The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
THE PRIMARIES.

There is dissatisfaction in all political
parties. Human ingenuity has been I'M
equal to the work of devising a system that
would accord exact justice to all persons;
and the natural discomfort in men would
seem to be an eternal barrier to a solution
of any question that will prove satisfactory
to all.
While not new, these facts are worthy of
attention on the eve of political contest
that is fraught with so much of interest to
the people of Utah. Tomorrow night the
primaries of the Peoples party will be held
throughout this county. 1t would be idle to
deny that there are disconnected ones who
still hold good their allegiance to this
party. They should, in justice to them
selves and because of the principles they
hold dear, attend these primaries,
and all the influence they pos
sess and all the organized power
they can WELD should be brought to the
securing of nominations that are really in
the public interest and to the removal of
such grievances as may have existed. If
there are those at the primaries who have
axes to grind and fences to mend, and who
would seem to have more ambition for the
success of their measures than the public
welfare, or who see no welfare for the
public outside Of their ideas or wishes, then
those who see clearer, or think so, must act
the part of good men and breast the opposi
ton. But the motive should be good 1t
is neither manly nor the part of a good citi-
zen to remain from gathering
because conditions are not as he
would have them. The fight should
be made, but made with honest
purpose and as the primaries are nearest
the source of power, being the gathering of
the electors themselves, it is at the pri-
maries the fight should be made 1t is not
only wiser, but it is easier, to rectify evils
by working vigorously within the party
than to withdraw and espOuse cause that
is distasteful, simply because one cannot
have his own way. All men have some
influence, and that influence should be ex-
erted at all times and in all places for what
a man truly and fervently believes to be
right. If you fail, having made the fight,
then stand by the action Of your party.
Submit to the majority; not necessarily for
all time, but until the times are
ripe for the reforms you would
make For times change, and the ideas
of men change also. The right NAV
be delayed, but it is well to remember that
it is never lost. So persist, but persist
within the line of reason. Nor are a
mans actions or words lost. They may
seem futile, but as sure as they are here so
sure must they prevail. Every truth that
has been given to man has been watered
and nourished by the blood of thousands
of the best men of the earth, before gener-
ally accepted, and at the beginning of every
truth, it has been one man inspired and
sustained by divine light against the world |
Therefore do not be discouraged. If you |
are right, the way may seem long, but it is |
the way of truth. Persist: the right will |
prevail.
It were well for those who are recognized |
as leaders in the Peoples party to
take an early lesson and under
stand that the secret way to
that disafTection which leads to
alienation is the encouragement of frank
expression of grievances. Too many of the
young complain that they have been
or whipped because of their honest
lesire to tell why they felt cool in the
work to which they were naturally at
ached. And fearing to state their griev-
lnces because of the unwelcome reception
hey have met VIZ he ill-feeling has been
ocked in their h.4rts, rowing more rank
Is the days pass, until the time comes
,,bar +ba o,riavanpeS hapor,a nc raol opd ~ |
evoeable in their minds as were the prin-
iples they had once espoused. In these
lays the young voter should be heard, and
leard with earnest respect; and if
lder heads en- sls him right and
Re is wrong, the only way to set him right
5 to learn his error, and that can be done
nj by patient hearing of his story, !!
There are times when everything tells,
nd the vote of tho man Of lowest estate
cunts equally with that of him of greatest.
he welfare of our territory demands the
ullest recognition of the rights of all, and !
he best place to begin according them is
t the primaries
We are not of those who hold that all :
nings done in the past are wrong; nor that {
nything like all of them are wrong. But
so happens that, in voting, mans mag )
larry grievances are as material to him
5 his real ones. This fact must Y
e recognized always while deal t
lg with men politically; and though {
he history of the Peoples Party had been I
by single error in judgment or 4
Olicy the discomfort natural to man men I
oned heretofore is none the less at work I
nd would provoke dissatisfaction. This is
factor in politics. Wise men will not ig
ore it. \
Let the young and the old be heard, and S
It the voice of the people speak for itself
the primaries, and we will wager that it n
i'll not be found greatly wanting.
1t will be remarkable if some very nasty C
,andals do not grow out of the distribu- [