Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-13
DEMOCRATIC DIFFERENCES.

OI-O6uQOcrAcY -IOT Lue Olu6I6uL aSeS-O "
, man. bHtsuch is really the case. Those
Democrats whose lives are sinking int
the late afternoon will be surprised t.
learn their true character, while those
4 younger ones who have seenino struggles
will also be surprised to know that theil
purposes are not now what they will bt
4 if they continue to be Democrats
Ian are familiar with the seven ages o
man as described by Shakespeare, bu
few, if any, are familiar with the various
ages and stages of Democracy. DeToc
queyille wrote most philosophical anG
4 exhaustive treatise upon Democracy il
1 America and he never discovered ths
two ages that belong to it. In his "Con.
stitutional History of the United States
Won Hoist makes no mention o.
any differences in Democracy, and
one may search in vain through
out : the short biographies in the
American Statesmen series, edited by
John T. Morse, and still not find the facts
in 4he-case. "A couple ofcenturies ormore
ago Bishop Berkeley said, Westward the
star of empire takes its way" and it was
but natural that this great discovery
should be made in the West, the chosen
West, so to speak. 1t is fitting that the
people should know by whom this dis
cofery was psade, and it gives us great
pleasure to be able to say that this dicov-
cry was made by Colonel T. G. Webber
Pat ae6unty eonyention of the Peoples par
ty held in the County Court House last
Saturday, Colonel Webber, after being
loudly called for, responded to the
wishes of the Convention and gave them
profound and -soul-stirring speech, the
burden of which was devoted to expound-
ing the differences between the Old and
Young Democracy. The explanation is
both clear and concise, and should rank
the q aColonel" along with single-speech
Hamilton. He said that previous
speaker S1ffad inquired as to the
difference between the Old and
Young Democracy, and as he, the
"C6lonel, Y4iInderstood the matter, one
was open and avowed, while the other
was underhanded, and worked on the
stab-in-the-back principle. There is but
one objection to this explanation, and that
is sthatit does not definitely indicate which
was one and which was the other. Itmav
be that Mr.. Webber wished to convey
the idea that the old Democrats were
open and avowed or were underhanded
and working on the stab-in-the-ba
principle, as he so justly and ap-
preciatively distinguishes between the
two. Like the lad at the circus, one
pays his money and takes his choice.
When a man has so nice perception of
indistinguishable differences, We cannot
but regret that those who possess such
analytical minds do not occasionally give
an explanation of their own principles The
Convention adjourned without saying
what their political principles were, and
people are compelled to rely solely upon
conjecture. 1t is possible that the Con-
vention had not been instructed as to
what the principles of the Peoples party
are this year 1t was once announced bv
a very prominent member of the Peo-
pies party that its principles were
''the highest possible liberty to man and |
which is very excellent prin-
ciple, and high sounding withal, but is
lacking in one important particular-it |
gives no standard by which the amount
Of liberty that every man and woman is
entitled to Gamble known and regulated.
The majority of people here have very
good idea of the amount of liberty that
is possible in the conventions of the Peo-
pies party, and the amount of liberty to
which every member of that party is en-
titled so-long as he does the bidding
Of the powers chat be. Some people are
50 stepped in darkness and prejudice that
hey believe there is no liberty in the
PSSp&s tsty ekceptsuedras&is doled out
o them by the real leaders of the party.
Mr.. Webber is an adept at explaining
hings, and was one of committee of the
Jity Council that ekfAahied a "whim" of
he City Marshal to mean feeling of
orrow and mourning by whole COM
nllnity. This fwhin, Sef. the Marshal
Tas HE bhe&tAe until AAe ESPECIAL COM
nittee shed the ray of their greater
ght upon the matter; and now
ne of that committee has under
akeR the task and performed it
cry SdseeseNhty explaining IklfA dA-
'rences between the Old and Young +
democracy. To explain a thing that
oes not exist is very difficult task, and
q4fR2nsg endowed sbB nablreMas
lose mental characteristics that make
lem eminently fitted for such tasks; but ]
Ich man is Mr.. Webber 1t would be
mosegSaeieRa act if Mr. Jyebbae.would
Nplain the difference between a county
invention of the Peoples party for the
of candidates for various
Rses aandy voting for thepE by the
efhbers Of the party 'df Their own =
ee will and choice, and the :,
rrying out in a most faithful n
anner programme of the whole affair .
'ecfafly prepared by the leaders of
e church to which he adheres, which
aders do not attend the conventions r
~ lannot nov be found. He seems
ted 10y nature and education for such
SKIS, and this last is worthy Of any mans !
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l0RIGN OF THE RUSSIANS.