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Show BULLEN UP AGAINST IT; FACES APOSTLE'S WRATH Special to Tho Tribune LOGAN, Sept. 14. Whether or not the church politicians have decided to drop Senator Bullen, Joseph Howell's right bower, cannot be definitely stated, but the indications point to that fact, for within tho past day or two Dr. George Thomas of the Agricultural college has been trotted forward as a candidate for that place, and Thomas has always been a machine Republican. Bullen's undoing. If it is accomplished, will be due largely. If not entirely, to the fact that he had the temerllv to openly repel on attack made upon his Integrity by a Mormon apostle. Heber J. Grant assailed Bullen and his Cache county colleagues In the Inst legislature, charging them, by Infer-vnec. Infer-vnec. with having sold out to the liquor interests, and Bullen made a reply In whkh he pointed out some of the things, that might be charged against Grant if one might rely on circumstantial evidence. evi-dence. Grant took the matter up and, it Is said, would have compelled the authorities authori-ties here to have refused a temple recommend recom-mend to Senator Smoot's son-in-law had not Bullen stepped forward and assumed the blame for the article. It was then, they say, that the ecclesiastical ecclesi-astical edict against the senator went forth anvthlng else could have been tolerated, tol-erated, but when he so far forgot his allegiance as to criticise the actions of one of the apostles and impugn his motives, mo-tives, that settled it, he must be made an example of; and unless the senator can make due amends, he will likely be sacrificed. sac-rificed. . The Democrats are grooming Prof. Charles Skldmore of the B. Y. college for the senatorial race, but apparently the Cache Democrats will stand about as much show as a whisper ln a windstorm, ln the coming campaign. |