous will and tho telephone lino to God began to ring with revelations until tho Democratic machine began to catch tho . aound and prick Up ll ears. Democracy , had not been reposing ita head on the bosom of tho church for somo time but the ecclesiastical siren began to give-' cvl-denco cvl-denco of a deslro to withdraw somo of ,hor caresses being lavished elsewhcro and bestow them upon Salt Lako Democrats. What futuro church support was prom-lned prom-lned tho Democratic machine In Salt Lako j Is not known, but it Is plain Salt Lake De- mocracy la as dishonestly mercenary and politically shameless as their samo chuss In Idaho of a Republican coloring, who have overridden the better clement op-pesed op-pesed to alllanco with prlcs'tcraft. The i consultations had been secretly held, the ntmosphere of a deal with tho church fell over the municipal Democratic polltfclans and futuro church favor was .dreamed of. The Democratic organization suddenly j changed attitude, favorable to the church. ' In a night tho Salt Lako Herald changed from opposition to support of tho church plan to hold Salt Lako by the throat for fifty years more. With all this harm thrown into the beef a single Democratic Councilman was jarred looso from tho solid Gentile eight, a now city office (city purchasing agent) was created with a salary attached and a prominent Democrat Demo-crat of tho city named by tho Mormon push for tho place as evidence of tho lovo tho church had for Us Salt Lako Democratic Demo-cratic friends. Then tho new church franchise was passed! The city was rebound re-bound to tho stako and tho hierarchy hopped about In gleo! Tho fiuger of scorn po.nts at the ono Domocrat who yielded to party pressuro and support what ho U? aiirv,onfT ?n0,3C(1- Tho appointment of a tzm purchasing agent for tho city Vlii toid-smelHnB that tho vote creating (It has been reversed slnco tho franchise was passed and tho church will do some other favor for tho Democrats. It was known tho Gentllo Councilman Taa giving way, and an attempt to save tho day for the city was mado by asking an injunction against certain Mormon Councllmen (church dignitaries) being peimltted to voto on a franchlBo in which they, ns part of the church machinery wero Interested Tho Council waited while the court over which church Innuendo also had Its sway, heard tho mattor and turned tho Councllmen looao to voto for their own profit. Idaho Domocrata who want tho Democratic party of this Stato to grovel at tho feet of the hierarchy along with a porton of tholr Republican friends can find boon companionship by removing, to Salt Lake. Wclser (Ida.) Signal. Sig-nal. " |