The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-07
PEMBROKE'S POLITICS.
He Rec!tes Two Former Efforts TO Start DEM
oeratic Club.
SALT LAKE CITY. June ., 1891.

To the Editor OF THE HERALD;
AS 1t has been contemporaneously stated
that the first Democratic club was
formed in Salt Lake City in 1856, de-
sire to'correct that statement by the pre-
sentation Of the facts.
In the issue of the Salt Lake Erening
Democrat of March =, 1855, the following
appeared under the heading, "Democratlc
Club; Movement of the People and for
the People; the Dawning of True Dem
ocracy in Utah"
All residents of Salt Lake and doubtless
of Utah who keep trace OF current events
will remember that Immediately after the
last presidential election the Democratic
triumph was celebrated in this city by
double barrelled jolitication, one Darrell Oh
which went Of half-cOcked and made a
great deal of noise while the other hung
Iire. a fact not SO generally known, how
ever is that there were great many young
men in this city and territory who, although
wildly iubilant over the election OF Grover
Cleveland, were too thoroughly Democratic
TO ioin in either demonstration. These
young men saw, on the one hand, party
of individuals styling themselves Demo
Gratis who in their opinion, were laooring
10 establish principles and create and per
petuate conditions against which the Dem
ocratic party is and always has been ar
rayed. On the other hand, they oehe!d
others equally Jealous in their protestationS
of fealty 70 Democracy, yet who were led
by men earnestly calling for visitation OF
the sins OF the few upon the heads OF the
many.
Several Democrats of this city had been
taught TO believe that the principles OF
neither of these factions were those upon
which the Democratic party was founded
and which it has cherished; that while the
present rule OF one section was most IN
democratic, the proposed method OF the
other was still worse.
Among those most thoroughly dissatisfied
with the deplorable condition OF political
affairs in this territory, and whose devo-
ton TO Democratic principles would permit
them to cooperate with neither the
Liberal nor Peoples party elements, were
j. l.. Rawlins, AlfaleS Young, Frank Jen-
nings. Ben Sheeks, John Nj. Young, John H.
Burton, Bolivar Roberts, L. 5. Hills, ID. o.
Miner, j. Il. kinGsbury, G. K. Barrett and
H Pembroke. These gentlemen discussed
the matter among themselves ana as
result of their deliberations held meet
ing in the law Office of Sheeks "
Rawiins on the evening Of November IL,
1884 Alfales Young presided over
this meeting, and preliminary steps were
taken in the organization of the Democratic
club of U tab, the following being the
names OF those enrolled as members:
Ben Sheezs, A l.. Williams, l.. s.
Hills, ]. G. Sutherland, j. L. Raw
Inns, Bolivar Roberts, Alfales Young,
John H. Burton, Z. X. Barratt,
Joseph T. KiIgsbury, y. ID. Woolley, ID. o.
Miner, George A Meears. Herbert Penn
broke, j. NJ. Benedict, Simon Ramberger,
E. X. Benedict Charles A. Clark, John M.
Young, Herman Bamberger, j. 5. Russell.
Albert Heuber, a. j. Pendleton. ir., D. @.
Calder, ID. Yearsley, Mathew Garland, II.
T. Woodnan, Scipio Mckee John earn
bly,, George Winters, Charles E. Burton,
Walter II. Pike, b. Y. Hampton, lr., j.
Hamberx, ]. NJ. Beattie, George 4. Rich
ards, E. A. King, b. Y. Allen, II. d. Tai
som. James Hagne, A. ID. Brown, John j
Duke. c. Il. Harte, H. W. Snow, Frank w.
Jennings, NJ Kirkpatrick, w. A. Taylor,
+. Rehrmcn. w, ID. WOolley, A. ). Post
John ID. Larsen, Fred Kesier, Royal A.
Barney, j. Fl. Hurd, ID. c; Dun
bar, Theodore Burmester, l.. E.
Holden. David Hillhouse, George
Cullius, George Curley, J. c. Bamberger,
S. Hudson, f. A. Woclley, John +. Tay
Tor. 4. Il. Thompson, John @. Warren,
James Young, Joseph Waller, G. G.. Will
kinson, J. b. ,doreton. William Gill Mills,
Fergus Ferguson, w. G.. Sharp, j. w.
Pike, L. C. Snedaker, B. ID: Wardell, 7: J..
Brandon, jr., Thomas Fl. Harris, II. w.
Wes:, j. d. McCurdy, Henry Z. Ball. John
II. Dewey. ". b. Sullivan, Samuel Harris,
L. B. Moore.
And the following named gentlemen were
the officers of the club:
j. L. Rawlins, president; Alfales Young.
vice-president: John II. Burton, secre-
tary; George A. Meears, CORRESPONDING
secretary; Lewis S. Hills, treasurer;
Theodore Burmester, Charles \. Clark, j.
q. Sutherland, a. l. Williams, John Nj.
Young, Ben Sheeks, Frank w. Jennings,
J. II. Kingsbury, executive committee.
The Democratic club fourished apace
until an element developed within it which
appeared TO be bent upon introducing the
old church fight into the discussions of
nearly every meeting with the result that
the purely Democratic members lest inter-
est and the affairs were permitted to lapse
into that state described as inocuous dessue-
tude.
About two years afterwards second
Democratic club was formed by some gen.
tiemen of whom Commissioner Norrel was
one, and / believe he was president OF the
club.
Upon this organization a committee COM
ii. Pembroke was appointed by the first
a view of uniting upon a common Demo
church was dragged into the discussion and
coalition was found impracticable, and the
members of the first club, or many of them.
awaited the dawning Of the present day
when all local factions ignore personal
feelings and cling to the national princi-
Piles. H. PEMBROKE.