The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-26
PEOPLES TICKET.
For Delegate to Congress,
JOHN T. GAME
MIR. GOoDwIN'S PLATFORM.

The Liberal candidate often urged the
Mormons to come within the law" and
said all would then be well with them. He
advised them to do as the Hebrews did, to
retain their faith, but obey the law. He
said Gentiles were anxious to meet them
half way. "There must" he said, ''be a
basis from which all must work, and that
basis is the law' He explained in full
what was demanded of the Mormons, in
these words:
The Hebrews made the most determined
efforts. They were conquered thirteen times,
and yet SO soon as they recuperated al.ttle they
made a fresh struggle under the theory that
they were diyinely guarded; that a few of them
with Con made a majority, and that 1t was
their mission to persevere until they estab-
lished the rule of the earSh. with their capital
in their holy city. But they have
learned the lesson that while their faith is
sacred to them. that while they have no idea OF
relnquishing one tenet of it, their plain duty is
10 obey the laws of whatever country they may
be in. = The Gentiles do no. care what
the Saints worship or what hopes they nurse
for this world or the world to come, but there
must be basis from whica all must work, and
that basis is the law.-Trj5uRs, March 2l, 1859.
Now that the Mormons have met him On
the basis of the law, what does he say
Why, that the Mormons should be disfran-
CHS ed for what he says is the condition OF
their hearts, Hear his latest TRADE against
people who will not vote for him;
The Mormons have never learned yet that
when the supreme court declares a law to be
constitutional that that law is in fact part q
the constitution itself. They accept the consti
tuition, but they claim the right of their chic
priests to interpret it.
Just compare the above falsehoods will
the declarations Of the Peoples platform OF
that very point:
"All laws enacted in pursuance of tn,
national constitution are paramount. The
decisions of the supreme court of tht
United States are final and authoritative a.
TO the validity and Interpretation of those
laws, and it is the duty of all good citizens
to render submission thereto
Here is another from the Liberal candi
date, intended TO show how his law break
ing supporters are better citizens than his
law abiding opponents whom he seeks tt
disfranchise:
THE HERALD apparently cannot distinguish
between disloyalty and any other kind of crime
1t caunot understand that man might be
guilty of many vices and still be loyal through
and through and ready to die for his country
1t cannot understand that another man NIGH
be destitute Of vices, might be law-abiding in
time of peace, might be a useful member O.
society in all things that relate to the usual vo
No, THE HERALD cannot understand any
such argument as that law abiding mer
should be disfranchised in time Of peace or
the supposition that they viii become law
less in time of war; nor that law breakers
in time Of peace should enjoy any especial
favors on the theory that they will sud
denly become good citizens in time of war
1t is a contradiction in terms to say that
Liberal law breaker is a better citizen thar
Mormon who violates no law. The MAI
who pretends he can discover back of the
loyal acts of one class of people disloya
hearts, and back of the disloyal claw break
ing) acts of another class discovers only
loyal hearts, is rare specimen of unadul
terated fanaticism.
Here is what the Liberal candidate once
demanded:
First, the order should be given that no NOR.
polygamous marriages shall be solemnized
The people expect this a vast majority woult
vote for il tomorrow if the question could bs
frankly and fairly submitted to them.-Trib,me
Jan. 10, 1889.
But the signs of the times indicated the
end of polygamy. Polygamous marriages
were by this time no longer celebrated
Delegate GAME mad declared il Congress:
that polygamy was a dead issue in Utah
for which truth he was roundly black
guarded as a descendant Of ANANIAs by the
Liberal candidate, and on every hand it ap
peared that the Mormons were determined
TO obey the law. So Mr.. GOODWIN FASTENED
TO make, in the same issue, this demand
also:
Next, there should be second communica-
ton, that henceforth, in political matters. tn,
church leaves the people free to manage thei
affairs as they may please to- Tribune, June 6
1889.
1t was natural enough for the church
leader 10 issue the manifesto against plura
marriages, as they had been part of the prac
tice of many Of his people; but to repudi
ate a doctrine never held, is somewha
different matter, yet this Is what Mr.
GOODWIN demands of the church. He ad
mitted few days ago that the People,
primaries, conventions, etc. were as fire.,
from ''dictation" as those of the Liberia
party; he had declared that several hun
dred young Mormons voted the Liberia
ticket, in the city election; he had befor,
him these declarations of the Peoples party
mo power or organization, ecclesiastica
or otherwise, should be permitted to en-
croach upon the liberty which is essentia
to popular government and to personal DO
litical independence. We are under no oh
legation to any church, organization, asso
citation or individual by which our libert,
is in any way curtailed, nor is our freedom
to vote for or against any person or ques
ton infringed;" yet he demands that some
body shall, in some unknown way, make
still more certain that the Mormons ow,
their consciences, and as it does not ap
pear how anything more definite could b.
said on this point, he still raves for tn,
Acknowledgement and degradation of tn