The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-30


be found to exist" Mr.. Harrity contin-
ues: THE language Of your call prac-
ticalIy assumes that there is no va
cancy in the Pennsylvania membership
of the Democratic national committee
and. as a matter of fact. there is none.
I was elected to that position by the
Democratic national convention upon
the unanimous accommodation of the
Pennsylvania delegation to that Con-
vention. Please see proceedings for
national Democratic convention of 1896.
pages 167 to III. l have not resigned,
and / have not been removed, nor is it
in the power of any convention, COM
mittee or person to remove me, except
in the Democratic national committee
itself.
In the campaign of 1896. the Demo-
cratic national committee delegated to
it's campaign committee the power to
declare vacancies. In pursuance OF
that authority. Chairman James K.
Jones, on behalf of the campaign COM
mittee. on Oct. Is. 1896. raised the ques-
ton of my attitude towards the DEM
oeratic party. and I made reply to him,
under date OF Oct. 20, 1896 My answer
was accepted as entirely satisfactory
by Chairman Jones, and he so declared
and so decided. He declined to make a
vacancy or assent that one should be
made. Enclosed you will find copies
I
which I trust WILL with this communi-
cation be submitted for the cOnsidera-
ton Of the members of the Democratic
state committee.
Mr. Harrity then refers to the resolu-
ton defeated at the state convention OF
Sept 10, 1885, requesting Chairman
Jones to declare Harrity's place on the
national committee vacant
Proceeding he says: 1T VIII thus be
seen that at the proper time for the
consideration of the matter in eOntro
versy if there was any reason for rails
ing the question at ALL namely, IN the
presidential campaign of 1896. the Dem
| ocracy Of Pennsylvania expressed its
| opinion in my favor and the Democratic
national committee, through its chair
man, decided that there was not suffi-
! eient reason for my removal from
| membership in the Democratic national
! committee. Even within the past few
weeks. namely. on July 30 1897. Chair
! man Jones has written me that your
letter to me last fall impressed me as
! straightforward, candid and manly, and
/ I accepted it as being entirely salts
! factory to me-
I'm consequence of the public declar-
/ alton made by me over year ago, that
I did not intend to thereafter actively
participate in politics, as l had pre-
vfousIy done. I have not desired to
. nave IluCl lC say COuCSIIAAAS pOAAIAOeAA
MANAGEMENT or organization. have
had no candidates to suggest and
have no disposition to interfere with
the legitimate work of the state con-
yention. l have, however, veutured to
suggest that I hoped that wise coun-
ellis would prevail at the Reading con-
ventfon. and that the outcome would
be of that character that would be an
invitation to all Democrats to take an
active and aggressive part in the COM
ing campaign, which may fairly be re-
sarded as the preliminary skirmish OF
fhe gubernatorial and senatorial con-
tests of 1898. / regret to notice, now
ever that the Indications are that some
Of the Democratic leaders, among them
some who are officially connected with
the organization of the party, are bent
mon a. course which they mistakenly
think will benefit themselves. regard
less of its effects upon the party itself
or its future
s4,The attack made upon me by som
of those within the Democratic part
in Pennsylvania is unjustihable, an
in the main it is prompted by selfish
unworthy and malignant motives B.
their Wilful and malicious mlSrepTe
sensations they have led some other
into the belief that in some way har
been inimieal TO the Democratic part.
and its interests: but such is not the
: fact. l have never voted any other