| Show OPPOSED TO STATEHOOD prominent prove democrats themselves enmor reached the enquirer office this mornine to tbt effect that in a conversation in the smoot drug store yesterday prominent democrats bad expressed the melvea aa opposed to statehood A D gash was reported EB it ia the duty of every bood democrat and every good citizen that matter to vote mr faeh was interviewed this morn IDS sa to the brath of the rumor he eaid he was misquoted 1 I have always been in favor of statehood for utah be said prior to oct 8 but I 1 believe that at the recent priesthood meeting in halt lake the church sought to use its influence in favor of the republican party and unless the democratic convention at salt lake tomorrow denounces the action taken at that meeting I 1 will vote against statehood mr gash laid all blame on joseph F smith and said that at different times be had made itea but these mistakes were invariably ia favor of the republican party and against the democratic oarth deputy 0 8 marshal W K heary who waa alo in the drug store when the conversation took place waa interviewed he did not recollect what gash had said but for himself he be asa opposed to statehood at the start he did not think the mormon people cincere ain cere and bince aba last conference ha eaid ha now convinced that they were not prior to eyer be was ia favor of statehood |
