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Show DEMTS ORGANIZE. 1 An Enthusiastic Oration Be-iicerad Be-iicerad by I 0. Dash. Chairman Kellogg Ciyes HJs Reasons For Withdrawing From the Liberal arty. William Probert Goes For the Traitors Who Advocate and Favor Disfranchisement. The m eeting forperfecting a Democratic Demo-cratic organization of Frovo city was held in the Courthouse Monday night. The "Excelsior" Band was out on the treet, regaling the throngs of people with their music, and advertising the meeting, os that by the time announced an-nounced for commencing proceedings the large courtroom was filled. Several prominent Democrats from various parts of the county were present. The meeting w as presided over by the temporary chairman M. M. Kellogg, Kel-logg, who spoke upon the object of the convention, and stated that he knew of no better day. upon which sach an event could be accomplished than on the anniversary of the natal day of the Father of our Country, George Washington. The ipeaker then dwelt upon the political situation of the country in the days of the Revolution, and eulogized the life of Washington, and showed how his innate modesty and pure patriotism impelled bim, after af-ter leading the forces of the nation succesfully to battle, to resign his position as general of the army, and return to his plow, from which he was subsequently called to preside over the destinies of the nation. The subject of the adoption of the constitution by the several states, with the patriotic speeches delivered by the noble men of those days, wae then ably dwelt upon, together with the rise of the different political parties. Mr. Kellogg Kel-logg then alluded to the political situation sit-uation of Utah, and said the old issue of Mormonism vs. Liberalism : had always al-ways resulted in much disintegration, and it was time that these parties should be done away with, and national na-tional lines drawn on which to fight out the different issues. He cared not who the men were who were put on a Democratic ticket, Le would vote for them. He believed in first finding out the best principles of Government and then standing by those who advocated them. The speaker then alluded to the causes leading to the present move to organize a Democratic party, aud read the following platform of principles: Temporary Declaration of Principles We. the undersigned citizens and electors in Utah territory, believing that the rest interests of all demand that the politics of this Terri tory be run on party lines, in conformity conform-ity "with national politics, and as Democrats, Dem-ocrats, pledge ourselves to the following follow-ing principles: 1. -We bolive in local self government govern-ment in local affairs. belief in tariff reform. 8. We are opposed to the Lodge Force Bill. 4. We are opposed to the disfranchisement disfran-chisement of any qualified elector, except ex-cept for crime, of which the accused shall be convicted. 5. We believe in competency and honesty as the only qualifications for office. 6. We believe in an official ballot. The speaker, in course of reading, referred to the present system of voting, vot-ing, and said that he believed in every man being protected in depositing his ballot. He then called attention to the last municipal election in Salt Lake city, and stated that six men, on the People's ticket, had been legally elected bv the b.tllot, and it had been so decided by Judge Zane. But are those six men holding office to-day? 2io. they are not, and am heart and soul opposed to euch proceedings. I care not who the man is, if he is legally elected to office, he should go there. (Applause,) and that is why I viewed with honor the conduct of Parley L. Williams, who, when he found that he was illegally holding the office of school trustee in Salt Lake city, handed in his resignation, in which he aid that if he was not entitled to the office, he did not want it. The reading of the fifth plank in the platform elicited most hearty applause, and was fearlessly dwelt upon by Mr. Kellogg. After a selection from the band, HON. A. D. GASH, was then introduced, and received with applause: If there is one thing I do enjoy, said the speaker, it is when speakiBg on politics from a Democratic Demo-cratic standpoint. As I understand it, Utah has been without politics. The position here reminds me of a man who met three boys on the road. The man had a pet coon, which each of the boys wanted very much. So the man said, "I will give this coon to the boy who will give me his politics, and give me the best reasons for believing as he does politically." So the boys said, "Agreed!" "Well," said the man to the lirst boy, "What are your politics?" poli-tics?" "I'm "a Democrat," said t he boy. "And why are you a Democrat?" "Because the Democratic party wrote the Declaration of Independence. They fought for the rights of the people in the adoption of the constitution, which gave the people the rights to the elective elec-tive franchise. The Democratic party governed the affairs of this country with equal justice and regularity for sixty years, and because such men as Jefferson, Madison. Jackson and Cleveland Cleve-land were Democrats." The man said, "That is pretty good." .So he asked the next boy. "What are your politics?" The second boy said, "I'm a Republican." Repub-lican." "And why are you a Republican?" Repub-lican?" "Because the Republican party freed the negro slaves: they put down the Rebellion; they governed this countiy well, ever since the war, and because such men as Lincoln, Grant and Garfield were Republicans." So the man said, "That is pretty good, also." However, he addressed the third boy and asked, "What are your politics?" "I haven't got any," replied the boy. "What?" said the man; "don't you belong to either of the great political parties of the nation?" "Nope," said the boy. "And why don't you?" "Because, by golly, I want that coon." This is something like it is in Utah, both sides want the coon. He wasproud to say that he belonged to a National party, a party that had always stood by the people, arjd been the first to protect them in their rights and in their liberties. He was opposed to sectional parties, and believed they ought not to exist. The principles yon heard read to-night by your chairman call back the days of Grover Cleveland, Cleve-land, that brave man who dared express his honest views on every question, ques-tion, and who gave us an honest and clean administration. I believe that this man will go back and again take his seat in the presidential chair in 1S95. The speaker then traced the history of Democracy, and among his remarks 6tated that Samuel J. Tilden was as fairly and as honesty elected to the presidency of the United States as any other president before or since that event, an event which Mr. Gash denounced as the blackest pne on the history of the nation. The principles of Democracy date back 10 the days of Jefilers.in, the good old days of the thirteen original States, the" days of patriotism and great deeds. The Republicans Re-publicans prate about what they have done for their country, but let me tell you one thing.the territory of this great government was never augmented one foot by the Republican party, only in the case of the sealskin country, the land of snow and icebergs, and that came in under a Democratic president. The principles of Democracy are as old as the days of Adam, to whom the Lord of earth and sky taught the principles of local self-government. The speaker had no patience with any party that would advocate the disfranchisement dis-franchisement of a man for holding religious opinions adverse to him. Neither would he vote for a man who would rob another of his political rights on account of his religious belief. He cared not what a man believed in, he was willing to accord him equal rights, and would do so until he had broken some law and had been cou-victed cou-victed of it. The speaker then compared com-pared the platforms of the two National parties, as adopted at the last presidential convention. Speaking Speak-ing on the Republican platform he said it was as long as the moral law, it touched on every subject imaginable, imagina-ble, proposed free whisky add yet advocated prohibition. The last Republican platform, reminds me of the old preacher who was going to preach a sermon on every chapter in the Bible, So he met with his congregation Sunday after Sunday for five or six Sundays, First he would read his sermon, take it as his text, and like many preachers whom I haye seen, first he would take a text; second j be would leave it, and third he would never come back to it again. : So the boys got into his racket and concluded they would have a little . fun, so they stuck two of the leaves of his Bible together, for the next Sunday, and ;t was in that chapter where Noah went to seek him a wife that he happened to read for his text that Sunday. So he read, "and Noah went into a distant dis-tant land to seek him a wife. She had auburn hair, dark blue eyes; she was" (and he turned the fatal leaf) "one hundred and twenty cubits long, sixty cubits wide, and thirty high, tarred within and pitched without, and made i of Chinese gophir wood." He first adjusted his eye-glasses, and said, "Brethren we read some where in King James' translation where man is most wonderfully and peculiarly made, and I must say that if this is a vivid description of Sister Noah, that she was most wonderfully, and p-culiarily p-culiarily made." Just so with the Republican Re-publican platform, I must say it was most wonderfully and peculiarly constructed. con-structed. The speaker wanted the people to decide that they would not vote for a party of political robbers, such as the Republican party is. The Republicans advocated a protective system, and a tariff is not a blessing to the farmers. They want the tariff law higher; jes, let me tell you that they are getting badly mixed, not only only on the tariif question, but on every other question they undertake to handle. The oration was a yery lucid one, and was highly appreciated as was attested by the hearty applause the speaker received all through the evening. even-ing. "Dixie" was then played by the band. Judge W. N. Dusenberry spoke upon the political condition of the Territory, and sai-l that he belived if an organization was perfected that wo would have more democracy than ever dreamed of. lie allowed to the recent fight in Ogden for municipal officers, and said when he first read of the good people there together, and; putting up a Citizen's ticket, that he received it as "the handwriting on the wall." Wm. Probert had never been afraid of speaking his mind. He was known to be a man of this kind. He had signed the principles read to- night, because he wanted to, and he did not care who knew it. He was proud to say that he was born in a land (England) (Eng-land) that boasts one of the best goverments the sun ever shone on. There was not a drop of slave blood in his veins, and when a man talked disfranchisement dis-franchisement to him, he was on the warpath at once. He would fight for his freedom, and would teach his children chil-dren the same, and he wanted them to teach their children in turn. He had heard a great many talk about bravery, hut he knew one thing, he had defencl-ded defencl-ded his home night after nightagainst the invasion of Indians, and he was ready to do it again. (The speaker was vociferously applauded.) C. A. Conkling did not care who knew he was a Democrat, and he wanted to see its principles thoroughly discussed. He was not in favor of human slavery, and hoped the country had heard the last of it. He wanted to see a good Democraticlorganization perfected, and belived eventually the People's party would drop all issues, and affiliate with either one of the parties. He looked to see the day come when Utah would become a great Democratic state, and to this end he intended to work. Judge Dusenberry moved that the meeting proceed to organize a Democratic Demo-cratic Club. Seconded. A. D. Gash moved a recess of ten minutes in order to give those present the privilege of signing the platform. During the recess twenty-seven attached at-tached their signatures to the document. docu-ment. On the reassembling of the convention, conven-tion, on motion of Dr. Gash the meeting meet-ing proceeded to perfect a Democratic Democrat-ic organization for Frovo city. On motion of Jas. II. Wall is the organization or-ganization made by the Ogden Democrats Demo-crats was adopted as the pattern for the present convention. The convention then proceeded and perfected the following organization: J'ni'drnt A. D. Gash. Firft Vicc-rrcniiUnt. Wm. Probert. tSecoiid Vice-President Y.xs. Dusenberry. Dusen-berry. Third Vicc-Preridcnt Dr. Julius Ha nn berg. tecretnry Jas. II. Wallis. Treasurer D. P. Felt. Executive Committee A. D. Gash, Wm. Probert, Warreu N. Dusenherryi Julius Hannbegr, Jas. II. Wallis, D. P. Felt, E. Lund, Oscar B. Young, E. E. Corffman. The platform adopted by the National Na-tional Democratic Convention of 1888 was then adopted. After "Red, White and Blue," by the band, the meeting adjourned subject sub-ject to the call of the president. |
