The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-10-02
COL. WALL.

COL. WALL.
A great deal IS being said about Col.
waII being ''hooted OUT of the Idaho
democratic convention because Of his
anti Mormon procliyities, the design |
being evidently to convey the impress
SION that this was the cause Of MS al !
Keyed exclusion. The HERALD has heard
nothing authentic which at all corroboE-
atas the statements or even limitations
that Col. Wall was thus dealt with, ana
does not believe that he was because
lis sources of information in that
quarter are equal TO those Of any other
paper in this part Of the world, ana II
the Colonel had been expelled from the
convention by either physical or moral
pressure, or by being made unduly I'M
comfortable as a consequence OF his OPP
posing the views Of majority OF that
hodv. we should certainly be in posses
sion of all the facts relating thereto at
least as early as any of our neighbors-
The facts seem TO be about as follows;
Col. Wall was a proxy not regular
delegate. and his admission TO the con-
convention at all was matter
of choice on the part OF the
others, it having the inherent
power which a legislative body possesses
by law Of being the sole judge OF the
qualifications Of its own members; be-
ing received under such circumstances,
it would seem TO be st least a becoming
thing in him to fall in line with those
who were against him and Outnumbered
all others, on matters Of detail or local
policy: but this, if all we learn IS cor
rect. he not only would not do but tried
to run the concern to suit himself, a
proceeding which the majority very
nroperly refused to submit to, where
upon the Colonel left in dramatic DIS
gust. He offered an and-MOrmon re-
resolution, which the convention very
wisely refused to adopt, because 80 do
so would be to court defeat by throwing
away the Mormon vote-the balance OF
power-and make the election OF Sing
iser almost certain. This IS the case IL
Q nutshell.
The Morm0ns OF Idaho are decidedly
Democratic in their tendencies, but they
are not willing to vote for those who
openly oppose them. They would b'
fools if they we're. The convention
grasped the situation and put II
nomination man against whom no
even his political opponents have
word to say, who is not Mormon no
believer in any part of the Mormon
faith, and who towers as high abov
Singiser as Bunker Hill mOnumen
towers above the one who beholds ii
whose brightness is as much create
than the others as the refulgence of tn
MONDAY sun is more luminous thai
the borrowed rays of the midnigh
moon. Under such circumstances an
having a right because of their nun
bers, thrift. enterprise and Intelligent
to a voice in the councils of any part
with which they may see tit to act, VIII
should they not demand an uneXcel
tionable candidate and platform NJ
decidedly hostile to them or their IL
terests?
Does any sane person suppose that
Singiser could by means OF fair word
promises or otherwise have caloie0 II
Mormons or-any considerable porto
of them into voting for him, he woul
not have discountenanced and even d
feated the insertion of an anti AormC
plank in his party S PLATFORM Hard
He is that kind of person. But
couldn't work that little game this tim
because his utter unftness for the P
s;tion was plainly visible. Hence Il
necessity of raising the Mormon al
Gentle issue, an issue which seems
have had the desired effect so far
Colonel Wall is concerned, for, in L
futile efforts to strike 2 blow at
church he finds it necessary to ent
the ranks of the enemy and social
Democratic vote viii thus be gained
the Republican party of our sister II
ritory.
HALEY will be elected beyond all cue
ton; the only satisfaction the Color
and the squad with which he is Nc
training will get.out of the contest "
be the reducing of the Democratic ca
Gidate's majority to the extent OF p
haps dozen votes; the only result
him vii be bis own discontinue a
tie odd HITS. Just this and nothl
more.
4 pLENDID ENTERPRISE.