Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-03

Nor, remove every excuse for a mono
poly and destroy every harbor In
which privilege is wont to find shelter,
While ON the other hand he enforced
laws which he believed would elm
mate corruption entailed from an era
OF eNtortion and extravaganza against
which his whole career was protest.
He maintained the public credit and
honor, stood firm as a rock in defense
of sound principles of finance and re-
sisted the dangerous economic doc
trines and practices left by the Repu-
lican party as heritage TO our people.
Under his administration civil SER
vice reform was first redeemed from
the reign of pretension and became d
reality.
He took the Monroe doctrine out OF
the realm of dreams and made IL a
thing of life and power, which com-
mands universal respect
He so insisted that official respons-
ibility was his bounden duty and the
lhalienagle right of our people, that his
motto, A public office is n public trust
was the ruling principle of his life and
is a hitting epitaph for his monument.
He preserved simplicity of living and
character in time when ostentation,
both public and private. not only SEEM
ed TO be a necessity, but had been
raised to the rank of virtue.
Recognizing those commanding
achievements OF the only Democratic
president indicted into office ince 1857,
pround that his life and career have so
strikingly illustrated the fundamental
principles of our party, the possibilities
of our organization and the strength
of our republican institutions, We here
by direct the officers of this convention
TO transmit by telephone to Mrs. Cleve-
land, In Princeton, \. j., this expression
of our pride.
we further request the Democratic
members OF the senate and the house OF
representatives to take steps for the
erection In Washington at the earliest
day possible, OF an adequate national
monument 10 commemorate the services
of Grover Cleveland
1T is stlll further resolved, that i'm
respect for the memory for this great
man and Democrat, this convention
shall Immediately stand adjourned un-
III 10 o'clock on Wednesday, July 5,
1908"
Denver. July 3,-Alton Il. Parker may
be asked by Chairman Taggart Of the
national committee TO present to the
convention resolutions on the death of
Grover Cleveland. In such event the
resolutions to be presented will be
handed Mr.. Parker. after having first
been approved by Mr.. Bryan This
plan at least seemed TO be uppcrmost IN
the minds OF the Bryan leaders here
today Many resolutions on Mr.. CleVc-
land are being drawn. IL was stated
that MIR. Bryan himself had set about
the task Roger G. Sullivan, the CHI
cagn leader, admitted that he would
draw the resolutions himself and Il was
stated that Mayor Dahlman OF Omaha,
and Judge Wade OF Iowa, were collab'
orting on the subject,
Apparently there Is no abatement OF
the feeling engondored by the publica-
ton of the Parker resolutions, Aside
from their Objectionable character to
the friends OF Bryan, feeling Of re-
sentiment f. expressed by members or
tho committee ON arrangements or the
national committee.
THE matter had been fully arranged
for AT the meeting of the committees
held last Saturday said MI. sullivan.
"'rhe committee instructed Chairman
Taggart TO designate som" one To IN
ttoduce suitable resolutions and the
committee was to see 10 the matter OF
having the resolutions prepared. ! am
preparing such resolutions myself
A JOHNSON VIEW.
Benjamin +. Lynch, who has charge
OF the Johnson forces here. admitted
he could see nothing objectionable In
the Parker resolutions. Ile said how
ever, that the Johnston people were not
here 10 light Bryan, but 10 nominate
Johnson,
II think the Democratic convention
should go on record unanimously VA the
adoption Of resolutions commencing the
life and record OF craftsmanship Of
Grover Cleveland. He WAS pre-em-
inently great man in the party which