The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-23
PROVO CITY.
JULY 23' 1894,
REGIS PRATI0N.

In the desperation OF their campaign
the republicans are forced to resort to
everything which can, even remotely,
be made to appear as democratic in
justice. In the good old days of Rem,
when we had republican commission
in Utah, it was considered by the Tri-
bune to be the very quintessence Of
justice and wisdom. The scene
changes and our friend Grover is in,
then the song changes also and the
Utah commission becomes at once a
monstrous evil, because the Utah com
mission is not only no longer republi-
can, but it is actually democratic. The
good old Tribune tears it venerable
white hair in its desperation. Its
groans fill the air and its tears fill the
pleasant wales of Zion. Now we sub
NIT that this waste of sentiment, wind
aad tears is pueriiity itself. Indeed
have the democrats worked to get hold,
not only OF the commission but the
whole machinery of the territorial gov
ernment as well. None know the valu e
of that commission in partisan poll
tics better than the democrats, be-
cause they have had man hard object
lessons from the republicans. The
modest, fearful old Trib. knows it WELL
1t values it at something like its real
weight in votes. Hence these tears.
That, together with statehood, the
opening of the reservations, the fair
prospects of the return of the escheated
church property, and the recovery of
over q half million of money by
the church, does make rather grave
situation for the republican party and
the Tribune, TO be sure. If the dear
old obituary mill can grind out valid
objection to the democratic handling
of that body, why,so be it, and who can
blame it. But SO long as it can only
complain that the democrats are follow
ing republican example in the DISPOSE
ton of legitimate advantage by it, no
heart will break or tear founts be dried
up. A duty to be performed for the
democrats will come very nearly in
cluding all the people of Utah this fall,
80 nearly so that it will be a fellow ex-
ceedingly hard to please. Give them
the entire commission or a majority
either and vet waid have votes to spare
IN November-a good many of them
too.
In this same article of Sunday which
we are considering, the Tribune can
not resist the poor brag that in the
good old days of the republican com
mission, it was simply and only liberal.
A good large number of republicans
don't very greatly relish the fact
that large per cent. Of
their associates are liberals any
how, and to be twi tied with the
fact now that republican commissions
heretofore were only liberal commits
sions will not prove palatable at all.
1t is difficult, says the Tribune, to say
at this hour which of the two great
parties are the stronger. We do not
find it difficult at all, and with the ad-
vantage of an honest force of demo-
cratic registrars, there is no sort of
difficulty about arriving at the conclu-
sion that the democratic party is just
strong enough to walk off with all in
sight this tall. That's no problem at
all. The difficulty is only in determln-
ing how great the majority shall be.
We DO not want to be unreasonable
about it, but We arrive at the conclu-
sion irrisistably that the democracy is
by far the stronger, and after the sec
ond Tuesday in November there will
be no comparison at all.
The dear old Trib's. conclusion
that the democracy should have
asked for no changes, that is.
made none in the com mission
or the body of registrars, is too in
fnitely angelic even for heavenly
politics. How charming is the old
obituary warblerl What heaven on
earth we will have when its modes are
WhenI When the Tribune
in advance, foreshadows the probable
action:of the democratic registrars the,
commission and the courts it places
itself severely in contempt, earns the
contempt of all honest men who hate |
a prejudged decision. Because about
70 per cent. of the newly naturalized
citizens at Manti were OF the demo-
cratic persuasion, the Tribune is glori.
ouslY drunk with unavailinq anger.