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Show D Tb w' vi, is fo wl th p, fr; th W< sa Y< w fr· ce wl th di na Je is gc ea tr! ar pe w: pr fu tb w, pc M S1 Cl U( pc ct st, te it ar OU fo a1 m St; I THE SENATORIAL FtGRT IN UTAH. The literature on this subject increases a::; docs the bitterness. Newspaper columns cannot. contain it. n,nd the fight I j ·-~ ~. /, , . /a J /:'- has ta!t~ i to the: pan:ivI:Iets. As rel.~~d ~ ~ to political pflrt1cs, 1t 1s wholly w1tbm I ~ ,/ ' Democratic lines. So few Rcpublic:ws · rJ , ___ / _ ../l. _ ~ . U) . 1 were elected 1o 1he LC'gislature that no ·\ RepubHcau can have :my chance of sue~ ~ --,,-Tl..fl../Y v-'[/ c0ss,ho"J>vc1· his opponents may be_divicl(/ · µ.-,,o ~ JI , e_rl. The> offorts of the Mormon Church to . ~ p ~ .. . . -,....; .A. ~ fol'hi<l th,• election of ::.\Io:-es Thatcher - "'v- '"--'CT"YV ~ ~h0cuu:-:e he stands for freedom from .iJ "7~ ... ~ ...J,,., Church dictation in politics have led I ~ .M :2tJ.J" J V , t , . ~ ~'_;f;/ rv, ~ ~ manY D0mocrats to usk "what will be __;; the effect upon our: party if we submit ~ ~ ,u.,,U . ~ ~ ~~ to thii- Ohur<:h domination"?" Is our _ I , I part;\-· to be held responsible for giving ~ ~ ~ ~ /JJ __,,. , 7;-7 _. o _ IJ r;:-. _ . up n principle so fundamental as tho - ~ ~u separation o.l' Church and State?" 1 ~ J, ~ n ~ o _ I ..' . _ ~ ~ .fuJg-e 0. '\Y. Powers was a Senatorial ' 7~...-..J(. ' - , ~ e:11~didnt0 of prominence aud much re,. _;/ - _ 7r" '"77-::-tt-- ,.,.. ..... : ' i-pc,c.:1.et.1 ~s n );arty leader. ~'i..s the fight 11 ~ ~ .f-0 ~ 1- . . . _ , . ~ ~ • grew iu intensit.v and he Sa\\· the serious ! .././v__.. J... si~nificauce of it he declnretl thnt tho ~ 7 ~-....., a _ . . , , ~ llM~ /A~ o.-/.. pLincipI,, ,Yns ''parn,mount" to nll per- ·: /?) ' I so11..tl i;:1te,'('~t and n.unounccd himsf<lf ~ for Tiw,tcl •r, who represent8 independence of Church <1ktaUon. Altogcthc·r indications n~ . . 1 ~ ':::) ~ TthP e-n"rfirst n ttIJp=1i,, """'1 uof u the. aclua.1_ ,votes .m,//_ ( -J-/~ ~ I Jowers free iu the choice of pa.rt:...- affili.,.£1 : ations anr1 politicai a,ction "! Wheu the ~ 4 · ~, / ; Mormon hierarchy, under the pressure . a.,<A.A) ~ ~ 7 ~~ ~ the' Edmunds laws, declared_that 1he ~ ~ ~ }1~,, . _ _ _ , ,,, ..,,_ ~ t\ Cbnreh woulrl attempt no politic-al in, ~ /~ ~ "irrf<•rencc with its members and advised /ff;~~~ ,r, _... H f l r:-":::---. _ 1 t11,}m to i:1f'lee:t the pm·ty of the.fr choice, ~ , ~ . '~ ~ 1 1 ) ~ 11~'}'. f'Hl'l]riS jyrl S e~H'e«~CQ_ that the -Ir . ../ ~ / A • Z--;:. _Al., _J,. A O d1nf;l10n a~oug the tu-o great parties ~ ~~ ~~ o1...._ -7- - ~ was so nNtfly equal. Some whisll€red .M .- ~ r-.::. · --=IJ • ..j L) p~- r-1-.. ti.mt (his l.-'<lllU.1 dh-ision indicated a di~ q:._J ~ ~ ~ '- ~ rH· 1ug h:1tul; now it is openly <leclarc>d ·~ ...IL_ , , @ ~ ' . drnt the whole, politic!ll nction was com- ~ a.;__ ~ ~ ~ meu<;erl and lwr! been direNed to stoop , l'I ~lU!~lte <1Pmand, and thus COUqU<'l'. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , 1Jl'f'Jurl1fe :incl sectU'c Statehood, and t_lw.t we mnst hot be :..;urprised a~_· cv<>nts tr. .1. _ ~ ~ ~ follf)w each other to S€<' th:tt the Sl.aio rro-o-o ~ r • ~ tr>v ~ ~ ~ of Utah simply re~isters th!' will of the , {t.f!L ~ n_ _ (' Church, :ls war,; the enstom lrith t.Iie J r~ ~ '.I'Pnitori:11 Lc:>gislntu;•f>. Howe"Ver thi:;:: I. _ L I -,_ _ ....._ '/ ma~ be. it if4 nurniJ'est that Stat<'hood ~ ~ f ' I - " ' ~ ~ - "-//" ~ has not br-011.;ht pencC' to Utah, not even ----+-"-- • ..k!. ~ wh1in the D.-moeratd nre in undisputed ~ ~ ~ ,i,.;::;;:_, , <·(mtro!. ,Vhat w1_·ll thP effe<:t of all this lv--tcA ~ ~•./ _ ~ .L~.7~ ... . I.Jc Ppon 1lw mntPri:11 JH'oe:pt•rity or th" ~•• _ V. ~ ~ ~ 1 1 1 J. 6n~~ _ _, ... A _; .1 h..,,....,, i:f:;_, f j I I'M \ J A /J..,...__ r_ .1 ra.A.,.,y ,t:' /:i- A .A. veo11IP? ~fJ _ - - --- - - \ _ ~. ~ .- _ /;} \ _ qt--; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1--rv-~ ~ ~ . |
