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Show iRTH FDR STRAIGHT TICKET Democratic State Chairman, Looks, However, for a "Citi- 'H zeirs" Movement. MORMONS ARE ANXIOUS ' H TO BEAT AMERICANS' H Many Will Vote Any Ticket, He Says, to Bring About That Result. H That tho Democratic party will noi "fuse officially'' with the Republican (Smoot) party in the city campaign was tho opinion expressed one daj last ;H week by Lyman R. Martincan, chaiT-man chaiT-man of the Democratic State commit- "I look." said Mr. Martineau, "for. a straight Democratic ticket in tho falli campaign. Speaking from what I soe, U should .iuage that there would be three" tickets in the Held the Americnn tick-i ct, the Democratic ticket and a citizens'. ticket. This citizens' ticket will, in alii Hl probability, be engineered by the I?e-, publicans, but I shouldn't bo surprised, to see some Democrats support it. That' is a thing 3'ou can't prevent, espociallv' if the Democrats in question think that' is the best way to defeat tho American" party. Hope of Democracy. lMM 41 Under . such circumstances," co.n-. jH tinued Air. Martineau, "a casual ob-, server might say that, the Democratic ticket would be hopelessly beaten iu ad-' jH vance. Personally T don't believe that. I think thero are a whole lot of "Re- publicans in this town many of them ll who have hitherto been identified with ijM cither the American party or the local. JRcpublicnn organization who are tired. IH of the warfare between the Republican jH machine and the American party and. who would vote the Democratic ticket' '1 as a means of escaping from a con-' ,H diet which has embroiled the wholm -H Stale in a fight which is mora personal, 'H than political. With tho support, oil, such men we would stand a good chance "Even, however, if tho Democratic .H ticket, were foredoomed to defeat, V would favor placing a straight Demo- tH cratic Ticket in the iield, and going' duwn the line for Democratic principles., There is no reason why the Democratic H party1 should, be made a tail to any-j 'H body's kite. A national campaign 'is coming on, and the party should keep itself in the best possible eliapo to carry U'tah for our nominee for President nest year, if that be possible." Mormons vs. Americans. Asked about church interference in behalf of the Republican party, Mr. Martineau, who is himself a Mormon nnd a high official of one of the auxil-iary auxil-iary organizations of the church, said: JM '""I think that has been exaggerated to some extent. There is a. large class of intelligent, thinking Mounous who: will vote the ticket that they think stands tho best chance to defeat tho American party, and they will do it, without any suggestion from 3ny Mor- ( moil leader or other porson iffauthority in tho church. "You will recall that after the elec-tion elec-tion last fall a numbor s of leading1 r' Deniocratis held a meeting and ap-. 'H pointed a committee to investigate the, question of whether or not. church in- , llucnce had boon used in the election. That committee acted in good faith,1 but was unable to find anything tangi- jH ble upon whicli to base an accusatiou of church influence. To bo surc there was President. Joseph F. Smith s edi-, torial in the Improvement Era, and. the Musser letter. "President Smith. 's editorial, how-ever, how-ever, did not. ndvisc. ndhorents of the' church to vote ior auy ticket or for' WWm anv man. The Mussor letter was in-poor in-poor taste, of course, but Mr, Mnsser's- position in tho church is such that, he. wmm could not be accused of exerting church Wmm influence. Tie is merely an assistant, jl historian, and holds no executive posi-( "As near as we were able to get nr. mm it, therefore, the heavy slump from tho Democratic party to tho Republican! partv on the part of Momion voters) wasdu" almost wholly to a belief on, tho part of such voters that to support;, th6 Republican ticket was tho surest, wnv of defeating the party wluch was avowedly hostile to their church. May Happen This rail. "The same thing may happen this,' IH fall. If a citizens' tiokot is nominated, many intelligent Mormon Democrats sincerelv anxious" to defeat the Amen-' HB can party, may vote for it. On the other hand. I hope we will be able to. fmmm convince thorn . as well as many Kepub- JBB Means that the surest way to ocfont the HH American party and the only way to restore peace in Utah is to sustain the Democratic ticket. "A Democrats we have no part m fmm this bitter wnvfaro which has waged , MVH around Reed Smoot. AVe aro opposed BSJ to Reed Smoot as wo are opposed to I all Republicans, and bocause "OJsTa Republican. AVo want peace here. e want politics conducted on legitimate Baj lines, with religion and bitter personal , hatreds cut out. To elect cither tho mm Republican or the American ticket, so mmm fir as T can see, merelv means .1 con-tinuatiou con-tinuatiou of the warfare in which v tmmrn have eu-aged for years. For that rea-sou, rea-sou, if for no other, I shall urge ear-ncstlv ear-ncstlv the nomination of a straight Democratic ticket. "T believe that tho American party ymm will be defeated in the cit' election.' concluded Mr. Martineau, "cither by tho citizens' movemout or by tho Demo-cnitic Demo-cnitic ticket. I think enough' people have become convinced by J10 news-paper news-paper tight which is now being made against tho American administration that it is not what it should be. to do-' do-' feat it. especially when you consider that a large vote will be massed against tt anyway because of its coniessed hos-tilitv hos-tilitv (o one church." Planning for Fusion. H Mr. Martineau said that no overture, 111 i ' had boon made to him by any Smootilo v for fusion of the two parties. It is, nevertheless, a fact that tho "citi-I. "citi-I. ' ; zens' " ticket mentioned, by Mr. Mar-It Mar-It . tiucauis exactly what tho rotlornl bri-ii bri-ii '-' pndo is ficurinp -on. If tho Federal ( building crowd can havo their vwy, no . Republican ticket, will be placed in the pj Hold. Instead a citizens' ticket is to in " " be nominated, with a CIcntilo "Ropnb-' "Ropnb-' ' ' lican honchman of Jteed Kmoot aa the . Candida I o for Mayor and a Council i ticket made up of both Republicans and Democrats, "wiih Mormons named in every municipal ward in the city where thore is a chance to olect thorn. ' ' This, in brief, is tho Smoot pro-ramrao, pro-ramrao, and it is becoming pretty well ' , doflued.' Smoot. controls the city com-. com-. , mitten of the "Republican parti', becauso , i Willard Hanson is chairman of it. If ' Hanson gets tho word of tho Lord not l ' to call tho committoe together, and thus 'j - render impossible the callinc of a l?c '! , publican convention, he will obey tho V word. Some such arbitrary and Inch-a Inch-a .j handed measure is in contemplation. ' Thi Smoocites fijjurc that it will be impossible to Keep the irreconcilable 4l Democrats irom nominating a straight I . Democratic ticket: but they count on I ' the influence of the church, exerted fi through bishops una block teachers upon J '. ' overy Mormon man una woman in Salt i; Laket to reuuee the Democratic voto , . practically to nothing. They count on - '. tho co-operation of u number of Mor-1 Mor-1 v mon Democrats m getting their citi-t citi-t . : . zens ticket into the Held, and hope to give the citizens' movement a veneor j - of non-partisariship, although it will be j ;' a Smootite movement pure and simple. Candidates arc an artor consideration, k except that it muat Do a Gentile for Mayor and a majority of Mormons for . tho Council. |
