Show u A WARNING VOICE V ii f i BY HON A MILTON MILTO 1 MUSSER the following is a reproduction of an open letter by hon A mil ton musser of salt lake city 4 published in the intermountain inter mountain republican and copied by the salt lake 1 1 rib utie to whom it most concerns president theodore roosevelt roosevel t and his administration ministration tW are fair to 0 cormons mormons Mor mons in iii common with ill all other citizens federal appointments point ments in this state were made in the face of viole violent nt sil 5 ion from anti mormont mormon part ies of the antii anti I mormon party the appointments made by the president show allow that in such matters he be listens exclusively to the congress 1 ii il delegator dele gaton f from rom the state tho the proposition to put in its platform a plank reflecting adversely voil aversely sely oil oil ane mormons cormons was rejected by them the lust republican national convention that of 1904 tit at chicago while the sarno proposition was vas accepted b the last democratic national convention that of 1904 it at st 1 louis the mormon plank ja ta presented by fred fired T dubois at that thai time being incorporated iulo into the democratic Natio national nul L plat form the republican leadean leade asin in congress on the recommendation of sen senator ator reed smoot struck out of the arizona new mexico shito hood law the amendment of democratic senator dub dubics Os which was intended aided to disfranchise the mormons cormons in that sta be the republican leaders in con gress ress on oil recommendation of senator george sutherland struck out ut of the new immigration law haw the clause placed there ab the instigation sti gation of democratic senator dubois by which mornion mormon emigrants eini grants were to be excluded from the united states on the ground round of belief in polygamy the republican party leaders prevented the consideration and passage by congress this yea year r 1906 of an amendment to the national constitution f framed by damoc democratic batic senator dubuis dubois a and id intended to disfranchise the cormons mormons Mor mons oils in the united states the minority report of the senate committee oi on privileges and elections which report is a complete eom vindication of the mormon people on ali the e issues raised in the smoot case is ia signed exclusively by republicans the signers si ners being among the strongest brainiest brai niest and ni most Os t influential members of the the united states senate the majority re port of the senate committee on oil privileges es and elections in the reed beed smoot case which report is is an insult upon the citizenship mormons cormons Mor mons is by every democratic member of that committee this case became practically a party question with th the e real force and strength of the democh democratic a tic p party arty nationally lined up on the side of depriving mor or mons of their rights as citizens while the real force and strength of the republican party nationally is lined up on the side of main the rights of mormons cormons Mor mons as citizens democratic success in utah means the strengthening of the Deno democratic cratic lineup line up against cormons mormons Mor 0 mons and weakening the tho weaken ing pa possibly shibly tho the breaking up 7 of the republican i ne ine up in in defense of the rights of k mormons cormons Mor mons as citizens 7 tl g jhb republics Republic nh i party r ty hav having N isra control in the nation ti having the national adinie administration the united states state s senate and the house of representatives has the power and tb ache w inclination to use it to protect t 11 mormons cormons Mor mons in in their rights as citizens anich power if alienated e or di retted into other channels as advocated by democratic leaders would prove most disastrous to the Mor mor pao pie the democratic party in ida z ho being an integral part of the national de democratic m party and therefore there foie of necessity in accord with its general party policy is openly and actively conten contending din for the disfranchisement of the I mormon 0 n people while tho republican party aud and therefore of necessity in accord with its geu gen oral eral party policy is openly and actively contending for 1211 mormon ormon citizens in the face of an axtens lye iye anti mormon P prejudice 1 ce the most prominent feature of the present political campaign in idaho is the warfare which the democratic party is waging tt a the mormon mon people and the tight tight which the republican I 1 parly arly is putting up there on i behalf of I cormons mormons Mor mons being pro in their ri rights M ats as citizens 6 the de democratic socratic mo cratic party organ in U utah t all the salt sal t hald har b a s declared in favor of the election of the democratic state ticket and democratic Democrat le senator dubois in idaho these tare are all pledged to the disfranchisement of the mor mon people this is not surprising since the party organ must be with the general party policy polie yand and the protest of any small sm all section of that party that 1 it does not a aree agree ree W biti it such quell poli olk f ey cy is not only futile but is is mis leading the republican party in utah j A at its last state convention gave a decided rebuke to efforts to i fedt into the state a cri ci of mormons cormons exercising full political privileges while the ir de democratic MO cratic wa party arty in in utah at its last state convention committed itself to the virtual disfranchise ment of a portion of the mormon n people by declaring against mor mons who may hold church po positions st exercising their constitutional rights to the full privileges of citizenship the democratic state platform there adopted applies a religious test to cormons mormons for office in violation of the national constitution and gives dl di reel encouragement to the fi fight op bt of the democracy in idaho for the diff ranchi of mor mons so 0 farag it has been bernable be enable tue the ra p alica q auty nt its control of legislation le n in in 1 coln y gress by its chicago platform and by the voice and action of all its strong representatives in th the united states senate sanat e Com committee commett mitt ee on privileges lekes and elections has declared deolar cd in favor of the mormon people retaining and exercising the f full till rights of citizens iu in corn com mon moil with other people in this na n a tion the republican party in idalio idaho being an integral part of the national republican party is in accord therewith and is now leading the fight for preserving the rights of the mormon people the republican party is in harmony therewith and is outspoken in up upholding upholds holdi n the rights of mor moil mons in common with those of cf all other citizens on the other hand so far as it has been able the democratic V party parly nation nationally ally by its st louis convention plat forms form by the un unanimous vote of its senators on oil the senate oom com cittee on privileges and elec gions and by the efforts of its leaders in congress to diff ran chise the mormons cormons in arizona and new mexico and to fco exclude mormons cormons from entering the united states as immigrants has declared ag al i ast the mormon poo peo pie the democracy in idaho be ing a part of the N national dional democratic parts and in accord there with is leading t the fight arrain against 0 st the mormon p people the damoo racy in utah being bein an in ble part of the national democrat tic party and in harmony there with so far as it has ventured to express itself has not dared to to utter a 1 I wol word d of protest aar against ainest the attack of the bhe democratic par ty elsewhere on the rights of the mormon people but so far as its utterances have gone these are in line of encouraging r and abet ting that attack on the mormons cormons will any mormon who hereto fore has voted the democratic ticket do so a again 0 ain in the face of these stubborn facts which are so plain and positive that no sane man can be b blind thereto can any I 1 Alor nion who heretofore has supported the republican ticket be cajoled threatened or beguiled into voting the democratic ticket or any part thereof at this time in view of the hostile attitude of the democratic party toward the mormon people it is an incontrovertible fact al already realy demonstrated well beyond the possibility of doubt no matter how much boasting boti sting protesting and deception may be engaged in to the contra ry that so lar as the mormon people are concerned the democratic party bas abandoned what ever high principles it once had and has become the party of in tolerant selfish cruel relentless religious persecution and is a vi alator of the national Cons titu tion insofar as that great charter of human liberty guarantees f free ree dom to worship god to all citi zens mormons cormons or otherwise and to exercise the full r rights of citizenship now enjoyed and fur ther the policy now being fol lowed by the democratic party toward the mormon people is a rank and inexcusable betrayal of overy every trust rust i reposed in that par any ever od ed a democratic ticket by its treachery to the mormon voters who have honored it and trusted it so oft the democratic party in merits eri ts the en enmity in 1 ity and execration of every mormon and of every lover jover of human liberty political or religious summed up the facts show conclusively that the republican party throughout the whole na arf tion is is un united cited in defending the rights of the mormon people as citizens on the other hand they also show that the democrat tic party throughout m the whole nation with perhaps the excel tion of the democrats in utah is s antagonistic to and arrayed against 0 the mormon people in fact there is s no difference in that respect between cheso the so called am party and the democratic party even eveh in utah while the democratic party has not beclar ed for the wholesale diff disfranchise ranc bise ment 0 of f the mormon people it has declared practically for the disfranchisement of a certain class of mormons cormons Mor mons it can be shown conclusively that not only is the party stronger in this state than the democratic Demo craDic party but it is also stronger stroner in salt lake coun ayah acy and 1 consequently all cit eizens irrespective of pirty party should vote the republican ticket to overthrow the american party conservative democrats readily admit that there are very adry few of their class left in the demo cratic ranks they also admit that there are more gentiles in the republican party than in the democratic party in the last city election R P morris the tha democratic nominee for mayor ran considerably ahead of the ticket and received a large number of republican votes the democratic Leine cratic council manic ticket was shed of bf the re publican pu blidan only votes this year it is a county election A bout one third of the vote is out side of salt lake city in the last county election with the am ticket in the field con gressman gr esman howell had bad 1616 votes in excess of 0 W powers it is conceded that the article appear ing in the deseret news the night before election drove gen tile republicans into the ameri can lanks junks and mormon republic cans into voting the democratic Emo cratic ticket the rhe last election returns show that the republican party while in the county outside of the city it is over 1600 votes ahead I 1 have been a life long demo crat but for the foregoing rea sons I 1 will not give further sup vort port to the political party which has shown so much unjust dis crimination and bitter enmity to ward an unoffending and patriot ic people A MILTON MUSSER |