The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-09-01
SEPT. L. 1894
PROVO CITY.
GET UP AND RUSTLE.

Military victories are only won bI
fighting, except where strategy some
times supercedes the necessity of fight
ing. Political victories are only won
by lustling for votes. The worth of the
principles contended for cut an i'm
portant figure in the matter, but the
soundest principles on earth if they
are not urged will be of no avail. Now
the democracy of Utah have the cause
which ought to call out the widest en-
thusiasm. 1t ought to set every true
democrat to work even to the neglect
of other business, nor should the effort
cease or fall off in energy until the
victory is grandly won on the second
Tuesday in the coming November. We
will not win it if we go on as we have
been going for the last few weeks. We
argue that because so many benefits
have been secured by and under the
present democratic rule, that we are
entitled to victory. This is fatal se-
curitY and will destroy US if we do not
drive the advantages home in vigorous,
forcible and earnest ways. We have
too much at stake. For much depends
and we will be traitors of deepest dye
if We are in any way and to any degree
remiss in anything. We must spend
time, effort and money in this sacred
cause, or see the republicans mount
into power here and remain in for
years and years.
Democrats of Utah, can you brook
this? Are you prepared to turn the
new state government over to the
party which has in a thousand ways
and for thirty years shown its bitter
hostility to the every interest of Utah?It
has repress ed the ambition of the best
people who have aspired to statehood.
1t has frowned upon every effort to
build up a new, independent and pros
porous commonwealth. 1t has assisted
to spread abroad the impression that
Utah is still an unsafe community to
entrust with the task of its own gov
ernment. LES platform, two wears
since, had never a word regarding
statehood. Can you contemplate the
surrender of the new state to this
malign party? We know that you
cannot. If this is true, you must get
5rked before, this very disaster
VII occur. Unless you pay this duty,
unless you play your great advantage
IS honest men, you will deserve this
result. Now is the time TO work.
Now is the time to go among the peo
pie and in simple. rugged but truthful
language teach them the immense
import of the issue to be decided in
this struggle. Show the people of
Utah that there is something else, save
wool alone, to be considered. If you
are not ready to battle for your pril-
ciples now, when will you be? If vic
tory is not possible now, when will it
pe2
You must be prepared not only 10
work, but you must go Gown into your
pockets and dig up money. There ale |
many legitimate uses for money in an |
honestly and correctly conducted cam
paign, you must supply it. The legit;-
mate expenses must be met promptly,
or you cannot command the respect of
the people. II they do not respect pou
they cannot work and will not vote for
you. For instance: Live and useful
newspapers cannot be printed without
money. Say what you please about
the efficiency of public speaking and
the Literature" so called, furnished
by the national committees, but we
know Of verify that one good, clean,
ably conducted and devoted home pa
Der is worth infinitely more to the
cause than q ton of New York news
papers day, OF a sloop load of the
Try husky statistics, national or other
wise. The stake we play for is worth
Rll this. Now let some of those who
have been active in getting up
New York World clubs, try their
lands on Provo DISPATCH clubs. As
title as you NAV be inclined to believe
t, there are more vote-msking ingredi- 4
nts in the latter than in the former,
{ least for Utah. I