The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-08

, having found himself at fault in predic-
, ZION covering ground of such immense
magnitude, is liable to De equally at fault
| In other anticipations.
Prlor to the manifesto, it was an axiom
with him that the Mormons would never
aoonsh polygamy. Since the manifesto
and the organization Of the national parties
there Is one great fundamental proposition
| tnat constitutes the foundation and super
structure of the faith of the governor and
All Whom he represents, that is that state
! nooo is thought of such terrible import
mat all politics IS summed up in casting it
| beyond the limits of the attainable He
acknowledges that division into parties is
a good and necessary thing, but that the
| rear OF statehood puts it beyond the reach
OF the vlrtuous Liberals.
have elsewhere stated the fear Of statehood
IS the principal reason why the non-Mormon
cltlzens of Utah refused to support the move
lines.
In the meantime. the Liberal party will main
tam lts organization, and oppose statehood with
al tne ability and power it possesses.
me only danger which threatens the stu
aton Is the possibility of statehood.
On the contrary, every true patriot in
Otan should look forward to the acquisition
Vi statehood as noble and desirable end.
! Onoer the circumstances statehood cannot
De expected or obtained until 1894; and if
| some such limit were kept in view, and
partles were eDjoined to await that period
anu all hands set about preparing for it,
al! barriers thrown aside, every man affili-
atlng with every other man and all trying
TO teach and learn
THE DUTIES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS,
II such programme were inaugurated,
now much more thoroughly and surely we
should be prepared for statehood9 The
| htIf
foundation to rest upon, that is
absolute distrust of the good
talth of the Mormon people, When the
! DIVISION movement was started it was held
mat IL would require several years to fit
tne people for an intelligent discharge of
the duties of statehood. While the Lib
erals are playing dog in the Manager the
Mormon leaders are striving to bring about
tnat emit freedom of thought and action
mat Is necessary to American citizenship
dere Is an extract from q conference dis
course delivered by Joseph F. Smith, of
the hrst presidency of the Mormon church.
at Logan tabernacle on Monday, the ID
inst, as gwen in the Logan Journal, Prof.
bannerman being the stenographer:
Without going into details or argument in the
matter, see to-day as much necessitv for the
people called Latter-day Saints to divide IN
political matters and so on national party lines
lusI as much necessity for 1t, Just as much wis.
CO. IN II as saw he ore in our union as a Peo-
PIE party-1ust exactly as much. And it has
now become apparent I think, 10 the Latter
Gay SAINTS that our only preservation and
safety lies in this course; that is, that the
people are TO themselves to form their own
judgments and their own conclu sions in regard
TO politics and join whichever party seems good
! IN their sight. There is this about this matter
want 1t distinctly understood here by the Lat
| ter-day Saints-I guess am correct in this
| that Republican has just as good right to a
| stand ng IN the church of Jesu; Christ OF Lat
| ter,day Saints as Democrat-just exa thy.
ANA tnen, right on the other hand, I want to say
| that good Democrat has just as much right
to . standing and fellowship in this church as
| a Republican has as far as his right to his
standing in this church is concerned.
One of the greatest ends to be attained
in the work of preparation for statehood is
10 become fraternaiized and mutually CO.
operative in the form of parties. This of
itself is an education; but the governor
says that Liberals refuse to cooperate in
parties for fear of statehood; that il, the
only true means OF statehood must be re-
lected because it will bring statehood,
which is fully as profound in logic as it is
| in common sense.
There is just this about the governors
position relative to Liberals refusing to
! join the people in the formation of national
| parties: If statehood is such u holy terror
TO all that class of politicians, in Gods
name let US have newspapers who will
make 1t their business, and nail their ban
aer to the masthead, TO work for statehood
and set about preparing the people for it by
True educatory methods. and by con iiience
anu reasonable encouragement, by true
and generous Interpretation OF the Utah
problem" so that ere many more years roll
over our heads we shall pc a self govern
ing people. Respectfully,
CALVIN REAsoNER