The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-10
We ARE TIE PEOPLE.
Thus Resolve the Few Tusca-
r0ra Braves
THEY ISSUE AN ENDLESS ADDRESS
Setting Forth Their Grievances From the
Birth Of Party Division to the Last
Setting of the SUM-


In answer to the card of w. c. Hall, C..
b. Glenn, E. d. Hoge, Martin Lannan and
o. ~. Powers, meeting was held last
evening in the federal court room at which
were present 167 persons, including the
speakers and reporters and excluding the
drum corps, placed as follows; Fifty
within the bar. forty on the east side, sixty
On the west and seventeen standing at the
back of the hall.
Among those present were O. w. Powers,
Harry Duke, G. B. Glenn, A. M. Wood,
Ogden Riles, Walter Murphy, G. w. Hall,
William Newton, j. B. Anderson and C. t.
Harte.
1t was after s pm. when the Tuscarora
club formed in frout of the Knutsford, and
led by the Zouave drum corps proceeded to
the hall following the "big 1njun" banner.
As they marched up Main street the
column in single file extended from the
Walker house to Second South.
With the rattle of drum and shrill note
of fife, they filed into the court room,
counter marched, leaving a small audience
behind. At exactly S:27 Judge 0. w.
Powers called the meeting
TO ORDER
and said: On the Sth day of last January
the Tuscarora society was organized, and
the membership was now exactly 300.
About fifty had been received within the
fold at eacn meeting. The club is founded
on sound Democratic principles, agreeing
with the national party, but claiming the
right to do and be in local affairs whatever
seemed best
In order that the public may exactly
understand our position, the territorial
committee in conjunction with our club has
called this meeting,
take pleasure in naming as your chair
man an active young Democrat for whom
"the party whipo has no terrors-
CLARENCE W. HALL
Hall came forward and said: 81 feel
honored IN being chosen as your presiding
officer. This is one of the most important
meetings ever he'd in the territory. There
has been Democratic party in Utah for
many years and this society is the repre-
sen tai1ve OF that party l was secretary of
the Democratic convention which met at
Ogden in 1883, but some who were there
WITH VS.. Colonel Merritt, Judge Norrell
and Others have gone off after false gods
When we elected Colonel Merritt as cnair-
man OF our committee we reposed conf
dence in him. All will remember how
rabid Judge Norrell was, how he threw
out the Mormons from Provo When we
recall the acts of these gentlemen at
that time and what they have done since,
it is nothing but right that we should pro-
test against their running the Democratic
party. They don't own the party, the
Tuscaroras represent the Democratic
party, and. we intend to maintain ourselves
Independent of the Mormons Tapplause1
who are trying to run it.
1.-The Iuscaroras are glad to see you here,
and we will now listen to the reading of
the address of the Democratic central COM
mittee to the people of Utah"
Judge Powers then came forward and
read the following
ADDRESS:
To the Democrats Of Utah:
The situation, politically, in Utah, SO far as
the Democratic party is concerned, deserves
explanation, that those of our faith at home
and abroad, who are not familiar with the DO
litical history of our territory may know the
truth. The duty OF setting forth the facts has
been delegated to the undersigned by the Dem
ocratc territorial committee.
II Is not necessary Tor us to turn far into the
past. -Four years will suffice. The Democratic
territorial convention for Utah assembled at
Ogden on May D, 1855 pursuant to q call duly
published issued by the authority of the Demo-
cratic territorial committee. which call
was signed by Hon. j. B. Rosborough,
chairman OF said committee and Hon.
w. G. Hall, The secretary. The regularity
OF that call and the authority OF the committees
to issue the same has never been quest oned
The delegates then elected to the Democratic
national convention OF 1883, at St LCuis to-
wit: Hon. II. Q. Chambers and Hon p L.
Williams were seated in our national conven-
ton, and the member of the Democratic ma
national committee, then named, the Hon Will
liam M. Ferry, is to-day the duly accredited
and recognized representative from Utah in
our national committee. Thus we start upon
asol1d foundation. No man. no set of men,
n dor Nrrr- F1af
The con ention OF 1888 was the regular conven-
ton of the Democrat party. Il was regularly
called; its action has be ratified and APP
proved. No territorial convention duly author
ized or called, has since been held by the Dem
ocratc party in Utah.
The county convention of the Democratic
party of Utsh, held in 1888, for he purpose of
erecting delegates to the territorial convention,
before referred to- were mass conventions con-
vened under the call OF the general committee.
THERE WERE IN UTAH Fol PARTIES.
each organized and reorganized. There was
the Democratic and Republican party. And
then, dividing al the people upon local lines
acting in ali local affairs, peculiar to the con
dldon OF things in Utah, there was the Liberal
party, composed OF Gentle Democrats and Re-
publcans, and opposed TO the last named party
was what was known as tie Peoples
party, or Mormon party. The mem
bers OF the latter or anzation took no inter
est in the two great national parties
and, as is well known, it was the political arm
when the county mass conventions of tie DE- NJ
ocratlc party were held, without any previous
warning or suggestions, the places of meeting
OF the Democrats. at the hour Tor calling the
conventions 10 order, from Rich county on the
north to st. George on the south were hacked
wi h Mormons, and members of the PEOPLES
party. y new crop OF Democrats had like
mushrooms, sprung 10 in q single ntght II
was manifest that message had been sent
over the invisible wires of the church directing
It's members to rise as one man in oVerwh elm
ing numbers and seize by main strength and
superior force the Democratic organization
1 his attempt 10 burglarize the power of Dem
ocracy, and 10 seize It's raimenJ in order that a
toe ocracy might masquerade before the
the nation in political clothing that was the
property of the Democratic party, resulting in
conteSting delegates from nearly every comfy
in Utah. Tie true Democrats who had kept
the faith and who had organized the party in
Utah, after a gallant tight in convention &C.
feated the mght-risht politicians elected dele
gates to the national convention and in
THEIR PLATFORM
declared against the admission of Utah as n
state and endorsing the majority report of the
Utah commission for the year 1887
The platform was written by Hon. A. c. Nor
rell. afterwards the secretary OF the Demo
cratic territorial committee and its Significance
can be understood by reference to the following
extracts from the commissions report, that
was then endorsed. We quote:
I'm he (Mornonl church government ohedi
ence is exaCted from every member"
The neaoS of the church teach ard irrnress
upon u people to be united and submiss We in
Iheirrolitlcal action 10 the will OF the leaders of
the church" IN connection with this
exercise of political control is the dream Of
the empire which all through their history has
cheered them with its pleasing illusions of I'm.
ture power They teach and preach and appar
emily believe that tire position of the country in
which they now re side. was set apart 10 he
come the abiding place of the 5 ints where is
10 be erected the kingdom OF God upon earth.
They have established in this territory re.
liginus system with political attachment. the
two forming q strong, compact government
with The pow of control centered in a CIV who
claim the right TO speak by Divine right. and
whose advice, counsel and command. is a law