The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-07

The Democratic state convention 20
nominate delegates 10 the great Demo-
cratic national convention, and a
national committeeman from the state
of Utah. convenes in three DAYS. In
consequence Of certain press dispatches
from cur neighboriug state Of Idaho 10
appears that there is 10 be an effort
made 10 inject into the national plat
form an Mormon resolution. True
the resolution is TO be OF a general
character. asking for a constitutional
amendment placing certain OIenEe5
under the immediate ban Of congress
sionai enactment and federal Judiclal
administration.
This. OF course. would make IL ap-
plicabIe to an the states. There IS,
however. no effort made to disguise
the bald fact that this measure is anti
Mormon, and i may add Dtah-
for it Is a shaft aimed directly az our
state. and by that t mean, and VIII
presently show, a the honor of our
state. So far as idaEo IS concerned III
is q measure proposed by Fred T. Bu-
b1is 10 maintain his personal prestige
I'm the politics of Idaho.
Comment on Others Views.
n viii be Interesting 90 know what
position the Jtah state Democratic con-
Veution viii axe with reference 10 TINS
ISSUE. So far we have no Indication
by any expression made by amy large
number Of Democratic leaders rev
supposed leaders of Democratic thought
are represented as expressing their
views upon the question, I'm late IS
sue OF The Herald; and those views
RI the gentlemen are correctly repre-
seHted are both a marvel and a Won
der The staLe chairman of the party,
d close friend OF Fred Dubois IS repre-
scented as saying. that ln his Juds-
meuu the best thing for the people of
Uteh to do if such a plank is offered
Will be 20 keep quiet Opposition from
the Utah delegation he says. would
likely have the effect of iutensifylHg
the feelings and would not tend 20 pre-
vent the adoption of the plank An
other h0uOred leader of Democracy Is
represented as holding similar views,
au1 as saEiug. that In his opinion
adverse action ou the part of the Utah
delegates would bee the signal that
would align the rest of the COnyeu-
ton sOlidiy i'm support of the PLANK
Another gentleman. AN asuiraut for no
less "a position than that of national
coUmi tteemau from Utah with char
acteristic diplomacy, "has not fully
made up his mind yet as to what the
best action would be- Can &c be pos
sibie thar he is waiting with mis- ear
TO Jhe ground To know what the views
of the majority of the convention viii
be- before expressing an opinion. ana
thus become a follower of thought
rather than a director or it2 lie rs
represented as saying that at times
he was inclined 10 believe that il TIE
plank came uu the proper move for
the Eteh delegation would be TO en-
Enthusiastically support ID. This in his
judgment would take from those who
have been engineering the crusade
much of their ammunition IT the
adoption of the plank became assured
st would be folly FOR the Utah delega-
ton to go on record against it,.
A Cowardly Proposition.
I'm TIE article from which am quot
ing the opinions of these gentlemen,
the opinion is expressed that many
incline 10 the belief that Utah should
suggest the plank ut would be
shrewd m0Ve," one Democrat is
represented as saying EFT is almost
certain that Senator Dubois viii have
Tha plank introduced at ST. Louis. tt
viii be difficult. iu face of the great
agitation throughout the country 20
kin the plank i'm the committee.
The best plan, therefore, is 90 come
out strong and say I'm effect, Gentle
men. NE have nothing TO conceal out
there. We do not fear am inVcstIsa-
ti0u we have as much respect for
the Jaw as any one, and this plank ls
AN right. ESQ Iar as we are concerned
That would put Utah Inn position
where 1t could not be asssiled-'
Z would like 90 know the name of the
man who could utter SD pusiHanimous
a sentence as that. cannot believe
that such "a man Is "a Democrat, Some
thing must have been wrong with his
b1uiug into the Democratic party 81
he has amy standing I'm IT,
The foregoing opinions are an chat
have been expressed SO FAR from any
Democrats, leading or otherwise and L
wish 10 say jusj as d plain Democrat
speaking from the ranks that if these
are the opinions 90 Doe voiced los the
Democratic state convention, and if
such is to be The spirit of the men
elected to the national Democratic
convention and the national committee
man from Utah. then I have miscon-
ceiVed the spirit OF Democracy and
would certainly pray both ON the part
Of myself and the state OF titan to be
delivered from ID and from SUCH
leadership.
What Are the Faets2
Let us consider the facts. The people
or the United States made as d con-
ditiou precedent to the admission of
the state of Utah into the union that
they should BIZ express ordinance of
the state constitution provide that
polygamous on plural marriages should
be forever prohibited. The constitution
al convention of the state of Utah
went even beyond this demand by not
only adopting the prohibition iu the
express language Of the enabling act,
but adopting also the congressional
enactment prohibiting polysamy. i'm
Guiding It's deduitian of The crime. The
pains and penalties which BE- affixed,
made it operate without further lcEis-
latiuu and put It in the constitution.
subsequently, the legislature took the
ODD territorial statute defining and
furnishing unlawful cOhabiLauou and
enacted that as the statute Jaw of the
state So that today there is uo state
I'm the union iu which polygamy and
poIyeam0us living is So thoroughly and
permanently lesisiated against as i'm
the state of Utah.
Now. however. comes the Baptist
Union ass0cia zion in the east. a Moth
ers, Congress. The W ~ a.. n. and
other hysterieai ultFa-rafoFu assoeia-
lions outside of our state that are not
satisfied with the manner in which The
laws of Utah are administered, and
demand an kinds of eXtTavagaut mea-
eures AGAINST Utah, including demands
4non the national parties that they
Mace in their platforms anti-Utah
o1sulrs under the guise of putting toe
$3.50 .-i,,,r- rf-frf which Ttah Is SUM