Show CoMJtUNIOATFD DEMOCRATIC J KNDOllSrMIINT Kiinciii III IMOCIIAT Iermit mo as a Ucntllc Democrat to express my approbation appro-bation of the course of your paper both in relation to National and local Issues That you have taken the correct view of Iho matter there can be no doubt and I can assure jmt that your position Is endorsed by nlnoteontwentletlis of the Democrats nf Utah who whlln favoring unrelenting warfare upon tho peculiar in btitutlon of the Territory do not consider It necessary to renounce their National principles oven cast them aside temporarily tem-porarily for the purpose of waging a contest con-test against local ulmAes which 1110 not and which novcr can bo made a political issue dividing i < tho two great parties of tho Nation The necessity of ignoring National politics was never urged by the Itcpublicans hero while they vvcro in power and it is only sincetho election of a Democratic resident that their eyes have been opened to the liberal policy of making no political distinction in tlio tone of tho Territorial press or the dis tribntion of tho Federal olllccs Tho principal Gentile organ has nlvvajs been extremely partizan upon all questions not involving the general local issue and there is no reason why the Democrats of the Territory should not havo a leading paper to represent their principles upon matters disconnected with tho ono upon which tho members ot both parties agree and upon which they can all act unitedly without strengthening the position of the common enemy During tho last Presidential Presi-dential campaign there was no State in tlio Union where party spirit ran higher or where moro interest was manifested lln the general result than in Utah The Mormon question for a time sank into insignificance or at leaht was onl referred to in connection with the probable local effect of the success of cither party In the National contest Some of tlio Kcptiblicaim perhaps only a few predicted the most direful results to the Gentiles in the event of a change of Administration Time has however developed tho gioundlessness nf those fears and I know of none who are offering offer-ing to dispose nf their property at such a ruinous discount us they declared their intention of doing If Air Cleveland was elected The indications me that moro will hn accomplished during tho four years of the present Administration towards the suppression of polygamy and its attendant evils than was effected in sit times that period of Republican rule Then why hould not the friends of tho Administration In Utah give it their political and moral support by I maintaining a separate organization as is i done in California hero tho Chi nose question is paramount to all others or in Nevada or Colorado wheio the people peo-ple of both partied are practically a unit upon the diver issue It strikes mo that the Democrats of Utah would bo guilty of tho grossest discourtesy and ingratitude ingrati-tude to the Administration if they failed to give it such general support as their principles would warrant while they and their Republican Gentila allies aro expecting ex-pecting so much from it to aid < 1ll1 their struggle towipo out polygamy und < treason trea-son in tho Territory Tlio DEMOCRAT is certainly on tlic right track and I hope it will continue upon it representing tho principles and views of tho Democracy of the Nation as well as tho local policy of tho loyal people of both parties in Utah 1 DEMOCRAT SUT LVKU CITY April 271880 |