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Show A DANCEROUS DELAY. Good Political Hil.rUI That Might 11 Spoilt br I on.ea.iar Delay. Editor of The Times. The recent action of the county and precinct committees com-mittees and officer of political clubs, declaring the dissolution of the peoples' party, puts a new face upon political affairs and leaves the old liberal party but one course to pursue and that is to disband at once. The solicitude for this action comes alike from republicans and democrat for that party was about equally made up of the two national parties aud as there is a great dual of good political material that would be spoiled by a Don Quixote flight of windmills, wind-mills, they should quit at ouce, or like the chivalrous Don their iusauily will become a subject of jest. This should bo a day of rejoicing for Utah, not that it hastens the possibilities possibil-ities of statehood, but rather thai it is ! au earnest appeal to tho w hole world that with the exception of a handful of f mutit-s made up of the old liberal anil people's parlies, the people of this grand territory have resolved upon a political course that can but be advantageous to its material and social wel fare The light is over, from the present outlook at least, and we have a victory of peace and good will. If new occasions should arise to organi.e upon any issue created cre-ated by church or class interference with tho free political action of the people of this territory, and in case the remedy is not to be found within the" democratic or republican parties, tiie situation at that time should determine the necessity of a third party. Tho wisdom of The Times in advocating advo-cating and bringiug to a successful determination, de-termination, the dissolution of one if not both local parties and forming under un-der national party alignment was most opportune aud entitles it to the gratitude grati-tude of all men who prefer peace aud progress to fruitless strife.' Tho people throughout the country can no longer say as an objection to Utah that we have no party politics excepting ex-cepting the one involving church supremacy su-premacy in political matters, for every true American outside of Utah, dislikes to discuss, much less to criticize, church affairs. Two years ago, upon his visit bore, I asked Mr. ('. ('. Davis owner of two daily newspapers in Leadyille, and who more than any other man has made Leadville what it is today, what he would do with tho mormon question wero he running a newspaper here? "Do with it? I would not do anything with it) I would ignore it and talk about your mines, agriculture and other attractions. at-tractions. Why if you only had that lake out yonder you ought to have a population of SHQ.OIX) in a few years. The way to snow the mormon question under is to build up your country" If there was reason for that conclusion then, what shall we think, when men undertake to keep up a light against a party which has already disbanded? Is it politics, or is it common seuse? The political history of this country since the war, ought to leach these wen, that no party can maintain a position before the people that has in it any ctdor of proscription or malice, for as soon as the people can reach it they will put their foot upon it even though tliey have to leave old party lines to do it. As an instance, take the election of Cleveland. The people had got tired of having the battles of the rebellion fought over again at each succeeding campaign, long after the politcal reconstruction recon-struction of the southern states, and it was this and not Mr. Cleveland's position posi-tion 011 the tariff question that elected him. In the second campaign, republicans and learned a lesson and dropped the rebellion aud talked straight protection had Harrison was elected. The federal election bill, or force bill sometimes called, brought up that old feeling of resentment against persecution persecu-tion aud you all know the result, by the elections following its discussions. Is'o man was ever wou to your confidence by abuse, and no man was ever constantly con-stantly impugned but received the sympathy, if nothing more, of some bystander, by-stander, "even if the accused was in the wrong. Tim liberal party was made up almost entirely by those outside of the mormon church, aud all new-comers from the states were liberals they could bo nothing noth-ing else. They required to hear no tirade against the mormons to induce ihero to vote the liberal ticket, for they understood un-derstood the question thoroughly before coming to Utah, aud the red hot racket thai Ihev have been oblitrcd to listen to in Salt Lake City was not, onlv disgusting disgust-ing to them, but il has kept thousands from coming here, thus greatly retard-lug retard-lug our progress. Then the talk about the "good faith" of these people! Thev have been "solid" have they, have kept good faith with their church and party? Yes. Then give me the hand of the man who has kept good faith with his church and party without pay, rather than one of these "nickle-in-the-slot" politicians upon a question of fidelity, for they will get there every time. Their leaders lead-ers have said, and they say they have disbanded the people's party and that they will go into one of tho national parties as each man shall determine for himself. It is a dangerous delay that these political aspirants are making when they cling to a dead issue as thouirh it wero a force of habit rather than an advantage, for as au eminent statesman has said, "Xo man can expect ex-pect to succeed in politics who clings to the tail end of a party." The present situation should make every friend of Utah rejoice, for a reign of peace and prosperity awaits us, aud we are reminded of the beautiful peroration pero-ration of that hopeful and grand man. Secretary Soward, who at the close of tho war, said: "The surviving combatants combat-ants are fraternizing; the sick and the stricken are being cured; and our country, coun-try, the object of our just pride and lawful affliction, stands collected and composed, firmer, stronger aud more enduring than ever before, with not one cause of discontent at home and not an enemy in the world." Andkew J. Whits. |