The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25

years, CIV OH Ol6 dUNOCdlS Oh pro-
N scriptlon and Acknowledgement
admits. Not morally and financially alone
has she STROBE to the fore, but politically,
she has leaped at one bound into the front
rank of the procession.
From political ''bastardn organization,
begotten of Legitimate political associs-
tions between Republicans and Democrats,
she has moved forward abreast of the posi-.
ton of the states and other territories OF
the Union and divided upon the lines OF
Republicanisnl and Democracy When
lutte more than year ago, Democracy
opened her batteries upon the mud walls OF
the Liberal and Peoples parties, there
were those who told US " g would not sue
coed. But we had the courage of our con-
victions and right was with US. We
began the fight for principle, and
we unfurled our banner, invited the
people under its folds and began the
march with the confidence of a conquering
hero. The result has justified both our
wishes and our expectations The lines
OF the old parties liberal and People's)
went down before the assault. Upon the
ruins have arisen the Democratic and
Republican parties, the salvation of our
present and the hope of our future,
Every move upon the political board since
has been in the line of advancement, until
the organized authorities of both Demo-
cratic and Republican parties in Utah
have been solemnly and officially recognized
by the national authorities OF the respec-
tive parties. Such are the facts at the
present.
What do the signs portend for the
future! Surely, not dependency and
gloom. Certainly, the political sky is
clear so faa as Democracy is concerned.
She has no fears of the future and no steps
to retrace. Her bridges are burned be-
hind her and the fields of victorious achirve-
ment lie stretched out before her.
She has no choice but to advance, with
victory as her incentive to action. Utah
| is politically in formative state now and
! it is the duty of the Democratic party to
mould it to her fashion. There may be
''danger'' of her being eternally Demo-
cratic, but there s hall never be ''d1sgrace'
in her espousal OF it.
In the political advance movement here
the question of statehood has not yet been
considered, except incidentally and COL
laterally. The leading idea has been and is
to organize and build up the party on a
basis that will secure it's permanent ascend
ency in the territory. That through the
division of the people upon the lines of the
national parties the advent of statehood
will be FASTENED L suppose no sensible man
doubts, and the movement is preparatory to
that end. We want to be ready and we in
tend to be ready.
BY the political cowardice of Democrats
in Idaho they lost the state, and by the
active espousal of the cause of right here
we intend, if possible, to make Demo-
cratic state by being in thorough readiness
when the suspicious moment arrives. tits
one thing to prepare for statehood and al
together another thing to demand it. Node
mand has been made or is Immediately
anticipated but with the party lines drawn
and the people prepared; with greater
population by $1,000 than the states of
Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada combined;
with immensely more capacity for state
hood than either of the states mentioned,
and under the expressed intention of Con-
gress to make states of territories at the
earliest moment, it will need no aDplica-
tion from US to carry it into the Union in
few years at most. When Congress shall
see that we are prepared and ready to don
the attire of statehood, they will not wait
for our courtesy and bow, but will invest
US with the powers and attributes of a
sovereignty without the asking, and l am
of opinion that epoch will be reached
, within the next succeeding five years. Let
the Democrats take care of their interests
in anticipation of the event.
n B.