The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-26

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chief of them, was Colonel J. S. Clark
son, the late chairman of the Repub-
lican national committee.
That is absolutely true The Repub-
lican voice that was raised in behalf of
statehood for Utah before the time in
Dictated by Major Handy was so still
and small that it was not heard in the
land How long is it since Congress
man Perkins, of Iowa, a man in every
way representative of his party, in the
minority report on what was known as
the Home Rule bill, declared that Utah
had been a stumbling block in the way
! of western progress? He expressed the
| true sentiment of the Republican party
towards Utah, and that is the same
sentiment of the Republican party to-
wards Utah today if they shall not be
able to control her politics. How long
| is it since the Tribune, which aims to
be the leader of Republican papers
here, saw that anything good could
/ come out of the Nazareth of Utah?
Just since Mr.. Varian, Republican,
was elected to the legislature over Mr..
! Hall, Democrat. Till within two
years the records of the Republican
party fail to show a single instance in
which the rights of the people of Utah
were deemed worthy of any attention,
much less a respectful consideration.
! And there was an apparent DISPOSE
ton on the part of the Republicans in
the present Congress to flibuster
against the statehood bill till certain
| long-headed leaders of the party not in
| Congress did some missionary work!
How true, how patent to all who are
not wilfully or stupidity blind Major
Handy might well have added that this
missionary work was not done by Utah
Republicans.
It is good to read so much truth
about politics in Utah Major Handy
goes on to say:
"The considerations noted above were
certainly influential in making Repub
leans in Congress change front and vie
with the Democrats in speeding her
admission into the Union as state
These certainly were influential, so
date change of front as to make many
old-t time Republicans exclaim in Won
derment Where are we at?"
The major mentions the delegation
sent to the Denver convention, and
speaks of that delegation as having
I been sent by the young EIormons. And
just think, the editor Of the Tribune
was a sort of chief among ten thousand
in that delegation. He says they are
for honest money" In Utah it is gem
orally accepted that honest money
means gold and silver, with the minis
thrown open to free coinage of both, as
in the times prior to the demonetiza-
ton by the Republicans in 1873 Not
only did silver get a stone from the
League of Republican Clubs at Denver,
but the Republican delegates from
Utah did not even stand out for bread
Major Handy says:
'"They sent full delegation of young
and able men to the League of Repub-
lican Clubs, and have in many ways
manifested their deep sympathy with
Republican theories
If that is true of the Republicans of
Utah, it must not be allowed to go
forth as representing the young men of
Utah. They are for Utah now and al
ways have been Those of them who
are Republicans are so not on account
of the record of the Republicans to-
wards Utah, but in spite of it,
Major Handy says Colonel CIarkson
Travelled all over the territory horse
back and mingled SO freely with the
people that he might almost be sail to
have made personal canvass IF the
population, and the major says the COL
onel found that most &C the cid nien
were Democratic in their sympathies.
They naturally synpathized with the
party that sympathized with them
Major Handy clearly proves that the
friendship of the Republicans for Utah
lis thing of the most resent growth,
and that it is wholly and entirely a
selfish friendship.