Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-17
INTEREST IN TIE CAMPAIGN.

THE material Of which the rank
anu file Of the Peoples Party are
composed is the opposite Of mercurial
and cratic. Il is solid, staid and
conservative, and is not given to
COALITIONS Of e1ervescent entbusi-
asm. Its public assemblies are usual
Iy characterized by quiet demesuor
often mistaken for apathy. and any,
thingi in the way o. gush or grand
Eloquent ''sp0uting'' is dislasteful to
the members Of the party. aud is
seldom INDUCED in by any Of them.
But the members OF the Peopl,.,s
Party Of this city are aroused rs they
never We're before. They are dis
playing remarkable enthusiasm,
about which, however. there i
nothing etIervescent. Underlvipg
their outward demonstrations Of in.
terest is Z stratum Of s,lidiaeJ
discrimination to ysrz md
win. The political meetings
in the different wards Of the CITY a7.
often crowded with eager audiences.
who respond with Tremendous a,,
piause To enunciations, by the |
speakers, Of the principles aud pur- /
poses Of the party. /
The flag and banner presentations /
which have taken place in all or
nearly ali the wards, have. asa rale
been remarkable occasions in the
elements which they have 5ev-
eioped. Prominent among these
are the intense interest in and SYM
pathy for the Peoples cause and
principles which the ladies have
displayed. a depth and intensity
OF patriotic feeling, both melting
ana thrilling to witness, have been l
SHOWN by the ladies Of the Marty on
these ami other occasions, warrant :
ing the belief that on no spot over !
which wave the stars and srrinez :
are hearts found more devoted 10 !
me Constitution and the PRINCIPLES {
d American government. than are a
hose which beat in the breasts of b
he women Of Utah, who are in =
with the Peoples Party. h
The Peoples Political Clubs were {.
'rganizei mainly for the purpose of il
Interesting the members OF the '
'arty in the principles Of good gov =,
rnment, and they have accom- Ii
lished a goOdly work in that be
ERECTION. The exercises embraced r.
the programmes of their meet IL =,
lgs, and especially the addresses la
nat have been delivered by the be
'eakers Of the party, have been of m m
character to make the people more - -
miliar with and more attached to co
lie principles Of our government clc
When the campaign opened twas spl
I'D, probably with truth. that ill., ill.,
ere were many voters in the CITY Jel
hose position had never been dis exl
leiiy taken under the banner of for
.h@r party. Ii was also claimed y. o'l
at many young men who had been de-,
lred in circles within the Peonle,s bar
lrty could not be relied upon mo
support it at the polls in se9
coming contest. But the to
npaign, and the agitation Of Ma.
questions which has been had wit
drawn the lines closely and dis. - e.
city. The result is that the con- 70,
gent of young Utahv now the
nd under the 'sLiberal'' banner and
small. The men who OF
de Utah what it is, and their nre,,
S reared here, comprise the bulk in c
the Peoples Party, and their am
myth is supplemented by sensi- o nati
AMI conservative men, who came ton
; later, but who mistrust the dis sion
ton and ability of the ''Liber- encO
to give the city a good and t gien
81 government ing.