The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-14

Nine Men Claim They Own the
Republican Party.
AND RESOLVE NOT TO GIVE 1T UP
Like the Little Boy Who Whistled In Passin
the Graveyard They Hurrah in Sight
OF the Corpse.

Nine able bodied gentlemen, to wit: c.
g. Goodwin, Arthur Brown. j. Z. Dooly,
A. b. Emery, d. b. Slower, Hector w.
Haight, John Witoecz, Jonn Dougal and
James McGarry. filed into the rooms OF the
Utah commission yesterday afternoon an
hour late, to discuss politics. They repre-
sented part of the Old Republican territorial
committee which, however, IS misnomer,
as they were running Republicans and
Democrats alike under the old Liberal dis
pensation. That this is no longer SO, made
their hearts heavy and their souls weary.
Six members of the committee
We're not present, but this made
no difference. Indeed, it would
have been Just as well II only
two members mad been present, to-wlt: O..
Z. Gooawin ana Arthur Brown. They did
ali the talking that was INDUCED In, which
Is saying q great deal. IL was ali talk.
Arthur Brown spoke for himself and
Judge Goodwin for The rest Nnen IL came
to vote On The main question whether 10
break up now or wait until they
were broken up, Artlur Brown
again only voted for himself
against the other eight.
1t was fore ordained. Had there been
any doubt ABOUT the result the committee
One after the other The eight patriots arose
and pIped their little piece that Things did
not look very pad and yet they were con-
voKed because Things did LOOK black, black
ana barren. In view of the Liberal grave
yard IL took some shrill whlstIing TO keep
up an appearance of courage.
Ju lge GOODWIN repeated some OF his past,
present and future editorials against the
MUrmons, seiced WITH an extra dose OF VIM
egar aud pepper. He was very sour and
bitter. The whole situation" he declared,
''can De summed up in one sentence. III
the Democrats elect the president next year
th=re Will not 90 1900 Mormon Repubi-
cans IN L IAN, and vice versa" When and
how lie expected TO bring ABOUT a change
depouent ayeth not, but Arthur Brown
DID. the legal luminary fairly annihiated
Goodwin's sophistry, but IL avalleth him
not. The eight stood up and were counted
against the one.
Having performed this duty and ap-
prised the country of the fact that they,
the Republican territorial committee, were
opposed unto death TO a Republican party,
ana to any party except the late bastard,
they adjourned for refreshments, alter
which they perpetrated the following,
to-wit:
Resolved, That the declarations made by the
convention which appointed this committee are
still hiding upon this committee.
Resolved. That we hid Inat the division by
loyal men on party lines IN Titan at this time
would be an irrevocable fatal mistake, it
would place the absolute rule OF the territory IN
the hands OF the first presidency Of the Mormon
church; as il would speedily result in giving
statehood 10 this territory and that statehood
would be under control of the Mormon tneoc-
racy.
Resolved, That Utah is not vet prepared TO
accept the trust of statehood because a major
ity o. her people still maintain a higher alegi-
ance TO the theocracy under which they have
ali their lives served than TO the government OF
the United states.
Resolved, That the material and political in
terests OF Utah imperatively demand the united
acton OF all loyal people in this territory until
there shall be an absolute and unqualified
Abandonment OF polygamy. and until reasonable
evidence shall be supplied that the men who
control the Mormon caUrch have finally deter
mined upon complete separation OF church and
state IN this territory.
Resolved That this committee views with
sincere regret the drifting OF OF few Repubn-
cans on parry lines and looks with confidence
20 their speedy return TO the party that has
made possible such advances III the political
social and material progress OF Utah as have
thus far been accomplished.
DAVID b. SLOWER
q. c. GOODWIN,
A. Is. EMERY,
II NJ. DOUGALL.
JAMES MCGARRY,
j. 4. DOOLY,
HECTOR W. WRIGHT,