The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-15
HARRISON BOOMERS.


A. r., is furnishing the Republicans the
regular annual opportunity for getting
in partisan political WORK; and it may
be remarked that the Republicans, also
as usual, are not negleeting the op-
portunity. Whatever will make capital
for the party is being industriously
utilized. Every section of the country
is represented by delegates, as much SO
as would be the case were the encamp-
ment a Republican convention, and
every delegate will do his utmost for
the advancemed ut of the political cause
of his patty at home and elsewhere.
The Republicans of Utah are not with
out their representatives in the en-
campment, the duly accredited del
egates of the party in this instance
beiag General Nathan Kimball, of Og-
den, and Captain Z. G. Bailey. of this
city. Both are putting in their best
ticks for the party. They are hunting
up the newspaper reporters and
through them are booming" Harrison
and decryIng Cleveland; and mas
much as the Republican party keeps the
"twin relic" twsddIe in the national
platform. the aforesaid delegates are
vigorously working the anti. Mormon
act. Last Saturday the gentleman
named, as the Associated Press in
formed US, called on General Harrison,
and subsequently they called on the
Indianapolis Journal, for Sundays
issue of that paper has lengthy inter
views with them, the matter in which |
is intended to help the Republicans and |
hurt the Democrats. General Kimball
was asked if the Mormons varied poll
tically, to which he replied:
No; they are Democrats to man. Out
of the Gentiles, two-thirds are Republicans,
and out of the other third Democrats at
least hall would support Harrison if they
had chance. The MOrmons are the only
people who ratified Cleyeland's nomina-
zion in the entire Territory, and that didn't
amount to much. Outside of the Mormons
there is not a single Democratic organiZa-
ton or anything ofthe kind.
1t occurs to US that this is talking
with vengeance. 1t also occurs to US
that the General never thought that
perhaps a copy or two of the Journal
might possibly find its way to Utah.
Now, as a matter of fact, the Generals
friends and associates here, are all the
time insisting that the Mormons az
not Democrats, and that they cannot be
Democrats as long as they are Nor
mons. Why, it was only little while
ago that, in Kimball's own town, some
Mormons were kicked out of a Demo-
cratic convention because, as the con-
vention held, they could not be Mormons
and Democrats at the same time. The
HERALD heartily wishes it was true
that the Mormons were all Democrats,
and grieves over the fact that good
many of them are nct, though we hope
in the course of time to lead the mis-
guided ones into the straight and
narrow path of pure Democracy.
What do Merritt, Powers and others
who pose as Democrats say of General
Kimbaii's assertion above that all
Mormons are Democrats2 Also what
do these gentlemen say of Kimball's
further declaration that outside of the
Mormons there is NOT a single Demo- ,
cratic organization or anything Of the
kind? We trust these assertions by ,
the talkative old soldier will not cause
hard feelings between him and his
Democratic friends here.
General Kimball explains that the
tariff question is at the bottom of the
i'll will towards Cleveland and the ad- +
miration for Harrison. You see," he
says, 'free trade for us simply means $
that you close our mines and destroy 8
our wool market. Those are our two
greatest industries, and destroy them !
and you destroy the people to great !
extent. I find it is the same way in
Idaho. There the Democratic party :
is divided. and one faction strongly
favors Harrison"
If General Kimbsll will name :
single Utah Democrat, Mormon or
Gentle, who. if he had chance, would
vote for Harrison in preference to
Cleveland, we will undertake to show that
the man is not Democrat and can ;
not define the meaning of Democracy. ,
Captain Bailey is even more reckless
with his tongue than General KimbaH. :
Perhaps the genial Captain thinks with :
all his acquaintance. that it doesn't
matter at all what he says, hence be
can talk without regard to his utter
ances. Here is how Bailey began whgn
it cane his turn to talk:
Every Mormon, thief law-breaker and
Tagabond in our part of the country is a
Democrat. They can't tell Tor the lie of
them why they are Democrats, but believe
Il is lust their innate meanness that makes ]
them SO. There is no reason why they
should favor Cleveland, foe every word he
has said has been dead against the interests
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