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Show pai-sage of the Anti-polygamy of I '62. That law remained a dead lct- ter until we wanteJ a test case, e nd 1 10 years after its passage George Reynolds went to the pen, the first man convicted under that law. The Poland bill give an equal representation represen-tation to the minority'and was a republican re-publican measure, the democrats were supposed to be their ftaejjds . The men who have worked these people most harm were usually democrats, dem-ocrats, Ba.skin, Campbell and others belonged So that party, credited with being the friends of the Mormons. During the debate on the Edmunds law of '81, 42 democrats spoke Die's Party religion, property, society everything worth contending for had' been witL that party, but now the conditions were materially changed. The time has arrived when the people peo-ple must taka part in the politics of the nation and it is necessary to consider wist !y and well with which partjf we shall affiliate. Invoking over the field we find certain classes in the great cities that make up the body of the Democratic Demo-cratic party, the lower classes, while there seems to be more character with the Republicans. One of the characteristics of the Democrats seir:t be that of intemperance. against the Mormuns and Carlisle said that congress had a perfect right to pass that law, and it was passed. Again it remained a dead letter on the statute book until Grover Cleve land was seated in the presidential chair. Cleveland was a good president presi-dent but he got on republican ground, and his party were vexed with him for doing it. However, during hii administration 1,000 Mor mons were sent to the penitentiary. The republicans did not srnd an army, thejt pesmitted the lawts. to lie on the statute books, and it remained remain-ed for the democrats to put them in force. The Democrats had it in their power to admit Utah into the Union but they failed to do it saying the Mormons were "the fiy in their ointment." Idaho was admitted and the Mormons and Democrats had everything in their own hands. The conflict of the future, that which menaces the nation is the tendency t rrobecratic rule. The lack of con fidence in their leaders, a tendancy to break every law and rule, is continually con-tinually rising up and threatening the government of tle future. The se viment.'-J.jf Democracy carried to its logical conclusion is lisence. It is natural for the West an l Vn-Vi. wst to be Eepubli.ans on CtOUnl of their conditions, crd uie .1 1 -xrmare usually Republicans, while the Latin nations have a leaning towards to-wards Democracy. The Democrats were too cowardly to receive the Mormons into their ranks, had the same conditions existed with regard to the Republican Republi-can party we would have gone into the Union with flying colors. Government is for the suppression of crime and the protection of innocence in-nocence and a government must The Old Party. Manti Leads the County with a Republican Club- WHY HE ISA KEPUBLICAN Smith. Wells and Lund, Cast heir Lot With the Party of Protection. $a!ti the Sentinel. liarly on Ksiday it was learned UiaA.lohn Henry bmuh, and as was reported John M. Zane would be in Manti to hold a Republican meet iiig and organ ze a club. lip. Reid was very active in notifying the jeople( About 8 o'clock the Council House began to fill and before long the. house was packed, and many were atanding 011 the outside. Air. (Smith accompanied by, Ju.ihu F. Wells and A. li. l.und w ere welcom ing thos3 known to be Republicans in sentiment, and getting everything in readiness for the meeting. The meeting was ca'Jcd to order yJ'ohn Lowry, sr. and. Albert Tut Hie ws elected chairman with P. P. Pyiing as Secretary of the meeting. Mr., Wells read the address issued Vy )h Republican club of Salt Lake t'ity after which the stand was taken by John Henry Smith. The speaker had no excuses c ffes 4 his position this evening. A test oath was instituted whereby every Mormon was d;sfranchised, and this by their own friends. Wyoming was admitted and there the Mormans were Republicans and rere admitted with the rest having their full rights Colorado Mormons have the tame rights m others. A Democratic judge has put on record that a man who has had his endowments endow-ments belongs to a gang of assassins. Some Democrats have stood up in Jefcnce of the Mormons, and so nae individual Republicans. He had fe t srry to hear nis co-reliicion'sU co-reliicion'sU speak evil against the gave men',, for he rea lied that in no other :ountry could the Mormons h v existe 1 holding tie sime fttit de to the g ve nment, but in sor e ountries w uld htv. beei sent to .he lead mi les, where men go who ieD.1 against their governmun He believed that nil have strength eno igh to enforce t ieir laws. 'I here cannot be royalty royal-ty or tyrat.ny in this nation, for the constitution prescribes a limit. Our fathers came out from the mon-a mon-a h. es of the old world. Our habits and cm.toms, the con fidence shown to officers, our union, are more in accord with Republican than Democratic principles we would feel more comfortable among Republicans than Democrats(a voice "not much.") There is one Democrat Demo-crat in the room, probably he just came from the depot. The bitterest things have been proposed by Democrats, Dem-ocrats, but were ino titled by Republicans. Re-publicans. We should consider well what we are doing, and not be led away by' the attitude of the Salt Lake Herald. A. H. LUND was in harmony with the speakers who preceded him. When he first came "to this country, Abraham Lincoln was president. He had always admired Lincoln and the party he represented. They had been the party of prohibition. He thought Reid was right in hii rulings for it was not fair for men to refuse to i'lp their duty.. He believed in protection to horna industries. .Amotion was made by John Lowry Low-ry Sen. to organize a Republican club, and was carried. The meeting; meet-ing; was adjourned, and a number of thcae whose leanings were with the Republican party, joined the club. lic had labored with us in the past as members of the People. Tarty, 01 gainst us as members of the Liber J party for the maintaiaence of our xiewa That battle has been fought and passed into history. A pohti cal revolution is now at our doors 4J we mtbt prepare tu, meet it. Hitherto the light has been one in which wchave struggled for religious principles. The Liberal party has been, aggressive, suid was formed to tili.t against the religion of the Lai tK5-day Saints. To day every man is joinug the political party that ujost meets his, views of civil govern Went and leaving entirely out of the question the rejigious sentiment. Inrast times it has been said that tthc Mormon People were Democrats Liberals and Peoples Party alike. men were . reatea free, but not equal. He had not sympathy with a party who were compelled to sit quietly whn the nation was in danger dan-ger of going to ruin. The Republican Republi-can party had declared that no state could withd a,w from the Union, but that all were under control of the same general laws. They had taken millions from serfdom and placed them on the high ground of freedom, and settled the qujstioni of states, lights forever. He wished to see industries spring 'up all over the land. Ikleived like St. Paul. Milethatdpesnotprovide for his own household has denied the faith and is w orse than an infidel. A man's first duty is first to provide for his own family and . afterwards for his neighbor's welfare. The Snrialiwta nnH An-irilivtc mica Via nave given ine worui, w understand this, and it was considered strange that through it ali Daniel H. Wells Wid John Henjy Smith were Republicans. Repub-licans. The idea haa'been upper most that the democrats w.jre the warm friends of the Mcrmojis. The speaker would recount some of our jjast history, and desired to do so without bitterness, but to show the Vuth in relation to the matter. In 1839, under Democratic rule V500 Mormons were robbed and driven out on the desert. An appeal to a democratic president Martin Xan Buren, resulted in the famous reply, "Your cause is just but I can't help you' for the present believed believ-ed that every state waa. independent. independ-ent. Undr Democratiq rules the M,ormcns wre driven fram Illinois, aid a Ddemorat conceived the idea 6 ajill further crippling tsh people bj demanding the batallidto go to Mexico. Democrats established IheTerrittKial system of government a democratic judge reported the Mormons in rebellion, and an army w '-" - a -WHilJ 1 t Ml. yell, "Down with corporations and trusts!" but we haid better build up trusts at home than in foreign coun tries. The men who build railroac'a eat no more than othtr people, they ometimes wear better clothes, bit the bulk of their earnings go to aid in the development of other industries, indust-ries, giving emploprnsnt to thousands of wtrkmen, None but carpers and idlers are grumblings ; The Democratic Demo-cratic doctrine of free trade would completely ruin our mining industries. indus-tries. To-day we are:gaying miners three dollars per day, but free trade would put theoa on a par with "the peon of Mexico, which is bought aad sold for $50 a year. Without t ie wooUwdustry, no farmer could pay his taxes. We know it to be a fact that the Provo factory has struggled strug-gled to competejjwith outside competition com-petition and we know that it is better bet-ter to support the industries at home than to import. Whar is true: of a city is true of the county, state: or nation. We do not care for figuses thev are made. Thnt whirh wai Kciii iu urng in em into auDjec- Coming down to the time when Lincoln was elected, we find a change i;i Cae treatment of the Mormons. 4 oS, tieir men explained in this way. T)M republicans had a dog to kill but it was a dog without a tail 4jnd tney took polygamy tor the tail Qftjiedog. In the war the dog was k.lUU but the tail kept wagging and t)iey wt;re compelled to no something some-thing with it. A law was passed disorganizing the Church of Latter-iiY Latter-iiY Saints which remained a dead H.'Ki upon the statute book. It aiay be also noticed tfjat the officer! appointed under Lincoln's rule jrere better than those previously ap jointed, Uoty, Durkee, etc. were good feen. The war brought a change, an agitation was commenced by Kastern adies, who imagined that the Mor- Jion women were aliusd, and art ffort was made to change the corv-ditians, corv-ditians, the, consequent being the. j ------ ' V found in the columns of the HtrcUd are deceitful and misleading. The Republicans are the party of progress. pro-gress. The Democrats hnVe raised a cry, against the rulings of Tom Reed-His Reed-His ruling was absolutely necessary.. Under the conditions, men could sit in ihir scats and refuse to cast their votes. Although Reed has been called a tyrant, every American can and should sustain him. The speaker did not wish the peo-l pie to be influenced by his position as aa apostle, He wished to see the United States a great nation, and not a rope of sand. As far as State right were concerned, Mr. Blaine had shown that they were to be re spected. The government must have a head, and not a wart instead of a bead. dJjUNIUS F. WELLS. has taken, ccnsiderable pride in his labors, to. connection, wijj, the, Ifto- |
