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Show DIPLOMATIC DEMOCRACY. The Democratic rally on Wednesday night came up to the expectations of the unterrified. No snow fell from the vicinity of the procenium arch where the bust of Brigham Young towers over the multitude. In fact there was quite a surge of enthusiasm once or twice, chiefly when "Dixie" was unspun by the ladies' quartette, and later when the mellifluous accents of your ever opportune O. W. Powers were wafted through the auditorium. The meeting presented some surprises. The first one was provided by Major R. W. Young, who has become very devout sinct he became president of the Granite stake of Zion. He delivered de-livered a sermon which would have been much more appropriate in the Tabernacle or a ward meeting house. He denied the prevalence of polygamy, po-lygamy, praised commercialism in the church, almost al-most bore his testimony to the truth of the golden plates, and wound up by informing the brethren, to whom his address was exclusively directed, that in voting for Mr. Morris this year they would find surcease of all their griefs. That in itself, coming from the stake president, presi-dent, looked like a bulletin from headquarters. But the wily Orlando W. was present with a surprise sur-prise himself. Casting aside all his usual oratorical ora-torical furbelows, he told the people that the only hope for the prosperity of the city consisted of -political wedlock between the Saints and Gentiles, Gen-tiles, and admonished the Saints, in effect, to help themselves to what they were entitled to politically. politi-cally. At the same time, he made a fervent plea to the Gentiles not to bring down upon themselves them-selves the wrath, with its dire political consequences, conse-quences, of the all powerful Mormon president. Then he incidentally took the heroic major to task for advocating the cause of church commercialism. Now, to the ordinary listener, the two diver- 1 BB gent speeches looked very much like a frame-up. Jmm Major Young appealed directly to the Mormon ' brethren. Judge Powers pleaded with the Gen- 19 tiles to stay away from the American party. The iH two speeches could have only one significance. jlB Major Young was delegated to imply to the ! H brethren that it was the desire of the church j HI that Mr. Morris be elected, and thereby hold the HH Saints firm against any effort of Smoot to swing ' Jgm them to Lynch. Judge Powers was impressed I mm into service to sound the note designed to bring mm the Gentiles to Morris by drawing a terrifying- mm picture of what would happen to them in the H county and state if Mr. Thompson were success- HI All of which was very diplomatic and un- ;HI doubtedly calculated to decoy Mormons and Gen- mM tiles alike into the Morris caravan. In one re- 9 spect it was faulty, and that was the palpable ap- 9H peal, for political purposes, of Major Young" to jjH the prejudices of the Mormon people. In short, ON the whole affair merely demonstrated that Mr. jM Morris' hope of election is based' upon his ability (Bfj to hold such Gentile support as he has at pres- ent, and then, as indicated in Stake President H Young's speech, to drive Mormons into his m9 i ii i mw . i f 1 y r?nks by the unmistakable implication that his Bj ! re-election is greatly desired by the triumvirate of holy men on South Tr Ttple street. !l f' |