Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-21
THE TRIBUNE" AND THE DEMO
Gratis.

The Tribune this morning berates the
Democrats in its best style. 1t does it
under the caption of "HeraId" Ingratj-
tude. The Tribune does not like the
Democratic ticket because the Demo-
cratic ticket is not a fusion ticket, other
wise is not a Republican ticket From
the tone of the Tribune one would
imagine that it was to that paper that
God gave dominion over the fowls of the
air, the fishes OF the sea, the beasts of
the field and every living thing. To it.
self it would arrogate all power, all
privilege Its high flown phrases
about Americans means Republicans.
Speaking Of the Democratic party that
has just put candidates into the field,
speaks of the candidates in this manner
''lt wants no affiliation with Republicans,
none whatever; 1t denounceS all Americans
who are Republicans as 'carpet-baggers,
though they may have been steady, honest
workers i'll Utah for twenty years; while if a
man calls himself a Democrat he is welcome,
came here a tenderfoot from the States, or
though the odor of the emigrant ship which
bore him across the sea may be still fragrant
upon his clothes"
Such sentiments do not even rise to
Republicanism they are much worse /;
in fact they are pure Knownothingism.
Who has prated so loudly as the Tribune
about this being Il free country, a country
to Which the oppressed of all lands could
come and find home and friends? If
"tenderfeet"-we despise the expression
and emigrants from across the sea had
come to Utah and joined the Republicans,
would such language have been used
about them? There has been much COM
ment upon the Democratic candidates by
all classes, and the selections are con-
ceded to be excellent, but the ''independ-
ent" Tribune brings this grave charge
against them: eve believe it has NOM
mated few candidates who ever voted any
except a Mormon ticket in Utah" There
is the true ring of the rebel yell about
such a charge. Ii such there be, is it
any greater crime to have voted Nor
mon ticket than to have voted Liberal
or Republican ticket? Can it be that
it is not q proper thing for a man to vote
as he thinks, unless he thinks in GER
tain way? Had the nominees on the
Democratic ticket ever voted anything
but Republican ticket, would so grave
charge have been made against them
If those candidates had all been not
merely voters of the Mormon tickets, but
Mormon office-holders, would any slurs
and insinuations be cast upon them if
they had run on a Republican ticket?
Why should the Independent Tribune
be so incensed because the Democrats do
not choose to affiliate with the Republi-
cans, and say that the Democrats
are urging against the Republicans
everything that is mean and insult
ing and contemplate which the Herald
has ever invented to hurl at the
Liberal party this new Democracy has
adopted to urge against the Republicans. +"
If the Democrats had hurled the Herald
against the Republicans, that accusation
would be just. The charge that the
Democratic party of Utah hurls against
the Republicans is the history of the Re-
publican party, and the people of the
Union recognized the truth of those
charges last November and hurled the
Republicans from power. VIII the ON
niscient organ of Independence" explain
to an anxious and eager public by whose
order the Democratic party was made in
Utah? As we have said before, the TriJ-
'n'e would prefer to see the Peoples party.
or any other party, rule in Utah in prefer
ence to the Democratic party.
Father, forgive them, for they know
not what they do"