The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-08
SAVE THE TERRITORY.

Territory VINO nave ACNOA 'N
other hundreds who have voted only
once or twice. They have been lndlner-
ent in the matter. The disproport1on
AZ to numbers between the parties here
has not had tendency to inspire In
terest and activity in politics. Tbs
Young mn, that is to say, GOOD
mauy of them, have paid little
or no attention to political matters
the feeling being that elections would
90 one way, and the masses have &C
cepted it that that way was the right
one. Latteriy these young men have
given mere thought to political ques-
tions and parties. They see that the
time is fast approaching when Young
IN this Territory will be the earnest
thing that it is elsewhere. It's natural
il not necessary for Americans TO be
uolitieians and partisans; they Will
follow parties in spite o
themselves, and will entertain
political opinions. The young men OF
Utah are no exception to the rule. The
conditions have kept them back, and
prevented the activity which we zee
elsewhere, but these conditions have
not changed their natures. Within the
past two or three wears wonderful
change in the conditions has taken
Mace in Utah, the change amounting
almost to revolution. Thought Is
running in new channels, auo enoft
turns TO new directions. There is yet
great dispropor:ion in the matter
of numbers between the opposing
f ,ctions, politically speaking, but the
tende1cy is towards equalizing and
eyenipg. This tendency is more and
more marked as the months pass, and
it is only a olestiou of time when the
contests at tbs polls viii be real
battles of the ballot, fought with earnest
ness on either side and with the expec-
tation of winning. As that ume
approaches, and we can all see 1t COM
ing, the political apathy and thougat-
Iessness are disappearing, ana
the young men, who Will be
the masters at the polls, are
manifesting a disposition to come to
the front. The American inclination Is
asserting itself in them, and they are
thinking of politics and parties as they
never thought of them before. They
are passing iudgmentupon the declara
tious, the claims, the professions and
the teachings of the great political asso-
Citations, and are deciding in their minds
between the principles of the organ'za-
tious, Whichever way these young
men decide now, they will. as
a rule, stand by their Judgment through
life; the party with which they set out
will claim them tn the end.
An obseryaRt person who is at all
familiar with the community will not at
tempt to deny that the predisposltlon
of the people is to Democracy. The
tendency of the young men who are
now and will be the voters is towards
the party of the people. Why this Is
so. we will net attempt to explain.
The inclination is there, and
we respectfully ask the Democrats if it
will not be wise to encourage that incli-
nation until it asserts itself in action ?
Will it not be suicidal in political, and
and wicked in every other sense, for
Democrats to discourage these young
men, to frown upon their approaches
and deny them the privilege of identi-
flying themselves with the Democracy?
The matter is one for Demo-
Gratis to think of and ponder
over. Upon the encouragement
they receive will depend largely
the choice which the young men make
as between parties. Principles go a
long way, put treatment is not without
its weight and influence. The party
which opens its arms, and extends an
invitation and welcome, will get more
re ,ruits than the one which closes the
door in the face of the newcomer, and
tells him to go his way.
No one will be silly enough to deny
that boom as we may, and bring in
ell the immigrants it is possible
to induce hither, Utah-born voters will
for II. q wears, if not forever, hold the
Valance of power in this Territory. They
can control to-day. and from this time
forth they will be masters if they choose
n assert themselves, which they are
manifesting disposition to do. Demo
Gratis. will it not be political wisdom to
win these Utah voters and retain them
Il will not require much of an effort to
make Utah firmly Democratic, and once
in the ranks nothing could move her
from the Democr ATTIC column. The
nredisposition to democracy is so
strong that the Republicans would have
tn work harl to turn the young men
into their fold, but Republicans are not
afraid to do the work. They are even
now engaged in it. THY welcome every
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