Show A PROMINENT MILLARD COUNTY DEMOCRAT TALKS PLAINLY ON THE DILEMMA OR OF STATE DEMOCRACY hill more U tali Aug 2 1903 1 90 J T F gabbs vale utah my dear friend I 1 had the pleasure tins this morning of reading your editorial in the LA of july uly ast 1st on tho the Dile dilemma inma lofstate democracy and endorse the sentiments sentiment cx expressed presed therein you have bonc your part witha fe few others as democrats tocarra out the spirit of the constitution of our great nation that ecclesiastical influence be kept wit out of if politics but no au you tire are familiar with the results of past elections lo 10 gulabi utaji you can see that but few of the democrats will take the elie same manly stand in the future to bring about what you propose IVO can judge the future only by the past and we I 1 know what the past caf A has been I 1 have seen democratic legislators cast their votes for fora a gold standard republican for th the e U S senate because 13 cause of ecclesiastical influence in a legislature legisa ture that poes possessed essed a very vary large democratic majority I 1 also have seen ecclesiastical influence defeat tho the election of a candid candidate ate for the united stated Se natwin I 1 that oame same legislature and the election elect iau ofa republican publican Ro in ili the follow lug ing legislature by that same influence the question now isi ia will tile the democrats I 1 bo more loyal to their party in ilie the future than they haven have been h in the past the question with me ine is not alone whitt what alight wb to do but whitt what uan oan we vado doa there are many who in the past had not the manly courage courado to speak and let their voices ring out in defense of the right as they should are now willing to do the nest best and let it to the press and to the datsou ecclesiastical influence has dom politics esda iu utah and that we will not longer play into their hands by putting up uj candidates that will a s imply servo serve to hold tho the republican publican Be party in line to be dominated by that same ecclesiastical influence 10 luence in nine cases out often of ten it is safe todo to do the opposite from what our political enemies desire us ua to toda do there Is ia a restless feeling in the hearts of some soine men today who have in the a and aad ad desire in the future favure to control boffi political parties if the democrat put up no Do candidates I 1 for them to knock down it will bring matters to a crisis in that ahelf influence will not be needed needa d in utah po politics 1 I lichan in the future tind and their political race will be run and with tio no democrats to tight fight the lite republicans will hove bave their bonds full of broils in their own ow n p party arty it iti is be becoming corning apparent to every thinking flunking nian man und and women that old political calis sues tire re being relegated to the back background ground with both political parties it ib wills be very difficult tor for the republican party in ili the future to hold their voters in line ogi n the issues that are fust fast coming to the front when conditions condition sare are ripe irk in utah for the democrats 10 d act they can gather up the factious 0 on new ew issues e unil control the political cill affail s of utah free from ecclesiastical influences if I 1 coulee could talk to you in person I 1 could make makeiy my views plainer to your I 1 understanding butchis but this w wil ill I 1 suffice for the present yours respectfully I 1 |