The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-03
TEE PEOPLE AND TIE NON
PARTISAHS.

The Deseret News says if knows that
large portion of tae people Of Salt
Lake City desire Independence in city
politics, and have been earnestly hon
ing for a chance to make their desires
evident.
# this is SO. why did not the non
partisan committee call that portion Of
the people together which the News
says desires independence il city pcli-
tics and consult them as to what they
really did desire? When a ticket was
being framed why were nos the people
Wi1o are said to desire a non-partisan
iicSet invited in to see what their
wishes We're? If 4g,e News knew what
a large portion Of the people desired,
Why did it not insist that that portion
be asked into the meetings Of the com
miptee? If it was known what was
wanted by the people it is strange that
they could not be trusted to express
their wishes The oversight is very
odd. 50 odd indeed that the people are
asking explanations of it, yet neither
the committee nor the News nor the
Tribune has volunteered any. They
should do this al least.
Near the close OF its article the News
says:
With proud confidence we invite the
attention of the people of this city. If
respective of party or sect, to the char
acter Of the men above presented; to
the qualifications sought in them be-
fore they were nominated. TO the dis
nj l1.a
have worked thus far to get the roa-
partisan movement properly before the
community: TO the emblem itself. the
shield OF the Union with the stirring
motto, Patriotism above Party" and,
if we may be pardoned for making
such suggestion in the same breath,
we also invite the attention of the same
people TO the aims, inteneions, motives
and programme of those who are op
posed to us. Comparisons are some
times odious. frequently embarrassing.
but generally instructive.
This committee, about whose disin-
terestedness so much is heard, man
AGED With all its Observation-Disclosures TO
place sons and nephews on its ticket.
OF course it is understood that this was
done not in spirit of nepotism but
Of patriotism. that the sole object was
80 give the people only the very best,
still the coincidence of the relationship
Of some of the candidates to the COM
mittee that named them is at least
noteworthy
The News invites the attention of the
people of this city to the aims. inten-
ticns, motives and programme of those
'svho ara oDpaced "a u.s. Why doesn't
it state what the aims, intentions. mo-
tives and programme of those who are
opposed to us" are? Are they not
in every respect as high and patriotic
as those of "us?" The aims, inten-
tions. motives ana programme Of the
Democrats can be found in their plat
form and we should be glad to have
the News or any one else point out
wherein that platform will not bear
comparison with the platform of Gus"
The Republicans VIII make known
their aims, motives, intentions and pro-
granme in due time. Us don't pos
sess all the virtue, all the honesty, all
the integrity, all the capacity, all the
patriotism there is in Salt Lake City.
And when person or paper is con-
cinuaNy attributing base and improper
motives 70 those who are opposed to
him or it, it is safe to say that such
person or paper is actuated by the mo-
tives which it ascri75es to others. The
News and the nOn-partisan committee
have made the very grave mistake OF
protesting too much