Show DECLARE YOURSELVES This is Independence Day and it is a good day for the few Democrats yet within the ranks of tho Liberal party to declare their freedom and come oat manfully for the support and advancement of those political principles in which they believe Since the inauguration of the movement for dropping the old parties and dividing on the lines of national politics Democrats have had plenty of time it seems to us to carefully consider con-sider tho situation and wisely decide as to the best course to pursue If they have taken advantage of the time and have given the situation intelligent consideration we cannot understand how they can longer refrain re-frain from uniting with tho party which bears aloft the banner which they claim to respect If they have looked at the facts as they are presented they must see that there is no shadow of legitimate excuse for the further existence of the Liberal organization That party was formed for a certain purpose Its aims and ambitions were clearly stated and long and determined warfare it has waged It fought against certain institutions institu-tions and practices and fought hard Democrats Demo-crats being among its leaders and most determined de-termined soldiers And now let as ask any intelligent fairminded Democrat if he can ice anything more for the Liberal party to fight for If he can find the suggestion of an excuse for proceeding further along the lines which have been followed with so much earnestness all these years Is there an honest Democrat anywhere in this big territory who can say from his heart that he thinks polygamous mar I iages are being solemnized Is there I a Democrat who will say that ho does not believe that plural marriages have been discontinued absolutely Is t there a Democrat who will say that he thinks it probable or even possible that a condition of things will ever again come in Utah when polygamy can be practiced J Every Democrat of intelligence knows as well as he knows anything that polygamy in this territory is a thing of the past that it has been abandoned beyond the hope of recovery and that there is no more likelihood likeli-hood of its restitution than there is of the people of Utah seceding from the republic and setting up a monarchy here under the shadow of Wasatches Another thing which Democrats and Republicans and Liberals complained about i was the influence of the Mormon church in politicsin the affairs of state There was a numerous political party made up almost exclusively of Mormons and embracing very nearly all Mormons That organization was a power and the Liberals fought it quite as earnestly as they oppcaed polygamy But the Peoples party na gone to pieces gone all to pieces not a vestige of it being left anywhere Not only has it been dissolved by iu officials but by the rank and file themselves them-selves The members are today found opposing op-posing each other in the matter of political principles and doing it earnestly and intelligently intel-ligently Sometimes we think they are almost too earnest when we see those who fie fan 9lY clC elyfllled oyjgorou = a a and personal IB their present efforts as to kill the friendship which once existed between be-tween them There is not an honest main ma-in this community who does not know and will not say that the Peoples party is as completely a thing of the past as any political po-litical organization which ha ever existed and passed out of existence Is there a Democrat in the Liberal party who will confess that he entertains the slightest apprehension that the Peoples party will i be called together again and reahbilitated Is there a Democrat who does not know that there is no man in the Mormon church and no combination of men who could revive re-vive the Peoples party if they wanted to revive iU THE HERALD maintains that all for which the Liberal party has clamored all on the surface for which it has striven has been achieved or yielded and no legitimate ox cuso for the further existence of the party can be found There is certainly no excuse ex-cuse which will justify honest Democrats Hence we suggest to Democrats who are lingering in the organization that they come out and place themselves where they belong Today is a good time to declare themselves to say that they are Democrats and to resume the work of spreading Democratic Demo-cratic principles |