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Show JUDGE ,TUDD SPEAKS At the Democratic Meeting Meet-ing Last Night. " His Anxiety to See Utah Become Be-come Established in National Na-tional Politics. The Democrats held another meeting meet-ing in the Courthouse, last night, with A. D. Gash in the chair. The chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to arrange for a Democratic rally in Provo for the county. He also reminded those pre" sent that the present organization had no desire to antagonize any previous organization of a Democratic nature, but that all were welcome, and would be hailed into the ranks with pleasure. pleas-ure. Call3 were then made for Judge Judd, when that gentleman came forward for-ward and made a rousing Democratic speech. He showed that Utah had never had any politics in the truest sense of the word, but that it had been a local strife. When the present Delegate De-legate to Congress referred to the Liberal and People's parties in Utah, it took all his time to make the statesmen states-men there understand what that meant. So that Utah has suffered, so far as public recognition is concerned, through this antagonism. ow, however, how-ever, she had the opportunity of being recognized by the whole nation. Some were trying to make capital out of the fact that the majority of the Mormons were Democrats. But he had found out, in organizing Democratic clubs, that a good many were Republicans. He wanted to see his Republican friends organize and get to work, and obtain all the membership they could, because if they didn't they would find themselves left, as the Democrats were going to keep up this work until the object of their mission was accomplished. ac-complished. He did not care what religion a Democrat belonged to He would extend the hand of fellowship to all the Mormon Church if tluy were Democrats. A man's religious belief made no difference to him. He did not want, however, to see any man tear himself away from any party and join the present move unless he was ready. Judge Dusenbeny followed with a neat speech, i i which he said the organization or-ganization of Utah politics on national lines was something he had been contending con-tending for for years. Some timeago when a move was aiade to perfect a Democratic organization for Utah, people said, "It is not timel" Now after a lapse of years, when another move is made for a Democratic organization organ-ization they still say, "It is not time!" And two of the papers in Utah, one of them published in this city, and known somewhat as the Enquirer, joins in this hue and cry, and says: "It's not timel" Now, I would like to know when the d 1 the time will come? I claim to have as much intelligence intel-ligence and am as well informed as the average editor, ard I say it was time years ago, and would have been better for Utan had it been done, for then when we wanted to be heard in Congress, Con-gress, there would have been Bome one anxious to hear us. As it is now it takes all the time to enquire and ii id out what the two parties know asn Liberal and People ai'e. D. D. Iloutz was loudly called for, and he responded by saying that he had been a Democrat all his life. He was pleased that an organization wa3 now made that would secure Utah public recognition. He thought it would be the best thin? that ever happened hap-pened for Utah, to divide on party lines and let the national parties know where we stood. Architect Lund said the first time he ever came to Utah was thirteen years ago, but he could not stay here be- j cause he was a Democrat, and he wanted to cast his lot with them. He therefore went to California, where he had the privilege of voting for presidential presi-dential candidates, and working with the Democratic cause. He now comes back to Utah, and finds Democrats breaking loose from the local parties and organizing, and he came to cast his lot with them and continue his work. He wanted to see all Democrats Dem-ocrats join and help along the good work, and if there were any who felt wronged, he would willingly yield the position he held in the present organization. organ-ization. All he wanted was harmony, and the success of the party. Oscar B. Young, Wm. Probsrt and C. A. Conkling made some remarks, The meeting then decided to hold a county rallynon the last Saturday in March and the chairman was empowered em-powered to appoint the necessary committees to attend to the work. j |