The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-08
RAMPANT RICH.
How Cache Captured the Legisla-
tive PersimmOns.
LAKETowN, RICH Co., U. T.,
August 4th, 1888.

!
Rich counties together are entitled
to three members of our Territorial
Legislature, t0-Tit: One Councillor
and two Representatives. at a
convention of the Peoples party
held in Logan city on the 18th ult.,
Cache county took ali three nomi-
nations to i'll these positions, prac-
tically ignoring the right of Rich
county to be represented during the
next session of the Legislature.
True, we can vote or not for said
nominees, it making. aside from a
! slight degree of sentiment, perhaps,
no difference to the gentlemen in
question what we do. as their sue
cess or defeat at the polls does not
depend upon support from this
county. No doubt, If we could sue
coed in getting them to understand
that anything over this way needed
their attention, they would cheer
fully give it, but the same mum Der
Of beneyOlently inclin ed gentlemen
from Salt Lake or any other county
of our Territory would do quite as
much for us, and therefore would
practically, SO far as representation
Is concerned, answer our purpose
quite as we'll. In taking the course
mentioned, 1t would seem that said
convention totally ignored the fun
damental principles of the Peoples
party, as eXpOunded by your yalu-
able paper and othea organs of said
! party, especially while referring to
Uncle Sans occasional freaks of
inverted generosity, if not downright
injustice to Utah, might appearing
to be the all-potent factor in solving
the problem in each instance. Did
not said convention place the mag
nifcent county of Cache-a county
to whose generosity, sense OF justice
and into whose power has been
! placed the right Of representation Of
4 week, struggling little sister coun-
| ty-in a position unbecOming her
dignity? True, if said officers are
to be viewed in the hard, practical
light Of "spOils," to be seized by the
strong irrespective of the feelings of
the weak, the matter was, perhaps,
properly disposed of, as Cache coun-
| ty certainly has a very much
| greater population than Rich
county, but it has been
| supposed that the main vital
principle of the Peoples party
was for each and every organized
portion Of our Territory, so far as is
practically possible, to be represent
ed in our Legislature, thereby giving
all an opportunity to feel interested
and consequently uniting the people
which can hardly be expected from
| the OstraciSing of fa entire county.
! There being three msuGerS for
both, it would seem that two of
them could have done Justice 10
| the interests of Cache county. as
well as one could have done the
same for Rich county, the territorial
area of one differing little or none
FROM that of the other, and it GER
tainly must be admitted that the
inhabitants Of a sparsely settled
county labor under Disadvantages
| comparatively unknown III more
! populOus one.
The Territorial Central Commit
tee Of said party suggesting that the
| County Convention of the
same be held on the 18th ult
an interested friend advised that
our county convention be held on
the 9th Of the same month, thereby
giving time to get ready for acting
In harmony with our "big-sister'
county. Not dreaming but that this
county would be deemed of some
| importance as a member-a little
weak one it is true, brit nevertbe-
! less a member of our territorial
family, so TO speak. sustaining some
what to our Territory a similar
position as the latter does 10
the whole of Uncle Sans do
mlnions, the Peoples party
in it sOlemnly went through the
usual forms and held a convention,
in which nomination for repre-
sentative was made. ItWas thought
that Cache might be stony" but as
a worthy professor. who for some
time past had been acting in the
useful capacity of pedagOgue in this
region, was going TO Logan to be
married about the 18th of July and
it was deemed certain that the finer
feelings of his nature would at such
time be in full blast, giving assur-
ance of such good behavior on his
part, as not to offend the sense of
propriety of any fastidious individ.
) uals he might meet in the Logan
convention, he was dup accredited
to represent this county in said
convention. From his report il
would seem that on arriving in said
city he called on a leading light OF
the Peoples party in that region
when something like the following
conversation took place:
Rich county Professor--"How are
you, Brother Princeton" the mem
bers of the Peoples party in the
rural districts usually salute eacf
other in that atfectionate manner)
. ''Hm Just over to get married .
Cache county, statesman-"GlaC
to see you. Brother Spenceran. How
are you? | wish you much joy ait
i lots of fat-WeIl Utah's best crop
tine usual sentiments on such Occa
siOns, AessrS. Editors
Rich county prOfessor-"Thanl
you, brother; many heartfelt thanks