The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-31

between the two factions in 1889 and
1890? What have they to say as men,
to the suggestions that have been
made? What have they to hope for in
the future, if these things are permit
ted? What is their duty in this SUI
preme crisis2 What is party after all,
when the principles of ones country
are at stake? l nave heretofore said,
and I say now, that patriotic men
should always advance as their watch
word-"Country before partyr'
Let Republicans Answer.
Let me ask you, Mr. Tribune, and 1
invoke a frank and fearless answer,
was it as a reward for fraud, that you
rendered me a reception at the Walker
house in August, 1889, after the Liber-
ais had carried the town by Al MAORI
ty? Was it payment for an act of
grand larceny that you thus enabled
me to shake hands with 1000 people?
Does not this serious charge effect your
honor as we'll as my own? Tell me, Mr..
O. j. Salisbury, tell me Mr.. w. S. Nc
Cornick, tell me Messrs. Walker Bros,
Arthur L. Thomas, p. II. Lannan, Rich
ard Macintosh, every one of You Re
publicans, tell me each and every one
of you, who contributed to the fund
presented to me, did you do so as par
takers of stolen goods? Does not the
serious charge made affect the honor
of each and all of you? Tell me, Mr..
George NJ. Scott, whether you accepted
Office as the beneficiary of a fraud
Are you or are you not willing to re-
sent this uncalled-for imputation upon
your honor and upon the honor of our
city?
For my own part, through all the
fight acted conscientiously, and as l
believed for the right. AS God is my
judge, [ did none of the dishonest
things with which I have been charged.
[ am vindicated by the fact that Lib
erals received SO7 majority in 1890. By
the fact that no contest was made by
the defeated party. By the fact that
election after election, thereafter, re-
suited in the victory of the same party.
Why then should man of God bear
testimony against his neig'hbor? L have
cuses to offer My record is before
the people. My life has been an open
book But, with all the earnestness
of my being protest against this lat
est attempt to embitter the people for
partisan gain.
Give Proof, John Henry.
To Mr.. John Henry Smith. speaking
now as a free American citizen, politi-
cally his equal, [ say: Stand UP and
tell the people when 1 ever sought 1.-The
whisperings" or the influence of the
dominant church for myself or for my
party? When did I ever truckle or
fawn at the foot of poWer?' You have
made this charge, now prove it to the
people, and l will stand convicted be
fore all Utah as a hypocrite and as a
knave. If you fail to prove it, may a
considerate and just people judge be-
tween us.
1 firmly believe that the time has
come to vote these things down. [ be-
lieve that the old Liberals of Utah
even though they vote the Republican
ticket this fall, should make themselves
heard and repudiate the attacks upon
their honesty.
And now. in no spirit of recrfmina-
ton. | want to ask why John Henry
Smith rakes the ashes that still con-
tain the embers of bitterness and ha.
tired? Why does he and Cannon in this
hour of peril in Utah, see fit to sow the
wind. for he who soweth the wind
shall in Gods time reap the whirlwind
Why do these men seek to imperf
statehood for Utah? Do they now
know THAT every such insinuation
every such appeal, that every appeal
that is made from the pulpit to direct
men politically, adds votes against the
Constitution? Do they not desire state.
hood. or is it true that after all that
partizan success is so dear to them
that they will imperii statehood for
Utah if need be; that they will play
with fire; that they will divide the
people again upon the old lines; thai
they will resort to any measure to de
feat the great Democratic party, ano
to give the Republican party success
The Democrats can we'll endure defeat
in this campaign 1t will be a defeat
with honor if it should come. The Re
publican party cannot afford to win ir
this campaign, for winning by tbs
methods that are now being uset
would be to set Utah backward.
Let us turn our faces toward the ris
ing sun, and turn our backs toward
the setting sun.
AnpeaI For Freedom.
Speaking now as one that cares fa1
less for party success than he does fol
the advancement and peace and hap
piness of the people, | not only appea
ito patriotic Gentiles. but l appeal Il
those Mormons who pushed the hant
carts into this country that they nigh
obtain liberty. ! appeal TO the young
men who have the future all before
them. / ask them now, to stand W
for political freedom, and political lib
erty; to make their vote count. Thanh
God, we have a secret ballot and mer
can go TO the polls if they choose, ant
vote for that which viii advance Utah
protect every church in the territory
and protect every man in his politica
rights.
Cardinal Woolsey's admonition tt
Cromwell is a good patriotic sentimen
to follow:
"Be just and fear not!
Let all the ends thou aim st at, b.
thy country's thy Gods, and truthsl
.'Then. If thou falls O! Cromwell
thou falHst blessed martyr indeedw
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