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Show v V; OPINIONS OF THE PRESS Of the Recent Move to Break Up the Old Party lines in this Territory. Time will tell whether the new departure de-parture was for the best, as we most sincerely belieye. We know that truth must triumph. Ogden Standard. We believe a general division in j politics on national party lines may some day be a good thing for Utah, but a present division should be frowned down. Provo Enauirer. The Democratic Republican excitement, excite-ment, now prevalent in Ogden, Provo and other cities, is creating great excitement. ex-citement. We think no one will deplore the situation should politics in Utah divide on national party lines, but the question is, "Is the move genuine.-"' Payson Enterprise It should be clearly understood that a citizen cannot belong to two political organizations at once. It would be the height of folly to hear a man say that he can be a Republican and also a Democrat at the same time; and it should appear just as ridiculous for a 1 eople's party man to claim that he is also a Democrat. Provo Enquirer. The Republican club in Ogden started only a few days ago, already numbers 450 members and the Democratic Demo-cratic club in the same place is recruiting re-cruiting rapidly. All this may be the rumbling of distant thunder, but thunder it is. and the air is surcharged with electricity. "We don't know how soon the storm, which shall purify the air, may break over our heads, but that it will break some day is undeniable Salt Lake Times. The Tribune has long been calling j upon young Utah to come out. Lo, and behold! Young Utah is out. But where is the Tnbunet Still in its dark cell I numbering its old incantations, will fully unconscious that the procession has been moving on. We believe that redemption has come for Utah. The Tribune, like the Jews of old, has been expecting that redemption. But when it comes, the Tribune, still like the Jews cries: "Away with it! Crucify , it!" Ogden Standard. The action taken by citizens of Ogden Og-den m organizing on National lines is one that ere long must be followed by the rest of Utah. The local parties have, to a great extent, served the purpose of their creation, that is as soon as one part of the community ceases to make war on the religious belief of the others, there will be no necessity for continuing the fight outside out-side of the lines of National politics. Ihe fact that the IHbune is slighting the movement is a sure sign that it is right and will undoubtedly win, and another proof that the . tv,w. '---- K po'ssfBnTry'of seeing Utah people divided divid-ed on national party issues instead of the little trifling, petty grievances agitated by a few tramp printers and office seekers whose only interest here is the amount of money they can make out of their anti-Mormon chestnut stories. We notice that the Salt Lake Tribune puts on its flowing white ministerial min-isterial gown and moans loud and long , concerning what it is pleased to term a discouraging outlook, or words to ; that effect. Just so, and that shonld l be deemed sufficient eyidence to con- j vince the prime movers in the Repub- ; licau clubs of Ogden that they are on j the right track, and should act accoidr- ' ingly. Xephi Ensign. The ideas engendered by years of contact with the conditions which have obtained in Utah, must be dis- pelled bv the miusion oi moie expansive ex-pansive thought and more benevolent impulses. The young people who have grown up here must be indoctrinated with the God-given principles of the rights of man. Here is a great work 1 work for the patriot,the philanthropist, the scholar and the statesman. The principles which have made this Na- j -tion what it is to-day, will, we sincerely sin-cerely believe, cause Utah to blossom, with the roses of a loftier ideal of a true National life than has ever bte.n intermingled with a local quarrel )n local politics, and from these vallies of the mountains of this genial clmie, may go up to the ear of heaven t,be chorus of the song which since J;he creat Rebellion ended, the years ht ive sun" from the Atlantic to the Pacific anoffrom the Lakes to the Gulf 'Ogden 'Og-den (Standard. It is impossible for the litttle speek ; on the map ot the uiuteaoiaie3,eaneu Utah to isolate itself from the rest of the country forever. It is impossible ; for this territory lo maintain a separate sep-arate political status much longer. In vearsback several movements were : started, having in view the reorganization reorganiza-tion of parties on national lines and issues. They collapsed, to be sure; still thev proved the formation, if not the existence, o a sentiment in that direction direc-tion In presidential years there was always a more or less defined organization organiza-tion of Republicans and Democrats. , and last August a Democratic chit , was formed in this city which haa. ta r it's object, as Judge Judd declaxf ,d in his Jackson vay orauon, um u is- . semination of Democratic doctau ies in every bailiwick in the terrllt ,ry. The republican club of Ogden re ent-ly ent-ly called into being is even mot am-biti am-biti ous than that. Now, all tbt 5e efforts ef-forts may be only spasmodic yta' i may lack in sustained power, t' aey indicate in-dicate a tendency towar j. a higher political life, which we lu-.ye w jver enjoyed en-joyed here, just as the shaf) ow indicates indi-cates the presence of l'.ght. The high noon is bound to com' j no ma tter what the soothsayers may ay.ancl we might n ,,.-,,!.. vu fiir it .,H!Y? c iot as well prepare i or it betirx es, uui-side uui-side of the lM-g:;r' citit a. thei a is perhaps per-haps little or Ui?.". terviwicy manifest as yet ' this i U?:Vr- a ction for ;i I tir.i: F'iHt Uhj aiue.h of the larger cities is gr v vnjc biw- !' Inant ev-ry day and ;t yc.ih! W ?tr ige indeed if it si" a' - nv;. i-u.l;i .eaw 5 n timt the politi-jr" iw ci:!g.. U'-e l-iui itry. While the Odin uiov x.iit v an immediate outgrow U oi: 1 :i L't?ce.'t.i:i -ced election which MiCcr-dc-rert disfcwt: .'action all around, it is- tut r,;Iic:a' ibm of the remedy propose-1 v;-a!r. future coin-plications coin-plications oi ilio 4- nss fcr.sni !. .he move- ment may bo t-'.it it will grow in moraeiv.aai .it standing tho sneers of tha fowsit and war element, ele-ment, and any . incident may hasten its culmination.r-Salt Jake Tir.s. |