The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-02-14
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Assembly the Democrats have ali ~
members except three Republicans am
nonr papahsts. and there has hetw n
question at any time bat that the MAJ
selected would he a Democrat and
ssrong silver man.
Up 10 q few yesrS asNo nehtseS an thb
Ssafp-sf was then a Territory wefe un
like those OF any other State or Aefs2
tory In the Union, There were nrSeNtl
cahy 40 such pelltic9i rsrt1es as ta'
ResSallhran And Democratic PARTIES, hui
the pe<,gsse wen, divided into l3eerAf ans
peasse'S parties,
mis- State was settled hy the Mol1N>ns
aud FOR many years they were nrsetfc',lls
che en3s ones in Its harieTs. inter uae
lc<saSgShil, es Brigham Young tand ms
followers he8eve that he Was ansfAred
ana, directed N Go6A they came 10 this
now beautiful and fruitful valley, which
WAS then q part of "the Great American
peS,rs. and. under the most unprapitSous
,sNrumsanccS. laid broad and deep the
foundation Ter ono az che greatest States
in tae Union Brigham Young buildcd
wisely. aud the prosperity and progress
that arc Visible on every hand attest the
wisdom e hrs selection OF q location IN
which tse establish the Zion of THE
latter Nay Saints" After the resources
OF nature had been SubS}ued and the in
SiuStry ,af the most industrious and ener-
~etic pcoYle that ii has ever been my lot
"a be ase1ong, had changed the waste
plst,eS into a land that was Self sustaining
and tla* gave every evidence of material
prospersfy. the +Gentiles" tas al people
not Mazsnous are calledl began II come
in and S3tare the fruits OF the country.
As was "a be expected the MormonS did
not lake very kindly to the idea OF having
In their midst people who looked upon the
practice af their religion as crime
against nature and law, especially when
fhev remembered that they had been de
MED 4 place any where else in the United
State and had fed to the desert TO wor-
ship God according TO the dictates Of their
own conscienceS." The antagonistic
views Of the Mormons and the Gentiles
divided the people into two political par
ties. without reference 10 their views on
the great economic questions that divide
the people where local conditions do not
swallow mp and absorb all other questions.
The Gentiles generally allied themselves
with the Liberals" and the Mormons
with the Peoples" parties. The line
was not strictly drawn, but the division
was on that basis.
mons aud Gentiles. became tired of that
division. They believed that the great
economic questions that divide the people
OF other sections should be the basis of
their differences and not local conditions
and feelings, and old lines were dropped.
The people began to align themselves
with one or the other of the two great
political parties.
At the time Utah was admitted to the
Union as a State. the delegate in Con-
gress was Democrat At the first
election held under the State Constitution,
the Republicans were victorious and all
the present State officers are Republicans,
as well as both United States Senators
and the member Of the House of Rep
resentatiyes. At the election held last
November, the Democrats swept the
State by an overwhelming majority, and
the duty devolyed upon the General As
senibly, now in session, to register the
will of the people by electing Demo-
crat to succeeded United States Senator
Arthur Brown.
For years, one of the most earnest and
Woodworking Democrats in the State
has been Hon. Moses Thatcher. During
the last campaign he was in the thick
of the fight. He has for some time past
been one Of the leading men in the Nor
mon church and has been one of the
twelve Apostles" Some time last sum
mer the church adopted manifesto, de-
claring that none Of the high officials Of
the church should accept political n0mina-
tons or office without first laying the
matter before the head of the church and
securing consent so to do. Thatcher, as
one of the officials Of the church, re
fused to sign the manifesto and an
nounced that he did not consider that the
church had the right to have anything
to say concerning his political actions.
The church people claim that when one
Of the high officials of the church pro-
poses embarking in any. pursuit that is
likely to take his time and engross his
thought to such an extent that the duties
he owes the church may be neglected,
that the church has the right to demand
that he shall refrain from so doing or
yacate his official position Mr.. Thatcher
refused to submit to this manifesto of
the church, and was therefore removed
from the "Apostleship" Of the church.
There were three ayowed candidates
for the United States Senatorship, and
for many days their friends fought
bravely and well to secure the honor.
Moses Thatcher's cause was championed
by many, both Mormons and Gentiles,
who believed that his election would be
the most forcible proclamation to the
world that perfect freedom from church
Influence in politics existed in Utah; that
such q proclamation would bring emigra-
ton and capital into the State that now
seek other fields for investment because
of the feeling abroad that the church
dominates affairs in Utah to such an
extent as to brighten from the State
many who recognize the great and UNI
developed resources of the common
wealth They looked upon the election of
Mr.. Thatcher as demanded by the logic
of events.
Judge II. Is. Henderson was recognized
as a strong lawyer, a man of broad cul-
ture, clear-headed and conservative, and
as having all the elements to fill the Of
fee in such way as to reflect credit on
the State His friends worked hard to
secure his election.
Hon. Joseph l.. Rawlins, the success
full candidate, was the delegate in Con