The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-18
PEOPLES TICKET.
For Delegate to Congress,
JOHN 7. G A | y T.
VOTERS, REFLECT.

THE H.RALD is not apprehensive as to
the outcome of the approaching Congress
sional election. There are two candidates
for the Delegateship. One of them-the
Peoples nominee-is personally above re-
proach. He is known from one end of the
territory to the other, and is everywhere
and by all classes known as a gentleman.
All the years of his manhood have been
spent here where he has devoted all his
energies and given all his abilities to the
good of Utah and her noble, honest and pro-
gressive people Mr.. GAME has been
closely identified with the history of this
territory, and no act or utterance of his
was ever inteoded for other than Utah's
good. Every day of his long service in
Congress he has given proof of his love for
Utah and his devotion to her welfare. In
all that gathering of popular representa-
tives, sent from every district OF the
republic, there has been no more
earnest no more honest, no more devoted
man than the Delegate from Utah, who at
all times has been found at his post ably
defending his territory from assault and
pleading for the canse of right and justice.
Furthermore, il may be said of Mr.. GAME
that while he has been SUCCESSFULLY chosen
by political party, he has represented the
territory. His political opponents have
ever found him at their service in proper
causes, and he has been as ready to aid and
assist, in a just effort, the man who was on
the stump against him as the one who
worked in his behalf. The Delegates
keen sense Of justice aud his broad view of
the position which he occupied as the rep
resentative of the territory, have caused
him to forget partisanship in the perform
ance of his duties at Washington. Msny
promident Liberals will bear witness to
the truth of this assertion, and to the gen
erous assistance. rendered to them in their
personal affairs by the gentleman who st
defeat they had striven so hard to &C
complish. The people know MIR. GAME,
and because they know him, have conf
dence IN him, and appreciate him, they
will, without the shadow of doubt, return
him to Washington where he has made
such an excellent record.
But while the Delegates reelection is
certain, the community will be unjust to
itself and will fail to properly express its
opinion of men and principles, if it shall
not do more than give the gentleman a
small majority. Opposed to Mr.. GAME is
man whose record in this territory is
that of vicious and vindictive enemy te
the great mass of the people. No man has
ever abused the people of Utah more Wiley
than he. No man has been guilty of worse
blackguardism. He has called them indi
vidually and collectively vile names. He
has denounced them as traitors Il
the government under whose fias
they were born and reared. H,
has impugned their honorable motive
and condemned their honest actions. H
has done his utmost to deprive them o
citizenship and send them into the worlt
bra nded as political outcasts, men withou
q country and unworthy the rights ant
privileges of other people. He has sane.
toned and applauded the robbery of the
church and has even advocated the denia
to individuals of the right to acquire landun
der the wise and humane laws of the gov.
eminent He has for years pleaded for tn
enactment of law which would depriv
the people, without regard to religion, poll
tics or previous service or condition, of tn
right of suffrage, and give the power to I'll
all Offices into the hands of an alien and ur
friendly executive. To-day he is plumin
himself on his un-American and infamou
record, and is insulting the people by ask
ing the votes of those whom b.
would deprive of the ballot and O
young men whose noble and pure father
and mothers he has scandalized. He
asking to be sent to Congress, where b
would have greater influence and powe
than he nowiwields to carry his villianou
schemes into effect and further enslave tn
people who have made it possible for hil
to live here.
We say it would be wrong not to do MOI
than elect Mr. GAME. The people shoul
give him such majority as would empha
size the fact that they have no sympath
with his opponent; as would show that the
appreciate the franchise and local self go'
eminent, and the right to enter publ
lands and create homes; that they hone
their parents and are loyal to the govern
ment and honor the stars and stripes
A vote for Mr.. GAME will be an asse
ton on the part of the voter that in b
opinion he is worthy to enjoy Il
right of suffrage, and that !
is entitled to the privileges Of America
citizenship; while vote for the Liber
candidate will be confession on tt
part of the voter that he does not regal
himself as deserving of citizenship and tn
he is incapable of nameing men to fill Il
local offices; it will be confession tn
all the people Of Utah, including the vote
should surrender to one man, and that ms
the appointee of the distant President WI
can know little of our wants and reauir
ments, the power to fill every office in ii
territory, to levy and collect taxes. to 9
pend the public moneys and to rule wi
greater authority than is exercised by Il
Car himself.
When the people of Utah go to the poi
on election day they should think of the
things, and seriously reflect upon t
meaning which their votes will have TIL,
should consider that by voting for the Pc
pies nominee they will declare themselv
free men. CAPABLE of self-government. al