Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-24
POLITICS IN UTAH.
A Former KeDraskan Gives Some In
leresting Explanations.
ERRONEOUS REPORTS CORRECTED.


resident OF Okuth Wy NhiNh INV uih-
uMormon" fanatics will dislike but
cannot deny. We omit the trash II
contained, which was copied from the
Halt Lake Tribune;
OaprN, UTAH, Aug. 10, lsGl.--In
your cetimable paper OF the 9TH inst,
nppears u statement regarding the
.iectlon In Utah. ! do not know from
what you base your assertion that the
election "proves clearly that the Terri
tory IA not yet realty for the ofgAnizl-
lion ~ democratic and republican
PARTIES" and would like 10 give you
my reasons for believing that IL l.
ready for this movement. To do this
may require more Of your time than
you care 10 give to the subject IN
which case you know what 10 do with
my communication.
In the first place, would like 10
alludc TO the causes which led To the
"atlempt." You are aware that the
old Liberal party was composed "
the entire Gentle or antl.Mormon
population Of the Territory, and that
ihis population was made up Of he.
publicans, Democrats and prohibition.
lists, In politics, Of all religious denomi.
nations, and Of people from nearly
every quarter OF the globe. II WINS a
heterogeneous mass, anu Il was possible
10 hold together only ~ long ma there
appeared 10 bo n common cause upon
which VII could unite. The act that
the Mormon people were solldly united
In One political body, and contested
every inch OF political hscendancy at
tempted by the Liberal party furnished
the common cause ani held the party
together. This was further aug
mented by the fact that tile
Peoples party-ihc Mormons-rrp.
resented religious denomination
which practiced and taught p0lygamy,
aud, II IL claimed, taught the d0clriue
of supremacy " church over State Ia
all temporal Affairs. The Liberal
party made IT, fight upon the "Aior-
mon" party wholly aud entirely upon
these two ISSUES, and repeatedly called
upon the Mormon people to abandon
polygamy and disband their political
organization, aud there would then 10
no differences between tnem and the
Gentiles.
In October last President Woodruff
did, a. you are aware, Issue mn official
manifesto against pOlygnmy which
NAH lANfA Ol W WV k'hhNNN
conference Of the Mormon church,
1900 delegates being In attendance
upon this conference. This rcnuncl-
alton Of polygamy was accepted In
good faith by nino.t,nths VI the
Gcntllcs Of the Territory Mt the time,
including the brightest minds Of the
Territory, and even the Tribune Of
Salt Lake City, In its issue Of October
7, 1890, said:
"Look upon II from any standpoint,
this In u mighty advantage, and the
ultimate result can only bo the final
death Of polygamy In the United
States. The Church will never again
dare 10 openly endorse the system un.
less Il he In s0me wild island or main
land where no laws OF civilization In
terpose 10 prevent. So, In auy event,
whether intended 10 bc 30 or not, II
means the final end Of polygnmy.n
This remuneration loft but one more
concession 10 be made by tho Mormon
people, namely that " disbanding
iheir political organization. The radi.
cal leaders OF tho Liberals demanded
that this be done and that the party to
n man should unite with the LlDer al
party. This was paradoxlcal idea,
and TO the great majority OF the Gem
tile population appeared 20, for the
very simple reason that when the
Peoples party did disband the Liberal
party had no platform 10 stand upon
and no cause for existence.
Realizing this, the question OF what
should 10 done with the Mormon
peopl. became one VI moment. Many
Of the ADLER minds Of the Territory at
once decided that the better course 10
pursue was TO organize Democratic aud
Republican parties, and invite theAlor-
mon people TO unite with. one or the
other. In pursuance Of this decision
clubs were organized In Ogden, and nn
invitation was extended 10 tho Nor.
mon people 10 Join them. Meetings
were arranged for different precincts
and work OF education was com.
menced. The result was that In
Weber county the members Of the
central or executive committee Of the
Peoples party Of this county disbanded
their organization aud Joined the
live new PARTIES, three Joining
the Democrats and two the
Republicans, Let II DO UNDER
stood that these i've mon were rdu.
Gated and Intelligent men, who had
mingled with the outside world suf-
flciently TO know what they were
about. One OF the gentlemen who
went with the Republicans had been
for two year, or more upon the cdl-
t0rial stall OF the San Francisco
Uhronioie, when he inhibited his Repub.
llcan views, and his colleague who
went with him 10 the Republican fold
had been close and intimat. fliend.
Of the three who went with the
Democrats, one was president OF n
large banking nnd financial institu.
tion, another was once president Of "A
bank, associated with Gentile from
your own State Of Nebraska, and the
third was An attorney. These gentle.
men had each been In sympathy aud
their chosen sides for years before this
monument was thought II. The work
OF instructiDg and educating the PEG.
pie OF this country upon the funda.
mental principles OF the government,
and OF the principles OF the two great
national parties was continued without
cessation, and the people every whore
exhibited the greatest interest. The
school houses would hardly accommo.
date the attendance, no matter which
party held the meeting. Storms did
not deter them and they came from far
ana near. II was not inirequent for
delegations 10 conn from adjoining
counties 10 ate nd these meetings and
near the speakers talk upon questions
mat 10 many " thom were entirely
new, The movement spread from
Weber Into adjoining counties and
hhally permoated the entire Territory;
everywhere the Peoples party was dis
handed and this was finally followed