The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-18

This is a Democratic year.
The great Democratic convention.
called for next Tuesday night win be
q success. 1t viii be large gathering
of earnest. honest Democrats. who will
come here to face a problem that has
been a serious one to them ever since
the division on party lines, with its
attendant use of influence to sway
voters in the interest of the Republican,
party There is to be no childs play
about the convention. 1t is to assem-
BILE and meet the crisis.
The great cnGeavor Of the Republican
party and press now is to keep dele
gates from attending the convention.
They have sent out word to their work
ers throughout the country districts.
telling them to make it appear that
The crisis is not grave enough to war
rant such a proceeding as the reconven-
; ing Of the convention. They are using
their best endeavors to belittle the mat
ter
Notwithstanding this, however, the
indications are that the convention Will
be a great success. Every day Judge
Powers is receiving word from the cut
in large delegations to take part.
Uintah, Wasatch. Summit, Davis.
Tooele Weber, Cache, Utah. Juab,
Emery. Carbon. Beaver, Box Elder and
other counties have already Int their
delegates in line and are coming up
solidly To support the action of the
party and to take part in making a
declaration for absolute Ireed9m in
political affairs in this territory.
The TcpTTD1iPqnC Isaq11I fri II
al what they see coming. They are
endeaVoring to stop the tidal wave Ct
feeling against the underhanded
methods that have been used for Years.
They are using all sorts OF arguments
and endeavoring to convince them
selves that there is nothing in this
movement. They inquire Of he Demo-
Gratis what they are going 10 CO. They
meet in headquarters and On street
corners ana exchange SCTmis IS They
make the charges made l,Y the Tribune
that the Democratic ticket was made
uD for the same purpose as that de-
nounced by the Democrats. they al
lege the use Of church influence by the
Democrats. They try to justify the ac-
tions taken by ther party and GER
erallV wade around in water that is
too deep for them.
But the Democrats do not believe
that the action taken has been extreme.
IN fact a. Democrat who loes h.lieve
that is yet to he found by those in
charge Of the Democratic campaign.
In fact from every region come re-
ports that the Democrats 'ralize the
gravity of the situation and endorse
what has been done to meet 1t.
The action has accomplished several
things. Immediately after the priest
hood meeting a. crop of whisperers was
sown IN various parts of the territory.
These whisperers are queer institutions.
They have held good positions in the
church and they have gone around
telling the people that the first presi-
dency was against the Democratic
I ticket. They have been effeetually
silenced and if they dare to make any
more whispers around the territory
they viii find themselves in a very
unfortunate position. They dare not
do anything now. More than that the
action has put new life into the Demo
Gratis who were discouraged for a time
over the activity Of these whisperers,
who were retailing the words used in the
priesthood meeting. The effect will be
that the party has been drawn to-
gether for Il fight and that it will not
lose votes by the system that has been
pursued by these men.