The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-15

II WAS q piece of impulent as
sumption on the part of the half
dozen gentlemen who got themselves
together in private room, last even
ing. and claiming to act for the demo-
Gratis of Utah. appointed delegate
to represent the territory in the Gin
cinnali convention, and directed
him TO secure the ms eltion in the
party platform Of a certain plank.
These self styled committeeman rep
resent nobody excep! themselves
They were chosen by no regularly
called and properly organized demo
cratic convention, they have no con
stlluents, and are without influence
or following or support in a party
seuse. In the popular meaning OF
the term, they are boltsIs from the
democratic party, and 90 far as
the party is concerned are not demo
Gratis, though they may usurp the
name and call Themselves such.
Judas Iscar:o! protested to be dis
ciple OF Jesus and to love his Christ,
and Benedict Arnold claimed to be a
patriot. When men desert party aud
repudiate its principles, customs and
practices, they do not usually cling to
the party name. aud we protest
against Judge Rosborough's malt
dozen saying they ara democrats, or
that they represent any democratic
organization in Utah. II they choose
to form a political party, all well
and coed, and they may call
it sorehcad," anti. Mormon, "
"Gentile," republican," or any
other title they may prefer. but it will
be- Il species Of piracy to call it demo-
cratic. As to tie action OF these
"lailors of Tooley street" last night,
it will probably result in nothing. In
the first place the national demo-
cratic convention does not admit
regularly appointed delegates from
the territories; hence /! is not likely
that a gentleman designated By half
dozen presumpluous lawyers who are
no longer identified with the party,
will be permitted to enjoy the pEiVi-
leges of delegate. Az we'll might
the convention admit to its member.
ship, any gentleman sent there by
any Tom, Dick and Harry who bad
so much impotence as to claim to tie
a democratic committee. This very
set OF the gentleman is antagonistic
in the highest degree 10 party pTinci-
pie and practice, and would of itself
exclude Dir. Campbell from the con-
ventiou. AS to the anti-Mormon
plank we need only suggest that
Utah and the Mormon question may
appear large here, but they are not
large enough to be seen in p national
democratic convention. Even the
republicans-noted for their ability 10
get down TO small things-came near
losing sight of the Mormon business
at Chicago, only discovering it in
time to give it a parting glance.
There is nos time before the meeting
at Cincinnati to hold a territorial
convention and publicly repudiate
the action of the presumptuous six;
otherwise such convention would
be called and held, when every dem
ocrat in the territory would make bis
voice heard against men who would
try to steal march on the party by
claiming to represent it in this man
ner. However, the Cincinnati con-
vention will be fully advised OF the
unwarranted proceedings, and will
doubtless prevent the successful car
rying out of the fraud sought to be
perpetrated upon the democrats and
democratic party of Utah.