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Show ";' ' 1VTOSISG IS BErCBLICAS. 3; ; ,'i'i It aiteaks that Wjorains has if f 5 gone Republican. That is not at all ,i-Jj It surprising. But what will the Ke- ;H t publican organs that are bo fond of JBg ( abusing the "Mormons" on the Sjgi ground that "they are all Demc- 9jsg jy f ' "crats" say about the BalnU in JBSm ( Wyoming? The dispatches credit J '1 the "iloraions" of Uinta and 513 .j ' Sweetwater counties with turning Jf8 I the tide in faror of the Republicans. iSSglj ? Alltlndsof falsehoods are being LflwBEf . told about "Mormon" Democrats in gSJ F Idaho. And the Republicans are - jKB J . 'moving earth and Hades to foster an 'Sjj f anU-"Mormon" feeling, under the ! f pretense that the "Mormons" there JEbJ ; are allied with the Democrats. Vet ,9nPS i' they knew that no "Mormons' are iSgW 9 ' likely to attempt to vote for any h S , partJi anJ further that they are SSSb f ' utterly disgusted with that tied of ;XfiB I Democracy which passes for the jBjJB s genuine thing in Idaho. fgjjai ji Democratic principles and the alpMi f ' - Democratic party are two diflerent jSafti things. And while the former are -fcsf fundamental to a true republican ffiH' Fystem of government, the lat- 4Bf ,' (cri particularly in tome lo- HBf calities, means only a combi- jH-a j nation of demagogues for per-' V ' eona! profit and of politicians who BV lut for votes but have neither prin- fl9 ciple nor moral courage to stand up BE9 or those who have stood by them B9 in times of triah IfeaK Press dispatchers have Jumped at BBK certain conclusions about "the Mor- BkX : j nn vote" in Wyoming. They BH : j raaf be wide of the mark. Rut it HI , j seems pretty clear that some of our Hfl j friends there, at least, considered B ' ' toe Republicat: nominees the better HflB . . ' nn and si supported them at the B , ! po'1- HB S1 "But Jiow does this agree with anU- B9 - "Morman" Republican prognosti- IKrf cations? If the Republicans carry Idaho, as probably they will, they will credit the victory to the disfranchisement dis-franchisement of the "Mormons." And yet the Republicans in Wy-om'DS Wy-om'DS credit their victory to the K& Tte of the "Mormons." Politics J u sometimes very funny. And B those who rretend to know all about "Mormonbm" In politics exhibit B on7 Uw fact that lliey talk with K their muuths while their brains are B destitute of information. |
