The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-05
g. maj mans first alIegiance poIiti-

''S. That mans first allegiance politi-
cally is to his country"
~. That no church. ecclesiastical body,
nor spiritual adviser should encrOach upon
the political rights of the individual"
IS That in free country no man nor
body of men can, with safety to the state.
use the name or the power of any re-
l;giOus sect or society to influence or con-
troll the elective franchise"
80 That a trust is imposed upon each
citizen In a free country to act POLITICALLY
free from control or dictation, ecclesias-
teal or otherwise
=. That no political party can be re-
CURED to obtain the consent OF any church
or the leaders thereof, before selecting its
candidates for public office.
8. That no citizen. by reason of his as
ISOLATION with any church, can be alb
solved from his duty to the state, either
in times. of war or of peace. without the
consent of the state
20. That all men should be and Of right
are. free to think. free to act. free to
speak and free to vote, without fear. mo-
lestation, intimidation or undue influ-
ence."
An Exchanging Policy.
Thus believing. whenever designing
men have seized upon the cloak of religion
to hide from view their nefarious de-
signs, and while appealing to mans spir-
itual faith have sought to direct his po-
litical action for selfish ends, the Demo
cratic party. since its organization, has
denounced such a course. 1t has declared
in the past and it declares now for every
mans political freedom, whatever may
be the governmental views of those who
guide his spiritual welfare
/ have made these observations not tnat
I may catch votes. but in order that no
man shall have just cause in this cam
paign TO miSState my position And L
want to state that the Democratic party
of Utah stands united in support of these
principles which / have enunciated. In
this campaign / shall not resort to un-
called for personal abuse If l cannot
be elected without assailing private char
acter and in that way bringing sorrow
into mems families. then 1 don't want
to be elected. So far as l can l shall
attack principles, not men. l shall only
attack men as they symbolic unworthy
methods / shall wage a war against
methods and not aaginst individuals. 4
and to strengthen and build up that which
is good.
Two years ago we urged the people TO
support the Democratic party in the in
terest of peace in Utah. We declared
that Republican success meant a contin-
uance of a warfare of bitterness. That it
meant strife at home and abroad. 1t
seemed to Us that the men and women
of Utah ought to recognize that q con-
tinuance OF the Republican methods,
which were breeding discord and conten-
ton would aggrave conditions if that
overweening ambition of it's leaders, VINO
have placed personal and selfish interests
above the interests of the state. was con-
tinued in power by the vote of the peo-
pie. We urged that the people were
playing with fire. That they were sowing
the wind. That in supporting the Repub-
lean candidates they were paving the
way for the abolition of party lines and
a return to the conditions of years ago.
when the people were divided along reii-