Show POLITICS IN UTAH I a lentlle Democrats Reply to Cal Iorrjs oiiiniiinlratlnn I Flu Hirmer Claims Hint lie Is 3115 c rejirospnled Sly tile niter Our Correspondent nrtlier Ventilates Ills A lews On the Political Situation Corrcipondonco ot the DcsiocnAT 1 ciTon DFMOCIUT Permit mo once more to trespass upon our columns In reply to certain statements and speculations specula-tions of Colonel W M Ferry in hm letter published on the 2Gth instant in jour piper It Is exceeding gratifing to observe that my first communication was not entirel unproductive of good If It was neither Interesting nor instructive to the general reader 11 at least afforded the Colonel an opporlunit to air Ills views and till pleasure I derive from that knowledge disposes mo charitably forgive for-give his misrepresentation of tty hn guaje and his somewhat absurd classification classifi-cation of my politicaljuositlon and views t alr tl r lleef I am list taosare that 1 was ever before charged with being a lack Mormon and I am as inorallv certain that IJI SOT v jvcu nil Untie vs I am u Democrat and was before I ever Raw Utah or fInd i giveil any considerable thought to the Mention question Personal fhh lU sonal observation of the ql lovolting practices prac-tices and the political 8 stem of Mormon lOIn Instead of lessening my part fealty have rather tended to Intensify it for the are so diametrical in opposition to his tenets of the part that every true Democrat must realize the necessity of putting them down at whatever hazard or cost for their supremac means the demolition of every Democratic principle princi-ple and the obliteration of every landmark land-mark of the party of that name I 1 should have no respect for and certainly would not pretend to belong to a part 31ctk J rlU aJ 31 f J tile aulvocacy and practice of vvboso pnn ciplcs would tend to weaken the anti Mormon cause A Gentile who believes that the maintenance Democratic principles prin-ciples is dangerous to antiMonnonism HAS j < o UUMM IN TIIC lAim If after bccomii r so convinced lie con linues his ecu ouon therewith ho is either n hv Ir t c or so blindly partizai tint bo would I Micriflco every principle of I fIt ploi Ills i partj to sustain i I lice party itself If f I behoved as jour correspondent writes I should certainly feel ash lined to acknowledge I ac-knowledge that I was or ever had been a Democrat I do not know upon what iiilhorit Colonel Ferry assumes that I favor the division of the Gentile vote in this count or an w hero else w lien thero is a reasonable chance by consolidation to strike an effective blow at the I conmioi enemy It is an assumption certain not bised upon atiy sentence word or syllable in my communication I liavo sh 1 te11 alvavs voted what is known as the Liberal ticket and shall continue doing eo until the issue can be safe made between be-tween the two National parties In doing tins however I do not consider it ncce oary to Ignore or even suspend my polit cal views or tide expression of them nor do I consider that I am bound to prom pro-m devotion to tho Gentile cause by following lowing blindly the dictation of a four lIe publicans who have assumed to dictate the antl Mormon policy in Utah am who denounce as Tucks every Democrat who does not ClUNG or rut en vck OP Tiirnt w 1111 Or who does not iccognizo as political gos > el tho abuse of everything Demo erotic In their part organ The wisdom of niaint lining Intact the Democratic I organization in Utah must bo apparan to every sensible member and the polio of separate action under certain circun stances Is cquall obvious The DLMO cast has forcibly and clearly demon fe31flef lf strated the good to bo I accomplished icy nomin iting a candidate ITO I-TO BUN AGAINST nrLLUATL C VIM Your argument cannot bo refuted nor will it bo attempted by am ono who but no otbci political l 1 axe to find than tIdal to bo 1 applied to the root of the tree of Mormonism Tho reasons you give for running separate political tickets when success is Impossible by combined action dIe equally unanswerable Colonel Ferry cites tho fact that Congressmen of both p irtlos unite In their support of a bill to put down polgall1 and treason in Utah and points to their action as un example to be followed Icy the Democrats and Uo publicans hero That is precisely tho course which should be pursued Let both plrties combine upon this issue los thriv do in Congress I have not heard however that part lines are obliterate at Washington bcc iiiso of the ntlr mat tor or that riley AHC LbS DISTISCTIA DRAWN Upon other issues not connected with It I There Is no nccessit sense or policy In i carrying the combination or mixing poll ticaf matters further here The Colonel reference was a jiertmcnt one although ho was liarilh judicious in itsapplicatio as an argument against tho mamtenanc of the Democratic organization In Utah Ho makes the inquiry Can success ro suit from the proposed distinctive orgai ization in this Territor 1 I would IIsk whether except in a single instance In tills count has success attended tonso dated action or whether it Is likely to so long us the elective franchise rein ilns ni at present With no possibility for sue cess the Gentiles become indifferent anti natiy of them remain eon from thu polls With such wholesome rivalry liB would bo incited by running seiuri tickets the Gentile vote would l be Increased In-creased and make AlllTTHl MIOWIVI IN 1111 UiUItl U VT Than li3 the running of a single ticket certain to bo defeated I fail to dlseer an harm to tile common causo which could accrue from thisLourM3whlo there ara inanv reusons to believe that much good could bo accomplished by it Micro lire other mattcis In the Colonels letter to which 1 might allude hut Iiivo ill ready trespassed 111011 jour space and perhaps the patience of year rcucleiB to a greater extent than I intended ts tom to-m front naino1 ilthouli It is prefixed by 110 mlhtar title it is ono which has never been tarnished by sympath of its owner with Mormon lust or treason nor connected with unjust abuse of any ono for honest difference of opinion Perhaps tics criticism of mj nom ole Ifume by the DUIOCIIAT Is just and merited mer-ited but as I urn both a lentils and a Democrat and 11111 not ashamed of cither title I will continue lo combine them Icy again lcnng mf > ClfGCNTI Gcvmi DEVIOCIUT PA UK Cm June 28 1881 |