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Show THE UTAH STATE JOURNAL'S POSITION. Tho last issuo of tho Utah Stato Journal of Ogdcn contains tho following follow-ing noilco of our papor, coupled with an objection to our classification of tho position of that journal. It says: "Wo havo rocolved Frod Nelsou's Utaii County Dkmocuat, tho now paper rooontly started at Provo. As Its' name Indicatos, it is Domocratlo and, also, bt)t not of course, for silver. Its proper classification is, probably, silver Democratlo, although Its editor docs not scorn to roallzo that a mighty host of Utah Democrats aro straight out-and-out gold. men. Our breezy contemporary chooses, for soiuo roason best known to its editor, to misrepresent misrepre-sent tho position of Tho Stato Journal and its ecjltor. There is no reasonable xcuso for its tjplpg sp, Tho Democrat says that notwithstanding otjr objections objec-tions to tho g, o, p. (moaning tbo national na-tional Republican party) wo t'stlll ad-horo ad-horo to that party, although insisting on tho inconsistent prolix 'silver.' " Tho ,odjtqr of the Democrat knows bettor than that. Wo aro not in nny mannor connepted with any political organisation except tho National Silver Republican party, nnd that is separate and distinct from tbo national Republican Repub-lican organization. You do not call gold Doraocrats Bllvcr men. Why should you call silver men Republicans, Republi-cans, or gold men. as you do wbon you class sllror Republicans as membors of tho g. o. p? Be honest, nnd don't quibble. "Wo acknowledge that tho national DomooraUo party U a silver party, that tho national Republican party is n gold party. "Why can you not bo fair and admit what you know to bo truo, that tho silver Republican party s a silver party and all silver Republicans aro silver men nnd women? wo-men? Yon know, because j'ou nro intelligent in-telligent and woll posted, that tho all-yor all-yor Republican party s not rosponsiblo for tho perpetuation of tho gpltj standard; stand-ard; Is not responsible for tho farclal Juuketlng of Sonator Wolcott under pretonso of a desire for international bjruotallisra; is not rosponsiblo for tho disgraceful Dlngley law, nor for tho unnecessary Issue of lntcrost-bonrlng hoods, nor for uny of tho acts of tho MoKlnloy gold, standard n,dmlnlstra? tjoq.l' Wo nro of cqurso grateful for what-oyer what-oyer 's coraplimontary to us in tho qbove, Wo however object to tho sMomont of tho Journal that ''it (moaning us) Is Domocratlo and, also, but not of courso, for silver." Brother Iltttoflold well knows that tbo DomooraUo Domo-oraUo party a for aUycr, and that wo could not bontocrqtlo without being that way. Ills attomtted sarcasm In, tho "not of! courso" Is thorofora out of placo and lost. If tho Journal means what it says "that a mighty host of Utah Democrats nro straight. opt-andt out gold mon,"'tho'n It kqowstlmt tho samp ''PomocraU" are as nuoh, out of plaq'e as .aro tlio so-called "silver ReT publicapa." iOojnooracy now means silver, along wfth other roforms in favor of tbo pooplo, and, tho Jqurnal's talented odltor well lcn.ows that faot. Tho Journal In its artcio says t)jat wn say that If s.tUl adheres to tho Republican Repub-lican party, ('although Insisting oq ito Inconsistent preij silver.' " It th,on (lonloa our s,taten.ieqt and immediately afterward proros It by admitting alio-glnuco alio-glnuco to tho Nitlonat Stlvor Republican Repub-lican party,tvfhatovcr that may be. There. Is' only ouo .Republican party, wid that. Is fqr. gold only, There is o only pno pcrnpcratlc party, and hat Is for jtruo bimetallism. All who mny claim either party name with an Inconsistent Incon-sistent prolix aro not members of the party, but only lllogl.cn) party-name fiends. T Journal soys' that '"wo acknowledge that the National Democratic Demo-cratic party is a silver party; that the National Republican party Is a gold party." In this admission the Journal admits our contention and establishes Its own Inconsistency, ts ploslng condemnation con-demnation of tho acts of infr.my recorded re-corded against the Ronubllcan party aro only additional arguments against Its position. "Wo hopu all oppononts of truo Doniocrapy will equally disprove their own argumonts. |