Show THE PEOPLE OR 03 FRANK A year ago no one that democracy would mould have to fight figh tany any but the liberal party in try trying in 0 to secure st statehood atchoo d for utah it now transpires trani however eliat not only is the liberal but the republican party opposing iii that measure the salt lake times declared less than it T week meek aa ago go against urging statehood hood for this territory r but ut that is not all the deseret IN ACIM since since it passed into the hands of franl frank cannon brot brother hers lias ilas declared that tat we lye arc in no hurry for statehood thirty years ago tile people a bcd for statehood and they havo have been wari wanting ting it ever since they are entill entitled d to it rind and is as sure is as democracy succeeds utah will become a state the democratic platform demands it and in chicago cago democratic statesman declared b that a 1 democratic congress 0 stool stood behind the straight ta democracy of butali when tire home rule mile bill was introduced lion ilon john henry smith and other republicans of this torri territory corritori tori I 1 went to washington and opposed oppose 1 it opposed homo home rule for which the people had so d opposed home rule ahe libby the people might have had the privilege of clec electing till their own governor their own judges judge their own territorial officers but mr smith explained ili liis conduct liy by saying 0 that lie wanted statehood and and lie he feared the home rule measure might delay dclay it ile he was in such a great hurry that lie he abide home ionic rule which seemed to lie be the only relief in in sight 0 ile he was impatient for statehood and so expressed himself what is the matter with him now DOW ilas has lie changed in his mind regarding 1 statehood the people of this aliis section cannot understand such radical changes can it lie be possible that I 1 republicans realize that thai cannon can call never secure the precious boon and are they willing to sacrifice tile the future of tire people deop I 1 c to gratify the ambition of this favorite son why dont republicans wan want t state v Is it because they 3 realize restate c ali ze iso VA hostility to au such ell a move and rather rathe than antagonize 0 him are they willing C to i ignore t borc the wishes bf a 0 great people democracy not only favors the admission of atall ii into ato the union but democracy is I 1 not lot ashamed nor afraid to boldly advocate the same and yet gannon cannon afraid or ashamed to aik for what the people demand and deserve is is going about the country calliel calling 0 democrats cowards the people can see sec who are cowards and they will V 1 ill call tile the youn young 0 m napoleon account inside of three weeks time the sequel of tile whole business is 3 just ju t thit this republicans know that harrisons larri sons election means bothin nothing t for or atall nothing but territorial vassalage ra for another four years they know that ill all who may may be hoca winked into botin voting g the lie lian ican ticket this fall will call then them 10 0 account when the llie light C finally dawns upon thern them and they are be inning to educate the people through tile tines times and standard and into the thinking L that statehood ii altogether 0 we able another thing that troubles lle publican malican leaders in ill this territory is is this his they know that cannons election means no relief whatever vrr except possibly the relief which all might i bo be felt in his absence they know now that every request cannon would make in Con congress grees would be construed as a request from the alie church if lie he should ask for statehood men would lie be suspicious of the measure while on oil the other land hand should a gentile ask for the banic bame thin tiling the alie world would say lie hc ia i not of them yet yet lie comes from froin adiong simon 0 them if lie uan call trust the mormon i cople certainly we cm cin still another horn of tire dilemma ii prodding I 1 leaders there has been a d division i i on oil national party lines in this territory an election lias has already been held showing a Demo democratic democrate crati to majority of almost two to one only one year has elapsed the church authorities have declared that the people aro are fice that they will stand by their r respective party candidates whether thuu candida tes les be members of tho the mormon church or not the people of the world look on oil with admiration hul but ark alk will cwill they do it hero is the test two candidates are arc before the people one a gentile tit the c other a mormon one a common man the other a ton on of one of if the first presidency of the church will the people stand tile the test will vill they reverse their wonderful dom democratic socratic majority in order to elect a member of their own faith those these are the questions on oil tile tho outside q j d e men ion may try to explain that tile people were converted by clo eloquence quence and ar argument gUillent but tit the outside world will not believe it A k grave matter is ia before the people for consideration it resolves itself it in this Is young cannon trillion of more importance than all the rest of the mormon people Is it better to sacrifice bs h e ambitions or alic peoples welfare which deserves your first consideration cannon or butali |