The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-05-23
OPINIONS OF The PRESS.
On the Movement to Divide
on Party Lines.
The DeSeret News Comes
Out and Announces 1t zelf
as independent.
Some of the Papers Think the
Fight Will Be Pretty Close
ly Contested.
WHEN THEY COUNT NOSES.

Every CiJlZen OF UJdl as elsewhere
in the United States should be thor
oughly cOnyerSant and imbued with
the great and grand principles under
lying our national constitution, and
in no way can this education be more
thoroughly attained than by utilization
with one or the other of the political
parties Of the day. That many, per-
hapS a majority of the people of Utah,
are Democratic in their political
belief. is true beyond any doubt; yet
upon count of noses upon national
party lines, it Will be found when that
time arrives, as it certainly will pretty
soon, that the Republican party has
something more than a cOrporal's
guard to represent itself upon election
day.-BeaVer Ut0njdn.
IT MUST BE TERRITORIAL.
Some of the speakers who oppose
organization state that so far as Salt
Lake and Weber Counties were con-
cerned they were ready to admit that
party division would be safe, but they
fear the Cow counties. y This was
tantamount to a complete surrender.
for no man will seriously undertake to
show that with a fair and earnest
tory cannot be permanently divided on
some baSis.-Salt Lake Times.
THE NEWS" Is INDEPENDENT.
One of the most humorous aSse rtions
that the organ of hate, published in
this city, has made for some time is to
the effect that the Ne,cs appeared last
evening as a Republican organ Here
are its words: The NetcS appeared
last night for the first time in its role
as Republican organ"
We are at the defiance of all men to
correctly assest that the NetcS is the
organ of either of the national parties
Its position is independent and our
motto is truth and liberty, which
ire intimately associated. This jour
nal reserves the right to defend the
liberties of all citizens. no matter to
what party they may belong. and to
criticiSe attempts to Stifle the free eX-
preston of any class of people with
out reference to creed or political in
clnati0ns. And in regard to aiming
to be truthful, we are pleased to be
able 10 say lat many honorable men
IN this Territory, who are not in uni
son with our general views. have fire.
quently asst rted that the Meas stands
second to no Journal in the WeSt.-Des
eret NelcS.
THE MOVEMENT Is SINCERE.
The political situation in Utah at
the present time is decidedly interest
ing, TO say the least. When a man in
the position of tOhn I. Caine, who has
represented Utah in Congress for
years, announces in public that it is
better for the people to divide on ma
tiOnal party lines-better for the peo-
pie, better for the Territory, and bet
ter for the cause of freedOm-it GER
tainly looks as though the movement
is sincere one and in the right direc-
ton. The Tribune lasheS itself in fury
at the bare thought of such a thing
and is daily encouraging its disciples
to fight the cause.-Payson Enterprise |
NO OPPOSITION CAN STOP IT.
Notwithstanding the opposition of
the Tribune and the Enquirer the move
ment t. organize on national lines and |
drop local politics is gaining ground. |
Political revolutions, says the Trib-
nIle, Come as unexpected aS the |
cyclone. They come when the air is
surcharged with sinister elements and |
IlC CIlCCC VI IlCul SSItl any 10, uIoI /
general wreck in their path, and |
second clearing of the air" We 40 |
not exactly agree with the Tribune. |
revolutions never come Unexpectedly. |
any more than thunder storms do. |
To those who are versed in weather |
wisdom, certain signs point to a
the oppressive heat, the heavy |
clouds on the horizon, the languid |
4.,1y ~
animal system, all betoken an ap-
preaching storm, and the wise man
prepares for the change.
SO it is with political revolutions,
past experience tells us that they
never come without showing signs Of
their approach. Like causes always
produce like results, and none other
will produce them. and those only who
are willfully blind can help seeing
when revolution is approaching. For
some years attempts have been made
TO hr;ng about change in affairs, and
any on, c Uld see that the movement
was ga ming strength. and that public
opinion has been drifting in that
aud The Tribune has been
preaching The necessity of change for
years, and pUin ug out the way They
have declared t.Ity their only fight was
to compel the rs, pie Of Utah to become
in politics like lie rest of the nation.
that when the people showed that
they were ready to make political affini-
lies without being forced into it by
-he priesthood their iighT araiusf the