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Show JUST HIST.ORyI i I ' pr Albert FPhilipt ' In tha latter transmitted 40 chalr-maa chalr-maa of tha Peoplt'a party, dcclln-In dcclln-In to partlcipata Inf tha convention conven-tion of 18U7. which waa to adopt a oonatltutlon and endeavor to havi tha Territory admlttedito tha union, tha Rapublican Central comtnlttta waa perhapa mora vehement in their , oppoaltlon than waa tha Ieraocrii'.-Central Ieraocrii'.-Central committee, but both were unueually out poke a. Among other oth-er "reasons given as to why tha Republican could not accept the Invitation In-vitation to join with tha People party tha committee pointed ut that If Utah, ahould ba clothed with tha forma of a slate" the re-ault re-ault would ba a theocratic state in which Mr. Cannon, ona of your ab-leat ab-leat nd wisest oracles, expreevd It Tha voice of God would ba ih voice of tha peopl nd thla oi-t find expreaaion through tha choeen mouthpiece, tha head of tha hurca. In a. elate eefablished under a theocratic idea, a frea publie finds no place, eontinuea tha H1' ot tha Republican committee. lt x- I tlngutshes and annihilate all tna 1 beacons of tha Republican t-owrn-ment around ue and remit to u tue i darkneaa of that superstition and fanatlciam which tha world of in-telligenca in-telligenca and law baa been srug- i (ling to escape. ' -Hera In thla paradise of tha Rocky mountains for mora than ten yaara your aystem practlcMllv unchecked and uncontrolled, bad full away. What wae th reault? Ton were In open rbelllon with and aalnst th goven:mnt of the I nited 8 la tee. Your prophet, then trsaxi nr tha commt 'sion cf governor, aa a United tJ tales officer, lasneo h- proclamation rderins; the army of thia nation to rfanaxi from thla teirltory; your milUla, called out by hla orders, attacked tha wagon train carrying food tc troop who bora th Hag of thi nation an their j ju-ney and raptured aad destroyed them. Harmojvioua relation, with eny other governinent ar Impoaal-bla Impoaal-bla becatta tha Mormon la either a ruler or a rbl if his faith la hla ttuide. HELD LAW DI8REGARIX "We reward t manner of your rail, tta disregard for taw, Ita viola! vio-la! ton of precedent, ita unseemly and une-xnluned haat, as, not only Insuperable objection but - luant-featlna luant-featlna a want of cn parity ror ctvfl government and regard f.r the fundamental Idee, of Republican government which we cannot in justice to auraelve decline tn e preea. In conclusion, tha Republican d cllna-Uon sad: "When your Mormon ehuroa shall have abandoned Its pretensions aa a temporal power, when it paople shall render obedience to lawa of the tend which la yielded by all other citisens, of every ehad af re-litpou' re-litpou' treUci; hecom upportr of th lawful civil government, then wa will consider the whether or not Utah may be trusted with statehood. Thla letter as ha been stated, carried the signature of Win lam V. Jamea aa chairman and William Nelson as secretary of th Republican Repub-lican territorial committee. On other letter waa received by Chairman Winder of tha People' Peo-ple' pnrty. thl on from J. I. Raw lin afterward n member of the beuae, and later United States senator sen-ator from Utah, and who when a delegate from the atata. Introduced the bill providing for an enabling act under which Utah waa enabled to come to tha union. President Rawlins had been invited by Chairman Chair-man Winder to partlcipata on behalf of tha club In the constitutional convention. Ha declined the Invitation Invi-tation and hla letter In reply was aa cauatic aa thoae sent by the chairmen of the Republican and Democrat territorial committees. After acknowledging th lnvltn-1 tlon, Mr. Rawlins wrote: "The platform of th Democrat elub in addition to th general indorsement in-dorsement of Democrat principle declares In favor of a disunion of church and stat and respect for and obedience to existing; laws. STATEHOOD FAVORED. "It also declare In favor of statehood state-hood for Utah conditioned upon theaa prlnclp.ee becoming predominant predom-inant in the sentiment of - majority major-ity of her people. . "Less than two years an, your committee and the party you represent, repre-sent, together with ia official organ, or-gan, repudiated these principle and the policy outlined by the platform plat-form of the Democrat club.. "Aaauminv that you and your party conaiatently adhere to the position then and so recently taken, you can acaroeiy expect the Democrat Demo-crat club to cooperate with you In any political matter whatever, much leas, to secure tha admission of Utah Into th union a a state upon th basis of tha policy of and th principles your party ha so far uniformly represented, and which are eaxneatly antagonistic to the policy and prlndplea of the Democrat Demo-crat club. Bigned J. U Rawlins, president of the Democrat club. Regardless of the decline tloa of th parties outside of the People's to partlcipata In a eonetltutional convention. It was held and at the election to ratify the constitution, the vot was 12.15 for tha eonati-tution eonati-tution to toe axainst. But congreaa declined to act on tha prayer of tha petition and again a deaf ear waa turned toward Utah, i 1 TOO ANIMATCD. Stage Hand ft maaager -8haJf I lower, the curtain, air? Ona of tha livtn' atatuea haa Ue hiceupe. National Na-tional .M.va;vxine of the Hardware Trad. |
