The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-17
PROVO CITY. AUG,
MORMON MEMORIES.

Whenever a democratic paper alludes,
even briefly, to the history of the past
in this territory-to the past hostilities
of the republican party toward the
Mormon people, every republican pa
per is at once in line of battle visor
down and ready for the fray, The
other day TIE DISPATCH took occasion
to alIude briefly to the record of repub-
lican hostility, which cannot be denied
The Ogden Standard rushes into a
whole column of distressed and lsbored
denial simply denial sustained bY not
single fact, historical or otherwise.
We have found the Mormon people to
be very much like other people, with
much the same gratitude for benefits
conferred and resentment for injuries
offered, especially in political matters
We may not know very much about
the MormOns, as the Standard says,
but we do know this, that some of the
self-appointed mouth pieces Of that
people have been bitterly repudiated
and we fear that the Standard is one
of them. The paper referred to makes
one egregi0us misstatement. We do
not nsider them to be either ignorant
or hlaelnt. We consider them on the
other hand to be intelligent, ,wideawake,
and W b all the natural feelings COM
mon e. other people.snd this is why we
do MOI believe they will vote to place
inp manent control of the new state,
mer VI no. they have any identity of
any ziad, is as being bitterly, nay,
inssneiy hostile to that sect-and to
sll their interests in Utah. This is the
head end 'front.' of our offending, in the
eyes OF vNe Standard. OF course any
thing is mean and vicious which is
likely to urn a vote away from the re-
publican party. We can stand the
charge and We are likely to repeat TIE
offense very often as the campaign goes
on. We know many old citizens here
of the Standards ilk who have far less
influence with the people of Utah than
they imagine they have and who never
have been and n1ver can become lead.
era of the people.
Damagogery and pettifogging are
terms always used by papers of the
Standards stripe when they tackle
9 question whiHAkh they find they
P~pvrS--v very rIr-sdly afraid that the
democratic papers will allude to the
past history of the two parties in Utah.
They dare not face it, hence they can
DO nothing, other than blackguard
those who do. Since the ambition was
first born in the bosom of Utonians to
become state it has been supported
and advocated by the democrats and
opposed by the republicans. These
are the simple facts of history on this
point and not all the blackguarding
and frothy denial of either the Stand
ard or the Tribune, or both, can gam
say them.
Promising everything and fulfilling
nothing" says the Standard. We
promised statehood. Have we not full.
filed the promise? We promised the
opening of the reservations. Have we
not fulfilled that promise? We prom
ised that all distinction against the
MormonS as people, which grew up
and was fostered for 30 many years bv |
the republican party should be wiped |
olt. The first Mormon lawyer ever ap-
pointed to judicial position by the
federal government, was appointed
he other day in the person of Hon.
Fm. II. King, DOW the judge Of the
Fourth Judicial district. What of the
Inredeemed pledges of the democracy
now, Mr.. Standard? While We are It
t may we ask the Standard where is
he statehood conferred by the repub-
lean national administrations Where
re the reservations opened by the
anne administration? Where is the
dormon Lawyer on the bench by
of the republican ad-
What was the
natter with Mr.. Harrison that he did
lot discover some clean republican
awYer and put him on the bench? No,
lr; there was no lack of necessity nor
( material. The lack was solely in
be disposition of the government ]
nder republican administration to do
:. There was the sticking point. )
his is what TIE UIsPATcH would
ave the Mormon people remember. J
If course the papers of the republican
woulo have the people regard this
8 stirring up strife. OF course they
ould choke it off by such pettifoggery
8 the Standard resorts to, but ali the {
anne they will not be able to accom-
lish it. We depend upon the excel
mt memories of the Mormon people
raise our coming majority from five ,,
eight thousand-in fact to make it :
Dry nearly unanimous for the demo q
ATTIC ticket. T