Show THEY WOULD NOT FUSE independent nde pendent republicans give damoc racy the cold shake the rite independent republicans of sanpete county met at upbraid on oil tuesday rues day and the business busine gs transacted at eliat meeting appears in tit today s meb these stalwart republican republicans anet discussed tile situation which confronted tl them ietti passed certain certani resolutions xe and N when aien their work worl was fini finished blied they adjourned they asem assembled bled together in ili a quiet manner no public demonstration of oi any kind not a blast f from aront a trumpet to announce their arrival in the tile city of Ep ephraim braim the democratic manager have anxiously awaited the coming of tins this meeting they thou thought glit they saw in it a 1 chance for di dividing iding the republican party in ili sanpete county that the voun wounded ded feelings of the independents v cause a breach to u wide that democracy could step in between they A w be the tile li healing caling physicians a and tid for their services service i would be ie paid thre fourths of theofi ices but man tvan is ever doomed loomed to disappointment when the independents had lind tinis finished lied their labors this tills democratic committee invited them to a secluded place and then tilen 1 and I there offered a proposition to some of the tile leaders which was sit substantially ally as follows you yott inen come over to our side and we e pledge on oil the offices of one loin commissioner tit missioner iss ioner tile sheriff the trea treasurer and one legislator if fuse with us N e kotfer 3 ou oil al 11 1 tins tills this was mas a stunner to our men tile magnanimous offer had the effect of completely mooring flooring them but rit mc from their star surprise prise they told them in lit plain lati language that they had lind not come to ephraim to sell 11 out to democracy either for office or for en n cash they attended tile meeting to enunciate a principle not to ns assist ann in man to office or to seek democratic favors I 1 hey proposed to vote for bryan not because e lie nas w as a Dyno crat but nt bec because lie tood for a 1 single principle wind liali the had ildas in I 1 lic surprise ma la 14 it it tile other hidu 41 1 I e of the tilt table thru the democratic torn called their attention to the fact how ho w it aj wis to send only solid hiher to the degi legislature to aich our men replied that none better luah fied for uch places could be found outside the tile re je publican party and that it aa was their purpose to help find them tilen and elect them too NN within tit atile alie regular old republican in party of or sanpete county so ends the first chapter |