| Show T1 I POLITICS IN UTAHAn I I UTAH-An Old Resident Gives His Views IOn I I-On the Situation Here j I I I STOCKTON August 7 1885 i I I EDITOR DEMOCRAT All parties who I I are acquainted with the condition of affairs in Utah both politically antisocially I anti-socially and who are interested in the emancipation of the large majority of the people from priestly rule cannot help but admire and approve of the moderate and nonpartisan course of the SALT LAKE DEMOCRAT One principal reason of the failures in trying to establish an evening I paper in Salt Lake of nonMormon proclivities i pro-clivities before the advent of the DEMO j CRAT was because they proved to be I nothing more nor less than a small echo of the Tribune and the people who ap I prove of the radical course of the Tribune i and others who did not approve but I took the Tribune for the news had no use I for the small echoes It is not my purpose I pur-pose to condemn the Tribune While I I do not approve of the extreme radicalism I radical-ism of that journal and think that the Tribune has been a source of strength rather than weakness to the high priests I who rule in Utah by its often times unjust un-just and unreasonable criticisms of everything every-thing that emanated from a Mormon source and not giving credit when credit was justly due but attributing acts that were laudable to unworthy motives I has not only had a tendency to drive the credulous Mormon into closer bondage but it has caused those who pay no allegiance al-legiance to priestly rule but who have friends and relatives who do from joining 3 crusade that from their intimate ac quaintance with the Mormon people they knew to a certain extent was unjust I has also been the policy of the Tribune and the Liberal party to ignore every person per-son who ever had been a Mormon The leaders of the Liberal party and all the nominees for office have been men who had only resided but a short time in Utah and who had their interests elsewhere else-where The past policy of the Tribune would make it unwise for them at the present time or in the future to change their policy as it would not be credited and would therefore do no good The DEMOCRAT in taking an independent stand with good will toward all men and malice toward none will supply a want longfelt in Utah and i it will continue con-tinue its present policy it can not help but be a power in the land I am one who believes that the redemption of Utah will be worked out in a large measure by the intelligent outcoming Mormons of Utah and the party who ignores that element will be making a great mistake J mis-take I is contrary to human nature to convince a man of a wrong or a mistaken I belief by calling him hard names and making him mad An intelligent reasoning rea-soning man would fail to receive any benefit from that kind of an argument and much less so will the great mass of the Mormon people whose reasoning faculties oped have been but slightly devel I am in fjill accord with all good citizens citi-zens in desiring the vindication of all laws and think that the vigorous enforcement enforce-ment of them will be the most effective way to induce the blind fanatical Mormon Mor-mon to think which is very much to he desired as no doubt much good will result AN OLD RESIDENT |
