Show THE OGDEN TRUE BLUES they dont propose being insulted again on wednesday evening the boal democrats of oden met for alie purpose of electing delegates to attend the territorial rit orial convention in thid city on wednesday they did not accomplish the object of the meeting however the recollections of the manner in finch they were treated on a previous occa ion being uppermost in their minds chev adopted alie following lowing fal resolutions which speak in an unmistakable tone their reasons whereas the so called territorial central committee of the democratic parly have issued a call for a territorial convention to ba held at provo on the third day oi october 1888 for alie purpose of nominating a candidate for delegate to the fifty firt congress and whereas at alie last territorial acm socratic convention bield alie ath day of may the duly elected accredited delegates to said convention from this county ft ere refused seats and recognition in the said convention simply because they were members of the mormon church when in fat they and each of them were eligible under the laws of congress and of this territory to vote abc all elections in the territory and to hold office therein and then and there pledged themselves to support the national democratic faith and parly and WHEREAS the action of such convention in applying to our said delegates either a religious test or any further test of qualification to participate in such a convention than their political belief and eligibility to vote and leold office is without precedent iu any poll party and was prompted by un democrat ic motives and with a desire of preventing the growth of true democracy in this territory and the so called democrats who participated in the said convention have joined hands with the republicans and have from cioe to time done their utmost by contributing liberally of their money and time to obtain from congress the necessary legislation to alie entire people and taxpayers of utah in order that the political control of the territory should be transferred from the areat majority to an ini minority and it is the desire of the said so called democrats to prevent the people of utah from obtaining local self government and to that end refuse to affiliate with them or assist in bringing about an era of good feeling in the territory but endeavor by every available means to keep the country misinformed and unnecessarily agitated on the condition of affairs here in fu therance of a scheme of spoils and to the detriment of our commercial growth and progress and the said so called democrats have by their conduct shown that instead of having a desire to harmonize differences now existing here and to further the interests of the national party they are willing to vote with the republicans and to unite with any party for the political enslavement of utah and WHEREAS so true democrat can endorse or uphold the action of the said so called democratic conventi onor support the political conduct of its members therefore it is by the democrats of weber county in mass convention duly assembled at ogden utah this day of september 1888 that we renow our allegiance to alie feitli of the national democratic party that we endorse its platform and nominees for president and vice president that for the reason hereinbefore stated we will not elect delegates to represent us and participate in the so called territorial rit orial democratic convention to be held at provo on the ard 3rd and that we will not be bound by the action of such convention |