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Show . JUDGE WILLIAM McKAY. ' . Statehood is the millstone around the neck of the new party, and for that reason, If no other, It must come to .grief. It canDot carry that load until strong enough to out-vote all so-called churoh influence, and will not be able to do that until Gentile office-seekers refuse to beg Dolitical favors from the dominant church. These political mendicants, men-dicants, when kicked out of the front door, crawl in at the rear entrance and insist, that being al-. al-. ways jack-Mormons, they ought at least be per- jmiited to gorge themselves at the church swill barrel. Rather than vote to support such men, no matter mat-ter what office they seek, I would be willing to give an irrevocable voting powor to any one the-Mormon the-Mormon church might designate, but preferably to Mr. Smoot, since he appears to be of good abll- Ity, fine character, very much of a gentleman, and as has been said of Tom Piatt, an easy boss. Besides Be-sides this, he is in harmony with my polltllcal quorum that of Lincoln, Grant, McKinley and Roosevelt. He does not bolt the party nominations, nomina-tions, state or national. On the contrary, he seems disposed to make them unanimous. He accomplishes ac-complishes his work in an unostentatious manner, without the aid of paid retainers, and exaggerated mouth, or an automobile. |