The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-12
PAYSON POLITICS.
Declaration of Principles Of the
Peoples Party.
Public Office is Public Trust and Office Hold
ers Should not be Office
Seekers.

last evening at the cry of fire. Improved to
from disjointed stove pipe.
D. A. Mitchell, an old and much esteemed
resident of Payson, died from heart disease
this morning.
Trade is light in all the stores, owing to
the great scarcity of money.
Even the streets that were carefully
graded and filed with gravel last year are
extremely muddy, and the roads elsewhere
IN town and out to the country are almost
impossible.
Last evening the Peoples party held a
meeting in the opera house to adopt a plat
form Of principles SO that the people can
better understand party lines. The minutes
and platform as furnished by the secretary
Of the meeting is as follows:
Called to order by Chairman J. A. Love
less.
Music by the Silver band.
The secretary read the notice of the
meeting, stating the business and object of
the meeting, after which the chairman
made few Introductory remarks.
Mr.. j. ID. Irvine said if we were ready to
divide on national party lines we should do
so; II we were not ready, we should adopt
a platform.
A. Done moved a committee of five be
appointed to draft platform for the Peo-
Pies party of Payson precinct, to be ap-
pointed by the chair. The chair appointed
A, Done, Samuel Douglass, J. J.. Nc
Clellan; j. d. Irvine and A. Done, ST., COM
mittee.
II. Fairbanks moved the committee with
draw and draft platform and present it to
the meeting for their adoption to night.
Carried.
On motion Mr.. B. H. Crook took the plat
form; he occupied the floor in a short
oratorical address.
MIR. Wignall was called for and he re-
sponded in an earnest and enthusiastic
speech, bringing down the house in rounds
of applause.
The committee returned with the drafted
platform, and it was read by the chairman
of the committee, A. Done.
Samuel Douglass moved the platform be
read by sections for amendment. Carried.
1t was read by sections, and the preamble
was amended and then adopted.
j. ID. Irvine moved that standing finan-
cial committee be appointed to confer with
the chairman and executive committee of
the party, to take steps for the liquidation
of all debts that may accrue to the party.
The committee was named as follows :
Samuel Douglass, f. M. Elmer, Abraham
Done, G. W. Beaverton and William Wors
encroft
Mr. Irvine moved that no one shall be
considered member OF the Peoples party
unless he shall subscribe his name to the
platform adopted tonight. Carried,
On motion adjourned.
The following is the platform adopted:
Whereas, The Peoples party of Payson.
believing that the constitution of the
United States is divinely inspired iustru-
nd ctob icha "A
lection of life. liberty and property, and to
secure to every individual the most com
plete freedom compatible with the general
welfare, present the following
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES:
All political power is vested in the peo-
pie, and all authority not delegated to the
government is reserved by them.
Every loyal citizen should be equal be-
fore the law, and in freedom to exercise
political rights and privileges. No power
nor organization, ecclesiastical or other
wise, should be permitted to encroach
upon the liberty which is essential to popu-
lar government and to personal political in
dependence
Local self-government is a fundamental
principle of American republicanism, and
we refer with pride to the record the PEG
pies party has made in battling for the
same
The voting members of the PEOPLES
party, forming large majority of the
adult male citizens, have not been violators
of law in the past, and have taken an oath
to obey the laws of their country in the
future.
Every attempt to deprive them of the
elective franchise is deadly thrust at the
liberty to secure which this government
was established.
Public Office is a public trust. All Of
hcers are responsible to the people for their
official acts Office seekers should not be
made office holders. Wise economy, but
not parsimony, should govern In public ex-
penditures. Extravaganza is as impolitic
in public as in private affairs. High taxes.
large debts excessive salaries and expen-
sive sinecures are obstacles in the path of
progress and make grievious burdens
which should not be borne by free people.
Freedom of thought of speech and of
action is essential to true liberty, and
should be secured to all, within the line of
infringement upon the rights and liberties
OF any person or society. In the selection
OF public officers this liberty should be
freely accorded in public and private in
political assemblies and by means of ballot.
We believe in the establishment of water
works, the extension of the electric light
system, the increasing of the public school
iaciliIles, tue encouragement or strict Sani-
tary regulations and the adoption of all
public improvements that will tend to en-
nance the interests of our prosperous city.
We believe in the strict enforcement of
all laws, and in the adoption of all legal
methods curtailing the liquor traffic
The Peoples party, while demanding full
political freedom for its members, will
struggle to maintain equal rights for all
citizens and all parties, ito secure the purity
OF elections, to sustain the supremacy OF
malorities and to establish universal civil
and religious liberty. r..
PAYsoN, March H.
Silver Purchased