| Show iiA A STRING G ON PARTY ALLEGIANCE Judge Judg Martineau is a bright politician with a String r 1 g on on him He wants peace her here Who does riot not He wants politics conducted on legitimate lines es with religion and bitter personal hatred cut tut cutout I out oit A most P praiseworthy sentiment but how I i is he going to get it V We Ve have all aJI wanted that hat for lo tor these many years but how is it to be obtained V If Pr President Smith again gives the Mor Mormon men peo- peo t pie le his idea of how they should vote will Judge j Ial i plan stop them 7 If Senator Smoot comes comes Up here next month and designates the men he I w wants rits elected will Judge Martineau's l plan stop the program He is w weary ary of the bitter warfare which winch 1 has raged around Reed Smoot Still he must know v w that Mr Smoot t is merely an incident nt in that warfare i t He will not forget that when Mr Smoot finally had hadI I leis his seat confirmed t to him the Lords Lord's or organ organ an that for three had been years ears declaring that there was noa no a w church hurch influence in his election for forgot got itself and proclaimed pro pro- f J claimed cl exultingly to the world what a vindication it it i. i was vas to the church that h he was seated And we doubt not that in every Mormon home 1 t f th the fa fact t was yas emphasized that the Lord never forgot his his s own as was made clear in Apostle Apo tle Smoots Smoot's case ease f x Judge Martineau's Martineau s plan is to elect a Democratic ti ticket ket How is that going to help 7 Four years ago Mr Morris a Democrat was elected Mayor and nd it was was as supposed that with him was a R Republican publican Count CounciL Coun Coun- t cil But when it was organized it was was found that four dour of f the Councilmen en who were ere supposed d. d to to be c i L f i i i i i i i Republicans were tails to 1 Mr Ir Fernstrom's kite and and sat there and voted as Fernstrom directed for two years The administration was in the aggregate one of graft and imbecility This was a wide open town there were h ups hold dups every night the tho foliage died for want of water and the streets were not sprinkled d but not one complaint was heard on the part of the News and t the e Herald b because cause of an outrageous adv advertising t sing contract declared that it was the abl ablest st and best city government that this city h had d ever ver been blessed with The change that came came cam with the American success was vas a transform transformation t on but the News News has shrieked fraud and robbery every evely day since It t always will until the city is once more mOle under the direct control of the church Is that what Judge Martineau wants Finally we desire to put Judge Martineau on the witness stand and ask him a question or two As a Judge lawyer la and citizen does he not believe that the plain laws of Utah Utan should be bo respected l and enforced enforced en en- forced V Especially th the mandate of the Constitution on which commands commands' that there shall in Ut Utah h be a complete complete complete com com- separation of church and state and that no po church shall dominate the State or usurp the functions functions fim Hons thereof 1 Second has the American party ever demanded anything except that the laws shall be obeyed and that the ecclesiastical power which rules rides here shall keep within its legitimate sphere Has Has' it not beena been a al legitimate demand V Does not the peace and safety of Ut Utah h depend upon those laws being obeyed Then by what right b does Judge Martineau el claim im that the that the trouble he here e is a mere niCle personal quarrel actu actuated ted by personal hate hate 7 A Afew A few Democrats here and agoo a good many R Republicans publicans cans are willing willingto mingto to accept ecclesiastical don domination in tion i inthe inthe in in- the hope of obtaining through Mormon votes some individual individual individual in in- preferment but ut they should not charge that others who want the laws o obeyed ey d have no higher motive than p personal r hate |
