The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-02

HEADQUARTERS TERRITORIAL CENTRAL)
COMMITTEE OF THE PEOPLES Patty,
SALT LAKE CITY, October, 1881
To the County Central Committee of the
Peoples Party:
Gentlemen-As the time is approach.
ing for the election of a delegate to Con.
gress, we deem it wise and proper to
address you briefly On the political stu
alton in this Territory.
The Peoples Party stands upon the
platform of principles which has sus
tanned it heretofore. They are founded
in the fundamental truths that underly
our national system. They are imper-
ishable and indestructible.
We see no reason to turn from them
or to make any change in the charac-
ter or the name of the organization
which has
SUCCESSFULLY MAINTAINED THEM
for many years. The Peoples Party
is intact, and should be preserved in
its integrity until the people of Utah
have obtained their full rights and
privileges as American citizens. There
is ample room upon its platform for
every citizen of Utah who venerates
the Constitution of our country and is
willing to obey the laws made in pur-
suance thereof, and who desires the
triumph of local self-government, no
matter what may be his opinions or at
filiations upon national issues. 1t is q
party of the people and for the people,
and is devoted to the peoples interests.
There is no need for any voter who
wishes for the
WELFARE OF THE TERRITORY,
to separate himself from the Peoples
Party In order to work for national
purposes. Indeed, such course
would be detrimental to local interests,
while it would accomplish nothing in
the broader political arena.
In past contests our strength has been
in our unity. We have not been con
duered because we would not be di-
vided. The alleged branches of the ma
tlonal parties in this Territory have
each resolved and proclaimed that they
will not act on party lines, but work
under the name of Liberals" against
the Peoples Party. They set forth in
vigorous words
THE FOLLY OF DIVISION
as Democrats and Republicans.
Under these circum stances, common
prudence. if nothing else, would sug-
gest that the members OF the Peoples
Party should engage in no movement
t ending to separate them into other
parties or factions, sud make no
pledges which would prevent their full
cooperation with their tried and true
friends, in the face OF combined hos tility
against them. Such division would,
perhaps, not materially affect the result
III the election for Delegate to Congress,
but might become disastrous when
local issues in the counties and cities
shall be at stake. In our opinion the
time has not come for the people of
Utah to organize under any national
party name, but every interest and
Indication urges the necessity of closer
union, and more determined action as
The party of the people.
THE PARTY NOMINEE.
At the Territorial Convention, Hon.
John T. Cains, our faithful and efficient
Delegate in Congress, was renominated
~ reclamation. Let the voters of
D tah initiate their representatives and
ally to the unanimous support of the
of the Peoples Party, and
svoi ling all entanglements and at
that would tend to separate
heir interests and influence, cling to
ba Darfu I1Ddor Ubiob fhau haua hora-
cries.
By order of the Territorial Central
JoHR R. WINDER. Chairman.
ELIAS A. SMITH, Secretary.