Show t Mf > i I J i AN OLD DEMOCRAT I IVuiits to Know If the People of T7tili are Ecully Democrats I Sonic Interesting Facts EDITOR DEMOCRAT A correspondent in i the Salt Lake Herald of Tuesday over the signature which heads this brief note uses the following language regardin which I desire to make a few brief comments com-ments mentsI the Democratic party BO strong that i t can afford to jeopardize the re representation of a prospective State and sacrince two Senator Sen-ator and one Representative at the shrine of an unjust and purely Republican partisan measure directed exclusively against the religious re-ligious practices of its citizens lgou in view of the rapid growth of the Mormon community and extensive settlement settle-ment in the adjoining Territories will not several other States be jeopardized as well as Utah and finally lost to the Democrat party For whoever absorbs the Mormon will find them snch a tower of strength as will assure success every time they enter the field I suggest that the Democratic party iso is i so stron that it can afford to see that the laws of the United States are enforced I in all the States and Territories whether such laws are enacted by Republicans or Democrats and in thus enforcing tin I laws the Democratic party is strong that it will not stop to inquire what effect I such enforcement may have upon tin politital status of any prospective State The Democratic party is so strong that it i will not pander to any socalled religious community even though so extensive that it may spread over and jeopardize several other States and Territories and lose them to the Democratic party At theP residential election 1848 the largest body of Mormons who were in a position to vote lived in the State of Iowa and their votes were cast in favor of General Gen-eral Taylor the Whig candidateevi deuce of this fact may be found in letters printed in the Millcnial Star as well as From the election returns in Iowa The Democratic party though not refusing re-fusing the honest support of its ticket by < Mormons does not desire to absorb them en masse The Democratic party especially those who are old and well posted give but little heed to the implied threat of the I Democratic Queriest because they are aware of the past history of the Mormons when voting at popular elections To illustrate how Democratic the Mormons Mor-mons have been in the past I need only refer to two occasions In 1872 when we were trying to gain admittance for Utah as a State a Consti tuition was adopted elections were held all over the Territory which ratified the Constitution adopted by the Convention a legislative body elected which assembled assem-bled and elected two United States Senators Sen-ators But were they Democrats Tom Fitch and George Q Cannon being the persons elected the reader can form his own opinion as to the politics of the Senators Sen-ators At the election the people also elected a Representative to the lower house of Congress The person elected was Mr Frank Fuller a lifelong Republican Had Congress admitted the Territory asa as-a State at that time the Democratic vote gained thereby would have been remark ably small indeed From the result of these elections it would seem that in 1872 the Mormons were absorbed by the Republican party and that in 1848 they I were absorbed by the Whig party I DEMOCRAT |