The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-06
THE TRUE DEMOCRATS.
The Action of the Rejected
Delegates.
SOME RINGING RESOLUTIONS.
The Proceedings of the Libsrals De-
DOunced-OOunty OrgaDiza-
tiOn Urged-Etc.

At the conclusion of the pseudo- Dem
ocratic Convention yesterday afternoon
in the Union Opera House, Ogden, the
rejected delegates held caucus in the
County Court House for the purpose OF
considering what action to adopt rela-
tive to the condition of political affairs
especially referring to tho Democracy
of the Territory.
After an organization of the meeting
had been effected, making Judge Will
Jams chairman and Joseph Barton
secretary, it was moved by delegate c..
@. Richards, of Weber County, that
we now put in operation all necessary
measures and means for a full and
complete organization of all true Dem
ocrats in the Territory of Utah, with
view of holding Territorial conven-
ton.
Whereupon, Mr.. Kenner, of Sanpete
County, moved that we now proceed to
organize as Territorial convention.
Both motions were then laid on the
taLle pending recess, to be given pre-
cedence over other business after the
resumption of the sitting, subsequent
to the hearing of the report of q COM
mittee on resolutions which was at
this point appointed, consisting of the
following gentlemen: s. Z. Thurman
w. II. King, J. B. Miner, q. U. Rich
ards and DR.. Pike.
When the caucus reassembled at 80
o clock in the evening, the committee
on r-solutl ons, otter keeping the dele
gates present waiting about an hour,
came in and presented the following
report:
WHEREAS, in pursuance of calls is
sued by Hon. William Il. Barnum,
chairman of the National Democratic
Committee, and by j. B. Ros thorough.
chairman of the Territorial DemocIa ic
| Convention, sixty delegates to the Ter
ritorial Democratic Convention held in
Ogden, Utah, May 9th, 1888. were duly
elected to represent the counties OF
Cache, Box Elder, Weber, Morga, :,
Davis. Utah, Juab, Willard, Sanpete
and Sewer in said convention; and
| Whereas. the said delegates were duly
accredited to the said convention, anG
were present and in due fern de
|
aud
Whereas, By unjust. an mocratic
and dishonest metuous, all parliament
airy rules and customs were disregarded
and openly deied in order that
the delegates so elected ard demanding
their seats could be denied recognition
and prevented from participating in the
deliberations of such convention; and
Whereas, No reason whatever has
oeen assigned for the ungentlemsnly
and unprecedented conduct of the saiu
convention, now therefore, be it
| Resolved, That We denounce the &C
ton of His Excellency, Acting Governor
William G. Hall. in arbitrarily pro-
claiming o. W. Powers the temporary
chairman of the Territorial Democratic
Convention, held this day without hav-
ing nominated the said Powers, to such
position or putting his name before the
convention to be voted upon, as being
contrary to all parliamentary pre-
cedents; in violation of all Democratic
principles, and as intended to assist ia
obtaining the control of such conven-
ton in q mobocratic manner rath,
tbsn by fair and honorable means.
ResOLvsd, That the action of the Con-
ventiop, through which the delegates OF
Cache, Davis, Juab Willard, Morgan
Solver, and Sanpete Counties were re-
:used seats in the convention, when
the seats of said delegates were uncon-
tested without giving the reasons there
LOT, when the reasons we're asked for,
is arbitrary, TN American, and undem
oCratic.
ResoiUed. That the refusal of said
convention, to assign reasons for the
Of hn di1lr nd Ior II
chosen delegates, from Weber, Utah.
Box Elder, Morgan, Davis, Juab San
pete, Sewer and M Hard Counties, when
said reasons were peremptorily de-
manded and called for, WAS tyrannicsl
arbitrary, and unjust, and can only be
az coUn ed for, upon the theory that siad
convention was arbitrarily applying
religious test, deeinsible upon demo
cratic principles
Res0lced, That the action of the ma
jorty OF the me mbers of said conyen-
tiou in, excluding delegates because Of
prior utilization with the Peoples party
and reserving to themselves the priv
lege of affil ating with the Liberal party
regardless of the democratic organiza
ton and the refr sal of said ajority to
declare in favor of an abandonment o.
said Liberal party, when proposition
was offered to that end, was undemo
cratic ano inconsistent and betrayed
sinister design on the part of said
majority 70 abandon democratic prinei-
pies aud the democratic organization
whenever in their judgment it became
,xnedient.
Resolved. That we brand the stats-
ments of the members of the committee
on credentials appointed by the said
convention, in substance to the effect
that certain of our delegates to said
convention who had been excluded had
stated that they would vote for a can
dictate put forward by the Peoples
Party. in preference to a candidate of
the Democratic party, where both snch
parties had tickets in the field, as mall
cious and false and made with full
knowledge that they we've false, and
when in fact the opposite answers to
such questions had Deen given by such
celegates.
RESOLVED, That we endorse the,princi-
PIES erunciated in the platform adopted
ny the last National Democratic Con-
vention as being democratic in every
particular, and we pledge ourselves 10
t. perpetuaiion of the principle,
therein set fl rtn, and declare on,
ympaihies to be with the National
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