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Show True Tales of Sage Brush Democracy JudueO V . Powers was on his way to Ml. Pleasant lo make a political speech. On his wa down he heard some one dmy that Joseph Smith ! hmj ii en a Dt inner at. He dt- U iU d U try lo prove it at 'he met t ng. I In- liou-e was pack-e pack-e I ainl w1 i n In- w a well started start-ed on out' ot tlie most m-jsteriy eluqiu-nt spt-eL-lH.' ever mad h enquired: ' Is there any one in re wiii ktiow.s if the M rmon 1 prophet was a Democrat? An a ,e.l a. nd dtniiifirtd man arose. 1 t whs ( m iii the proudest moments mo-ments ul his ife when he marched march-ed lo I lie ci'iiter of the stage ami slinntcd: "Joseph Smith was a Democrat- 1 stumped i Illinois for him on a platform of Flee Trade and Sailor's RiJus." |