The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-28
COLONEL WILLIAM NJ. FERRY.

HERALD communication signed by him
self and addressed ITO the Citizens of
Utah" The Central Democratic club of
Salt Lake county had recently issued
declaration Of principles and called upon
ell who believed in the doctrines therein
set forth to join with it in active Demo
cratic work in this territory. The declara-
ton was direct appeal to the people of
Utah to abandon the old parties which had
outlived their usefulness, to cease quarrel
Ing over dead issues and divide on the lines
OF the national parties. 1t was this call by
the Democratic club which brought out
the communication from Colonel FERRY,
who said the fact that he was a member of
the National Democratic committee ''de-
mands of me, at this time an expression Of
opinion, the neglect Of which would
rightly be deemed dereliction of po-
iitcal duty" While he professed to write
as a Democrat his whole article was an
earnest protest against the disbandment
OF the Liberal party, in which he then, as
now, occupies position. He went on to
detail how the non-Mormons had banded
together TO oppose the Mormon or Peoples
party; how the Gentiles had buried their
democracy and Republicanism in making
common cause against the church political
organization. He related some of the
achievements of the Liberal organization,
INDUCED in certain amount Of boasting,
and asked: Can there be any good argu
ment for the dismembermento of the Liberal
party into its original membership in the
Democratic and Republican parties until
the Peoples party, as such, shall have no
Official or responsible existence" He said
there could be no doubt that many who had
heretofore acted with the Peoples party
were in sympathy with one or tho other of
the national parties; but individual express
sion from members OF the Peoples party
have no political Importance 80 long as the
party to which they belong has existence"
Here Is q significant paragraph in the
letter, and one which will be read with
interest at this time, more than q year
after it was written, and in the light of
this same protesting Democrats subse-
quent action, present political position and
his immediate aspirations:
We are justified in assuming that the exist
ing political character is the safer reliance for
the well-being of this territory II would not
10 to hazard the accomplishment of results by
destroying the present unity. JFheReyer the PEG
PIES pd1fy0S an organization shall hare officially
diSSoi0ed its existence as SUCH as once tie Liberal
party, as such, oCI be diSitegrGted and iadiuia-
Wais aciH assume their rigttfA and natural pEaces
in one or the other distinctive prominent political
organizatsonf Of Tie republic
Within two months of the time when
Colonel FERRY wrote the Peoples party
was officially dissolved and had gone out of
existence. The central committees, county
and territorial, realized that there was no
longer occasion for keeping up the organi-
cation. Polygamy had been discontinued
and solemnly forbidden by the church
| authorities and the Mormon congregation
the year before, and the PRONUNCIATION had
been accepted in good faith by the judici-
airy and government officials; Mormons
were no longer tabooed by the Republican
and Democratic parties, but were made
welcome by those organizations; the poll
tics OF the territory had ceased to be
Mormon and anti-Mormon, and Gentiles
| and Mormons were working together
tremendously for the spread of Demo-
cratic and Republican principles. The
Peoples party was virtually dis
lntegrated, when late in June, We
/ believe it was, the territorial central
committee proclaimed the disbandment of
| the organization, since which there has
been nowhere any semblance of the Peo-
pies party, whilst its former membership
have aligned themselves with the national
! parties and are today as earnest Demo
Gratis and Republicans as can be found
anywhere in the United States.
But what of Colonel WILLIAM Nj. FERRY
Has he kept faith with himselfl Did he
stand by his letter of last May? When the
Peoples party Officially dissolved its ex.
istence" did he assume his rightful and
natural place inn the Democratic party
Colonel FERRY has never forsworn his al
legiance to the Liberal party While the
Democratic party has been active for more
than year, engaged in more than one
campaign and carried the territory will
the exception of two counties in legisla
tive election, Colonel FERRY has persist
emily fought the party, has steadily voted
the Liberal ticket and only last week at
tended as delegate and addressed Lib
eral convention. In closing its editoria
comments on the letter the day Of It's pub
LEGATION this paper said:
THE HERALD prints Colonel FERRY's name
so that 1t can be easily read, and We respect
fnlly ask him, as well as others, to carefuli
peruse the lines and then as carefully to lool
over the local political situation in couuectio,
with what has transpired within the past fey
years: having done this, if he cannot see hi
way pla To fha l,oF+
cratic movement, and cannot join the process
sion, he will do well to commune with himsel
TO ascertain if his long and active affiliatio
with the Liberal party has not DESTROYED hi
Democracy.
We mention this matter now becaus
Colonel FERRY still poses as the Utah mem
Der OF the National Democratic committee
and as such is working in the interest OF
an anti Democratic society which has n,
standing and is unknown outside of thi
city. OF course he will be replaced in tn
national committee after the meeting of th
convention in Chicago next month; bu
! ought the Utah Democracy not to tax
, steps to have him at once removed from
position which he has forfeited by all rule
OF political conduct? The letter from
"AASH We HohO 0uObSu ouOulu III lJSelI D
} sufficient TO cause his enforced retiremen
from the committee, but if that is no
enough the political utteranecs of the gen
tleman. his pronounced opposition to tn
Democracy, and his prominent affiliatioi
with an anti-Democratic society should Sc,
tie the business SO far as his connection
J with the National committee is concerned
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HOLMAN AND THE COMMISSION.