The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-10-17
WILL REGONVENE.
Call Issued by the Democratic
State Committee
FOR STATE CONVENTION
To Reconvene at Salt Lake City On Tues
day October %. 1895 at 10 a. m.-Anu
Issues Also Ringing Address Setting
Forth Plainly the Causes.

The state central democratic commit
tee and many prominent democrat
from all parts of Utah met at Sal
Lake city on Monday evening October
18th to consider the present crisis o.
church interference with state that il
upon US, and after due and calm de-
liberation issued the following serious
ane solemn address AID call for the
reassembling of the deleg ates that COM
posed the convention that met at Og-
den on September 5, 1895:
Since the nomination. of the demo-
cratic state ticket, through no fault of
the democratic party, there has arisen
a Crisis in the political affairs of this
territory. 1t has been caused by the
efforts of designing und INSCRIPTIONS
republicans, who have used ana dis
torted ill-advised statements of high
church officials In order to secure
their own designing ends. Efforts are
being made TO cause the people VINO
have been taught to reverence author
ity. that the dominant church OF Utah
desires the defeat OF the democratic
ticket. This condition of things needs
the serious consideration OF eyeIy
thinking man ana woman. Ii presents
before the people question before
which all others are owarfed. 1t re-
iates to the rights OF persons and the
personal and political freedom of every
individual. The democratic party,
which has ever been the party of the
fullest freedom to the citizen, pro-
poses to meet this issue and to fight |
ittout that it may be settled for all |
time. That peace may come to the |
people OF Utah. That the adoption of |
The constitution that is presented for
the consideration of the people may
not be defeated.
1t mas no quarrel with any church;
it admits the right OF every society TO
govern and control its members in
lis own affairs, so long as the rights
If the state or the rights of other IN
iividuals are not encroached upon.
LIS grievance has been caused by those
81 no are ready and willing to drag the ;
,roes OF Christ In the mud and dust
md filth OF politics, to advance selfish
,nds, 1t matters not whether this Was
jccasi0ned by Innocent motives or in
ioct Mt action, the condition is here,
nd an issue has been raised. There
houid be no injustice done to any man.
There should be no interference with
ne rights OF any church or of any in
iYidual; but tor the good of Utah us
veil as Tor the good of democracy the
uestion should be met in manly
gay, and In a manner that the people
Viii know that the democracy has
poken and will act accordingly,
Therefore, in view of conditions ex-
sting, in order that there may be is
ued declaration of political indie
endence and for the purpose of de-
airing that no man or set of men shall
GREATER use the power or the
ame of any church Or ecclesiastical
uthority to control the votes OF the
Official sentiment of any citizen, the I
emocratic state committee, duly as 6
smbled al Salt Lake city on Monday, {
ne 14th day Of October, 1895, by un 6
nimous vote, hereby directs the re. ,
of the delegates that COM !
0sed the convention that met at Og-
en- on the 9th day OF September, 1896.
Salt Lake city, on Tuesday, the 22nd
by OF October, 1895, at the hour OF 10 {
m. All delegates to the late conven- ]
on are earnestly requested that lay /
g aside all business and excuses they {
tend this convention for the good of a
tan snd all the people, and thus aid q
settling once and Tor all one of the 1.
lestions that has go long harassed all q
asses in this territory, !,
The convention will also be empow-
ed to take such other action than p
at stated in this call as the eXigen- a
IS OF the occasion may require. 81
o. w. POWERS, Chairman. a
E. A. MCDANIEL, Secretary, I,