| Show THE NEW POLITICAL MOVEMENT THE movement in this city to organize on national party lines is the talk of the town the opinion that the time has bas come for it seems to be almost universal among those citizens who take active interest in political affairs of course the clique that has been a stumbling block in the way of progress for years is in a flurry the declaration that disfranchisement should never be inflicted upon any citizen except for crime whereof he shall have first been duly convicted f is shocking to the feelings of those agitators who have plotted for the disfranchisement chi of all persons who are members of a certain church solely on account of that membership they desire the political death of thousands of citizens who have never violated law and who have sworn not to violate it in future they also advocate the denial of citizenship to law obeying aliens simply on a test of their church membership any political document therefore whether it come frum democrats or republicans prohibitionists or farmers arai alliance men which repudiates their fanatical sentiments 9 and un american meas sure to meet with worn scorn and sarcasm and be misrepresented as to its purpose and supporters if the time has really come for the the citizens of salt lake to drop their local strafes and gravitate to the political centres bentres which have for them the greatest attraction the jibes and covert threats of those disappointed persons should have no weight with sensible republicans or thoughtful democrats the permanent good of this territory and its evolution into a great and loyal state ought to be of such overshadowing importance as to make the claims of a selfish clique entry Insign insignificant iff there seems to be a difference of opinion among republicans here as to the proper course for them to pursue in view of this movement of the be democrats at the risk of misinterpretation of our motives we will say may that it appears to us only self preservative for the republicans to announce where they stand on the issues presented by their political opponents so that the masses of utah who are are baiting between two opinions may be able to determine intelligently which national party claims their best beat support we repeat what we have said before every citizen should be free to elect where his party fealty sh shallie chajt allbe be given his country demands his bis full duty and fidelity this to is not open to question As to this there is no room for doubt but party claims are open to debate national politics have figured to so BO small an extent compared with local differences that many intel men old as aa well as an young are not fully persuaded in their own minds ai to the national party which has the strongest claims to their support perfect frankness and freedom in the discussion of principles distinctive of each party and in their adoption or rejection must be encouraged and maintained we cau can say in all can dorthae dor that this will be the spirit in which we desire to approach this subject and which we are sure will prevail among those with whom we are associated religiously and otherwise |
