The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-05-09
WAR TO THE KNIFE
Manifesto by the Salt Lake
Democrats.
They Come Out with No Un-
certain Sound Against
DiSfranchiSement.
Platform of Principles ReIeg-
ating Liberalism To the
Darkness 1t Belongs.
The thunderbolt has fallen


Events have transpired within the
past fortY-eight hours which will
either consign the Liberal party Of
Utah to the cold and silent tomb for
eveTmOre, worlds without end, or
ranks ever seen since the waters of the
Red sea divided and rolled back.
Wednesday morning the air was sur
charged with reports and rumorS of an
action taken by the Central Demo
cratic club of this county at its month
ly meeting on Tuesday night. The
meeting referred to was held in eX-
Marshal Dyer's Office on Commercial
street. and a Herald reporter who pre-
sented himself there was told that the
meeting was a private one. 1t was
| evident from the oratorical tones
which fOated out to the reporter S ears
| that something of a munent0us nature
vas up for discussion, and lie very
reluctantly abandoned the idea OF
obtaining an insight into it for Herald
,eaders.
The subject under discussion now
transpires to have been a set of resolu-
tons, or platform of principles, IL
which the great vital clause is One
| peremptorally sitting down upon and
1 denouncing that cardinal principle OF
| Liberalism and Goodwinism-disfr
| chisemeDt.
A Herald reporter spent the greater
part of Wednesday attempting to run
! down some Democrat who could and
would divnlge what had taken place at
1 the meeting. 1t appeared that nearly
every Democrat of prominence in the
city had been present. but none OF
! them were willing to give the informa-
! tion sought for-at least, as yet. This
much was learned, however, that the
platform had been adopted with a
whoop, by the astonishing majority of
/ "a to 8, five members having left before
| the matter came to vote-which was
! late. The names of some of those pre-
sent were also learned, they are as
| follows: Judge Judd. f. II. Dyer, A.
! q. Norrell. j. @. Sutherland, j. l..
/ Rawlins, Thomas Marshall. William
Burke, j. B. Walden. w. Van Colt,
DR.. Freeman, DIR. John j. McAchran,
IL. G. Lett, Lawyer Schroeder, p l..
Williams, Mr.. Irvine, Sam Lewis. Mr.
Letcher and C. r. Barratt. There
were IS Others, but their names could
not be learned.
Several of the gentlemen said that
the resolutions had been ordered pub
lished, and that it would only be d
short time before the Herald received
a copy. Late last evening the copy
arrived with the accompanying note.
Here they are in full, and full idea
of their consequences may be gained,
when it is realized that they fling
down the gauntlet to the Liberal
party on diSfranchiSement, and that
many of the men subscribing to them
were among the most active laborers
on the Liberal stump during recent
campaigns:
At regular meeting of the Central
Democratic club of Salt Lake county,
held on Tuesday evening, May 5, 1891 g,
there was offered 10y the Hon. Thomas
Marshall, the following preamble and
resolutions, which were adopted and
ordered to be published:
To the people of Utah:
Believing as we do, that the
changed. as we'll as the rapidly chang
ing conditions in the social and peliti-
cal status of this territory, justify the
abandonment of the political organi-
cations which have heretofore existed;
and that the time has now arrived
when the political parties of this terri
tory should be formed upon tie lines
of national politics, leaving each indi-
vidual citizen to choose for himself his
affection with the one or the other of
the two great political parties Of the
country according TO his preference,
8 u,
and integrity of the mass of the people,
as Democrats we make the following
declaration Of principles:
I've believe that the government
OF the United States is a national
sovereignty, supreme within its sphere
as delegated and defined in the consti-
tuition; and to that government or
first allegiance is due; and we beIieYe
in willing and loyal obedience to ali
its laws and strict enforcement of the
same.
"2-We believe that the several
states of the union are sovereign with
in their sphere, and that upon the
preservation OF their autonomy depend
the benefits of local self-goyernment,
the liberty of the citizens, and the
perpeiuity Of the union.
- Il , are opposed to the idea of
ceuiiai2e,! or paternal government,
bal i.g that the best government is
t., en'. "a; Governs least; and there
f.sre We h"!HAe in the largest liberty
OF the 3Gdiydu ! citizen consistent
with good govern ment.
II We are 90 posed to any legisla-
ton by the fcto:ol government which