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Show (Mm "DEMOCKATIC RKSOLCTXOXt, Tlic Salt Ltiku Cily ' ilctnoaratl" in conrontlon ntMinbtod, "rMolutod" to tho extent of mom than n column of soliil notiparnil, and very much of the the business is :v repetition of V4rblVg6 adopieil liy Miicc.'ssivit ilrniocratic assemblages as-semblages all over the country for more than a quarter of a century. "In favor of an honest and economical administration," adminis-tration," why, that was an old saw when Tw i'.KD was at the head of the parly in Now York city, twenty-odd years ago. "Exclusive privileges to none, and equal rights to all;" a chestnut chest-nut so venerable that it has become worm eaten, especially so as the party has never carried out the principle during tic past, twenty-live years when! it has been in power. "Wo favor wise and salutary laws looking to the, safety and protection Of all laborers engaged en-gaged in hazardous work." Another chestnut, but not unite so ancient as tho one lasi named. "Opposed to all sumptuary laws;" that is venerable through antiquity. In some of tho states the democrats pay some regard to this principle and in others nono at all. "Home rule" of course comes in for a send-off, which as Tun TlMBS has previously shown is repudiated in a majority of the southern states in application ap-plication to municipal government, county aniLcily. Hut one of the finest travesties In the number of glittering generalities is, "we are in favor of free public schools, mil that they shall be liberally and generously supported." etc. How much we Utah "democrats" have In time past favored and worked for a free school system for the territory. There never Was a full free school system provided 'or until two years ago, and then H would not have been ob-.aincd ob-.aincd but for the fact that 't was known a school bill had been drafted for the 'errilory ready for submission sub-mission to tbfl United Statej senate tnd that Senator Edmi nds was in readiness read-iness to push it through. And. the measure then enacted was only made reasonably fair by a number of suggestions sugges-tions furnished by Governor Thomas. Four yours aga tho legislature, composed com-posed of a majority of tho same char-actor char-actor as is the present one, passed a school bill which Wal vetoed by Governor Gov-ernor West, who, by tho way, was chairman of the committee on resolutions resolu-tions last Saturday, and wasn't that a line Specimel Of legislation: It would have mad" nearly all of the schools seetartau, for it provided for tho distribution distri-bution of proceeds of school taxation JSSioug the religious denominations in proportion to tho number of children attending those schools. Of course it was designed for tho espcial bouclil of the Mormon church, end Governor Wnsr properly squelched it. When, oh! when shall the public be treated to such another string of resolutions reso-lutions by the local democracy as was submitted and adopted last Saturday? Hieta, if neither rare norraey. |