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Show -200been attacked by the $100,000. city over his own party organ Frank B. for Stephens, attorney, claimed that until recently in the operating of sense decency bition staring better light.3 city, but that they but because the making The Deseret News of this mistake which cost former Democratic city there had been all dealers thought they era to its editor strongly supported in the Democratic and Socialist independent movement. They little a support parties an City wake their government into The citizens committee forwarded to the Republican, prohi- In editorial after editorial the by Reed Smoot. interests and take the own a the citizens Mormon Church paper advocated that the citizens of Salt Lake their saw wanted to appear in they movement, despite the warnings against too much open passed night saloons had been shut down, not out of liquor them in the face and a a city own up to hands. chairmen of the invitation to join them asked: That your committee refrain from calling a convention • of your party to place a party ticket in the field, and that you recommend to the members of your party that they join hands with their fellow citizens and participate in the pri maries and conventions of the citizen's movement.4 • • As Smoot had well suspected, as underway the Tribune slammed it soon as as a the citizen's movement device of the Church. got Said the Tribune: That the hierarchs have the cheek at this stage to demand that political parties get out of the way and give them clear political movement, shows anew the arrogance domineering spirit which is at. t.he bot,-l,om of t.he pr.l.oct.ly all the course and for their pretensions. 5 |
