Show THE DUTY OF democratic MEMBERS DURING the past few days day there has been considerable talk upon the streets street and in the press in regard to the duty of democratic members of the legislature in the election of the two U S senators it is urged by some ome that in order to expedite legislation and avoid a long drown out fight the democratic members should unite upon two kofl of the best RA republican publican candidates and vote to elect them since it appears that there is no chance to elect a democrat such a suggestion deserves the bitterest kind of rebuke the long line of democratic statesmen who have passed over the great divide from jefferson down to thurman would turn over in their graves with disgust at the very thought of such a step the men who would be guilty of such perfidy would be and ought 0 to be consigned to political oblivion and the brand of infamy put upon their memories ever afterward we cannot believe there is a single democratic member who would entertain such a thought for a minute if there is he must have an itching 0 palm to sell and barter his vote for gold there could be but one construction of such action and that would be that the member who did so had placed his vote in the market for the highest 0 bidder we think the man who would suggest such a dishonorable act knows but bat little of democracy and less of honesty if such a policy were pursued under like circumstances then ihen there would be no democratic p arty apty boday a y if because we are in the minority and it is evident we wel cannot elect our oar party men we should go over to the enemy and sacrifice duty and honor then let us dissolve the republic and go back to despotism we would be unfit to rule ourselves and we ought n to have an E or a czar to govern it is needless for us to tell the members of the legislature of the new state of utah what their duty is is in this regard M if there was no other guide conscience alone would point out the way but the people whose voice must be respected have said qaid vote for rawlins and thatcher and we believe everyone who is a democrat and an honest man will do so if there is a sin sinie single 0 ie democrat who would vote with the republicans reau blicaus in the selection of a senator he should be drummed out of the democratic camp to the tune of the rogues march and he ought to wear penitentiary stripes during the rest of his lif life e we do not deem this article necessary for any member of the legislature but it is intended to rebuke and silence any man who offers such a suggestion be he be a democrat or a republican masquerading que rading under the guise of a democrat if any person approaches a democratic member with such a scheme he should be spit upon in contempt and scorn such men would blacken the memory of the dead |