The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-31
PRovoCITY.
JULY 81, 1894
PARTISANSHIP.

OF course achieving statehood was a
great thing. The crowning Of this ter
ritory with the diadem of soy ereignty.
the fulfllment Of the ardent aspira-
tions of the thousands of patriotic 20
pie, especially among the hardy old
pioneers of Utah, creates a sentiment
infinitely higher than mere PARTISAN
ship. 1t is, or ought to be, some thing
livlier than mere republicanism or
democracy. 1t is the fruition of all the
higher and nobler sentiments of the
people, of ali the people. YET we have
the Chairman of the republican CEN
tral committee and his moral hench-
men, such as Graham of. the Enquirer,
advising the people to stay away from
Saltair on the first because the matter
was first moved in by democrats. This
comes about only because there is
democratic national as well as territor-
ial government on. 1t was meet and
proper for the democrats to move first
and when the call v as made for a gen
eral and formal celebration of the con-
summation of SO many hopes, such
ardent,hopes, it naturally deyolVed upon
the officials of the territory to go first.
Thereading of the proclamation for tlec-
tion of delegates to the coming consti-
tutional convention will be done by
democrat, because the reader is him
self the democratic governor of Utah.
How could Sll this be avoided? Now
because of this the republicans are
urged to stay away from this semi
official celebration of the greatest event
in all the previous history of the terri
tory.
The republican managers are afraid
that should the masses of their party
hear these things from the lips of t e
men who have worked this great politi-
cal event out oyer their prolonged and
earnest opposition, they might be in.
huenced to vote the democratic ticket
this fall, being reasonable and reason
ably intelligent, grateful and patriotic
men. It.just simply resolves itself to
this, that they recognize the wonderful |
service the democracy has done Utah |
and they fear the effect il will have
upon the masses of its citizenship. |
1t is sheer cowardice-and the |
poverty of their claims upon the |
people Szgzazssausis-,..-.z--,zs,.,l.. and /
gact tt~s fAs- AE 9 aAssssooiutely ssoiTt
without resources to meet the situa-
ton with any hope of contending with
il successfully. 1t is indeed DOOR
thing that in matter such as this
their Jealousy and chagrin is of such
character that they cannot act for one
day upon matter of such vast import
ance TO Utah, with the democrats to
whose devotion they and all Utah owe
this great boon.
This circumstance ought, in and of
itself. to insure their defeat if there
were no other causes. 1t is a disgrace
to the republican party to be able to
assign no higher or better reason for
the churlish position the party has as
sumed in this matter. 1t also indi-
Gates the desperate straights to which
their campaign has been reduced by
the fortunate passage of the Utah bill. |
That party has no favorable history to s
urge, can point to 40 lusty effort in all
the long years they were in power in
She territory, which fairly entities
hem to the favorable consideration :
1f the voters, is most unfortunate tor
hem. 1t virtually equals their asking d
Upon their manly m op- u
'osition to all suggestions of statehood /
md the humiliating reasons they as
igned all along why statehood should n
ot be granted, and these reasons were q
hat the people were not worthy to be e.
rusted upon the two questions of DO a
Vgamy and church government. G.
'nese things do not entitle the repub- = =
can party to expect the vote Of Utah. g.
{ they still entertain such expectation, a,
e can tell them, they are doomed to IL
ne master Disappointment of their 81
yes. They dare not meet with the
emocrats because all of their hollow !.
of friendship to Utah r
ill become more and more apparent th
they do, at