The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-20
This is a Democratic year.

There was once an old Scotch dame
living in a snug little cottage, whose
sense of proportion was about equal
to that Of George NJ. Cannon or the
present editor of the Tribune. This
precious old dame was in her cottage
one day, so the story runs, when some
water began to run in under the door.
Selling her mop she at once made q
vicious attack on the inruding fluid.
But she seemed to make 30 impression.
The water continued to run in and she
continued TO mop with unavailing in
dustry, until at length, in the hour Of
her complete exhaustion, she found she
had been endeavOring TO sweep back
the Atlantic Ocecn.
There was once a king Of England,
whose mind would admit no doubt Of
his sovereignty over all things One
day, 10 show his power, he ordered
that his throne be set on the beach
just when the tide was about to flow.
lie WAS Obeyed, ana when he saw the
water approaching silently he order
ed Il back. There was no effect Again
lii louder tones he ordered it back. Still
IT crept up and up around his throne,
silent and needless of his frantic or
ders, until he was compelled to re-
treat before it to escape drowning.
Cannot the Tribune and his excel
lency, George Nj. Cannon. draw some
wisdom from this? Can they not see
that this latest issue is something
greater than a mere political trick?
Can they not see that when a wise.
prudent conservative state committee
calls for a state convention, without
one dissenting voice, and when the
people from one end of the territory to
the other respond to that call with one
accord, that they are face to face with
lie that cannot be stopped by the
frantic demands of the ear or the in
ousrious use of the journalistic mop?
Or are they blind?
This Democratic movement has had
Its inception in no trick. 1t is no
grand stand play. Ne grand stand
play could so simultaneously rouse the
whole party and make il a unit on
the issue. Men who understand poll
ties know that chairmen do not take
their whole party with them unless
they have something that viii arouse
full party spirit And this uprising is
wholly without parallel in the history
of our Utah politics. Never was
party SO absolutely united on an Is
Sue.
Arrangements For the Convention.
ARA uS6Dl6nlS IOr me state COnNen-
tion on Tuesday are going on Adj
vices by telephone, letter and person
from various counties indicate that
vast gathering of people from all ac-
cessible places viii show the interest
of Democracy in the great question of
the hour
Ii appears that an impression has
gone out that the convention is to
meet on Tuesday evening, when the
truth is that it viii meet on Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock in the theater
In order that there may he no con-
fusion and none but delegates gain ad-
mission to the floor of the convention
several assistant sergeants-at-arms
have been detailed in addition to those
already named. The force viii be
under the direction of G. r. BeInap,
sergeant-at-arms Of the convention.
The following gentlemen viii act as
assistants:
a. G. Harris, Ogden: r. Z. Davis,
Box Elder; ". c. \. Smoot, jr. VIII
liam Mcqueen. T. D. Lewis, Andy Reed
Burt, Amasa Gleason, Hugh Watson, ,
Sergeant Katz. c. L. Angel, Salt Lake /
If possible the sergeant and his as
sistants should meet at headquarters, !
Salt Lake city, Monday evening, Oc- |
tOber p, for the purpose Of arranging
for the business of the next day.