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Show I UTAH DEMOCRATS l M jjJJT SEA, Kj I Question of an instructed Dele-wn Dele-wn gation to Denver Is (lie Ul Cause. llj MAJORITY THAT WILL ; GO SURE TO BE SAINTS I' Why BrigJiam II. Roberts and f -Frank B. Stephens Are jj: . Barred On (. , "The effort now beiiic made by the Dcemocrats to send an instructed delc-jjaiion delc-jjaiion for Bryan to the Denver con-' con-' ; vent ion has caused consternation in 1 M vrlrar. you designate ns tho' baud of I gj twenty-six," said a well-known saint, ' I Mo TJxc Stroller on Monday. "You ; Jknow I'm a Mormon, and l.hafc in bo 'far as most of Llio doslrinc is con-I con-I , ' ccrned, T assent. But. as to polygon ', and church intone rence in temporal af- fairs, I have a J ways been opposed. T 'told you this years ajjo. Politically' 'have always been a Democrat. I am a j j Democrat now. T was a delegato to the ; State convention which met in Salt ' ! Lake two years aco. That convention II; f a-dopted a platform. One of the planks r ,; 'follows1: i "We believe In th complete separation ; 'of cJmrch and state a-s expressed Jn our ! 1 ' constitution and wo pledge ourselves to a (. I faithful and conscientious observance of ; ( i the same, and in this connection we dc--. t clare that tlie election to the United v j i States of an apostle of tho so-called ) "dominant church" was a violation of the J ( spirit of tho constitution, waa Imprudent 1 and unwise and has Inflicted upon' the i' . I commonwealth of Utah and Its people lull lu-ll jury from which they cannot recover for V many yoara to come. J, J Will It 3o Koafilrmed? ij ' "I roied for this resolution, as for ; v all the others. I believe in it today as )l I did then; but will the coming State iilj convention incorporate it in its plat.-V plat.-V form? It should do it; and if it; is L t ;jioi done it will bo another acknowl-jf acknowl-jf edgment of the contention of the j jfc opponents of the church that tho I J church docs interfere in politics. Again, I ; 'this Democratic convention, two 3'ears i ago, adopted another plank in its plat- f ' Wo rocognl.o William Jennings Bryan 1 ' ns the greatest living: private citizen and '. I 1ho leading exponent of the- principles of ( true Democracy. And recognizing In him .n, fearless leader, Justly entitled to the i absolute confidence of every loyal citizen; J I we hereby Indorse him as the logical can- yl rlldate for tho Democratic party for the , tioxl: President of the United States. " "I voted for this resolution., also, . and you will remember, because you I:! -V7e re " there, that there was no con- ' 1 1 tention over this resolution. All the K 'n . fight was over tho one I first cited. If i TNow, however, there is contention over K t! Jnflt.riict.ing for Bryan. Why? Its the n j old story. The dominant power in tho . State- cannot keep its hands off. l' I As to Bryan's Position. M ' "Bryan's position regarding polyg- ; furry, as well as separation of church s' and slate in political affairs, is pro- L-jj nonnccd. Ifo was one of the aub-com- , tnittce on resolutions of tho last Demo- ('. eratic National convention which drew t" in the platform, and at whose sucees- lion the followiug plank was in- , corporatcd: Wo demand the extermination of polygamy polyg-amy within the jurisdiction of the United Slates and the complete separation of church and stato in political affairs. "On account of this the dominant domi-nant church is using the whisper lo prevent an instructed delegation and to see that a majority of the delegates dele-gates are persons of my faith. Then I ho unit rule can be enforced in tho delegation. Powers Sure to Go. feel to remark rhat Orlando W. Powors is certain to go as a delegate. He is a pronounced Bryan man. Sam King will, in all probability, be sent.; he was a delegate, you remember, four years ago. But then who? Brigliaiu H. Hoberls would make a. splendid delegate; he is the oralor of the party; but ho is handicapped. He was thrown out. of Congress because he whb and is a polygamisf. The parly can not, therelore, send him. Besides, he and Powers do not agree. The latter has not forgotten how ttobcrts rallied the forces of the late Ifenry Peery .111(1. IMbll iLI. I wvl J , lltJ ICM lllin ivi ni.?mber of tho Democratic national committee. So I am afraid Koberls is on the shelf. Stephens Has Bad Memory. "Frank B. Stephens would also like to go, but Roberts will fight his candidacy candi-dacy and light it hard. Ho will base his 'opposition to Stephens upon the ground that the memory of Stephens is bad, .very bad indeed; in fact, so treacherous " that he might forgot nil about, instructions or the wishes of his1 constituents. Then, too; Stephens would probably forget for whom he voted in the convention. "I feel to remark that T. too, have a right to bo suspicious of Stephens's memory. You remember that in ?0S there was an important election in Utah, although tho Stntc ticket -was short. It contained only two name?, viz.. for Supreme Judge, Bobert ?s. Baskin: for representative in Congress, Con-gress, Brigham fl. fioberls. Whon in Washington testitying in tho bnicot ense, Mr. Stephens was questioned by Mr. Taylor thus: Brigham H. Roberts was oleclcd to 'Congreti In 1S0S. Did you vote for him? Mr. St-ephons. T am unable to say whoUier I did or not. I deliberated ou that for a long time. Mr. Tayler. You do not kpow whether you did or not? Mil Stephens. I do not. as T say, at this time know whether T voted the straight ticket; but 1 recall that I hesitated. hesi-tated. 1 "Let mo tell you that this will nijli-lato nijli-lato against Frank Stephens and will settle Iiis candidap', for the question will be asked of him straight out, 'Did you vote for Roberts?' Unless" an affirmative af-firmative answer is given I feel bound to remark that Stephens's name is mud. Plumed Knight of Democracy. "Powers is lo tho Democrats of Utah what Blaine was to the "Republicans of the nation, 'The Plumed Knight'; tho one to whom tho3r always turned. Stephens, who assumes to bo a leader, I -place in the same class as other iack- Mormons. He wants place, but ho will not conic out in tho open, lie wants to pose as a Gentile, but as his lesli-mony lesli-mony iu the Smoot caHO shows, ho is afraid. 2sn! Neither Gentile nor Mormon Mor-mon has confidence in him. "1 feel lo remark that whenever tho Democracy of Utah wnnt ability and at tho same time respectability, they are by force of circumstances compelled fd put Orlando V. Powors lo the front. Otherwise they would , receive neither consideration nor hearing. Just how long .Judge Powers will permit himself aud his personality to be used as a calspaw to pull the chestnuts from the fire remains to be seen. As for me, I know how many good Mormons like me feel toward hi in. Tie is neither a part or parcel of us. lie does not belong to the church crowd, all of whom will never forgot the fight he made upon us while chairman of the Liberal party in Salt Lake. "I feel to sav that Judge Powers deserves well of lhe Democracy of "Utah in matters national, for ho of all men lias never failed lo fill I ho breech or make the sacrifice when it became tion in the stato. In plain words, had it not been for Judge Powors and his work tho parlv in tho state would have been disintegrated and gone to pieces. Majority Will Be Saints. ''But you mark this prediction, tho majority of the delegation who go to Chicago will be saints, and to paraphrase para-phrase an old time expression from a political standpoint, will bo avenging angels. To be frank, they go to avenge tho wrongs of my church inflicted upon tho church by the adoption of tho plank above- quoted, which, if adopted by the country, would not permit the authorities authori-ties of the church to live their religion as they now do." |
