Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-04
TWO BuGABOOs.

Tho time seems to be- ripe TO nail up
for public observation few features Of
the present legislative campaign
which are altogether unfair and not
deserving Of liberation. A libel upon
one's neishbor seldom has any other
effect than 10 degrade the speaker anu
his cause In tho minds Of his bearer.
But misstntements such as we have IN
mind to crllicse are not likely 70 be 10
quickly detected. We regret that some
OF our politicians seem TO nave taken
this cue In the present campaign. A.
consequence NO hear Of people al
over the Territory being gravely In
structed In things which they have no
business 10 believe.
For Instance, we are told on the one
hand that vote for the Republican
ticket Ia a vote against statehood; ami
on the other baud, that vote iof the
Democratic ticket lie n vote for silver
decentralization and for the continu.
Ance OF hard times. Now, the onlJ
Wish OF the NEWS In this connection
IL for H. readers TO base their political
convictions upon fscts and principle
truihfully set forth, and then 10 vote
for the man or ticket who m 70 nearly
represents those convictions. We have
heard great many varieties OF
"practical politics" described, but out
Of them oil this ia the only one which
ought TO DO acceptable to an honest
msu, or is NJ all likely TO result to bis
advantage.
With this much Of n prologue we
want now 10 say TO the people that the
fiSt statement above quoted, concern.
a vote for the Republican ticket, etc.
lie not true. There arc doubtless men
In the Republican party, ~
there arc also In the Demo.
cratic party, and In the Liberal
party, who oppose the immediate nj.
mission OF Utah 10 the Union; not
many, We think, In the fret two, anu
only the less progressive among the
third. Asa party, the Liberal relic OF
this Territory is the only organization
which can be justly charged with such
= policy. With them II Ia an Evowed
principle Of action-yoa, n sole cause
for existence. This IL not true Of
either OF the others. Both advocate
the early admission Of the Territory,
and both parties have introduced bills
10 that ELECT In Congress. Though
the present move In this direction
seems more likely OF success than any
that has preceded It, We want the
readers OF this paper to understand
that a Republican vote ia not die.
honor, and not inimioal to Utah's
statehood. There are no oondl.
uono TO Justify party treachory no
more reason why Republican district
should elect a Democratic representa-.
tive to the Legislature than reason
why Democratic district should elect
a Republican. Statehood will come
along In due soaaon-lhn sooner tbs
belter-and there VIII slill be both Re.
publlenna and Democrats. The silly
notion that It all depends upon local
politics and Is going TO be retarded
or augmented by the result OF our
little territorial differences ought 10
be exploded ut once. Honor, fidelity,
Independence ana courage on tho part
Of voters win hasten the day OF Utah's
admission. Chicanery, trickery, In.
oousisiency and Inconsistency viii, anu
should, deley II.
Az to the second statement above
the campaign tlippanoy that vote Tor
the Democratic party IL a vote against
free coinage and for continued haru
umes-this IL as false as the statehood
libel from tue other slide, The question
Of silver coinage Is one In which party
utilization plays no part whatever. IN
this matter We have the East by
large minority pitted against the Wes,
IN an almost perfect unity, The sta,e.-
muu OF the extreme East are almost o.
man opposed to frue coinage. The
6taIesmon Of the South arc Ill.
vided, Tut not on party lines.
The rlaIesmen Of the We.
are, with probably single OK.
ogpuou,ou the eide OF free cOin.gc; ami
the Democratic party iu Utah, anu ali
It's candidates 10 lar us we kuow.ar.
srdeutly devoted 10 it, A8to the ques.
ton Of nlauca rc,ersss or unFd
Times" 10 w0uil bee unfair &, rut all
tue punishment on the d m,.rlu
party. Tuere arc hard time, also il
Australia and Russia, and South
America and the Sandwich lslsple
The Democratic party OF Utah or o III,
unttel States are surely not respou.i.
bic for II all. As u matter of fact
parties do not IN IKE hard times, exceur
when they maze war Those who