The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-04
BEGUN RIGHT.

The Peoples party has not only begun
serly but begun well. The municipal
election is five months away, but already
the political machinery has been set in mo-
ton, and will soon be humming away in
fine style. On Monday there were primary
meetings IN the several wards of the city,
and tomorrow a municipal convention will
be held A significant and encouraging
feature of the primaries was tho attend
ance, which was much larger than usual,
even when the preliminary meetings are
held on the eve of an election. Another
excellent sign was the interest shown.
There was real enthusiasm in the gather
ings, and some rafting good speeches were
made
THR HERALD hopes that this commence
ment may be taken as an indication of
what the campaign is to be on the part of
the People. We hope it means that the
most is to be made of the time before the
opening of the ballot boxes, that the best
possible use is to be made of the five
months between the present and the day
when the fate of this city for the coming
few years will be decided.
~ 10 a IOnOCob upOu WlllCI VIC arc
entering, and one which involves much to
individuals and to the community. On one
side is arranged party all the members of
which are no. inherently bad but which is
led, managed and controlled by bad men,
The manipulators of the organization seek
the control of this city for no good purpose
Most of them are adventures with little or
nothing at stake. If they fail of their aim
they will lose nothing, for they cannot lose
what they have not. If they win they will
prosper amazingly for time, having
large and thrifty community to prey upon.
With their dispositions and ambitions and
the opportunities that will be presented,
we can imagine how they will thrive until
checked by the law or brought up standing
by the decree of public indignation
Imagination in this matter is also stimu-
lated by recent painful realization of fact,
as recorded in the history of the erstwhile
republic of Tooele," under Liberal rule
The present doleful experience of Ogden
which for some months past has been
subject to the same element which
is struggling for supremacy here furnishes
another awful warning of what may be ex-
pected in the event of the class seeking
power succeeding in its effort.
On the other side Of this controversy are
the conservative people Of the city-the
property owning, peace-lOving, honest,
bona fide residents. They are those who
have guided the destinies of the munich
pality from the beginning, and to whose in
telligence, foresight, honesty and integrity
4I,a ,r,-,,5 foyr, Of
The excellent progress that has been made
is to be credited to their wisdom and con-
servatism, and the standing of the city IL
nancially and in the moral scale is the re
suit Of their care, caution and intelli-
gence.
Under the Peoples party Salt Lake will
continue in its career of safe advancement,
Her improvement will be such as will not
ieopardiEe her credit, nor threaten her
with disaster. Her government will be
honest and capable. The taxes will not be !
recklessly levied. nor the revenues ex-
travagantly expended. The taxpayers will !
be conscious of the rightful appropriation |
and iudicious use Of their money, and the |
citizens generally will experience no fear
of boodleism, while official scandals will be |
uHknown.
Under Liberal rule, it causes the better
clement of the community to shudder |
when Is thinks of what will come. |
Toosle and Ogden loom up to
brighton the honest and moral inhabi-
tants, and alarm the property owners who
desire to continue Salt Lake as their
abiding places. THB HERALD fully appre-
states the gravity of the situation 1t under-
stands how narrow is the margin, and how
desperate the enemy is. But we believe
nat the People have it in their power to
retain control and escape the danger which
Is threatening. A proper start has been
made, and with,good work the result will be
what is desired. If the convention, to-mor-
row, will formulate and adopt platform
IpoR which all good citizens can stand, the
Tictory will be easier to win. Then with
intelligent, active working committees,
organization and the object to be
STAINED constantly and prominently be-
,ore the eyes Of the masses, the People
nay confidently expect to triumph next
February.