| Show A conciliatory POLICY THE BEST THE ima republican ratification meeting held in the theatre last night waa large and enthusiastic its ita object according to the statement of one of the speakers was twofold two fold told the meeting was not only convened to ratify the me presidential ticket nominated by the minneapolis convention but also to endorse and emphasize the ibe action of the same game body in its recognition of the division in this territory on national party lines the national committee and the convention have decided b bv recognition that the non liberal republicans are the only members of the party in this territory and it was waa therefore fitting that this act should be ratified in connection with the enta enthusiastic usi astle endorsement 0 of f the selection of benjamin harrlson harrison anil and whitelaw reid as candidates for the support of all goad republicans at the election in november the complexion of last nights night Is meeting indicated strongly etron gly that many who have heretofore divided on mere local issues will soon wheel into line with the national party it is logically impossible to see how those of them who wish to be identified with republicanism can do otherwise by remaining rema remaining inin disconnected with the natio national a 3 division lets they simply maintain a position of self alienation and repudiate an action taken by the representatives of the party at large und they can have neither lot nor part with the great organization it appears that the factionist faction lot delegation to minneapolis was thoroughly convinced that this was the situation while the convention was in progress reliable statements to that effect have already appeared in this journal they have been of such a character and from such sources as to be beyond the reach of successful re fu tation it has also appeared that the real republican delegation met this recognition of the status in the only consistent disposition that could be ex habited bibi tec the spirit of conciliation steps were taken in the interests of peace that the way might be opened for an understanding to be reached upun upon local differences which have kept men apart who ought to operate in unison we do not believe that any other course than that inaugurated by the regular republican delegation to minneapolis will be conlu conducive olve to the rapid and healthy growth of the national political division with ce 00 to either of the two great parties part lep political utterances of cc regulars with reference to factionists ought to be temperate and conciliatory they should be fredas was almost entirely the case with the speakers ep eakers of last algat s gathering from the spirit of coercion anything in the shave shape b even of an implied threat at once aro arouses uses the antagonism of the persons against whom it maybe may be directed and the effect to is to retard the amalgamation of party forces forcee there is one feature of the proceedings in the minneapolis convention which was significant it ought to have due weight in this territory that body signified thit that the party as a whole to Is opposed to the existence of political distinctions on religious lines the invention convention had an excellent opportunity port unity to assert itself in that regard bo 60 fax far as the cormons mormons Mor mons are con corned the statements of the liberal delegates were of such a character that one of the gentlemen belonging to the regular representation from utah was by the natural course of the proceedings impelled to make the declaration that he was a mormon that great body representative of the republican party showed that it did not consider that the religious position of the gentleman was a matter that affected affect eJ el his bis political status he was entitled to sit with the convention on his bis political merits med this fairness and justice ought to have weight with the olasa claw who have been agitating the old threadbare a antl mormon question nationally it has no existence in either of f the great parties local conditions aguet necessarily conform to the con ali stent disposition of the national political organizations the T he growth lu in that direction will perhaps be gradual but each progressive selve stop step of the parties as a whole necessarily gives it a fresh and irresistible impetus lot let the good work go on OB |
