The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-05
c,ineR oberts and Young.

LAKE TOWN, Sept. S0.-Messrs.
Game. Roberts and Young have filled
engagements here and created renewed
interest in the undying principles of
Democracy. They also held meetings
at Garden City, and MeadowVllle, FUN
houses greeted them everywhere
our coming governor, Game brougnI
greeting from the Democrats from all
e+,e,. the territory. felicitated US on
The nigh approach of statehood, Demon
srrated the debt we owe to the Ma
+ionaI Democracy for this boon, and
told the history of the attitude OF the
national Republican party and adrnln-
istrations regarding Utah ana her peo-
pie. ..,,.- ..o,,,,oa
SIS pledges to us as the party Of nome
rule and local self-government ana the
largest possible personal liberty con-
sistent with good government ana was
therefore entitled to our SURFACES. he
favored the adoption of the constitu-
ton. on the merits Of which he elabor-
ated, and considered this the most I'M
nOyitant election we have had, or may
ever have. Favored the policy OF
naming our candidates for the Senate
of the United States, and the mention
of the names of Moses Thatcher and
I I. Rawlsns elected loud and pro-
longed applause.
After comparing state and TERRITORIAL
forms of government, and enlarglng
upon the many advantages of the
former. the several candidates for state e
offices and their qualifications received
due attention by the speaker.
Then Mr. Game briefly outlined his
policy. if elected governor (and why
shouldn't he oe?). as follows:
Favored laying the foundation of the
state deep, broad and strong enough
to endure during the ages: civil and
religious liberty to all persons; lnde-
pendence Of church and state, both
performing its special functions and
neither to encroach in any sense upon
the other; free state education for all
the children and placing the higher
education within easy access Of all; ITO
promote agriculture; favored the full
sustenance of the Agricultural college
at Logan; the establishment of school
OF mines; the holding of the Congress
granted lands for the purpose specified;
opposed selling them on a falling mar
ket or in any sense TO syndicateS;
favored the selling Qf selling should be-
come necessary such lands to bona
fide settlers only; favored the use OF
a portion of these resources to promote
the building of reservoirs and canals
to irrigate as much as possible Of the
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adduced. he opposed keeping ahe
bodied prisoners n enforced idleness
favored adding to literary instruction
in the deaf and blind asyluns; the in
culcation of knowledge of useful arts
thus alternating the condition of those
unfortunates. believing that all people
are happier and better in the ratio OF
their being put in the way of self-sup
port. He favored the laws being made
so simple that the com1noneSt mind car
comprehend his duties to the state and
it's citizens; favored sustaining home
industries by our patronage and out
of our own pockets rather than by u.s.
ing public funds for private purposes
against which he uttered an irrevoc-
able protest; favored holding every of
ficer to a strict accountability to the
people and financial officers to give
vouchers for each and every public dol
lar expended. He felicitated Rioi
county on dts wise choice of the Hon
Aouilla Nebeker as candidate for Repre-
sentative and spoke of his effective
work in the legislature and county
convention.
Hon. R. w. Young followed, on ou
duty regarding the state constitution
the Disadvantages of the territorial
and the advantages of the state gov
eminent; of the merits of the stat
constitution and closed with wei
chosen tribute 10 the progress made II
our valley since he visited lit I'm com
pany with President Brigham Young
snd party In 1871.
Hon. B. IL. Roberts made a kind anC
brief allusion to, and shattered certain
assertions made hereabouts by ou
friends, the enemy, c. E. Allen and F
T. Cannon, regarding the terrif,
Florida state constitution, and placed
G. z. A. in a bad predicament, eithe
= that he misstated wilfully or was mis-
J taken; either or both ought to SHADE
his title to represent a great people OF