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Show The Herald deals very justly, if severely, se-verely, with those unscrupulous persons per-sons by whose unfounded str tements it became necessary, for-the presidency of Utah stake to warn the members of the Mormon church not to be deceived when these parties asserted that if they voted the republican ticket they would please the first presidency of the church. The Dispatch stated, at the time of the occurrence, that the Enquirer En-quirer as well as the chairman of the republican committee were paying the people but a sorry compliment in supposing sup-posing them so ignorant that they could be reached by such means, such transparent, wicked statements. At last both the church and the people are aroused and we have no more fear of the consequences. We live in daily fear that the Ogden Press and Proyo Enquirer will yet be able to rip up Grant and Lee's treaty at Appomattox and go to hanging rebels In good earnest. We don't know Little-field Little-field but we do know Clove, and a more consummate and cowardly blackguard black-guard does not live on earth. Clove se-ducid se-ducid his wife before marriage and when she moved on him to force him to marry her, he attacked her yirtue but was beaten and sent to the penitentiary. peni-tentiary. He got out of that by consenting con-senting to marry the girl. As might be exptcted from that sort of black-guard, black-guard, he is never happy when he is not maligning and blackguarding his betters. Judge Powers' card in the Herald will convince every fair-minded man that he had sufficient data to go upon when addressing his questions to Mr. Cannon. In political speeches and campaign statements we are not as explicit ex-plicit and accurate as we would be if writing a supreme court decision. His disavowal of any intent to injure or in volve tne first presidency in any of the charges made, is very manly and direct. di-rect. The whole ecbeme fails to injure me party intended.! The Enquirer, after its editor told the people that the first presidency would be obliged if the people voted for the republicans, both on the stump and in the columns of the paper, now, since the Utah stake presidency's card was published, joins in the shout "stop thief" in the most innocent way. Jt reminds us of a, graphically told incident in the life of Apostle Parley Pratt, which all good Mormons will readily recall and easily apply. A vast attempt has been made dur ing this campaign to array a religious prejudice against the democratic party, but it has failed measurably because of the Bleepless vigilance of the party. The day is past in Utah forever, we think, when the church can be bound to the car wheels of any political party. The partisanship of Joseph F. Smith is indescreet fiom thi standpoint of the j church, but it injures the republican party more than it does the church. j It looks a little bad lor the Deserot News, after it assailed Judge Powers as it did, to refuse to publish his reply. This does not indicate a very high order ot non-partisanship. It should have published the matter by every rule of correct journalism. The Enquirer sings Mr. Turner's praise, but it comes rather late in the meeting t do Mr. Turner any good. The name of the next sheriff of Utah county ia Mr. John A. Brown. The Enquirer has been sleeping on Mr. Turner's rights. The telegrams we published yesterday yester-day are genuine and they are faceim-ilies faceim-ilies of the originals and can be seen in our office any time, by any who may doubt their genuineness. Henderson's speech was an enormous enor-mous vote getter. No better speech has been mnde in Provo this carr-ptin. What Las become ol Booth? Is he still joking? He Eeems lost to us now. |