The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-11
SILLY.

One Of the very silly acts Of thu
self>styled Democratic convention
on Tuesday was the adoption OF
resolution declaring that John L
Game, Delegate to Congress, is no
Democrat. This was silly from
various standpoints; it was silly
from any standpoint. In the first
place it is none OF the affair OF the
gentIen en- who met in the Court
house whether or not MI. Game is
Democrat. So far as relates to them
and their meeting; Mr.. Game might
be a Republican, a Democrat, a
Choctaw, a lecturer on womsns'
rights or anything else, named or
otherwise, animate or inanimate,
white or black; hence 1t was silly
for the gentlemen to say anything
OF Mr.. Caine or his poll
tics. It was silly for them
to "resolve" that Mr.. Caine
Is not a Democrat, for the reason
that such resolution could in no
manner affect the political princiA
pies, opinions or standing of Mr..
Game; the resolution could not
make the gentleman less Demo-
crat, or more an anything else. but
it does make political asses of the
men who adopted it. Democrats are
not made by the ssresolyes" Of others,
nor are they unmade by such "re-I
solves" In all sincerity, and in the
best of good nature, we ask the gen.
tleman who declared Mr.. Game is
net a Democrat; If dozen men were
to meet on Main street or elsewhere
and unanimously resolve that Mr..
Samuel J. Tilden or Mr.. Speaker
Carlisle was not q Democrat, would
Mr. Tilden or Mr.. Carlisle be less
a Democrat? Again, were the
coming Democratic convention in
Chicago to declare by unanimous
vote that Judge Thurman or Sena-
Tor Pendleton was not a Democrat,
would these gentlemen be more or
less Democrats than they are2 1t
would have been just as consistent
and just as proper for the "conven-
ton" ca Tuesday to declare that
Judge Hunter is not Judge Of the
Third District Court. or to resolve
that Victoria is not Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland, Empress of
India, protector of the faith, etc., as
to declare that the Hon. John T.
Game is not Democrat; and would
have had about as much effect.
AS to Mr.. Gaines political princi-
pies, beliefs and opinions, they are
not matters for discussion here
at this time any more than they
were in the little gathering at the
Federal courtroom Eon Tuesday :
he has been chosen q member of the |
Democratic Congressional commits
tee, and it is quite probable that
those who elected him knew what
they were doing, and Mr.. Game I'M
derstood what he was about in &C
cepting the position and performing
its duties; il he is not a Democrat, |
II his sympathies are not with the
party, or with the labors Of the COM |
mittee of which he is q part, it is |
for him to announce the facts and |
decline to serve; so long as he Is
member of the committee, and is
satisfactory to his fellow members,
he Is a Democrat to all intents and
purposes, the resolutions OF dozen
or more Utah gentlemen to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Nor does
it make any difference in this
case what MIR. Game was politically
last year, or ten years ago, or what
he will be tomorrow or next year
when he declares he is not Demo
GRAFT, refuses to act in place that
can be filed only by Democrat, or
does something to show that he Is
not 8 Democrat in sentiment or con-
duct, it will be time for others to
act: but then there will be no &C.
casion for action on the part Of
otherp, as Mr.. Game will make 1t
unnecessary for them to take any
steps in his case.
While neither asserting nor deny.
ing anything in regard to Mr..
Gaines political principles, the gem
tIeman himself being sbundantlyI
able to make himself understood in
that regard, THE HERALD will cay
that it has known Mr.. Game qui Q
as long and as intimately as any OF