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Show "CHURCH DICTATION," An Infestation of the Alleged "ReToliitloa" la Lojan. Tiir.m: is noiiiimi is it. The Prrthjlrrlin I'rlrat'a ralirlcallous Utterly lAploileO. Mr. Calvin lUssoner writes Iho fol-low fol-low lug litter to tho Hall Lake 71mc: (MIAN, Auguat II. Kdltor of tho Tlmtr. I ii tho Tn'twie of the Otis Inat. Is lengthy litter, prceentcd ou the editorial pngn with strong Indorrcmeut an 1 commendation of the writer, who signs his name. Win. It, CauipMI, ef Mendon, Cacho county, and who Is it l'lcehyterlau minister living at that place, eomo four or flvo tnllts from Wan. As Ihla letter furnldiea tho must suUtanllal charges that 1 have noticed agalual thu Moriuon t.tlenla hood for eietilug nn lmproa?r Church liillueucooter political allalra during thairrcontraniptlgu, and at Iho VriV uaohaslrnpietitly rrfetreil to this Utter Ut-ter as nconrtrmatlou of Its standing In-dlcliueiitan-itr'St tho Mormou Church for had fillll auj covett deatgns In re. cent ailltlcal inoviminta, 1 concluded, Ilia-much as I was coming to Ixigau tvr tiutlnrat ptiriaiaea, to remain protu-bly protu-bly forn week, lo Invesllirato Iho suh-Jecl suh-Jecl matter alwtit which Mr. CampWII wrltta. to determine for ui)alf h'.w far hla statements of fact mid nccuaa. Ilona should tat rrganh-d us Irualwor-thy. Irualwor-thy. It Is worthy of notice that whereas (ho IWiune now seaka In moat com-men com-men ialory terms of Mr. Campbell, If their tllea of mmi-ttour years totck las searcht-d they will t-u found to contain aoiiiu very severe ttllectlous un Ihls samu divine, a clrcuuistancti that lends us to wonder why It should occur Just now that Herod aud I'llaleshouhl all at oucu U-como gooil ftlends. To get attho aiiluiUH and make-up of Mr. Campbell a llttlo tako title sou-tet.cn sou-tet.cn of hla lettell I'lie campaign III Cache valley liasbeetiasaddlaapN)lnl-tuentlo liasbeetiasaddlaapN)lnl-tuentlo all true Amarloans wlio ate not tftlre-sfokcr." Now as tt hap-14IK, hap-14IK, the llov. Mr. (Irtell of iMgau, thu I'rtabyterlsi) pastor of a rraionably prosperous church here, was n candidate candi-date on tlio Demoeratlo llektt, and Mr. Campbell was Mr. (Jreen'a guest at tho time lo which hn refers In hla letter, anJ Mr. Campbell was under obligation to Mr. diet n fjr substantial favors at the tlluo aud at previous tlmea, and eo far aa 1 can Itarn, Mr, (Irtru stands well In this eoiumiiiilty; hvneo thu Acrliuouloua HfUsC I'1 tho sentence ubovo quoted looks lo uiollot only unjust anil imoslled for. but a somewhat treacherous rtqullal of tho friendliness and generosity of a bene-fat bene-fat lor. Itut to como at once to tho motl ma tcilal chargo of Mr. Campbell, Ihat ou the riaturuny tveiiliiK pttKOilIng tho elections tho Itopubllcausnul Democrats Demo-crats both held mrellngs, and Iho lie-publlcau lie-publlcau tuiH-tliig closing flrat, mauy wtntoverlu tho Detiioeiatlotneilliig, aud that when Atottlu Thttcher rpoko they tore uir Ihelr llepullli-au latdges as a sign llial they renounced llirlr )arty. Ills languago Is, ".-to ellerlu-ally ellerlu-ally did hai use apwtollo liilluenco In favor of Democracy Ihat Iho lteil.-l-ana Ugaiilutakeoirihelr Iteputdlcan ldges and Indlouto that they wero no 'lotigur ltei.uhllcans," Now In re 1-ouao to this, 1 will ssy that 1 havu niadu very vxttuttto inquiry of nil jarllos ami claa.ts, and hat v fouud not one single confirmation of this statement. state-ment. All pronouneolt falsosufarns they hatonity knowledgour Information. Informa-tion. I have asked slugh. Individuals, an I on three aepirutu occaalons luterrugated crowds of men ou the slretls ranging In numUr from flvu tu fifteen, but on no oco-eloii rtcrlvrd any oonhrmalloii whatever. The clr-cuuittaiiceai clr-cuuittaiiceai weiu very unfavorablo fur Mr. Campl-ellto Itarn hy observation what ho afllruis, as ho w as during Iho speaking standing about the middle of an enclosure about sixty Itet square, n plank lloor surrounded wlihalsisnl fence all around, ituotit four feet high, Iho eiiclosuru having but ono opening, which was near the stand atonoslde. Theenclosutuwas lllltal with -ople, mainly limiocrats, many of whom wire ladles. In the procRulou which had not previously tilled tlio enclosure enclos-ure there Htreoite hundred and seven-ty-llte laalea murcliliig. When tho llepubllcauiiitetliigcloaeil n number of tin in camo over Iho tquaro to hear the l)cmocraU,aud Iho enclosure lalng full they stool outsldo thu (emu seme rods away from wluro Mr. CnmpU II stotd, Duo lady, a thorough l.lberal, whom tcetlini.iiy I conaUer uiiliniochable, told mo that she waa standing at Iho fence w lieu thu Uepiib-llcauscamo Uepiib-llcauscamo U, and that she saw turui dlatltictly at tho tlmo and after tho Thatcher iccb, and that not one of them took oil" llialr Udgee, nor was there any thought or talk of It. 1 can only suppoeo Ihat Mr. CaiupUll, In some way, was misinformed, ilo can scarcely clalut to havu hteu an eyo wltuetato what ho till I lies. As to Mr. Thatcher's sja-ech, most people say that ho ejiokoiroui two to Mine rulnutts. Hero Is u leliort of Just what h said published lu thu l,ogaii -foui-mif tho day after tho lire-lion. lire-lion. It waa written by a democrutlo lawyur and waa designed to ho an uh-solutu uh-solutu verbatim reKirt, Aa will tu tercelved, tt would rrqulroatHiutthreo inlniil. sin tho delivery: "I have taken no part hstover In this rnuil.tttn, aa you ullajr!l know. .o iiiuii con say thst I haro tiae.1 tho slight-ealllllluciK'Olotl.sugohU slight-ealllllluciK'Olotl.sugohU ladilleal eon. tlrtlons, 1 have told you thai you wero flic, ahaoluttly freo. and thai trusted Iho cople. 'Ihouglt the jaoplo werotn volo mo Into eterlaallng oblltlon, ytt would I trust them. I shall not dlaouss tho fiuostlon of tho hour. I shull not lelt you which party has been our friend In iho last. Head, read, and Oil will soon see. Hut I would not know tvliero to turn to llnd, In this territory, futly-twu men who would stand up lu tho lacoof contempt sn.l anuao In di-fenao as did iho forly-lwo wh'a totiHl ugalliat thu lid-muii.ls.'Pueker lid-muii.ls.'Pueker act. The lantplo do know who luvo been their frli-uds. 1 am thine, saying that tho man who would advUo yoiilokntroa tlemllo on any llekil be lauaohovaa a lleolllo la liu ftlrlld or Iho opl," It should bu noted In this connection, connec-tion, lu order to appreciate tho last sen. tence, that theru wero somu (itntlha niilHillillektlsnnd Ihat somu puitlra wtrotrylugtocoiioi.rtaii urrsr.gtinent whertbylhu Mormons would no In dured to scratch tho (ioutlles on their own tit Vet niul suhslltutu Iho Mormon caiidldaliBoiithootherllckol.Thulclier was man enough to denounce all such proH)sals; and this was wtiat he raid Iho next day lu cliuith, that If Ihey were Uemourata to vote for their prln tlplrs, and that If Ihey wero llepubll-cans llepubll-cans to vote for their prlnclphs, and lo scialcb tiuiuauotriecauso ho will uu outsider. Now In his saying this t think he showed fairness) and wllh all the Information 1 tan get I mil led to bollevu that hedetlred tho church I Tuple Tu-ple hi vole fairly whatever ticket Iney selected. Ho was als-ohilely opposed to their dlarrlmliuiling between church ple and outsiders. A glsncoal thu figures throws i great deal of light ou tho matter. Thu registration regis-tration for laoganprerluclla?!:. Tho sehuil ckctlon twu weeks plevlous to the lastsleetloii hnmght out only .ill voters, 174 llrpublleauandlii!) Iieinu-rrallc. Iieinu-rrallc. At the last chetiou Ihriowero 0.17 votes cast, having P-'i votes that were not out at thu la.lh nt all, This shows that notwithstanding all thu campaigning and hor-t blowing aud msnlilug, theru was still a largo undecided, un-decided, Imlllleretit rlemeiil. Hut nt this last elecllou 111" Ur-ul.liealis galmdt.3 voles over their foimer vote at tho school election, Ihey having l"- and the Democrats -Ilo, and the Liberals Liber-als 11. All thla la lajifrclly iiatbril and reaaotialde. Thu bailie was a lively ono all elecllou day, and each utly wascoiirldent until tho result was determined. de-termined. Mr. Campbell remarks that thu result re-sult waa conceded ou all hands to tho Itepubllcaus. t)u tho contrary, thu Democratic conimltteo had a larger count tl.on the Itepul.lleans had with Ihetiouhtful unes thrown In; so they claim; aud they had a alaudlu.- oiler to tat iVl on thu ri-sult; and II Is nut likely that thu Itcpul.ilriii could let sucharaio opiwriiudly escaie them, II they fell sum of victory. Ho remains re-mains too that lion., of thu leading rhiiiclt ptoplu am llei-ul.llmns, tin thetvntrary, a gnat many of thu oDl-data oDl-data and loading Morunus hero nro members of the Itepiiblirtu club and voted tho lleail.lleau ticket, so that fur this averment theru Is no foundation founda-tion whatever. It would rrqulrv many columns lo proi-erlyset outthucln-umttaticiscon-ternliiK which Mr. Camplall tnaki-o chatttta and rusetllotie which 1 am forced lo legard aa wide from Ihetruth. 1 Uu not ny that his mlarepreseutalloiis nro wilful. 1 am not able to Judge In that lal, not being actlialnteilwllli the mat.; hut 1 cannot rtcuncll-i hit statements with n Itllif In his Integrity, In-tegrity, In any other way than to supsjao hllll so bitterly prejudicial that ho tan not ho things as most men of reasonable and moderate mod-erate tenir aud fairly good Judgment Judg-ment would Ii likely tu do, The fact Is thu Ijogan election throughout through-out Is ,i great vricoorsgtiiifiit. There was fleedoni, individual!!)', earui-at-l.isa, argument, dial illation, l-untiiur, lire crackers, rrliiollnu and whatever else goes lo tuako tip a first-class blow out; and what Is more ln,ilai.t than all, lh people aru all leirnlnf and ;et. ting lulu the spirit of II, anil Wore the priests and lllllotia preachers and noisy editors are aware ol It they will hn running tho machine all right; aud so may It la. I!esctlully. . C.lLMX HllAWJMlll. |