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Show "Two Pamphlets - ne Sanger" Before me are two pieces of ! rtmpaign literature. One designate desig-nate an unknown organization, Si Youth To Keep Utah i 1 clean " as its sponsor, The other, unsponsored, makes a comparison compari-son between the two gubernatorial guberna-torial candidates. From the cover of the latter peers the likeness of the Governor of the State of Utah. , . . Both had a common origin, and both are striking examples of political campaigning in its most primitive state. The youth sponsored circular, 1 ticcpt that it is a clandestine attempt at-tempt to use the youn people of Utah to disguise a skeleton which dramatically escaped from the state closet, does not reek vith the poison extractable from ' the oamphlet inviting the voters I to "Look at the record and com- If this comparison but enumerated enum-erated the issues in the campaign end briefly explained how each of the gubernatorial candidates stood with respect to them, rea-J , joning citizens would only ana-j lyze. But the issues are not the intent of the comparison. In-i In-i stead, its objective is to point out how the two men differ in ' their backgrounds and experi-I' experi-I' ences. But the most vicious is I the listing of one candidate's ; membership in a fraternal organization or-ganization which has no connection connec-tion with religion and contrasting contrast-ing it with the religious activi-v activi-v ties of the man whose likeness V appears on the cover. Here analysis is brought abruptly to a halt, an intelligent intelli-gent people who have staked iiieir all on constitutional government gov-ernment are impelled to ask the eompilers of the campaign pamphlets pam-phlets 1 Do you respect the American J' "'tal of peJM'Qtiing r.fon on je basis of issues, or do you fa-w fa-w appealing to the prejudices i voters? : ! Do ycu think that the youth A Utah should be openlv informed in-formed regarding both sides of a ouestion. or do vou believe a the development of prejudicial thinking as a basis for reasoning reason-ing among young people? Do you bclive that a candidates candi-dates religious affiliations are strictly personal, or do you consider con-sider them ammunition to be injected into a political campaign? cam-paign? Every person whose privilege it is to vote in the State of Utah has the right to expect a truo answer to these questions. If the information contained in th two pamphlets before me is to be accepted, then an appeal to prejudice is the answer. This is trivial, political mud. mere campaign fire, you say? Yes, all of these, but never forget for-get that in the adolescent years of this nation, many a campaign was waged on such trifles and throats were cut in consequence. The terrors of the Inquisition were forged in the flames of religious descrimination. And one of the most infamous blots on American history, the Mor- mon persecutions, grew from the dank soil of human prejudices. nurtured by seemingly innocent religious comparisons. Neither the Inquisition nor the suffering unjustly inflicted upon the Latter-Day Saints could have taken place, if, in the judgment, spiritual views had not been accepted ac-cepted as damning evidence. The comparison I hold in my hand is an attemDt to condemn one man because he does not profess the same beliefs as his accuser. The world can ill afford to heed the pleas of prejudice religious, re-ligious, social or economic. We nations did so once and havoc was the inevitable result. No man. Democrat, Republican, Republi-can, Progressive or Socialist can campaign for state office with promises of progress and development devel-opment and hope to fulfill those promts if ! 5s appeal is to the prejudices of the people. Though' his wisdom may be great and his outward behaviour above reproach, re-proach, this Democrat. Republican, Republi-can, Progressive or Socialist can not support the philosonhy of prejudice and believe in human rights. |
