The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-06
TO-DAY's CONVENTION.
THE HERALD,
Salt Lake City. Utah

at noon today Democrats from
various parts of the Territory will
meet in Representativ s. Chamber,
City Hall, for the purpose of discussing
the propriety of organizing a Demo
cratic party. For a long time past
there las been growing feeling in the
community in favor of forming a
party. Democrats have realized that
a there was no organization here with
Z which they could affiliate and still be
Democrats. There was an association
which maintained an organization for
show purposes once in four years, but
while calling itself Democratic it was
not that in principle or practice. In
politics it was nothing, but its mem
bers were almost to man Liberals,
which is the local name for Republi-
cans. True Democrats have desi1ed q
living, active party with which to wor k.
This desire became intense last
spring, and when the old. misuamed
organization evinced some Evidence of
Life, a cool many Democrats expresse
willingness to join the association, IL
regular as they knew it to be, and they
offered themselves as members, hopin 2
that in the course of time the evils
which existed would be eliminated and
true Democracy wo1ld hold sway.
These men we're met with SCOTS and
kicks, further proving the un-Demo-
cratic character of the organic alton,
and making it plain to everybody that
there was not party in Utah which
had the right to claim the Democratic
name. The doings at the Ogden con-
vention taught Democrats that if they
would have a party they must build
one from the very foundation. There
was dislike, however, to proceed, and
while eager for somebody to
take the initiative all held back.
Finally last month the old asso-
citation called another convention, when
Democrats were again spurned and
cuffed. 1t then became necessary for
some one to make a start, and some
Utah County Democrats issued the call
for the mass convention which will as
semble to-day.
We cannot tell how general will be
the response; there may be many or
few in consultation; but whether there
shall be few or many the movement is
q proper one. and we hope it will be
perseveIed il. A Democratic party in
this Territory will be growing party
from the very first. There is wide
spread Democratic tendency in the
community, and as soon as the people
learn that the Democratic party is
Democr tic in principles as well as in
name, that the only requirement il
makes of its members is that they will
be Democrats, there will be a falling
into the ranks of those men who are
inclined towards Democracy and who
would long since have been awowed
Democrats if there had been a party
for them to work with. That there
is not to-day q strong, active
and vigorous Democratic party in Utah
is chaIgeable directly to the narrow
miudedness, the downright meanness o.
the men who have been in control OF
the organization which has finally
surrendered to another association
and virtually gone out of existence
as a distinctive organization. We SCI
no good reason why the conference to-
day shall not result in giving birth anC
life To party that will in time gathel
within It's ranks all Utah Democrats
and ev ntually acquire the politica
mastery OF this fair Territory.