The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-03-07

not work in Utah county. The
speaker did not impngn the motives OF
the men IMPROVE, who we're patterning
after Ogden, bat they would yet find
out that it would do them no good 10
divide the local party. The Liberals
must not lose ground, they must hang
together. Why? Because tue church
can control either party. Fhe election
for members to the legislature IS
approaching, and if we divide now We
will not only lose membership, but we
will lose ground. We must stand
shoulder to shoulder if we think of
making any advance. Just so long as
there is a church party, L care not
whether it be Mormon, Methodist or
Presbyterian, just as long must we
stand firm and resent any thought of
division, in fact we must fight it. Our
friends tell us that young Mormon
men; liberal minded and fair, are
longing to divide on party lines But
will they? Dare they? We had an
illustration of this at the last Febru-
airy election. There were some young
men who swore that they would OPP
pose the election of the Peoples can
didate for Mayor in every possible
manner. They met in private, drew
up their ticket, and had it printed;
but when it came to election day, did
they vote for it? Not much They
placed their tickets on the table with
the other tickets, but no one knows
who placed them there. No one would
father them. This has been the history
all along. Take the Sagebrush Demo-
Gratis. They thought they would come
out and organize. They did so; they
played politics little; but after GER
tain conference with church officials at
the penitentiary, there was nothing
more heard about it, and they went out
of existence. | am ready for party
lines when the time is ripe, but not
until then. The Liberal party has
done too much good for Utah for me
to leave it yet. To it we are indebted
for the free school system; to it we are
indebted for moral reform in this Ter
ritory, and in fact to it are we in
debted for everything else that is
good. [ will tell you what [ believe.
l believe that the present move to
divide on party lines is a scheme of
men back east, and that few parties
have been sent out here to work this
division for the purpose of statehood.
What would this mean? Why if state
hood came while the present condition
of affairs existed, we would have a
Mormon legislature, Mormon govern
or, acknowledgement and mayor
in every city, and those that have suf-
fered martyrdom for their religion
would be promoted to the latest offices.
Now, then, what would we be able to
do with such condition of affairs?
We couldn't go to Congress and
ask redress. If it resulted in
a civil Instruction we couldn't ask
congress to interfere, for they would
answer that we had a state militia,
and Legislature. admit there are
a few fair minded men in this city
who would like to see division, but so
long as the Territory remains as it is,
it never must be divided. Ogden, Salt
Lake and Provo have yet to learn
what we learned twenty-five years ago.
When they go monkeying with the
Church party they are monkeying with
a buzz saw, and let me tell you it will
kno ok them on the head. [Applausel.
DR.. Shores thanked the meeting for
the honor conferred upon him in elect
ing him chairman of Provo precinct.
He was opposed to dividing on party
lines, yet he was true Democrat. In
fact his Democracy had never been
questioned, and in the state he came
from he could always be seen with the
''yaller dorg following him."
There being no further business be-
fore the meeting it adjourned.