Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-06
"CUT AND Dried, POLITICS.

one Of the many untruthful
charges against the Peoples Party,
made by their unprincipled oppo.
nents, hes been that the tickets ar
ranged by the conventions Of dele.
gates were 'cut and dried'' by the
Priesthood. The truth is that the
Peoples Party tickets have ALWAYS
been the choice of a majority Of the
delegates elected at the primaries.
When those tickets have been for.
INFLATED, the voters have been adj.
vised and urged to unite upon the
nominees, so that the candidates
might he elected. There has always
been a little scratching, but it has
not amounted to much. Coercion
has never been used, no mntter who
may charge it upon the party.
But be this as it may, there ha.
never been W a thought or sllega.
ton OF such "cut and drIed,j bust.
ness as thst resorted to by the so.
called Liberals" during the recent
ward primary squabhles. The ward
caucuses of the Peoples Party have
invariably been attended by the
people interested in political matters.
and delegates have been selected biz
them 10 represent them il their
various localities at the conventions.
These delegates have been the Peo-
Pies delegates, in the fullest sense of
the word. The primary meetings
have been free, popular assemblies
and If the views Of the masses have
not been represented, it has been
the fault Of the voters, not Of any
one else.
But these same 'Saccusers Of the
brethren'' WHO have talked so much
"cut and dried'' tactics, actually
went so fer in this direction them
selves that they printed tickets with
the names Of the men for the masses
to vote upon as delegates to pre-
cient csucuses. They coulI not
leave this simple popular matter TO
the voters. They selected for the
people attending the primaries the
"LiDeral'' persons whom the plant
were 10 have the appearance
O~fselecting.
"Well," it may lie asked. e,did
not this cause a good deal Of kicking
and scratching?" Yes. But the
fact remains that the so-calIed dele
gates were picked out not
1y the masses Of the voters in
he primaries, but by the "Liberal,,
eaders and strikers. Even the on
'ositiOn which prevailed in one or
Instances was at'cut and dried,
mar, pre-arranged, printed and
ut into the hands of the common
lerd. More than that. Pressure
vas brought to bear upon employees
o make them vote the printed
icket put into their hands by their
bosses-' And this is what thew
all free voting. This i. "LiberaI;,
This is how "Libenls,
reak ~ ''cut and dried'' business
not this out-Heroding Herod?
The truth is, the whole sLiberal-
r~ganizstion is a combination F,
sainst liberty. 1t was framed to
popular freedom. Its only
iccesses have been in that direc-
On. To deprive citizens Of the c
.nchise and to secure offices, emol- !
nents and opportunities for per- E
nal profit have been and are the I
jects Of their pursuit. 1t is :
irty Of destruction, Of coercion. oil
Ickery, Of fraud, and of humbugG {;
d hypocrisy. 1t cannot endure. n
must fall to pieces sooner or later. u
d something more stable, Ameri- n
n and respectable take its place, in I.
position to the party Of the major.
in Utah. "
respectable, conservative and Ii
lily resident citizens Of this Ter :,
Dry, ought to be ashamed to asso- c
tie themselves Intimately with u
a disreputabIe organization.
d to place themselves under the Q
tation and domiation OF such -
deE. 1t is known that the can ot
lates for the offices have been Sc cl
ted, and the same tactics as those e.
orted to for the purpose of dictat- II
and controlling the primaries tn
] be used 70 secure the adoption m
he ''cut and drled'' ticket made W
by the carpet haggers who are N
nipulsting the whole concern. tn