The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-31

may be no direct proof OF corruption, yet
there may be indirect proof which, to
the public mind, would be evide ice
enough that corruption existed. a
| change Of government gave promise, or
| people thought it did. of a change in
the administration of affairs, and it was
in view Of this that so much pomp and
ceremony were displaced in the inaugu-
ration of President Cleveland.
How far this change has taken place
| the people OF the country must Judge.
How far Democrats were justified in
jubilating as they did in November. 1881,
and in March, 1885, must be 1etermineG
by results. l remember very well the
grand "poW-wow" that took place IN
front of the City Hall here when it was
definitely known that Grover Cleveland
ha been elected. l remember that the
Mormons felt very jubilant As Demo
Gratis they were pleased that a Demo-
cratic President had been elected.
They fancied they saw better times
ahead for Utah, and for the country as
q whole. They had a right to expect
that the party to which they had al
ways declared allegiance would treat
them with the consideration they de
serVed-Would accord to them their
rights under the Constitution
would see that the principles of
Democracy were upheld in thS Terri
tories as well as the States. Have the
Mormons been disappointed Was
their ratification meeting in front OF
the City Hall a mistaken Has their
rejoicing over the defeat of the Repub-
Iicans at the polls been justified? Did
President Cleveland, in his first mes
sage to Congress, pat the Mormons on
the back and recommend that they be
accorded rights which had been denied
them by the KepubIicans2 No, verify.
They heard something about existing
laws against polygamy being vigorously
enforced; something about the sane
tity of the home" something about ad-
ditionsl legislation being passed, if
necessary, TO settle the Mormon
question, and a suggestion in regard
20 stopping or restricting M ormon emf
grafton! This was Ger tainly beautiful
beginning. 1t was very cold comfort 70
the Mormons, who, as Democrats, had
always been of the opinion that a
Democratic administration Won d accord
10 them their rights. The Senate
almost commenced the last session
with another bill against Utah. 1t was
fathered in the Senate committee on
judiciary by Senator Edmunds, and
engineered through the Senate By THAI
same gentleman until it passed that
body. OF course the Senate has Re-
publican majority. and the new Ed
munds bill was Republican measure.
1t passed over to the House committee
on judiciary, a Democratic body,
so far as 8 majority Of its members is
The people, of Utah are
familiar with the long hearing that was
had before the committee on the bill.
Some six days were consumed in taking
pro and con. Then the bill was
taken testimony into considers
ton by the whole committee,
and with what result? Did the1
Democrats sit down upon the bill or
seek to modify it in anyway Did
they declare that Senator Edmunds was
too anti Mormon for anything, or that
the bill was ViIlative of the rights of |
or that it was unconstitut ional |
in this, that and the other proposition? |
No. The committee simply set to work |
and rejected the whole bill excep the |
enacting clause, and in its place drafted |
aud almost unanimously agreed upon a |
that was ten times worse than |
the original as 1t came from the Senate. |
The provisions of the bill are we'll |
known. Their infamous nature have |
-ong since been digested By the people |
against whom they are aimed. Ought |
Mormon Democrats to feel proud of |
The labors of that committee, or ought
.heyy to experience fear rather tran
,snfidence in those whom they had
.hought would deal with the question
IN hand in a spirit of fairness instead
IF fanaticism2 Mormon Democrats
;an answer the question for them
elves. ,
But are the Mormons the only class
If people that feel disappointed in
he policy pursued by a Democrats"
President and a Demo cratic Hos
Has there not been great fault found
With the hardness that has been di.-
,layed by the President in removing
Republicans out Of Office to make room
or Democrats, men who are in sym
,athV with the present administration
Wonder if those who shouted so Justify
md loudly upon the 4th of Marcn, 1885
re still as enthusiastic as they were
lpon that eventful day? guess many
Who have been disappointed in being
Installed into place or position have lost
considerable ardor, for President
cleveland and his way of doll
ng business. This, however, is
carcely fair. s The tremendous
ask that the President has had to per-
orm should be remembered. Some
,eople would have had him remove
very Republican officer in a month,
10 matter how much the public service
night have been crippled by so doing.
others, again, have done nothing but
nd fault with almost every appoint
nent the President has made, all of
7hich persons may be designated as 4
lily soreheads. Time viii tell. 1 think
hat the present executive of the ma
ion HAS done as well, if not better,
han many others that might be men,
toned, had they been placed in the
anne position. 1t is easy TO bespatter
18th mud; easy to find fault; but as a !
ule the person who sings the dirt is I
lfiRiteIy more un,lean than the indi- {
lduaI whom he tries to make impure.
Day after to morrow the elections
ill undoubtedly tell tale in regard to
ae feeling toward Cleveland and the
olicy of the administration. Many I
lcll5e to the opinion that the working
Majority in the house will be reduced
-hich event will be taken as a. snub TO
ne President. There does not appear,
oweyer. to be much hope for such
lub. On the contrary. it viii be found
lat the policy OF the President will be