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Show TRUTH. 6 the political freedom which of right What a noble ought to be theirs. has work Tom undertaken, and won't there be rejoicing when the final finishing touch is put to the apostolic pait. But what about the political freedom? That is all the apostle is asking, that he be allowed the political right which is allowed to Tom and other citizens. Does the political freedom that tor Kearns speaks of mean the Senamuz- zling of the mouth of Senator Smoot? If it does, then Mr. Kearns has undertaken something he will never accomplish. Senator Smoot has all the right, if he chooses to use it, to get into the political arena and vanquish in future, as h? has done in the past, Senator Kearns at every turn. our nation is booked for hell and our destruction is as sure and certain as though we were riding a hundred miles an hours on a freighted train with the bridges ahead washed away. Above all earthly things, animate or inanimate, is principle. As the creator is to the created, so principle is to man. A life lived for personal gratification is a useless one.' There are many men in this state who live in the selfish fogs of selfdom, who build years and dent of Utah for thirty-fiv- e over it many times, eshave traveled pecially so during the past three years. I have visited the people in their I have gone into their public halls and at times attended their religious meetings and know this loud cry of church influence is a great big bugaboo with barely a shadow of truth in it. I have conversed with politicians (live citizens), Republicans, Democrats, Populists, and Socialists, and Mormon were in every bunch. All of them were interested in their party and their teachings.. In the Republican caucus at Mount Pleasant, Sanpete county t votes have stopped more would eight it. Just think of that devilish eight from Weber county. Can you deprive a man of his right if he belongs to a influence to a membership larger has which church than any other? The humblest Mor- - fluence. There is no lie so bad as the one homes and I know them. from an unprincipled basis or foundation, they repeat their incantations until imaginary spooks become to their wandering minds a reality. So we have the awful spectre church influence. Principle is cast aside and prejudice takes its. place. There seems to be a liking for old Jit Jit dishes and church influence is a The Price . Advocate takes the fol- sweet morsdl. My! how patriotic they lowing view of the situation: e are with the sentences and The Advocate believes that nine out of every ten Republicans in this sec- tinkling phrases. I have been a resi tion of the state are opposed to tne launching of a third party at this time in Utah as is proposed by Senator Thomas Kearns and his handful of followers at Salt Lake City. There OPINIONS OF THE K. Ks. are things going on church influence should in politics, if you please that I am opposed to the movement. not exist, but the place to settle these matters is within the party. Kearns Not only will it, in my opinion, seriwas elected through church influence, ously check the prosperity of the and now that he is turned down for state, by discouraging the investment by this same influence, he of outside capital in the development would make his own troubles not oniy of the great natural resources of Utah those of the Republican party, but of will well. Few there Democrats as a development which would necesbe to follow him. Since declaring for sarily be followed by a tide of immthe third, or liberty party, the senior igration, but I am persuaded that insenator announces through his personal organ, the Salt Lake Tribune, stead of hastening, it would indefiniteUtah not will before the that he go ly delay the result which those behind senas the a for candidate legislature W. H. Dickson. it have in view. ate under any circumstances. Let us I am hope he will retire to the beautiful supporting the Republican afI isle of Aaska and pull the isle in ticket. worked too hard twelve or ter him. thirteen years ago to organize in Utah sjC jt the Republican party, the party which The Lehi Banner remarks: Good gives the best government in the wins Weekly and Truth are to be the official organs of the Republican party world, to desire to participate as one .in this state. The .Tribune, which has of its executioners. The coming elecbeen and will continue to fight the tion of all others is one in which there Mormon church, will receive some hot should be no digression from the shots from these two papers. We look for the Tribune to lose many of straight path of party loyalty. its best subscribers here and all James Devine. this county. through am opposed on general principles o to church interference in politics, but CHURCH INFLUENCE. am opposed to the formation of a new party at this time. I expect to vote (By John P. Meakin.) the Republican ticket. Frank Pierce. Editor Truth: The political bun combe and would-b- e excitement of the past few days suggests a few lines to be published in Truth. if you will give me the space. In my estimation, it is the duty of every citiben to assist, by word and by influence, in selecting men to fill the various offices GO VII ST. LOUIS RETURO VII CHICIGO. in the government of out nation. To this extent I am a politician. We hear on all sides of us the cry politics Or so vl Uhlmffo anil return eta St. Loale. are rotten; politicians are frauds," The' low rates which are now In effect will etc., etc. If this slanderous cry ever allow yon to do this. Re sore that yoar ticket reads either olng or coming over, the becomes a universal truth, then chaos will reign instead of harmony. Our institutions will crumble and fall and our government will be no more. When a man becomes a citizen of these Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. United States, he assumes (if he be a true man), a responsibility and he has no moral right to the blessings and privileges accruing to him from that citizenship unless he is willing to bear Through cars between Western points and burdens. his share of the C'hirago In connection with the Union FrlQe, The public officer who betrays his trust and the citizen who peddles his vote are criminals and are unworthy C. S. WILLIAMS, 106 W. 2nd South St., to be called Americans, by their acCom Agent Salt Lake City. tions they reveal their own souls degradation. And when we as a people cling to men rather than principles. old-tim- mon is an elder and he casts an influence when he hustles in his district and if he runs, my God, its church in- re-electi- on , with truth. sugar-coate- d The people catof Utah are not like tle and well may they feel like resenting the insult which is dealt out to them by disappointed and a few disgruntled followers. If the people are so very ignorant, educate them, give them something better than they now have, stop growling and go to work. Dont abuse the leaders all the time. Whats the matter with the followers? Talk to them, if you are teachers. Dont send coarse workers and whisky drinkers into the country to influence the Mormons. It isnt any use. Dont cut the heads off, or insult men who are not slop over friends. Gall and vinegar are not good fly catchers. A Mormon has just as much .right to influence a vote or a delegate as a Methodist or an Elk. I am going to influence as many votes as I possibly can for Theodore Roosevelt for president and John G. Cutler for governor of Utah, and for every other Republican on the ticket, who was placed there by the convendumb-arive- n office-seeke- rs -- tions. The man who jumps overboard at the squeak of a rat ought to be drowned. o A SPINSTER SAYS THAT Men who know the least are apt to ssume the most. Every time men play at the game of ove they try to cheat Some men go when duty calls, but to. the oposite direction. Every time the average man misses the target1 he blames the gun. Many a man to reform him is apt to change the color of a womans hair. Time may be money, but it is hard for a man to make his creditors believe it. 1 . A womans worst fault is her incli- nation to believe everything a man tells her. A man makes more good resolu- tions when other time. hes broke than at any Too many men make the mistake of believing they are smarter than other people. Sometimes a mans unpopularity is due to the fact that he refuses to let go of his money. Every time a man gets a chance he tells of some one who hasnt treated him right. A man is no sooner elected to office than he begins to look for an assistant to do the work. The average man exerts himself more in trying to borrow a dollar than in trying to earn one. Some wives would probably save more money if their husbands would give them more to practice with. Love. Love makes our darkest days In golden suns go down! let us clothe our hearts with love ' And crown us with Loves crown. Gerald 'Massey -- |