Show THE HOPE OF THE STATE S Th The News says there was no church influence used d in hi the late election It is unnecessary to answer an an- s that further than tb n to say that if the vote of the entire ire in this region could be obtained obtained ob ob- ob- ob on on the truth or falsity of that proposition ninety eight out of every wOl would d vote that the News was a liar Good l s were laughing over oyer the News News' article on the Ule streets night before last as they read it ind indeed ed that influence ce was worked so exactingly th that t the results ts frightened the Mormon ch chiefs themselves Alread Already r a committee the names of if f some of whom ho n we we can state have been to the leading Democrats ts and told them that if they wot would d only not disband but stick together for br another year ear they would see that all the principal offices in inthe inthe inthe the city ity were given giyen them n next fall The church realized realized real real- that it t has been punishing Democrats so long that it is s growing unsafe The only encouraging feature of the late local camp campaign ign is s that a few lew prominent Mormons such as Mr Roberts Mr l Moyle i Mr 11 Thatcher and others openly asserted that the church had no hold upon them when it came to political matters that it was an au American eric right which the church had relinquished relinquished relin relin- and which it h had d no power to reinstate A good many Mormons 1 kept s.-kept away from church churchon on the last Sabbath before the election because it wag wae wa- wa whisp whispered that there would be a command is issued is- is sued from the pulpit that they should vote a certain ti ticket ket Most of them did not vote at all some of them voted the American ticket For Forus us w we exult inthe in inthe inthe the fact that the pressure was brought as it was brought because that thing repeated two or three times will wilt make an American state tate of Utah One sinister result however howey-er was after Mr Roberts Roberts Rob Rob- erts cris had bad made a a. afew few speeches emissaries were sent from h here heri r to outside counties to say that Roberts virtually was an au apostate that ho he drank a and d that the church could collid not send him on a mission because of his depravity he neglected the work he was appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed to do and nd reveled with the ungodly That shows the spirit of Mormonism l as exemplified fied fled by the chief p priests W We c do not think any anyone one has s ev ever r seen Mr 1 r. r Roberts take a drink drinkin in his private private vate life we do not think there is a a. citizen of Utah who is any mo more e above reproach than he and as as to I iKe tIo services he has done dono the Mormon church there c can n Be De no no- compensation comp But the moment he dared t sert his bel belief ef that an American citizen no matter mat mat- te ter what church hurch he belonged to had a right to vote as his Jis conscience w dictated tat d and as is best judgment approved in that very moment the shafts of calumny were turned against him and and no no falsehood was too monstrous to pronounce against him among the poor pooi poor and the ignorant people in the outside counties who l' l read nothing but the Book of Mormon the Doctrine ine and ancl Covenants and the Weekly Semi Deseret News Intelligent Mormons s are revolting at that and in tl that a revolt is the h hope pe of the state |