Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-30
THE "TRUE BLUE DEMOCRATS. "

Only last Saturday, the Tribune had
this to say concerning the ''true blue
Democrats:
BY the way the true blue Democrats who
read the sheet. which was ostensibly estab-
lished to enlighten the world on what real
Democracy is, are wondering if the editor OF
their paper would ever have dissolved his
allegiance to the Mormon church if there
had not been a change in the ruling family
III the kingdom upon the decease of his
father. Many of his near acquaintances
declare that the editor of the DEMOCRAT is
much nearer being good Mormon than a
! good American.
1t will interest the Democrats gener-
ally to know who are meant by ''true
blue Democrats as the term is used
! by the Tribune. 1t may be that some
will surmise that it means those Demo-
] Gratis who have always been and still are
opposed to Il union of Church and State
in Utah as well as elsewhere So far us
! we have ever known, all Democrats in
all places and at all times have been op-
posed To such Il union, whether "ama-
teur" or "true blue" In what sense
the Tribune intended to use the term, it
is1mpossible to say; but we can say how
they have used it heretofore On the
18th of May last it had the following to
say concerning the President and ''true
blue Democrats"
The news that the Democratic leaders pro-
pose to whip the President into a strictly
bourbon gfOOCe IS only 1CrORQ iRSOmuch as
the announcement is premature BY tacit
consent the time for bringing the pressure
to bear was, last spring. postponed until the
meeting of Congress next December. Then,
the intention is to give Mr. Cleveland the
alternative of either heading a Democratic
Administration or doing so without the help
of the genuine Democracy. The determine
tion is to have him either make his Admins
tratlon purely Democratic, or to serve him
as the old Wings did Tyler And, as HI'.
CleceIGRd is q true blue Democrat, it is rea-
sonable to expect that by that time he will
have thrown as many crusts to the Mug
wumps as he will have cared to, and that,
with the coming on of the short days of
winter, tce shall see the country as fully ia
Democratic hands as i1OdS in 1860.
As language is ordinarily used and con-
strued, the inference to be drawn from
this is that the ''true blue Democrats"
are those men who turned against their
country and wore the gray instead of the
blue. But what is to become of those
Democrats who fought for the Union in
the Northern armies and such there are
even in Utah? Are they "amateurs" or
''true blue?' 1t is just possible that the
''true blues" spoken OF on the 25th inst.
in reality means "black Repu blicans,"
as heretofore there have been
no true men or citizens save
those who supported Mr.. Blaine last fall.
1t is true that there are such Democrats
upon the Tribune; but it is hard to recon-
cile such advocacy of Mr. Blaine and his
various schemes for distributing the
whisky tax. and the like, with Democracy,
even SO insincere and bogus a thing as
'amateur Democracy" Only ''true
blue" could have done such a thing and
still retain his Democracy But the !
newspaper that holds the foremost place /
among newspapers for Il thousand miles |
in either direction is the arbiter as to |
what is and what is not Democratic. !
''Thy will be done on earth as it is in I
heaven"