The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-25
IDAHO'S THIRD PARTY.
Peoples Party" Man Sets Forth the Causes
for Its Organization.

n feVple Tdfl4 MAI SeIs fOTtu luo Ndutee
for Its Organization.
To the Editor OF THE HERALD:
A convention of the Peoples party is
called to meet at Boise City, May 20.
In young and growing state like Idaho,
this is very significant circumstance, and
as the ''call' for the convention intimates,
grows out of the fact that the people chose
usually called the common people, are los
ing confidence in the two old political par
ties. While the aggregate wealth of the
United States has enormously increased in
the past twenty-five years, the laws have
been so framed as to cause 1t to drift into
the hands of favored class. This is a new
feature Of our political system aud is prob
ably the chief factor in giving rise to the
Peoples party. 1t seems to have been the
teachings of the old Wing and Dem
ocratic parties for the last eighty
years of our national existence, that
there should be no class especially
favored by law; that this country
was the asylum for the oppressed of
all nations: that the government was for
the people and by the people; that no class
legislation should be tolerated for a mo-
menL These ideas seem to have been 30
thoroughly grounded in the minds of the
common people as to become part of our
national existence.
During the great civil war many things
contrary to the letter and spirit OF the law
were tolerated, because of the exigencies
Of the occasion; but with the restoration
of peace the people supposed that the law
was supreme and the Union saved.
On this point they made the mistake that
is rapidly drifting US into a plutocratic
despotism. Flushed with the glories of
brilliant victoy, alive with patriotic en-
thusiasm, tbs people, in their honest in
nooence, were the ready victims of that
coalition of the money power so quickly
seen and graphically described by Abra-
ham Lincoln as more dangerous foe than
an armed rebellion.
BY "a skilful and persistent waving of the
"Bloody Shirt" she people were blinded
TO every other issue, till the whole struc-
ture of our government was revolutionizeC
and we are safe in saying todry that we
are not living under the same government
that we were forty years ago. During the
earlier days of reconstruction, there wa,
Sn awful squirting towards a monarchy
and had Il not been for the couraeeou,
opposition OF Democratic minority dur,
ing those days, there is no means of know.
ing what kind of a government we nigh
now be living under or whether we wouit
have had any government at all by thi
time.
The crimes that have been perpetrate,
In the last twenty-five years, OnQ6r III
name of law, seem to be the origel
OF the Peoples party. The contrac
ton of the currency, by tn
destruction OF greenbacks and the demone
tization of silver, and the manner in which
the bonded debt was created, are crime
against the common people that cannot b
excused. The Republican party have man
Tested no disposition to atone for thes
crimes by any action for their redress Tn
demands OF the people are simply ridi
culed. The Democratic party maze a shoy
OF being friendly toward the remonetizs
ton Of silver, but when the opportunit
came for successful action they had Il
trouble in finding an excuse for delay
The betrayal Of their constituents in tn
postponement of the Bland Silver bi
seems TO be the last straw that broke th
camel's back.
Bland bill there would in all probabilit
never have been Peoples Party conven
ton called in Idaho. Political partie
ought 10 be the servants OF the peopl.
When they fail in the purpose for whic
they ought to exist the people must REQ
0anine and try again.
Somehow IT seems that nearly all the oil
party papers champion the cause of til
money power as against the people.
other words, the Spectator is on top an
the newspapers are with him.
There never hiss been and never can be
good reason given why silver should not
restored TO its twice honored place in ou
monetary system. There never has been