| Show Wi I DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE I Interesting Speeches by Young Members Mem-bers of the Club If National and Local Topics Thoroughly Discussed An Active Campaign to he Conducted I Next August Owing to an insufficient notice of the meeting of the Democratic Club last evening the attendance was not so great as it i otherwise would have been but the II speaking was excellent nevertheless The younger members of the Club were called on last evening and by the determined deter-mined and fearless tone of their speeches it is evident there is no weakening of their political faith Owing to illness Judge Kirkpatrick I who had intended to deliver an address was unable to be present I MR A W TAYLOR A young member from the First Precinct Pre-cinct delivered the opening speech Mr Taylor plunged right into national questions by saying the National Democratic Demo-cratic party was pledged to reform re-form in the affairs of government govern-ment It could effect those reforms because it was supported by a majority of the people of the United States The Democratic Club of Utah was also pledged to reform in local affairs but it was not supported by a majority of the nnnnlfi of the Territory It would Jiave to go down to the cardinal principles of Democracy and teach them to the people There seemed Jo be a very crude idea in this Territory of what constituted con-stituted true Democracy Democracy Democ-racy needs nothing more than a fair field and of itself it will effect all necessary reforms The speaker then touched upon the tariff question and hoped the party that had just gone into power would change the system There are a great many people in Utah who aspire to political preferment but who have not gone to the right sourceto the people The speaker knew this from his own personal observation He cited one instance where a man sought political honors by installing himself in the good graces of the bishop of his ward That man holds an office today not because of his personal worth and fitness but because be-cause he is a zealous advocate of a certain cer-tain religion MR ir w SNOW Read a very well prepared address lIe thought that on March 4th when the bells at Washington chimed the hour of twelve that they at the same time tolled the death knell of the Republican party and this assertion was not made as a vain partisan boast It had been recently said in Utah that the Democratic Club had not only dug its own grave but had very obligingly tumbled into it but the speaker could see no evidence of weakness weak-ness The Club had steadily grown in strength The speaker then reviewed the history of the many political parties that had arisen and fallen since the foundation of the American government The Democratic Dem-ocratic party was the only one that had been able to survive defeat for six succes sive elections and recovered itself The funuamantal principles of Democracy are not of a day or a week or a ear or even of an administration but exist for all time and sooner or later they reassert themselves You can no more root out the principles of Democracy from this country than you can annihilate the National Na-tional character A J PlNDI TON JR Delivered his maiden political speech and delivered it earnestly and well He reviewed re-viewed the various forms of government that had existed during the worlds history his-tory and presented the conclusion that the best government under the sun is the government that springs from the people in other words a Democratic form of government At different times in the worlds history men have arisen who have usurped the powers and trampled upon the rights of the people and thus monarchies have been formed and the very objects of government have been subverted Other men taking advantage I advan-tage of their religious authority have made the people believe that they had the divine right to rule them The I speaker asked if the principles of Democracy Demo-cracy were exercised in this Territory Why do not our opponents answer with argument the platform of principles set lortn h t1 n t ULu by the Democratic Club Wiry do they make no answer except to point with scorn at the Democratic Club It is because that declaration is composed of shining truths MR C O WHITTEMORE Was called on and made a brief address He was not strictly speaking a member of the club but he had watched the development de-velopment Of the movement with interest and gratification and in heart and principle princi-ple was as much a member as anyone He thought there were a great many men in the Territory whose sympathies I were with the movementyoung men who like himself had been born and raised in Utah and had never had an opportunity to affiliate with any political party He had been awaiting to see what a Democratic administration was like before determin ing what stand to take in national polit ics and had been very much gratified by President Clevelands course and if he was entitled in n vote nf fho iiovt Prooi A o dential election it would certainly be castor cast-or a Democrat The principles of the Democratic Club were such as every true American could stand on and such as every true American boy in Utah ought to stand on and the movement was the best tiling ever done under the name of Democracy At the close of the speaking it was announced an-nounced that at the next meeting a mo tion would be made to amend the by laws by striking out the word male from section six in order that ladies might become be-come eligible to membership I It was also resoled that lie Club encourage en-courage the organization of a Democratic party and the placing of a ticket in the field next August Several new recruits were added to the roll of membership and the meeting ad ounipcl |
