The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-05

OeiHCCIdtS Iof the SOle purpose g.
using it as it has been used. The YET
ter itself shows that it has not been
misused or misrepresented by the
press or on the stump; and the chal-
lenge to publish it made by it's author
brings forth a request from Judge
Powers for the letter, and the letter
itself for publication.
Hon. George W. Thatcher, City:
Dear Sir:.aIt is my desire that the let
ter from George f Gibbs to Bishop
Wright, of Hyrum, now in your possess
SION sn be delivered to the Salt Lake Herald
ior pu6llca ton. | believe that this step
is necessary to the interests of the party.
Yours truly
o. W. POWERS.
June q, 1891.
Bishop John F. Wright Hyrum:
Dear brotherhood are aware that the
struggle for territorial supremacy be-
tween the two political parties is now on.
II mas become a question in your mind
ter; believing this, l thought I would
drop you line giving you an idea of the
Sltua ton as viewed by those who have at
and whose position enables them TO Judge
dlslnterestedly and unSelfiShly in this i'm
portant matter
1t is apparent to all that the d;sband-
move; that being done, it leaves the Lib
erals to fight only for, spells, and the
fact of that party being composed of
irresponsible men has aroused the fears
OF conservative men whose interests are
staked here so much that fears have been
entertained lest they become so strong
as to i be a menace to good government.
disorganized Peoples party who are
Democrats to ally themselves with that
party and those who are Republicans to
animate with the Republicans. But there
N q lnI-Jt y1an
cal faith and the question arises, what
shall be done with them? The answer. is
as l see it, that there will all the time
be more or less of our people who wills
perhaps is all right. in fact l believe it is
as 1t should be. But there will pa a
great many soon ready to move either in
the Democratic or Republican ranks and
the question is, what influence should be
used to guide all such so as to t,ring
about the best results to the whole? /
nave never heard you declare yourself
either way, but from the fact that Hers
chel Is a pronounced Democrat, | natur-
ally take it that your tendencies would be
R r. pub ~, This is no doubt just as it
should be. The Scandinavian element in
Utah, as elsewhere, is generally Republic
can. In this respect therefore, your po-
litical tendencies will have happy Ell
feet in establishing in Hyrum a Strong
fortunate thing for u.s. more unfortunate
than you, perhaps, can readily see now,
were our territory to become solid, either
Democratic or Republican; and the ten,
dency is-more from tradition than reas-
onto the Democratic ranks; and the
fact too that such men as Caine, Rich
ards and the majority of our leading
politicians are Democrats gives the Demo-
cratic movement a great advantage and
especially in face of the fact that most
of the Liberal party. is composed of Re-
publicans, making the Republican party
very short of available men of Influence
for stamping purposes. Are you uncom-
mitted; and if So are you prepared as
all leading men in my opinion, should be-
to roll up your sleeves and do what YOU
can in Republican interests? Please let
me know. I have perhaps written suffi-
GENTLY on this point now until L hear
from you. This move, as 1 see it, is the
have ever engaged in. 1t involves just
what we have been so long praying for
although very few comparatively see it,
In reading back 1 find that I have not
said what / mean in one particular. Re
ferring to rolling up your sleeves, etc.
[ mean that in my opinion all leading
men should have at heart the welfare
Of the peoples interest first, and they
should not allow their party feelings to
blind their vision as to the direction in
which those interests lie. Utah first last
and all the time, is my sentiment. 1t is
a sentiment that I can conscientiously
preach to all sensible men; and it should
express a feeling deep down in the heart
of all Latter-day Saints. l understand
Republican meetings in Cache valley; let
me hope that through your wise manipu-
lation the efforts of those who may en-
gage in ii may prove big success in
Hyrum
[ have taken the liberty to drop you
this line privately 1t is just the word
that would thank friend for. if were
in your situation. Whether you can act
on it in harmony with your own views
or not 1 trust you will regard it as
private to you. If you can receive it.
do all you can both in and outside of
Hyrum to popularize 1t; put Whatever you
publican settlement. Kind regards to
'''- "-'- '''' GEORGE F. GIBBs.
HON. MOSES THATCHER.
To the Editor of The Herald:
Having read the letter of Mr.. Geo..
F. Gibbs, as it appeared in the Daily
Tribune of Sunday, November 8, 1885,
the object of the appearance of which
Immediately before the election of to-
morrow, as will be apparent to every
voter, is clear, and as my name is
used in that letter, with the evident in
tention of placing me in an unenviable
and dislhonorable attitude, / make the
following statement:
Some time in July, 1891, as I remem-
Der, Bishop John F. Wright, accompa-
MED by my brother George W. Thatch-
er, came to my house and stated that
they wished to read to me a letter
which Bishop Wright had received
from Geo. T. Gibbs, which in their
view was calculated to injure the DEM
ocratic party.
l listened to the careful reading of
that letter and then read it over slow
ly myself and after doing SO, remarked
that I regarded it as a very dangerous
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