The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-25
PEOPLES TICKET.
For Delegate to Congress-,
JOHN T. GAME
TO THE VOTERS.

THE HERALD is not in the least exercised
as to the outcome of the election next
month. Of course the Liberals will prac-
tice frauds as usual. They have control Of
the election machinery, and will manipu
late things in their own interest. They
wouldn't be in harmony with their past
record if they didn't. We make due allow
ance for all sorts of crookedness On the
part of the Liberals, and then we rest con-
tent in the certainty of the election Of the
popular gentleman whom the People have
nominated. If we are saying good deal
these days it is not because there exists
the slightest doubt as to the result of the
voting, but for the reason that we want the
voters to do more than re elect Mr. GAME.
We want them to vindicate themselves,
and this they can do by giving Mr.. GAME
such a majority as viii fairly overwhelm
his opponent Snd show to the latter
the esteem IN which he is held in
this community. We do not ask the cit
liens to vote for the Peoples nominee
merely for tho purpose OF securing his in
valuable services in Congress for another
two years; but every vote fo- Mr.. CAME
Oh this occasion is a protest against dis
franchisement on account of opinion. The
Liberal nominee stands for the infamous
proposition that every man in Utah who
does notconform to his standard of religious
belief should be denied the ballot and de-
prived of citizenship, being declared by law
an alien in the land OF his birth. He is the
chief advocate Of the scoundrelly scheme
which has for its object the making of
slaves of the great majority of the commun-
ity. He goes even farther and asks that
elections be abolished in this territory, and
the appointment of the officials to perform
the necessary work of government be placed
in the hands of one man who would as soon
cut of his right hand as assert his indepen-
dence of the Liberal candidate for the
Delegateship. We hold that vote for the
Liberal nominee is confession on the part
of the voter that he is unworthy of Ameri-
can citizenship and incapable of intelli-
gently performing the duties and bearing
the responsibilities of citizen. Such a
vote is equivalent to a request that the
voter shall be denied the suffrage and be
declared unworthy the rights and privileges
which other men prize so highly The Lib
eral candidate is also the inventor and ad-
vocate Of the Infamous proposition that
houses of prostitution, gambling hells and
whisky saloons are reformatory agencies
in which he delights. He likes to see the
young men of this country visiting such
places, for to his depraved mind it is evil
dence that they are getting elderly" Will
not vote for him be an endorsement of
this awful suggestion, and a notice on the
part of the voter that he also believes in
the reformatory agencies approved by the
candidate!
To cast large vote for the Liberal nom
nee would be sad and severe reflection
on the intelligence, the manhood and the
morals Of the community. On the other
hand, an overwhelming majority for the
Peoples nominee will be proof that the
masses Of the people appreciate and prize
American citizenship; that they believe in
the grand principle of local self-govern-
ment and think themselves able to wisely
choose officials for the administration of
the laws; that they do not think that lewd
women, gamblers and rum are reformatory
agencies.
0Voters, there is a week before the cleo
ton. There is sufficient time for refiec-
ton as to the full meaning of your ballots.
We ask you to think well, and then we
know you will not vote in way to cast a
stigma upon the fair name of Utah.