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Show TUSCARORAS RATIFY. A Largo Meeting at the Continental Hotel'' Last KichU At half past eight last night Judge Ilogf called the Tuscaroras to order at the Contiat ental hotel and announced that the object ot the meeting was to listen to several ad dresses. He nominated James M. Denny for chairman and that eminent young democrat assumed the chair prefacing his official act by stating that the meeting was one of American citizens. There was no member of the Tuscaroras who was not a true Anseiu. lean citizen. A certain Bewspaper in Salfe Lake (referring of coarse to the ancient his. tory on the corner opposite the Continents!) had reviled the society and bad asserted thai their vere trailinc under a nirate dir. The speaker hurled back the assertion. The only flag the Tuscaroras knew was the stars and stripes. To be a democrat does not consist in s name. Years ago one Brigham Young, claiming to be a democrat, claimed the right to resist the government by the sword. That democracy still prevails today and that democracy de-mocracy is the one that now accuses us oi piracy. Why has this people abandoned polygamy? Because it was forced upon them. No man can be a democrat by force. Our accusers tell ns again that they have no longer any need of us that we can do them no more harm. Tell me, gentlement what harm any democrat or republican, working as a liberal, has ever done to any man in this territory. Why did the late legislature pass the anti-polygamy anti-polygamy bill? Because they had to sub. mit and because they thonght to make cap-ital cap-ital by it. Mark you, when they get a governor this law will practically bo a dead letter. vnanes r. oienn was wc ucitpca&ci vm the list. After reviewing the history of the recent defeat in Chicago, Mr. Glenn indulged in-dulged in the assertion that Idaho and Wyoming Wy-oming were under mormon control. The same condition of affairs would prevail if , Utah were admitted. William Newton followed Mr. Glenn and gave notice that the tomahawk was being sharpened for November. He proposed to always vote for a democrat, but reserved the right to decide who was a democrat. J. B. Anderson followed in an eloquent elo-quent speech, and was succeeded by Hon. O. W. Powers, who, in the course of his remarks, re-marks, said: "There is no occasion for discourage, ment. AVe came back to you said to be defeated, de-feated, but we came back with flags flying. We think proudly of Utah, and the timo will come when she will be one of tho grandest states of this commonwealth, but not just yet. Whatever may come, let us stand together for the right, and whatever may come, the Tuscaroras will stand for Utah and American principles." C W. Hall closed the meeting. j" - |