The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-16
A POWERFUL CHAMPION.

Under the head, "Let the Territories
Come In if They Are Ready" the New
York Herald editorially speaks like a
patriot, as follows:
Congress has nothing to do with the poll
tics of the people of Dakota. That is to say,
it is not their business to inquire or even 10
know whether the eriitory leans toward
the Republican or tow ara the Democratlc
party Ihe question of admission to the
Union is superior to all partisan considera-
lions, and ii such considerations have q
feathers weight with any representative OF
the people at Washington he is less a patriot
than a politician.
If Dakota Cr Washington or Montana Is
ready to come in, then the sooner the door
is opened and the invitation given the bet
ter That is demanded by our own self
respect as well as by the justice which tney
have the right to claim. Delay Tor partisan
reasons-fear that the Republican majority
may be lessened or the Democratic minority
ohanged-subject the whole country to q
serious imputation.
we are glad TO see that the Democrats in
the House propose concerted auo lmmedl,
ate action. /, IS one OF tn live questions OF
the day, and W lille the hungry Republicans
are making grab for office under the new
administration the Democratic party has a
chance to show tDat il is the real party OF
the people.
But in praisi g the Democrats for
their seeming generosity THE HERALD
displays an unfamiliarity with the
course of the party. Both Democrats
and Republicans have stood in the way
of the admission of the Territories, and
backed by no better objections than
partisan politics. The Democrats let
Colorado in because they believed the
State would be Democratic, but having
been deceived in their estimate they
have meanly and mullshly refused as
sent to the admission of another Terri
tory. If the Democrats had been just.
Dakota would have been State four
years ago, and Washington, Montana,
and New Mexico would now
be in the Union. Washington
and Montana have shown what
they think of a party which
denies them the right of local self
government, by rolling up Republican
majorities which make the Democrats
there and elsewhere sick and tired OF
their party's laundering. The evil
dences are that the present apparent
eagerness on the part of the democratic
Congressuen to be fair to the Terri
tories is merely bluf-a trick inspired
more by political ambition than by a
sense of justice. There are five Terri
tories which have been able and anxious
to accept and bear the freedom and re-
sponspibllity of Statehood for at least
four years, and if the Democrats
had so willed they could have let these
five colonies into the Union at any
time during these four years. With
this knowledge constantly in their
minds the people of the afflicted
dependencies are MT disposed to look
with appreciation upon Mr.. Springer's
seeming kindness and consideration,
now that he and the party are power
less to do anything. The Democrats
were obstructionists when they might
have done something, and now that it
is too late for their services to avail,
they are deserving no commentator
for their tricky bluffs.
THE HERALD says this as a Democrat,
and because it is familiar with the
course of the party as to the Territories.