Show motive of the times aback the salt lake herald and democrats generally are anxious to divert attention from tha real motives of the now bosk times attacks on the mormon church and i s leaders the herald bays we learn from an authentic that the in view is to head off toe movement tor a railroad fro ja tais cita to the pacific coast president george Q cannon was interviewed by a suit luke reporter last saturday aud was abbed what be considered to bothe motives of the author oi articles pres idelt danron thought abee was personal of them and there 19 alio al io a disiro to cripple the utah compaan com but toe reason for the publication he avs in a desire to m anait U UMU buiu lub ulion I 1 have information that leaves no frojm to doubt that the articles in the timea ara in line with the program of who are laboring to defeat statehood that ia what we have claimed from tha beginning it was plain that soch an attack as the first that appeared in the was not made for any other than political reasons the times is a political organ in bacr the organ it donld never dare make an attack on a people with such politic as it itsell confesses the cormons mormons possess without the attack came through regular party channels the democrats felt aare ut utah going republican they began operations opa rations in this territory with the all assurance as senator faulkner soy that utah was surely demo crapio ey did not reckon on the borne industry training of tho mormon people for more than a quarter of a century nor on their material interests depended depend td on protection they found the cormons mormons like other pao plein politics bastas ready aa othar skates to reseat injury to their materiel prosperity when the political ayn lancho slid down th pugrad incline that democrats had londe last fall utah was on the slide the mormon declared they had had enough of democracy and ita financial then the question arose what ia to be done we arson the eve of presidential election they said and utah instead of ain is angely against us can we not stop the enemy from that advantage ground so they set to work through reorganized political channels to pavo the way for president cleveland to refuse bis proclamation finally admitting the state will be do i enough can be given bid he enst however bate the operation cooperation co of the democrats here in utah without their help their plans will be frustrated so far the utah has been a willing tool pa refusal to seat the delegates from the third precinct waa to secure a cape against the republicans The latter said let justice be done though the heavens fall and hon john henry smith was not onla seated without the commissions certificate but ho was placed in the presidents chair the administration could not have used this incident bad the democrats all been aa fair as dr and mr farr had they been for a simple act of justice and voted for the seating of the delegates elected from the third precinct aba men determined on the postponement of statehood would have been foiled in this incident they would be foiled in all cases were democrats bat loyal to utah |