The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-09
COLONEL FERRY SPEAKS.

Colonel WILLIAM NJ. FERRY, member of
the national Democratic committee for
Utah, appears in this issue of THE HERALD
with long paper which we viii charitably
assume that he intends as an argument
against the recent action by the Central
Democratic club of this county, inviting
the Democrats Of the territory to Join with
it in the organization Of the Democratic
party. We print Colonel FERRY's address
because of his position in the party, and
also because every man has the right to be
heard so long as he is respectful in what he
says. Furthermore, we want all our read
ers to see how weak is the strongest argu-
ment which leading Democrat can pre-
sent in opposition TO the movement just in
augurated. 1t is but natural that one &C.
cnpying the position held by Colonel FERRY
would be able to offer the strongest rea-
sons possible to present against the pro-
posed disintegration of the old political or
CARNATIONS, and we therefore present what
the gentleman has to say on the subject,
at the same time earnestly inviting all to
read the paper. If all will read it, and will
accept the argument as the best that can
be made, there will be mighty few intelli-
gent Democrats who will not at once de-
clare that the time has come for leaving the
parties with which they have heretofore
trained, and placing themselves within the
lines of the organization which is hereafter
going to march with the national Democ-
racy. If Colonel FERRY demonstrates any
thing it is that it will be folly for Demo
Gratis TO hold back longer, because there is
nothing more for them to do except to be
Democrats working for the supremacy of
Democracy.
THE HERALD has degree of respect for
Colonel FERRY, because he has been a life
long Democrat; and because of this we re-
greet the recblessness which he has in
dulged in in some of his statements
one of which we must correct, as otherwise
injustice would be done to gentlemen who
may be unable to speak for,themselves. III is
IN reference to the Ogden incident of three
or four years ago, when the Democratic
convention refused admission to number
of delegates who presented themselves
with proper credentials, though they had
heretofore been members of the Peoples
party. Colonel FERRY says they were
denied recognition because ''every such
applicant, when asked whether he would
vote for the Democratic nominee, or for
the nominee of the Peoples party, replied,
''For the Peoples party nominee" This
stale lie has been repeated so many times
that perhaps Colonel FERRY has come to
believe ii. 1t is false nevertheless,
and was refuted at the time by
the delegates themselves, and admitted
to be lie by the gentlem en- who were said
to have asked the question.
However, with the vain and fruitless eff :
forts in the past to organize the Demo-
cratic party, and bring the inharmonious
elements together we have nothing to do.
The Democrats are living in the present,
dealing with questions and matters of to-
day, and working for the future The past
is dead and thing of memory only. All
that we can do will not affect in the least
what was said or anything which happened
when the generation was young. The
Democrats propose to deal with live issues
those which are dead are of no moro use or
benefit than are buried Democrats on
election day.
TIE HERALD prints Colonel FERRY's pa
per, so that it can be easily read, and we
respectfully ask him as well as others, to
carefully peruse the lines and then as care
fully to look over the local political situa-
ton in connection with what has trans
pired within the past few years; having
done this, if he cannot see his way clear to
the approval of the present Democratic
movement, and cannot JON the procession
no will 6o we'll IN cnrn,una with h;uealf
to ascertain if his long and active affilia-
tion with the Liberal party has not de-
stroyed his Democracy.