The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-14


him, and no one has any desire to
quote them unless he undertakes to
talk for those whom he has no author
ity to speak for. Where are the manu-
featuring institutions in fair Utah
that the editor of the Tribune has in
vested any money in? If there is any
such an institution the public would
like to hear of it. Love Of country and
the best interests of a state should
come before party politics, and it is
beneath the dignity Of a man not to
take enough interest in his country to
wish to vote for the best men for a
high Office 1t is claimed that the
( right to vote is sacred, and hundreds
and hundreds of fine speeches are de-
livered and articles written on the
sacred ballot, and the sacred duty of
all men to come out and vote, and yet
there are men in the party to which
[ belong who claim that the greatest
duty Of the Democratic members Of
the legislature, is to throw away their
/ votes, because they can not get their
party candidates into office?
This morning the Tribune headed an
editorial with these words. "a Princi-
pie at Stake and in writing this let
4 ter l wish to call the attention of those
who take the time to read my words
! TO the fact that there is indeed
=
( is in not allowing man seeking Of
/ fee to erect false premises and then
hide behind them. and cry about
/ principle at stake" The principle at
stake is the selection Of the best men to
represent Utah in the United States
/ senate, and as a Democrat I do not
! wish, expect. or want Mr. George @.
! Cannon to go to the senate as g non
( partisan candidate, but [ desire to see
] q
! believer in Republican principles the
Tribune editor knows full we'll as he
IS an ardent advocate of protection
The Tribune has no principle at
stake when it writes that Mr.. Can
non has given it out authoritativeIy
tHat he is not candidate
and Will not under any cir
cumstance accept the office. The
principle involved in this state
5nent was a falsehood pure and simple.
MI. cannon IS not a candidate: neither
is Mr.. o. j. Salisbury but there is no
man IN this community who does not
1eei sure beyond the peradventure of
douot that neither of these gentle
men could in honor refuse to accent
the position of a senator should the
same be offered to him. Mr.. Salisbury
IS patriotic gentleman, loving his
country, and he could not in honor re-
fuse the call Of his fellow citizens if
/ they made demand on him. For
rear OF this demand being made the
4rloune manager and editor are turn
ing heaven and earth, so to speak. to
mead off such a calamity. one
which would open the BONNET
OF MT Editor and let out the United
states senatorial bee. buzzing therein.
out L shall go on hoping that the love
OF lar Utah will yet triumph and that
Messrs. Cannon and Salisbury win
represent her III the greatest IegisIa-
I'VE oody on the face of the earth.
speaking of the principle involved i,
the present case, I have 10 sroiIa -
the Tribune's attack on the editor of
! ne Herald The Tribune has taken
tHe ground that no high church
oillclal IN the Mormon church
should hold office. and has nra-
5umed, as it always does -
Ten ouher folks what their drtv
d Wen as their belief. is. I for one
u 1i 10 state my own case on re-
lsioh' pohtcs and all other matters
ana not TO nave others do it for me.
agree With the Tribune perfectly that
no high church official should accent
once without the full approval of htc
associates or those who preside over
MN, but I announce that there Is
nothing that should prevent the presi-
dent of the Mormon church from 81
Nptlng Office, if it shall be thought
WISE Tor him to do so. Joseph Smith.
the founder. under divine direction Of
the Church Of Jesus Christ of LATER
day Saints, certainly would not have
allowed his name to be used and
urged as candidate for the presidency
of the United States had he NOT
thought that under certain cfrcunl-
stances it was perfectly proper for
even the leader of the church to ac-
cept political Office. Neither woDId
PRESIDENT Brigham Young have accep-
ted the Office of governor of Utah had
he entertained any such an idea as
that advanced by the Tribune
The distinction and the principle in
VoIved should be plain to every mind.
and the principle Of political liberty
should be dear to the heart of every
man A man who cannot be gov
erned is unworthy to govern" is an
admitted fact by most men, and it
is equally true that man who is not
willing to give the liberty of free
thought politically and otherwise to
all men is not a proper man to be
placed in a position to defend the lib
critics of a great and glorious state.
Old sores are bad things to reopen,
and I suggest to the Tribune that now
that the grand and glorious rights Of
citizenship in a state have been gran
ted to all the men in the state, that it
try to forget old sores and be fair
enough not to mistate the position
Of people. and not to claim that under
no circumstances will q. certain gen
tleman take an Office. and that he has
'authorita lively so stated, when it
knows that he has done nothing of the
kind, but on the contrary has refused |
to so do when it has risd to get him /
to make such a statement A man
who wiltully assumes a false position !
to carry his ends is unworthy of re- |
spect.
The duty of the members of the leg
islature is held up before them in the /
Tribune article on principle in a
way to assist Mr.. Frank J. Cannon. |
1t would seem as if it were the duty |
Of the Republican members Of the |
legislature not to have pledged them /
selves as to a United States senator.
seeing that their party would not I
name in convention the men thew
wished for the place, and it is this I
private pledging of the votes of men /
that should be fought against Men |
should come to the legislature free to |
act for the best good of the state. IL
left free by their conventions so to act. |
Young Utah has been taught that the /
constitution of our beloved country [
was inspired by the Almighty, and !
the love of country is therefore i'm |
beded in their hearts in connection
with the sacred duty of love of their |
God, and they have looked forward |
with fond anticipation to that glorious !
day when they should be members Of |
state. Our hearts fill with pride
and joy unspeakable now that this
much desired contamination has hean /
the