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Show A. MILTON MUSSER. On page two of this Issue Is reproduced repro-duced A. Milton Musscr's reasons why ho can no longer support democracy. Summed up In few words, his reason Is that democracy has ever shown unfriendliness un-friendliness to the Mormons and he advises all democrats to desert that party and with republicans light tho "Americans " Mr. Musser holds that republicans nationally and in a state way have over been friendly, and ho goes Into detail to prove republican friendliness and democratic unfriendliness. unfriend-liness. Tho Salt Lake "anti" press says this article is but an expression from the head of the church that this N the church's dictum to the Mormon people. peo-ple. If Tiik Kkpuhlican believed that, It would not publish the article. No "request" would secure its insertion inser-tion In this paper, and no force In Utah is strong enough to secure its Insertion if It were what the antls repute re-pute it to be. 1 Tiik Kkpuhlican presents this expression ex-pression as an honest one fiom an honest man, an expression from a gentleman gen-tleman whom we knpw to havo expressed ex-pressed a vcar ago the. belief that democracy's de-mocracy's attitude would force him to leave the party of his father, of his youth, of his manhood and old age. We present the article for what It may be worth its face value , not what anyone Is supposed to read between be-tween the lines. Furthermore, tho church leaders sty they are out of politics, that the Mormon voters aro free, and If any man or woman In Caclio county takes the article in question as a church expression he stultifies both himself and his leaders. If tho reasons given by Mr. Musser seem reason sufficient for other democrats demo-crats to leave their party, let them leave It, but let no democrat or any other man accept the article as a church dictation. We commend the article to our readers as one worthy of their consideration. |