The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-07-05

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aged the massing at the seat of COY
eminent OF thousands OF homeless men
made desperate by republican leg
lslation, hoping that their presenc
would embarrass the administra
ton and convey the false impression
that the party in power is responsible
for thirty years of republican misrule
In this arraignment we include those
local republicans who have endeavoret
to cast ridicule upon the governor, op
probrium upon the judges and insul
upon the militia and the constabulaIy
while those officers were engaged in
preserving the public peace and seek
ing to turn back the tide of poverty
which was flowing into the territory.
We deeply sympathize with The dis
tress of our fellow citizens, the unem-
ployed working people of the country
and particularly Of those who are
dwellers in our territory. We deplore
the policy which has brought into ouI
midst large bodies of destitute men,
who have been supplied with the very
means that was required for the sup.
port Of the resident poor, and some of
whom sought to obtain the work which
.
We declare 1t to be our conviction that
only by the reforms which will be in
trodnced by democratic congress and
administration. can relief be afforded
to the oppressed and needy working
population and prosperity be assured
to the toiling masses.
We denounce the false pretenses re-
Gently put forth by leaders of the re
publican party, by which they seek to
deceive the voters of the United States
into the belief that they are friends to
silver by linking it withthe heresy of
protection. The terms 'bimetaIism"
and 1.-The enlarged use of silver by
which they seek to dazzle the eyes of
the west and the south. are only catch
phrases to fool the unsophlsticated.
They do not mean the free and I'm
limited coinage of silver at the ratio
of Is to l, which is the only true solu-
ton of the money problem and the only
genuine bimetallic policy.
We denounce the national republic
can party: For its false pretenses of
sudden regard for the people of Utah
against whom in its platforms and by
extreme legislation it indicated intense
hostility from its inception. Its simu-
lated affection is co-incideDt with the
of possibility of republi
can support in the territory, and that
its support was the only cause of its
new attitude. 1t is the unselfish tend
erness which the spider feels for the
fiy,
We denounce the only republican leg
islatur. of Utah territory: For its
waste of pnhlic time and money in
vain endeavors to manufacture party
capital.
For its opposition to the educational
interests of The territory. by refusing
to appropriate sufficient funds for the
agricultural college and to carry on the
university according to the provisions
Of the law creating the institution and
requiring the establishment of neces-
,ary departments, and also by endeav-
BRING to cripple the public schools in a
scheme to take away part of the rev.
snue necessary to their support and di.
vert 1t for the purpose of giving boun-
lies to benefit private enterprises.
For striving TO commit the represent
itives of the people, in memorials to
to gross Misrepresentation OF
act and egregious blunders in princi-
Die.
For defeating legislation which would |
De for the general interest but not IA
rorable to republican advancement.
For making appropriations, after re-
using TO give necessary support to the |
educational institutions and the deaf |
mute, reform school, insane asylum and |
lindred institutions, and neglecting |
% provide sufficient revenue to meet |
he appropriations inconsiderately
made.
The spectacle of republican legisla-
Ors running away in hot haste to avoid |
ntissue which they had raised them
elves, evading the officers sent to ar
est them and hiding until republican
majority could be assured, thus stop
ing the progress of public business in
be upper house of the legislature and
ringing that body into public con-
empt, was a scene unparalleled in the
nnals of our country, and exhibits
be republican party in an attitude of
owardice and absurdlty.
The republican legislature showed
lore bombast and less capacity, more
arslmony and smaller economy,
reater partlsanship and narrower
than any other legisla-
i've assembly in the history of the ter
ltory.
We endorse the action of Governor
'sleb w. West in the interpOsiti0n of
be veto power vested 10 hin. by law,
} prevent the enactment of vicious
nd partisan measures and insulting
nd misleading memorials by which the
publican legislature would, but for
is action, haYe injured and disgraced
le territory. And we recognize in
he governor firm, discreet and able
gecutive, whose influence has been
ast on the side of law and order and
le public welfare generally.
We confidently appeal to the citizens
Utah to stand by and support the
arty of the constitution and the peo-
lie, from which alone political redemp-
on can come TO this territory and per-
lament prosperity to the nation;
hich will demonstrate the superiority
its principles and policy as soon as
easureS of reform it has inaugurated
ln be put into force and produce their
fects; which works for the greatest
BOD to the greatest number; which is
lie foe of monopolies and the friend of
le masses; which does not depend
pom any one man, however powerful,
II its guidance or its victory; and
hich Will maintain and bear off tri.
nphant those sacred doctrines and in
itutions Tor which the fathers of our
'untry fought and bled, and to which
g hereby pledge our faith, our devo-
on and our energies. with the full
,nviction that success will crown our
forts and Utah will enter the Union
) free and vigorous democratic state.
WILLIAM II. KING,
Chairman.
VIM. X. REID,
Secretary.
DAVID EVANS,
JOHN L. GAME,
O. w PnWEPS