Show the democratic flatford flat form EDITOR tue STANDARD the platform roop doped ed by the democratic mass convention which aei in tile Q bradd opera house in this city last satui day night is is a wonderful Bond erful document As a literary pro it is unique and curious and should be e d in in the official archives of the territory as a sample of the combined and intelligence of weber web er county democracy in the last d dei decade ade do of the nineteenth century logically considered it is is tom olav hat defective but this is not surp sur timing to any one who is is familiar with the history of the party As a statement of facts it is id enough to make joks jules verne and kider rider haggard hido bide their faces in shame I 1 prel presume tume the author considered truth as too precious to waste on the common herd and therefore used need as 83 litile little of the raw material as possible poe eible in its preparation just what it means taking I 1 it as a whole infinite penetration can alone comprehend and as none of the part party yare are likely to go to that source tor for information it ft ill probably pro lubly always remain a mystery unsolved solved jn and find practically unsolvable it starts out in the usually ing and bud apologetic manner characteristic of the party by declaring that la in our judgment it now dow is is proper and el expedient pe adient that the democratic pa party t 0 of weber counte should bo ba more 0 ch clentry organized etc the question naturally suggests itself on whose judgment is is the party suppo ed to rely except on its own wonder it if it expected the republicans would fettle this matter for it as that party have all 0 her questions of vital import tor for the last thirty years even to the suppression of the rebellion winch which the tile bouthern southern Dam democracy kicked up in or is the statement aqua a quasi at admission a halfway half way rec recognition ni tio n of the bartys customary mistakes or in other words a sort of an avenue of escape in case it should not prove expedient tho the democratic party is a party pirty of expediency and arid that is invariably ono one of the first questions lons to be considered when any matter ia is suggested the right or elatico of any measure proposed has never troubled it a great deal but the expediency has uniformly if demly called for forth th the moet most painstaking care and exacting scrutiny if it should turn out party made a mistake by organizing in in weber county I 1 suppose be it will excuse itself by baying saying giove piove we questioned the expediency of the move at the time and did not de lare irrevocably in favor of on bui but simply said that in our judgment it would be apparently a good thi thing n g etc 11 the object of the tile organization however is useful and seemingly om ni potent and cannot fail to inspire the Eai eastern tern democracy with the largest measure of confidence ia in the visibilities possibilities of the future when hen grover cleveland learns that the democratic party of weber conaty has been organized fur for the further unco ance of I 1 the he principles and doctrines of the party in the government of the nation he will devoutly cast hia ills eyes toward heaven and thank the diver giver of all good for the maea fl cent and anti helpful progress in utah J juet net how the party of weber counte with its more handful of vo ers ere expects to accomplish accompli sh the th herculean teh task of inal the N onil organization is crikt n t sot fonti forth with a any marked definite of detail andri and it t is iii pt perhaps chaps crail cruel crai l in mi to 0 o refer to it ut lit all nut it occur oct urn to mn MA that a S motion for a more specific a at dawat be iii ili or ter thiela a ter clause of the preamble rothe minda orlof lie tin leta jib liberal ral offer to IQ throw in a k gater with each dollars di ahrn worth of go dx free gratis for nothing it is po e d of high founding synonyms whit J h appear to better advantage and a ud taa can ba more eaily understood when praise sef as follows in pursuance pur fuance of such we wa disko known and beclar de clar 1 l our I and continued adhesion to the cardinal doctrines ea eb I 1 I 1 t I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 sk ka I 1 and d principles principle fl of the democratic art party there y is but little doubt of it the declaration ia is asserted twice in the same sentence and while I 1 might have had bad the temerity to question the first statement its repetition arrests my unbelief and leads me far on the road towards toa arila conviction the next paragraph declares that t the he democratic party was the dominant party in the formation of the can constitution a of the united states and that tha the great instrument is a crystallization of the tile principles of the party and therefore it is THE party 3 r t y that can best administer the lir affairs of f the government both in the state and nation ISa tion there are people who have got ac customer cus tomed to think in in accordance an with certain rules that will be opinionated enough to affirm that the deduction in this case ia is a little violent and slid soine whAt farfetched far fetched etched and charitable as I 1 wish with to be I 1 must confers confess that n rea aon on forces us to agree with them itis it la about abouaf as logical in fact as the tile claim of the old woman wh who said that she had been at the barnin of every boy and gal in this hull neighborhood fr f r nigh auto thirty year that havin children was the but bulwark ark of society and therefore she bad had the right to boes boss tile folks all she wanted anted to the author of this paragraph evi dently forgot to st elite te that the of 1789 formulated as be he avers by the democratic party is abt the constitution of today to day belabors lie He labors under t the lie delusion that the constitution was nas a manufacture while as a matter of fact it has been a groa growth lit it has been BO so amended and enlarged that its framers could not cow now lecog nize nize it A broader and more liberal meaning has been given its language until toddy to day it covers a much wider aar dauee e t of purpose and action than was n as creamed dreamed of by the most tar far farseeing farEe ar teeing eing democrat of 1789 the dem party have had but little part in tins this might tram formation at the beginning of the war of the re bellin belli bel liin n when they asserted that there was no power in thia this venerable document to coerce a state it imply gave voice to ita its uniformly narrow and reaid interpretation of the instrument ment but the republican part cave gave its more liberal keanini meaning and somewhere in its latent re recesses ceases it found the tile porter power and exercised it and saved BAY ed the nation saved it when the democratic Demo craic cravie parly party was trying to destroy it there was no warrant of authority in it so said the democratic party to abolish slavery but lincoln the immortal lincoln found the war rant and the shackles were bt t ricken off olaof of the elave slave and a etain stain was wag wiped from our flag the lees less the democratic party say about the titu tion the better haure it will cut before an intelligent public the next paragraph announces the bartys unswerving faith in the pernicious heresy of state rights this is 18 one of the pet a d poisonous dogmas of the organization and you can neither whip or physic it out of the rotten old carcass carcas 3 improvement has no future term with the democratic party and benco four years 5 ears of bitter dis astroga war seems mohave given it ca new ideas on this subject the logil logic of ov vents are as undecipherable to the average democrat as the hieroglyphics of egypt the next opposes class legislation w which bich is is always a safe thing to do as no party ever existed that had tho the hardihood to do otherwise it is is like abusing judes judas iscariot Isca not it can be done with impunity AI there is is no one eo so mean as to take his part the public is favored in tho the next paragraph by an open avowal or opposition to all laws regulating controlling tr or prohibiting the sale of in ting liquors lilu liquors ors while tle the declaration I 1 is concluded eded in rather obscure language it is comprehensive and goes to the extent ot deciding that there shall be no law on tha the subject at all it seems that the democratic party has lost none of its well knott known n and time honored instincts by reason of ren removal adval from the east and south to the valleys of utah the next dictation beems seem a to be aimed directly at the mormon church it plainly gays says that it dont propose to have any interference with the state by any ecclesiastical organization lor for fear that the tile language might seem a trifle too strong to be swallowed on short notice a codicil is is added recommending toleration the next paragraph wholly fails to declare anything it be termed a glittering generality but it lacks the power of scintillation til it is a a play upon word words sand kind might bo be interpreted to mean his this that or something else and then a again gain it next we are told that the foregoing are the cardinal principles of the party and all who ho believe in in them lire are democrats no matter what they may think about currency cu nency protection action free trade or limitation this is very accommodate ng tha the subscriber can believe that the entire curro cy crould be a gold or paper or leather or copper in ia a protective t ec tive tariff high or low a tariff for women only no tariff at all or ho lie can disbelieve in all these bings things and still be a good and exceptionable democrat provided he believes lu in the cardinal pr sciples i of free whisky states rig rights titz and acid ia is opposed to the church interfering with the state ane federal election bill is 18 next opposed oppose 1 because it provides for honest elections noona no one ever heard of a democrat that favored an honest ballot and a fair count they are in lovo love with the shotgun policy of the tile south and a etric strictly aly opposed to any measure that promises premises reform of the deplorable a state of air affairs lira that have prevailed there ever since the war the bill ia Is denounced aa partisan part aan ivan measure and iu ill the next seb sentence tence thanks are extended to of the It publican party who have BO so fir far f ir run lucee ef ully opposed opposed the heed go of the tile bill the tariff question ia Is next taken up and the public ia is treated to a batch of the tile stereotyped of 0 rover clveland cl veland which ti va i given one inter pret attoa in new york ork and another in I 1 iwa the party iu in weber county say 8 th tout t tariff reform loea floes not mean fre 3 trade br ba tho cobden club of england which lias has always controlled the free trade ving wing ot of the Dom democracy 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i df in this country bays say B it does mean free trade and I 1 think an intelligent public will be rather inclined to accept opt the opinion of 0 tho the dog instead acet of the he tail the last plank in the platform favors the free coinage of silver bullion into money not american silver but all that come to our chorea shores true to its alien instincts the democratic party of weber county favors the PI placing acing of mexican oil silver ver on the eama sama basis as aa that tbt pred produced from our 0 own wn mines minee thus the interests inter of our own producers it if it believes in protection why does it not favor a policy for the protection of our miners and mine owners suh are the declaration of principles lie s upon which the Pem 1 democracy em of ve weber ber county is to be relied but I 1 if I 1 they awaken any considerable enthusiasm I 1 shall entertain grave doubts aa as to the tile intelligence and discrimination of the mashes very truly A 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