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Show A polygamist on the American party ticket. The statement seems appalling, but so it is. If anyone who intends to support the American Ameri-can ticket because it represents opposition to the Mormon church and church influence does I not believe it, he can convince himself by look ing over the list of the party's legislative nominees. nom-inees. It surely was not placed on the ticket as a bait I for Mormon votes and in order to indicate to Mormons that the Tribune editorials condemning condemn-ing polygamy were merely a joke and were not to be taken seriously by the voter. The originators origi-nators of the Revenge Society would of course not be guilty of any such duplicity as that Yet there is the bare fact of the polygamist's Sname staring from the ticket, and the field for speculation as to why it was placed there is limitless, lim-itless, and Gentiles, particularly the women, may draw their own conclusions.' It will probably be quite refreshing to the Gentile voter to know that the only chance he has to express a preference for a polygamist Is by casting his ballot for the Gentile ticket. I When the Republican party was unwittingly guilty of a similar indiscretion, it promptly asked the nominee to resign from the ticket, and replaced re-placed his name with that of one whose marital affairs were conducted on a less elaborate scale. nflBMaHBHlaA-HBB What will the American party do? It is suggested, if the American party leaders lead-ers need advice in the premises, that they importune im-portune Colonel Nelson to write an editorial in the Tribune, giving his views on the subject. |