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Show 01IH OF THE PRESS. On the Movement to Divide I on Party Lines. The Deseret News Comes Out and Announces Itself as Independent. Some of the Papers Think the Fight Will Be Pretty Closely Close-ly Contested. WHEN THEY COUNT NOSES. Every citizen of Uta'i as elsewhere in the United States should be thoroughly thor-oughly conversant and imbued with the great and grand principles underlying under-lying our national constitution, and in no way can this education be more thoroughly attained than by affiliation with one or the other of the political parties of the day. That many, perhaps per-haps a majority of the people of Utah, are Democratic in their political belief, is true beyond any doubt; yet upon a count of noses upon national parly lines, it will be found when that time arrives, as it certainly will pretty soon, that the Republican party has something more than a' corporal's guard to represent itself upon election day .Beaver Uton iu n . IT MUST HE TEIUUTOlilAL. Some of the speakers who oppose organization state that so far as Salt 1 Lake and Weber Counties were concerned con-cerned they were ready to admit thati party division would he safe, but they fear" the "cow counties." This was tantamount to a complete surrender, for no man will seriously undertake to j show that with a fair and earnest I alignment here, the rest of the Territory Terri-tory cannot be permanently divided on some basis. Salt Lake Times. ! THE "NEAVS" IS INDEPENDENT. One of the most humorous assertions tliat the organ of hate, published in this city, has made for some time is to the effect that th Xeics appeared last evening as a Republican organ. Heir are its words: "The AVtcs appeared last night for the first time in its role as a Republican organ." We are at the detiance of all men to correctly assest that the yews is the organ of either of the national parties. Its position is independent and our motto is "truth and liberty," which :.iv intimately associated. This journal jour-nal reserves "the right to defend the liberties of all citizens, no matter to wh it party they may belong, and to criticise attempts to stifle the free ex-piession ex-piession of any class of people, without with-out reference to creed or political inclinations. in-clinations. And in regard to aiming to be truthful, we are pleased to be able, to say l hat many honorable men in this Territory, who are not in unison uni-son with olu-general views, have frequently fre-quently af-si rted that the yews stands second to no journal in the west. Deseret Des-eret AYic.s". THE MOVEMENT IS SINCEKE. The political situation in Utah at the present time is decidedly interesting, interest-ing, to say the least. When a man in the position of lohn T. Caine, who has represented Utah in Congress for years, announces in public that it is better for the people to diyide on national na-tional party lines belter for the people, peo-ple, better for the Territory, and better bet-ter for the cause of freedom it certainly cer-tainly looks as though the movement is a sincere one and in the right direction. direc-tion. The Tribune lashes itself in fury at the bare thought of such a thing and is daily encouraging its disciples to light the cause. P.ysou Enterprise. NO OITOSITION CAN STOT IT. Notwithstanding the opposition of the Tribune and the Enquirer the move-mtiil move-mtiil to organize on national lines and drop local politics is gaining ground. "Political revolutions,'' says the Tribune, Trib-une, "Come as unexpected as the cyclone. They come wnen the air is surcharged with sinister elements and the effect of them generally is, lirst a general wreck in their path, and second a clearing of the air." We mi not exactly agree with the Tribune. revolutions never come unexpectedly, any more than thunder storms do. To those who are versed in weather wisdom, certain signs point to a change, the oppressive heat, the heavy-clouds heavy-clouds on the horizon, the languid feeling that takes possession of the animal system, all betoken an approaching" ap-proaching" storm, and the wise man prepares for the change. So it is with political revolutions, past experience tells us that they never come without showing signs of their approach. Like causes always produce like results, and none other will produce them, and those only who are willfully biind can help seeing when a revolution is approaching. For some years attempts have been made to I .r:ne about a change in affairs, and am on.- c uhl see that the movement was ga ning strength, and that public opinion his brm drifting in that direction, and ii.e Tribune has been pivaehii.g the mvessity. of change for vears, and pun. ; ig out the way. They have declared I., it their only light was to compel the pie of Utah to become, in politics like i ':.e rest of the nation, that when the people showed that they were ready to make political annuities annui-ties without being forced into it by the priesthood their fight against Hie i I church will end. It was well known i to the Tribune that Mormonism was essentially Democratic in its nature, and that it was a recognized principle of the Mormon faith, that the "voice of the people is the voice of God," but it was necessary for them to establish a case even if it was done at the sacrifice sacri-fice of truth. Now that a movement is made which shows on the face of it that the leaders of the Mormon Church cannot possibly be in control the object rather a far fetched joke to cbarge su 'h men as Judge Judd, ex-Marshal Dyer, O. W. Powers and others who have always been found on the opposite oppo-site side, as being controled by the Mormon people in anything, and tlie charge will of course fall to the ground. Even the Tribune admits that as regards re-gards the leaders of the church, '"There fs absolutely no sign, that we can see, that they have changed the least in their Intentions," which in plain En- glish means that the 'Tribune has tried in yain to discover that the church has taken any hand in . the movement, but that the people are following out their own ideas without instructions, and independent of the. wishes of anyone; but themselves. The. belief of Mr'. Goodwin, unsupported by evi erice of any kind as he himself admit, goes for very little. The fact of the "Je'iies family going to the Democratic party, and ihe Brown family going to the Republican party" can give no proof to any but a prejudiced mind of a preconcerted movement, but rather the independent action of men choosing choos-ing their sides according to their individual indi-vidual preferences and on their own judgment. The stand taken by the Tribune is only additional proof that their power is departing. The rise of Utah Democracy proclaims the downfall of ring rule. It fortells the end of religious persecution, and the confining of politics to their legitimate legiti-mate channel. The much spoken of dawning seems to be at hand, and- the prospects for Utah grow brighter as the years roll n. It is high time that dead issues should be buried and all parties unite to build up and develop the country instead of waging a warfare that is bound to cripple the Territory, and retard its progress, and those who try to obstruct, are liable to be run over and trampled under foot, sharing the fate of common obstructionists in the past. We say. let the change come, the sooner the better, and the people will be found ready and waiting to receive re-ceive it. Manti Sentinel. |