The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-04
HARD, COLD FACTS.
Some KnOckdOwn Figures by an
Amateur Stumper.
THE ROYAL BLOOD wINDBAG.
Views Of an "Ofice Holder" - 'wateredr
Facts by the Liberals Figures
that Can't Lie.

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Thursday night:
when fighting was thickest, our doughty
forefathers, if they couldn't get a
gun, would seize long handled shovel, {
pitchfork or garden hoe and go out Il
meet the enemy. They couldn't do such
spartan service with these crude nipple
ments of warfare as can be done to-day
with the Mittrailleuse or the Gattling gun,
but they did the best they could. Now, the
Peoples party finds itself at present in the
midst of fierce political battle, and its
generals, the central committees, are look
about for weapons such as they can best do
battle with. They have selected some big
guns, some of whom have done excellent
service to the cause here this evening, and
in a moment of excitement, as the conflict
is reaching climax, they hurriedly grab at
something-anything, and send it forth to
Whack away at the enemy. This is the way
l account for my presence before you this
evening as political speaker. Let me in
troduce myself as stuffed club, if you please
seized without consideration and hurled
into the thick of the fight / deem this ex-
PLANTATION necessary because l am not ap-
pearine before you tonight as an orator,
DuG OHlA dS d ICCbLG dL4duGuI W ~ 10
making his first political harangue.
THE POLITICS OF UTAH
is very peculiar politics. 1t cannot be iden-
titled with any other known politics. So
far as its local battles are concerned it
knows no Democrats, no Republicans, no
Prohibitonists, no Mugwumps, none of the
great parties of our common country; it is
the people against the enemies of thepeople;
II is Justice and right against usurpatiOn
and trickery; it is plain truth against
wicked, designing malicious error and
hypocrisy.
Tread in the Tribune the other day that a
strangerAere, in his ignorance of Liberal
methods, asked the question of promi-
ncnt Gentle: "How is it, since the
Mormons are largely in the majority
here, that you Gentiles expect to carry
the elections!n Now, wasn't that an IN
sophisticated question to ask! This guile
less stranger, in his Georgian ignorance, &C
tually wanted to know how it was that
minority party could carry an election.
But befoce commenting further on this
mans sublime innocence let US hear what
the prominent Gentle answered: He is
reported to have told the stranger that the
reason was because large percentage of
the saints" were DISTINGUISHED, where
upon the stranger is stated to have seen
through the glass and exclaimed, 'iAh ~
.'"mething that time / doubt not that was
I. very expressive ''Ah" which he gave
vent TO- There came
GLMMER OF LIGHT
through the glass; to that cropping
stranger. He was probably made aware of
& way by which it would be made possible
TO outvOte his political opponents should
they cuance to outnumber his own party.
Now supposing just for the sake of talking,
that this now Literally educated stranger
goes % his eastern home, in Connecticut |
or Ohio, or New York and gathers together
d few friends and tells them, Here I've |
learned a new dodge in politics. We fel |
LEWIS here haven't been half smart. What |
we want to do to overthrow our opponents
is to begin crusade against them, villify |
them, make them unpopular, storm the
halls Of Congress, get strong lobby, work
up some legislation to disfranchise large
percentage of them, put all the election
machinery in our own hands, we walk |
into the offices, they walk out and there
you are. The thing is done" You |
will say at once that such scheme as this
would be impossible in any OF those states. !
But YOU DON'T KNOW.
There is really no telling. l remember
when other people used to tell us here that |
such a thing as DISTINGUISHING an American |
citizen because of the exercise of his re-
IElOQ6 DGllCI WAS So uLICElN ItpuSuduI 10 |
the genius of American institutions that |
congress could never in the world sanction !
IL; and l remember when we ourselves used |
to stand right up and say that such pro- |
vision was unconstitutional and unheard of |
and un-American, and that we wouldn't |
stand it. But time and repeated aggres-
sions and iniquities of a similar nature
have mellowed US down till we are almost |
forgetting what our original rights
were. Now ] say that when a
large percentage of the Peoples party
was disfranchis3d by Congressional enact
nent that it was an encroachment of the
liberties of every American citizen. They
didn't any Of them object to it excepting US
of the Peoples party, but it made prece-
dent which some day may result in just
what have alluded to in my supposition of
the enlightened stranger. Don't you be-
lieve that this scheme to disfranchiSe a
portion of the people here was conceived
by conspiring political adventurers in
Utah for the purpose of beating their oppo
nents at the polls and setting control OF
the offices! l do, and | think history will
prove it. In 1882 was the first time that
The scheme really met with Congressional
support. and then it was law was passed
DISTINGUISHING all pOlygamists from voting
or holding office in the territories. On ap-
plicatiOn of the law it was found, however,
that there wasn't
SUCH A LARGE PERCENTAGE
CT the party polygamists as has been an
and the majority party still held
the reigns of government in Utah. a host
of them were prevented from voting, I
true, but in plain words, the minority
party was still unable to carry the cleo S
tons Now, wasn't that shame! Well, !
what was to be done? Why, work up an /
other crusade, find some more reasons for {
reduce the numbers of
the peoples voters again and see what the
result would be. So in 1887 the gentler Y
sex, the poor weak women (whO were orig I
inally given the franchise in the hope that /
they would use it against their husbands I
and fathers; but who, strangely enough, {
preferred to keep the political control in l
the family were deprived of the right '
TO vote. And now there is a con {
test coming to determine which is I
the strongest-the majority party being !
reduced in number $ as much as Congress |
will permit at present, and all the cleo |
ton machinery in the hands of the minority
If the refractory majority should still be in c
the ascendancy why the minority will have s
TO make another application to Congress for q
more legislation, that's the only show, and c
let me tell you that a plan TO disfranchise I
every man who believes in Mormonism is /
already projected and will be urged upon c
Congress the coming winter. And when q
finally the time shall come that the party 1
is disfranchised out of voting existence c
then there will be vast rejoicing IN the '
Liberal camp over great Liberal victory e
Yes, I've heard of such victories before. ! I
Iave heard of a man having his hands tied I
behind him and then having an unprlnclpled S
,ueian step up and pound him in the face. G
ISN'T IT GLORIOUS VICTORY :
But it's no use bewailing our position C
he question is, what is to be done! In my t
,nininn there is only one thing to do at | S