The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-16
THE COMMITTEE ON APPR0'
PRIATI0NS,
SALT LAKE Cry. June 10, 1880
Editors HeraLd:

SALT LAKE CRY. June 10, 1880
Editors Herald:
1t seems that a certain number OF
select gentlemen, assuming to be the
democratic central committee of Ut %,
met the other evening and made
sundry appropriations as follows, VIZ:
First-They appropriated to them
selves The fuuet ons OF l. e democratic
party.
Second-They appropriated 10
Themselves that power which II is slid
the Mormon church exercises to the
detriment of ths principles OF tres
government-the rlgh. OF the few to
think. speak asd act for the many.
Third-They appropriated to them
selves wha. has been considered q
very small tick of the now deiunot
republican cOmmiltee, which even
the Chicago convention could not
swallow.
Fourth-They appropriated to
themselves, apparently for the use OF
the democratic party, the thunder"
used by the republican party twenty
years ago relating 10 the "swin relic.
FIith-Aud finally, the power 10
continue to appropriate by assuming
TO fill the vacancies in their own
corpus This. by the way, was also
taken from the Consummate policy OF
the late republican committee.
As to taking from the Mormon
church what ia said ID be its policy,
the action of the committee ws5 I'M
fortunate. l am not able tn say
whether the policy is good for the
church, not having experience In such
matters; bat all democrats will agree
that these gentlemen should not have
made this particular appropriation in
the name OF democracy. We do not
need it i'll the democratic party. Let
it remain to the church.
Concerning the old republican
thunder, if the democratic party have
not before this time found out that
polygamy is a crime let them not
now confess their stupidity by making
the declaration so long after their
moro enlightened aud virtuous"
opponents bad published it to the
reading portion of the world; or. if
they have known it and considered it
an oAense against the law al the
time, /. them stand on their old
historic ground which is, that it is a
party of the law, and that IFS policy
is 10 enforce the laws. How would
it look to see in thu democratic
national platform plank" against
larceny?
1t must be in the atmosphere! tt
seems that no one caa be trusted with
a little power in Utah, but that be at
once becomes impressed with the idea
OF his unlimited power and import
snce; just ss it is said that any horse
turned out on the plains will soon
learn to "bu3k" like a cayuse; it'll
must be in the atmospheric
In any other country a democratic
central committee would have under
stood that it is not sel!-perpetuating
machine; that the reason for Its
existence is to preserve the orgsniza
ton and facilitate the great object of
the organization, which is 10 get the
expression OF democrats on questions
which interest the party; and that it
should only assume to act as q sub
stitute for the party in such matters
in cases OF emergency. But here In
Utah i seems it is dangerous that the
people should be heard, should be
permitted to think or act for them
selves.
In what does the action OF this
committee differ in principle from the
course said to be pursued by the
leaders of the Mormon church, which
we are continually told is so anti
American as to be extremely offen-
sive to some Of the members of this
committee?
4 DEMOCRAT.