Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-16
pOpULISTS NOMINATE FOSTER
Third Party Selects The Editor Of Living Issues
as Candidate for Congress.



v,hcr the popullst state convention
o...iuded IL laburs In the .. \. r.
heu las, evening Il had nominated War
rcn Foster. editor VI I.iying Issues, Tor
c,nercss. and Judge ]. n. Hlwmnn Tor
,s,nstatc fuatlce Of the supreme court
"a the gtatc. n AFRO promulgated
ni.tfarm and resolutions a. follow;
W the pnuullsts ~ utah. In cpnvcn-
,ien aesembl6d reaiiim our BELIEF ln the
prIncipics " our national PLATFORM,
and az ever believe that nothing shofs
~ iis several demands being enacted
into laws VIII bring any eihcient OF per-
manrnt relief 10 the people
OUR DEMANDS.
Firs,-wc demand a system 81 direct
Legislation known a. the INITIATIVE me
referendum and the imperative mar
| dato. thai the people may iuie. and that
a nutorlouaiy corrupt representative
may be recalled by his constituency.
second-Ilelieving that this nation is
capable OF passing and enforcing re
/ own laws. we demand a, law 0ptnlng
/ the minis to the free and unlimited
coinage Of gold and silver al the ratio OF
Thlrd-we demand that the money Of
| this country be speedily Increased BY
/ Inc Issuing 81 full legal tender notes
| to an amount sufficient 20 transact the
business OF the country upin caHh
basis, aud that all money. gold silver
] or paper, be made n full legal tender
! for ali debts. thereby making EVERY
dollar a. good ms every oihcl dollar
Faurth-we demand that postal saw
/ ing banks be established Tor the safe
deposit OF the earnings OF the people ana
to facilitate exchange.
FIfth-wc demand that the govern
81 - 80. .s.Ns
and telephones, that all means % trans
portation and communication may BE-
operated by the people, ana ~ cpst. az
the postal and school systems now are
slsth--fdlc land and Idle homeless
people In the same country portray q
condition that could not obtain where
lust laws exist. We therefore demand
the passage OF such laws a. VIII dis
courage the holding Of land out % ~,
for speculative pufposuA
| Sevcnth-Wc demand municipal
ownership OF an street railways, light
plants and waterworka systems.
Elghth-Wc demand state law
prohibiting the granting % publie fran
chlsea by any body uf men withou. sub
hitting the proposition TO grant such
franchise to vote Of the people Inter
eHtsd.
Nlnth-we demand a state tcx,-bool
school law. that all textbooks may h'
furnished by the state and be uniform
this. that our free public schools mas
be free Indeed. and that the poor mas
be- placed ON an equal footing Will
the rich IN obtaining an education.
Tcnth-Wc demand the exemption 20
homestead 10 the value Of ai,Jo0 ffun
execution, mortgage and taxation.
We declare for personal liberty an,
the freedom and exercise OF indiyidua
judgment In all political matters.
We oppose the party lash ana con
denim that theory OF party loyalt
: which requires from It, members III
full endorsement OF every prlnclpl
. onuncintcd In the party platform. an
. a straight vote for every nominee.
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE.
MIR n. w. Lawrence also submitte
the following 90 be issued MS an ad
, dress % the people.
The Peoples party Of Utah. In stat
convention assembled. at salt LAX
I city. this 18th day Of September. iSsl
adopted the following address 20 IN
: voters OF Utah;
We declare that the Peoples part,
! was born 10 live that the rights an
, liberties Of the American people Nigh
not be sacrificed at the shrine OF tn
, old political parties, Mammon and cor
rupilon.
In this boosted land OF liberty .whcr
, the Industrial classes produce IN
nations wealth. and are the main sup
, port OF the government In time u
peace or war, that the financial an
, economical conditions, sustained b
the old parties. are the most inhumn
and un. chrintianlikc that ever exiHtc
under a government claiming 10 be q
and for the people.
Nature has provided our countr
bountifully with resources 90 Huatai
all OF her children with the ncccasltic
ana comforts of llfc. while the Rrpub
lican ana Democratic parties. for IN
past thirty years have been trying 1
. thwart her purposes through spcciu
legislation. by EraiNlng 10 favorc
few the resources OF the land "ilf,
liberty and the pursuits OF happiness
u a deluaion whore the opportunltlc
and means " sustaining life or no
. nee and unrestricted 90 all the peopl,
The right Go work and receive the hi
product Of their toll belongs 20 an per
sons In free government Land
water. light, heat. transportation an
the transmission OF newH. being necos
Hltien, should be controlled by the gov
pie.
The tarlff legislation OF the Republl
| ..-s $3.50 sf'hANNAAAAA HulAl'N NNN the pa
, thlr'y years has been a sham battle /
avert tho attention OF the America
people from the greater evils that wer
expressing them. Under the plea OF pro
Z testing American labor, building up ma
lonal Industries and giving prospcrlt
J TO the people the tarlff legislation OF IA
OLD political parties has offered only /
percentage, not In principle. Both par
Ties have compelled our lndusirli
classes TO compete with foreign wages
submit 10 the displacement Of manua
labor by labor saving machinery
Under the policy OF both political par
Ties she wealth OF the nation has bee
concentrated IN the hands OF a few, /
building up trusts ana mOnopoile
whereby three-fourlhs Of the wealth d
the nation Il owned by less than nv
per cent OF the people, During the shaf
cattle over the tarln question the debt
% the American people. private corpd
rate ana public, have Increased invent
thousand millions Of dollars. after eS
; portaiion Of two thousand million dol
! I lars In gold. silver and products q
. American labor In excess OF our impor
/ during the same period. The pfotectlo
given TO homes for the people n note
IN the fact that forty years ago IN
most OF our people owned their ow
homes when today sixty per cent OF tn
American people are living In rented o
nortgaged homes. while 'twenty-seVe
foreign syndlcates own In this countr
twenly-one million acres Of land, Tn