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Show IS MR. BRIMHALL SATISFIED? The following communication came to us third-hand yesterday. It was handed to one gentleman to be-handed to another, to be handed to us for publication : Provo, June 21, 1691. Editor Moitifisa Dispatch, I am endeavoring to solve a political problem, and having no experience, little inclination and less ability in that direction, I come to you for assistance. Will you kindly explain how a person's name can consistently be attached without his knowledge "or coneent to a platform of principles with the following follow-ing preamble, published in this morning's morn-ing's Dispatch under the heading of "Democratic Club of Provo City:" "Believing as we do that the changed as well as the rapidly changing conditions condi-tions in the social and political status of this Territory justify the abandonment abandon-ment of the "political organizations which have heretofore existed, and that the time has now arrived when the political po-litical parties of this Territory should ; be formed ujKn the lines of national politics, leaving each individual citizen to choose for himself his affiliation with 1 the one or the other ot the two great political parties of the country according accord-ing to his preference, and confident of the virtue, patriotism and integrity of the mass of the jeojle,"as Denaocrats we make the following - declaration of principles:" Now, while 1 am willing to make allowance al-lowance for error, I protest against the unauthorized (for such it is) use of mv name as a signer of the preamble or the declaration of principles following it. I do this not so much from a desire to pose as an opponent to Democracy as I do from the conviction that it would be decidedly un-American to allow al-low myself to be" politically pitched, either to or from my position where it is mv prerogative to stand. Respect-fullv, Respect-fullv, Geo. II. BniMHALL. We regret as much as any one that Mr. Brim a all's name was enrolled on the Democratic list and published in TnE Dispatch without his consent. We published names only as handed us by members of the differeut clubs, but just who passed in Mr. Brim-hall's Brim-hall's name we are unable to ascertain. ascer-tain. This has been fully explained to Mr. Brimhall, and it was explained to him, too. by more than one person, that in making up the delegation from j the Fourth and Fifth precincts his name was at once stricken from the list when it was known that he had not joined. We thought the gentleman gentle-man was fully satisfied with the explanation ex-planation and why he should now be so sarcastic we cannot say. It was purely a mistake, as every thinking person must see. God forbid that the Democratic party should use my man's name to further their cause. They don't need to do so. The principles prin-ciples and practices of the party are the only criteria that should guide one in this choice of parties. |