The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-18
GRATITUDE TO RAWLINS.

a man eminent in Utah, eminent as
n churchman, eminent as a business
force, eminent in the social life OF
Utah, eminent among the eElight-
ened citizenship of the new state in
all ways is Heber j. Grant OF Salt
Lake city. He supports lion. Joseph
l.. Rswlins for reelection because he
is grateful for what he has already
done for Utah. The republican party
has been in power thirty-seven years
and has never accomplished anything
in the direction of helping Utah on
her way to a seat at the council board
of the nation. The democratic party
has been in power eighteen months
and by the help of Joseph l.. Rawlins
it has succeeded in crowning fair
Utah with statehood, full, complete
and perfect, and that, tco, without any
humlliating or disadvantageous con-
ditions. A full, frank and trustful act
giving without let or hiudrance or un-
necessary delay, free, frank admission
to perfect equality in the great family
OF the states. 1t would indeed be
strange if the people were not grateful
not only to the party, but to the man as
well. We cannot help slluding to the
generous sentiments expressed by the
eminent Heber j. Grant. He has
been through the rubs. He has grown
sick with hope deferred. His patriotic
sentiments and aspirations for state
hood have been SO often withered be-
fore republican hatred Of Utah that
now he cannot repress his ardent graf
itude to the party and its peerless
young palsdin the Hon. Jos. L. Raw
Inns.
This is the proper expression and we
may be we'll assdIed that there are
thousands more who have no other
means of expressing their gratitude
save by going quietly to the polls and
casting q solid plumper for the man,
The people of Utah are not an un-
grateful lot. They would have to be
all this if they refused to elect this
devoted and successful servant of the
people to any position TO which he as
pires, They would be lacking in all
the graces of character with which
they are credited if they failed to do
tlis simple act of pure unalloyed JUS
tice. 1t is his due. 1t is guerdon he
has richly earned. and be assured it is
an obligation which Utah will never
disregard or ''go back upon" Ingrst-
itude is the basest Of political crimes
and the people would be ungrsteful
did they tail to underwrite statehood
by the last outside vote for Rawlins.
Ingratitude to Rswlips would be trea-
son to Utah. Gratitude to Rawlins is
loyalty to Utah. Either this or the as
pirations for statehood all these years |
is and has been hypocrisy of the rank
est kind, Utah is not peopled by a
race of mean-spirited, false hearted |
hypocrites. So long as this fair new
state remains free, independent and
untTammeled American commonwealth
will the name of Rawlins remain one
Of the priceless heritages of the people.
Beat him for any place. The PROPOSE
tion is a ridiculous one.
A brave, free people about to be
with the full dignity of citizen
ship in the greatest and freest. govern
m 9nt on earth will not, cannot fail to
crown with lsurels the brow Of the
faithful gentleman who stood alone on
The floors of congress battling for the
cause of the people while the republi
IAN leaders were vainly trying to shut
he door in the faces of the citizens of Z
Utah, while Morse and others of his
holier than thou lot were crying y
ut against people whom they called b
''lecherous lot of polygamists.
Never fear for the people Of Utah. l I
'heV are rot ungrateful and they have b
ever yet failed to fully appreciate and Il
alue services such as these performed I
)r her. either by her own sons or any II
no have sought to build up a citizen
Zip within her lines. Gentlemen, we
re in earnest when we demand eight y,
Ill thousands of majority for the man h
I'D the party which has always be- d'
tended and served Utah. .e
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