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Show Wilson on Utah. W. L. Wilson, chairman of the Dem- ocratie executive committee, has the followinsr to say about Utah : "The object and general plan ot my visit made it appropriate that I should speak in the Territories and stimulate the organization of clubs there as in the States. But my time permitted me to visit onlv the "Territory of Utah, irlipvc f nihiresHed ffreat audiences at Ogden and Salt Lake City, and enjoyed a privilege not often falling to the lot ot a public speaker, namely of talking to many intelligent adult people who had never heard a political speech on National Na-tional issues, and who had not particularly particu-larly informed themselves as to the fundamental differences of the two I oreat historic National parties. I happened hap-pened to strike Utah at what seemed to be a most interesting time in her history. his-tory. The contests there have hitherto been between the Liberal party, composed com-posed indiscriminately of Democrats Dem-ocrats and Republicans hostile to the Mormon church and the People's partv, composed chiefly of defenders of "that church. Recently, however the leading Democrats of that Territory and the leaders of the People's Peo-ple's party have come to thr conclu- sion, as they expressed t- tn me. that polviramy being "as dea l as s';;ery"it was both iischss and wr-ng : ki -'; up the old fight, and that the time "had come for the citizens of Utah tn divide i as other American citizens upon Na- j tional lines. found Democrat icsncie- 'i ties oriranizimc and a great, dfinand for speaking and literarue. Among . those actively coiMiselinr and in- j dustriously promoting this move- f ment I found such men ;ii .bulge; 5 Henderson of (.' leu and Judge Judd at Salt Lake, two of Mr. Cleveland's Cleve-land's appointees as members of the Territorial Supreme Court, and Mr.Me-Nutt, Mr.Me-Nutt, late Gentile candidate for Mayor of Ogden; and of the Mormons Mr. Caine, the very intelligent .b-I.-grite m . Congress and the Kichards brothers, leading lawyers of those two cities respectively. re-spectively. Utah is a grow in-.- and prosperous Territory that has already outstripped in population and wealth most of the new states recently admitted admit-ted into the Union, and I am sure that American citizens everv-whero everv-whero ouizht to rejoice in the abandonment -d' polygamy and , in the prosperous future that seems to await that growing section, an. I to encourage en-courage the formation of national parties par-ties there when assured by trustworthy ; atui discrete men ot not h sides, on the spot, that the old tight is ended and ! t-iat its past controversies an I bitter- j ness mav be buried. I "As the old Democratic societies $ were the first organization of the Dem- f ocratic party in the United states, so I I think there is t-reat historic propriety I in making the Democratic societies n't I to-day the first complete party organi- zation in the territory." " I |
