The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-04

bled with emotion and he proceeded
with his remarks in the earnest and
solemn tones of one who is delivering
a funeral grafton.
Something tells me-" he began,
that 1 stand on this floor for the last
time to cast my vote for Moses
| Thatcher. Not that 1 shall change my
vote. No. A secret. something tells
me that one candidate is to be sac
rificed that mine may be defeated, and
l claim the privilege to explain my
vote as I cast it in the presence of
the victorious foe. AS the personal
representative of Mr.. Thatcher and in
answer to the gentleman from Salt
Lake (Mr. Shepard) l affirm that Mr..
Thatcher has never declared that he
would cease to be a candidate if he
was not elected upon a certain day.
He came to the field honorably, with
full purpose to stay till victory should
perch upon his or upon his opponents
banner. His followers were bound to-
gether by a. force more firm than
bands of iron or hooks of steel, a
pledge of honor that 40 member yhall
be released only by consent of Moses
Thatcher and two-thirdS of their num-
Der. That release was never asked
for nor granted.
1.-The opponents of Mr.. Thatcher have
that his hands never constructed. The
Deseret News said before the legisla-
ture convened that to vote for Mr.
Thatcher would be to slap the church
in the face consequently the word
has gone abroad that the supporters
of Mr.. Thatcher stand upon a plat
form antagoniStic to the dominant
church of Utah. Join with me, friends,
to analyZe that word. Let US proceed
without rancor in our hearts intent
only to sift the truth from the false
Why are a portion of the members of
this legislature and a large majority
of the people of Utah seeking the
election of Moses Thatcher? Is it be-
cause he became involved with his
quorum in a discussion of the merits
of a certain manifesto which resulted
in the deposing of Mr.. Thatcher from
the position held by him in the church?
If so, then the cause is unworthy and
should be deserted. AS for myself I
am bold to declare that l would be
the first to raise my voice and
hand against any man who would seek
to abrogate the inherent right of any
church organization to discipline it's
members.
Here is the sacred ground of re-
ligion and here equally sacred the
province of political organizations.
Let the church work in its fields, safe
from the assault of any political party.
and let political parties not pass with,
in the walls that surround the tenn
pies of worship; Iet no political party
say to any church, appoint this or
that man to fill the office of president
apostle or pastor. Let the church
members be disciplined, let them be
promoted or denoted at the pleasure
of the church. On the other hand, let
no church organizations interfere to
say who shall or shall not be elected
to a political Office. Separate the cit
adels of the state and the temples OF
religion. Let each exercise in its own
sphere the rights guaranteed by a
God-blessed constitution. Let the di-
viding line be as sacred as the path
way to heaven.
I'VE have not selected Mr.. Thatcher
as our candidate because he differed
with his church, but because he has
been and is the idol of the Demo-
cratic party. Two years ago at Og-
den at a convention he and Mr. Raw
Inns were selected as the standard
bearers of their party in connection
with B. II. Roberts. Each in turn ap-
peared upon the platform in response
to the call Of the convention. Mr.
Roberts and Mr.. Rawlins were each
greeted with an ovation, but when
Mr.. Thatcher appeared it was the sig.
nal for a spontaneous outburst that
shook the building from dome to foun-
dation stone, and each person present
felt that Mr.. Thatcher was the idol
of the Democratic party; and today,
il the people could speak, like mighty
tidal wave they would sweep him into
the United States senate; but there
is an unseen hand. the power behind
the throne, that says no. That power
picked up and transplanted a block of
six votes from one field to another
today. The same unseen but all
potent power will pick up and trans
plant five others this afternoon. We
marched to statehood waving aloft
manifestos and declarations that if adj
mitted to the Union the dominant
church would not seek to control the
electors of the state
Since this legislature has been in
session, a certain senator told me that
the influence brought to bear to change