The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-14

ritory should ignore part side Issues
abandon parasite political parties and
| place themselves in line with tue one OF
the other of III Sc national parties sub
scribe to its principles, adopt its usages
and support its nominees.
As an old war Democrat, putting be-
hind all the dead issues of til. past
| and accepting as finally the aroltra-
ment of arms, and looking only To the
living questions of the present. recog.
nlze with undoubting faith that Demo-
cratic principles will carry the people OF
this Republic TO the highest civilization
and greatest prosperity. and make it
one of the most powerful and wealthy
commercial, military, and maritime
powers of the civilized world.
At this point, MIR. Edward II. Ander-
son was nominated and unanimously
elected secretary. and was at once
called upon to read the platform
cratic Convention at st. Louis. Mr..
Anderson stepped, forward, and in a
clear, distinct voice. read the grand
| document which will do as much to
bring success to the Democratic party
at the next Presidential election as
any influence whiah will certainly bring
TINS about. The reading of the declara.
ton of principles Was frequently in
terrupted by loud and enthusiastic ap-
p ause.
Nathan Tanner, in neat speech, pre-
Sc tied the following resolution:
Rss0IUed-1. That we endorse the
platter and resolutions adopted by
the Democratic Natioral Convention at
st. Louis on the 7th inst.
2. That Utah, as well as her sister
| (so-cailed) Territories, has arrived at
| full-grown Statehood, AID is, by virtue
| of the second article of the Constitu-
| tion, and article nine of the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, as explained by the
paper attached, and signed by the com
| missioners OF the respective govern
ments, entitled, not only to self
government, but all admission into the
Union.
That we arraign the Republican
Congress and party for a violation
OF their oaths, and breach of faith
in refusing Utah admission for the last
quarter of century.
4. That any form of Colonial govern
ment is incongruous with the poll
tical system of the United States, and
equally open to oppression and exposed
to fraud. Especially is this true under
policy which IMPORTS officials having
no interest in common with the people !;
but to whom the ho1ors and emoIr-
ments con 1titute the incentive to accep-
lance Of office; no matter as to the in
telligeuce or rectltude of the intentions
Of the appointing power.
God made man, men made the States,
and the States made Congress, aud the
idea that Congress can crate State is
as fallaciOus as that men may make
Gods, or that the creature may crea e
his creator. Bodies polite become
States by reason of their organization
and self-sufficiency to- exercise the
functions and bear the burdens of self :
government, and Congress may OF right
admit them or not according as the ma
ton may have pledged its faith to do so
Or not, but it has no authority to hold
and govern, arbitrarily, q Territory able
TO govern itself.
Hon. &C. Richards favored the audi.
ence with an enthusiastic speech,
wherein he portrayed the political his
tory of Grover Cleveland, and eulogized
MS character, off cial life, and admins
tration of the Offices of governor of the
State of New York and President of the
United States.
The speech was greeted with appreci-
alive applause at its close.
Mr.. II. h. Roiapp was the next
speaker. He spoke to the second
standard bearer Of the party. Allen G
Thurman. 1.-THE noblest old Roman of
all'' whom be likened to the great
Roman of ancient history. Cincinnatus
rhe speaker traced the history of this
llustrious man down to 1881. when he
retired from political life, until he has
been recalled into public life by the
nomination of the late National Demo.
cratic Convention.
Hon. Hadley D. Johnson, the staunch
old Democrat, was next called for. He
said he had been In the habit
for over forty years of ratifying lust
such actions of the Democratic party
as the present, and he was 80 much in
the habit of ratifying, that he could not
help attending ratification meeting of
the Democratic nominees whenever he
was able. Hence, it was, having heard
that ratification meeting would be
held here, that he had come up from
participate in the proceedings of the
gathering.
1t was an old saying and a true one
that the man who pays the duty is the
consumer; every man who wears
cloth, every woman who wears silk.
everyone who consumes the Injuries
and necessaries of life have to pay the
import duties. He endorsed the doc
trine of his friend, Thomas Hendricks,
that tariff duties should be no greater
than the administration of the govern
m mt, honestly administered demand.
Mr.. Hadley closed by offering an
addition to the resolution offered by
Mr.. Tanrer.
Rssolved That this meeting do
most heartily endorse and ratify the
nomination of Cleveland and Thurman
to the offices of President and Vice
President of the United States"
Hon. James II. Moyle was introduced
as one who partook of the enthusiasm
of the national convention, which did
such noble work as to nominate the
great msn of the party. He had long
before his first nomination in 1884. en-
dorsed and applauded the name of
Grover Cleveland as the first man of
the nation. He could think OF nothing
which would give him more pleasure
than the position he holds to day,
to look upon and triumph with
the Democracy of the nation
in heralding tho name of Grover Cleve-
land as the next President of the United
States.
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