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Show Many Fibs About Utah I I . Found in Papers at a Distance Unfamiliar With Conditions Here. As an example of the misinformation misinforma-tion about Utah that rinds space In foreign newspapers, tho following from one of the big Portland dallies Is a fair simple. This Is feputed to bo a special spe-cial dispatch fiom Logan, but the writer's knowledge of newspaper manipulation man-ipulation leads him to bellcvo that it Ismeielysi distorted revision of matter mat-ter In Salt Lake papers. The article reads- "LOU AN. Utah. Nov IS. (Special) If the democrats qt Cache county agree tint to dislnnd their organization organiza-tion so as to maku an out and out Mor-mon-Ocutlla Hght,thu Mormon church will agree to return to the democratic parly the ocrs whom it turned over to the republirans at the last election. This unique proposition was madq today to-day to democratic leaders by Isaac Smith, president of the Cache Stake. Any agreement on his part would have to be ratified by President Joseph Y. Smith, but he Intimated that he could secure this. "Large numbers of Mormon democrats demo-crats were Intimidated by threatsof church dlscipllne-and In other ways by the Mormon leaders to tote the republican repub-lican ticket at the last election to defeat de-feat the American or anti-church influence in-fluence party, which Is made up of Oentllo republicans. They overdid this In Cache county and the democratic demo-cratic ranks were so depleted that the leaders are urging disbandmentof the party, relieving of democratic allegiance allegi-ance all those who wish to go to the American r)arty. "It Is to head tills oft that the cede-siasts cede-siasts are offering to return the democrats demo-crats piovidlng there will be no ipies-tions ipies-tions asked." |
