The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-04-26
DEMOCRATS, BALL Y
Attend the Primaries and
Elect Your Delegates.
REMEMBER, YOU ARE FRERMEN
Whether You Are Catholics, Metho-
dists, jews, G0ntiles or
Morm0ns.
D the Editor of THE HERALD.

Ther6 are democrats ana democrats.
For nearly or quite half century,
have been considered Democrat, aud
in ordinarily good standing with
members of the party, and in
all those years have tried to SO
act as that all men might, seeing my
political action, know upon what plat
form stand. / did not suppose, Ia the
earlier years of this century, nor do L
believe now, that mans religion or
non-religion was to be considered in
cases where his political affiliations
were concerned.
In the years when such men as JEFF
ferson and Madison, and Clay and
Jackson were representatives OF the
two great national parties, and active in
politics, it was not usual-nay, it never
occurred that the ballot of legal voter
was refused by either party, because he
might happen to be Catholic. a Meth
odist, or a member OF any Their Ie-
Iigious denomination. On the contrary,
votes possible, not caring 10 inquire
into the voters religion, and even now
the same activity prevails at elections
! In all the States of the Union, it being
reserved to a self-rlghte0us lew in Utah
| 10 refuse political utilization with aclass
of voters known as Mormons
The columns of TIE HERALD will
show that about the year 1o7Z the
| Democratic party was organized in this
Territory; that such organization was
kept up for few years, but finally dis
| solved, because a portion of those per
sons calling themselves Democrats re-
| fused to affiliate with the organization,
giving as reason, that they would not
associate in political capacity with
Mormons. Your pages Will show the
further fact, that after the organization
above referred to had been suffered to
lapse, l announced my determination
to stand aloof from politics in Utah,
until the Democrats and Republicans
would conclude to organize the respe c.
tive parties. Since the Umes referred
TO, all the elections in Utah have been
carried on by what are termed the
Liberal and the PEOPLES rarties, and l
have abstained from joining either of
them.
Recently, however, calls have been
issued ~ the Republican and Lemo-
cratic ESQ called, and probably self
ele"ted) Central Committees for Teri
torial conven ions to eject dele
gates to the respective national
conventions. See ng these calls,
l came to the conclusion that the re-
spective parties had decided to organ
izs. Observing specially the Democratic
call, and feeling an interest in the
organization of my party, l wrote
brief note which was printed in The
HERALD few days ago; in that note
primaries. and send delegates to the
ogden convention. One reason why l
wrote and published that note was,
that the Central Committee did not
furnish you with copy of the call nor
request you to print it, and l was
anxious that your readers should be
advised of what was going on.
From a communication in the Salt
Lake Tribune of Tuesday. over the
signature of Democrat" (the writer
sneaking into print on false pretense,
fof he does not write like Democracy.
l am led to believe that possibly little
game of the Liberal" element is likely
to be frustrated, or, at least, that that
element is alarmed lest their scheme
should fail. This fellow, who calls him
self a Democrat, says "Hadley D.
johnson, who claimed to be Demo
crat, but has always been Mormon in
politics, issued a manifesto which sug-
gests that the Mormons disguise them
| themselves as Democrats, and take
possession of an organization, call it
Democratic" There is also con-
spiracy to play this game in other
counties" will not the Democrats
rally and prevent this dishonor and
degradation?"
When I refer to the call of the Demo.
cratic Central Committee, wherein it
recommends that ali Democrats be
invited to unite in the proceedings" (of
the primaries and in the convention),
and refer also to my letter, urging all
Democrats to do what the Central
Committee invited them to do, l have
nailed to the counter a few of the
genuine lies uttered by bogus Demo-
crat.
What now beg to suggest, however.
to all Democrats in Utah, who are also
legal voters, is to
RALLY! RALLY! RALLY
at the primaries and elect such dele
gates as will prevent the "dishonor and
degradation contemplated by this
bogus Democrat, who would, if he could +,
disfrsnchise you on account of your
religious belief, should it conflict with
his own.
REMEMBER
You are free men, whether YOU are
Catholics, Methodists, Jews, Gentiles or
Mormons. Do not recognize the right
of any man or set of men to deny you
participation in the
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES
or in the convention, aud as
| FREE MEN
do not hesitate to assert your right to
''units" in these proceedings, as you are
INVITED
to do so by Territorial Central Com
mittee. II. D. JOHNSON.
April 25, 1888.
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