Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-20


and guaranteed rights Of cur people
have been swept away, until az last
but one political privilege IS left, the
right Of suffrage, the privilege Of
voting for a few officers 10 hold
places Of honor and emOlament In
cur Terri DRY and the right Of these
elected 10 hold such offices.
Still pursuing its reckless, revo-
lutioaaTy ami Un-American course,
the "LibeEal'' Party would adj to
its pillar Of infamy, rs its crOwning
caustone-;het total Acknowledgement
OF our party. To that end IL has
brought aud Is bringing all the
meretrici0us arts which have 50 well
I subseTvcd its Purposes all along
through its dark ana nefarious ca
reer. That the outrageous scheme
has bsen thwartel has been due not
/ % them. their leaders. agents or lOb-
/ byists. their representations or their
good will, bat 10 the sober second
thought Of statesmen and the better
/ judgment Of men WHO sit IN high
! places, those who are disposed TO DO
I rightwhen the right Is made known
I 70 them.
While Gen0unCiEg rs enemies 10
our American Institutions and rs
traitors to their country all who seek
| 10 disfranchise any class Of AmeTi-
can citizens. innocent Of crime,
| honor the names anu blend my &C.
I acknowledgements with those o! our
/ people 10 those citizens q: Utah who,
irrespective Of party affiliations anu
REGARDLESS Of the party whip, joined
in tine patriotic purpose which con.
signed 10 defeat the Infamous dis
! frlnchisemeHt project.
The formal announcements OF the
two local parties are already part Of
our public literature. You, gentle
men, are familiar enough with one
and are doubtless fully COguiZlnt Of
the other. Both should be read and
considered by all the people Of Our
Territory, whether voters or not. In
what striking contrast to the dismal
drOllery,.the flippancy and menda-
city OF the "LiJeral'' declarations
are the manly, intellectual, honest
aud patriotic enunciatiOus which
make up the Peoples platform, One
pIlters with Us in dubious sense.
fearful less the shadow Of a past
and the substance 81 present
life beiray IL, the other Is the OUT
growth Of a disposition 10 be guided
and guarded by the eternal right,
with malice toward none anu with
charity for ALL II contains in every
line a precept To our people aud our
race, the force OF which is frlt in the
acknowledgment OF the laws SUI
premacy, the very culminatiOlSO Of a
sincere and candid pgrpose - the
part Of community, wherein loyal
ty Tor the principles Of our govern
meut and love for all mankind is
and ever has been governing char
acteristic. | need not dwell upon the
two declarations Of principles; each
speaks in and for Itself.
The Liberal Party stretches
back 70 the past, and ia almost
wailins tones prOnOunces once more I
the vindiciive plaiituies worn
threadhJre 10y usage for well-nish 4
generation. Il does not, and al
plreutly cannot, comprehend the 4
meaning Of the wOri progress, or /
else it Is blind 10 the fact that the /
Peoples Party has advanced be- I
You'd Il and is workingand acting in /
the living present. One fingers .
upon the past with all that has been I
entom5ed, the other realizes the /
present aud builds Tor the future.
A between the two, which should I
the citizen devoted 10 advancement I
and a higher purpose, the mau u 4
business, Of affairs anu Of progress 4
choose: NEED not answer.
Where the "Liberal'' Party has
0b;aiued control in the Territory, its
record has been honey cUmbed with
fraud. dishonesty or extravaganza
almost to crime. in
SOME instances all three Of these.
Thanks u an efficient and fearless
judge in our midst, some, but not
all, OF its reasonable and felOniOu-
purposes have been exposed ami
thwarieI. As eternal vigilance j.
the price Of liberty" we must guaul
our rights and see 10 IL that
no man 10y fraud or Chicanery
defeats the viii Of the people
rs expressed 10y the ballot.
While We thus watch, We may hOue
that the day j. not far distant when
our elections will lie clean n the
snow which creSts the everlasting
hills In whose shadows We live;
that the administration OF public
affairs shall be rs free as tine pure
air which rushr- down our noun
tain gJrges. With that condition
reached and those circumstances
the Peoples Party will
not be found 4 complainant nor IN
the slightest degree afraid. whatever
the result Of any political contest
may be.
In accepting the high and resgOn-
,ible trust again imposed upon me,
do so, gentlemen, with a full real
cation VI The fact that there are 4
great many Others in cur ranks well
qualified and available for the Office.
have not sought il. and had the
Judgment Of your convention been
/ would have been
pleased to place myself once more
N that post Of hUn0r-a private citi- ,
en- But since my Party calls, / Z
,bey. 4 needed duty should not be
isked FOR nor declined. In again TAX I
ng up the work you have outlined I
or me, you will please accept for !
yourselves, for the convention 4,
which nominated me, and for our q
'Oters one and all, most sincere cx- +
,resSionS Of my profound regard and {
hanks Tor this renewed expression I
4 conf .encc. The peOple Of Utah i
nay rest assured that IL / am elected =
IS their representative in Congress. | 4
shall DO the best that in me lies to !
dvInce their interest and that Of !
he Territory which we 90 much d
owe. i
Now, fellow citizens, let us turn
o the laboTs before us, each and all
moving onward with a fixed de-
ermiuatiOn 10 DO his part IN achiev- !
NJ for our fair Territory a destiny
ounded out 10y the prosperity Of all
nj the exclusion u none. 4
Very R4err.lFrTT.. =