Show H- H HIX IX lx COLORADO S I The Tho Cripple Times I 11 Is one ono o othe of v the the thc best papers S that comes to our table Jut ut It St inow now nos an and then needs correcting S This Is one of the times 5 rhe The lic Republican has sought ou ht In the tiu pa past and will continue In the future to Impress the public with the vie vieS view S S. S that tinman uman beings are much the tho same r all o oi r the tho world Been Because use a manS man S S the Mormon church chUlch or any i other cl cli Is not a rca reason on for putting put put- i ting lug him hIni a class clas by himself and denying him the consideration that Is r accorded 4 S That a sort of first prin- prin ciple It it is tt ot kot ot admitted so much the worse for Cor those who deny They S S will ill not make male an any an headway Holding lo to that pinion opinion and showIng showIng show- show t S Ing that the recent election in Utah t was wa won b by the Republicans because 1 that thal is Js the best parti f for or r American S citizens to be with wilh The ReS Republican Republican Re- Re S publican demonstrated hat I lt the MomS Mom'S Mormons Mom Mor S mons had voted with thc the party because all nil the othel had hadS S threatened to disfranchise them And the general rule of or humanly humanity applies right there The Mormons voted voted In InS S S self defense If H the they had d done doc dlf- dlf S then the claim that a p peculiar cullar I standard might be applied lo to j i would be tenable We e tried to hoi show ho showS S i that membership In uI a church did not not d destroy sH strother tle their r dual n t. t TG- TG c move Them them from the general coliS consideration con con- S S accorded to human Then Themi we showed that Governor Buch- Buch S t tl l o of Colorado Is a Methodist and that S his membership In that church was wasS S worked by the politicians fa for I all It was politically worth The Cripple Creek Times makes S 5 5 reply Here Herc is one of its S t paragraphs It It is true that Governor elect i Buchtel Is a Methodist and we think It will not be denied that the church In InS InflUence Influence In- In S fluence of the state state the the moral Influence Influence S ence of 41 a majority 0 of of the tho better belter class or citizens was wat exercised in iii his heS be- be halt half S i Thanks Thanks That establishes the case S Jr If-a If a man is popular in his lodge his hit lodge brethren will generally vote for him I If he is strong strong- In railroad cIrcles cirS circles cir cIr- cir cir- S cles des the railroad l men will vote ote for forS S S him If Ir ho lie Is 8 effective In the church connection his s brethren and sisters Inthe in inthe the church will be tc glad to give him th their thIr h support And nd we Joy to see the Times give aw away its case caseIn In In the first firstS paragraph of its argument S S But here is one that the Times S never nevel should have havo printed The election of a Mormon 1 to office oHice S in Utah can be regarded in hi no other light than as an endorsement of 01 the Mormon contention for church chuch control The election of or a Methodist In Colorado Colorado Colo Cob S rado means nothing more mOle than that the people prefer a n mart whose ho e private privateS S bib lIfo and public acts acta conform to a n certain certain tain tale moral standard and the church organization to which he belongs has no more to do with the making of ot the laws laws' or 01 their enforcement than an another any other church organization or an any fra Ira fraternal society In the state That first sentence advances a curious curious curlS curi curl S ous doctrine doctrine but but it is the essential quality which defeated every party bul the Republican party part in Utah and ant tends to convince con the world that there is It a general purpose purpose-Jo o disfranchise S the Mormons Does Docs the Times Timet mean to 8 say sy Y that aS a S Momon should not nol hold In Utah Uta-li rhen Then It means 11 n shall not notS S vote ote Does the tho Times realize the fact that a majority of or the citizens of or this state arc Mormons lormon that they al' al are arc members of the the- bod body of the commonwealth commonwealth common common- wealth that lint they arc are ta tax payers citizens citizens citi citi- zens zeus in peace and s soldiers of the thu re repUblic republic republic re- re public In time of war war To say that the tho election of a Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon man to office in this state is an IndorseS indorsement indorse Indorse- S ment of church control o of the state Isu is isa isa a u monstrous doctrine and It Its ultimate S logic is that the Mormons must be disS disfranchised disfranchised disfranchised dis dis- dis- dis franchised for Cor or the preservation of the theS S S integrity of the time commonwealth Wo We 0 want to tell the tho Times and all other Ill advised agencies that the question n of or religion does not enter into Inlo citizenship here herc A man may mayot vote vot in Utah if Ir ho he be a citizen and andS no one shall shall ask to what church ho he hoS S S belongs Anything less than that would be a species of oC tyranny tranny that we weare weare are arc sure the Times would not In Indorse inI In- In dorse after dorse-after after reflection I S And we trust we may be pardoned for lor questioning the tho accuracy of or this Bul But there is this difference between the influences InfluenceD behind his candidacy and the influences cs behind the candidacy candi condl- delc dacy of a n In Utah Uta The support for 01 Chancellor Buchtel was I 1 I I. I S 0 t I not given I b because cau he ho Is a Methodist as distinguished from all other church or organizations but hut because he Is a Christian gentleman of or high character character char char- acter actor and unusual ability The appeal Is the tho same You ma rna macall may call It it fl Methodism in Governor Go Buchtel's Buchtel's Buch Buch- tel's case ca e. e But nut you used It H. And d do you mean to tell cli Utah people that I Ithe it If the Methodists had b been en a majority of the people of or Colorado you would woul not have hao used it If It you OU do if It yo you ou think any anyone one here will believe bellevo that statement you are alo children I If IC yo you OU seriously make that claim you make mak clear why thy your yom state has been In Instate a state of oC civil war Wal for Cor the he past te ten years and years and why wh a game of ot jackstraws Jackstraw would be regarded with as much re respect as your Alva Adams election Utah Ulah is made up of or something near half a million of people and the they belong belong belong be be- long long- longto to a good many churches The Tho They belong to a good mun many lodges and a good man many clubs am and other oilier social lelI re re- re lI benevolent bene and mutual im improvement Im- Im pro provement organizations Thc They belong belon to 10 a good many man nationalities The Thc American party part here has hns sought sough to lo win power by ty depriving of cItizenship citizenship citizen cItizen- ship the biggest single association o q f citizens They They Thc happily for Cor the Republicans Re Ro publicans publicans seem Inclined to continue on DO that line of oC political warfare Soong So 80 long ong as they do 0 the they will not win an any elections When hen the they and the Cripple Creek Times limes and the est icil of or the good people of f this country come to lo understand bat manhood In Utah is Js the same as as' as manhood everywhere else and that you Sou can not club cluba a man and mal make e him ote rote your om ticket there will be a re re- re adjustment along sensible lines Until then the Republican party of oC Utah will vIlI have pretty prett fair fall sailing We e dont don't care cale what whal church a man belongs to nor If Ir he belongs to lo any an If he be a good tood citizen we want vant him In III Inthe Inthe the Republican party parI If he be a ar ar r probate pi we send end him over ovel to the American parly party where he seems to lo find congenial company with the tIme Tribune and Chief Sheets and Martin Mu I Mulvey vey And Incidentally It IL will he be news to Senator Smoot that he owns owns' The Republican Re Re- publican or has ever In an any aimy way SOU sought hL to dictate its Us policy But nUl after all the Cripple Creek Times is Js not so much to blame blanie It has a as It confesses based Its conclusions conclusions conchi- conchi on what It reads In the tho Salt Lake Tribune |