| Show THE convention john T calne caine nominated for peoples party delegate TIIE CENTRAL COMMITTEE A spirited tod declaration of facts and principles of the peo 41 pies ples party in utah at noon yesterday the territorial convention of the peoples party assembled in the city hall salt lake city as per adjournment after roll call prater prayer was offered by tho the chaplain the r committee on resolutions asbed asked for further time and after the disposition orsome of some other minor business an adjournment journ ment to p in was taken at that hour the convention resumed business and the committee reported reported the following october 1889 mr president your committee on resolutions or p platform lall O 0 r beg leave to report for ad adoption p t L n by this convention the ac company I 1 iny ny PLATFORM the peoples party of utah territory by its chosen representatives in r regular c u ja I 1 r convention aseem assembled bled sofe solemnly m n ay proclaims for the careful consideration of ail all just men the following declaration DECLA RATIO X OF FACTS AND principles first we believe that the protection of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness should be the object of free government that the constitution of the united states represents the highest form of political government yet devised de and that under ite its provisions the greatest possible liberty consistent with safety ie is guaranteed to every citizen second we believe that free government can only exist where the people governed exercise the unrestrained str gained right to choose their own officers and that the doctrine that citizens resident in tho territories have no political rights inherent in themselves is at variance with the spirit and genius of our great charter the constitution and is repugnant to democratic principles and the liberal spirit of the he age third we believe that any party or faction of a political community that seeks to obtain political control by any other meana means than the ability to cast a majority of votes totes into the ballot box is guilty of the grossest of political crimes and should be branded as an enemy to human freedom fourth we believe that interpretation of the political and legal rights of the citizens under the constitution should be made in courts free from local or general prejudice and that justice should be evenly administered to every person regardless of the class to which he belongs F fifth fifth we believe that the right of trial by a fair and impartial jury is one of the strong bulwarks of liberty and the trial of any one ay a jury who have strong prejudices against the accused is a violation of well established principles and is a dangerous precedent which we solemnly do de bounce sixth any effort of the government to manage church property ie Is a violation of the spirit of the first article of the amendments amend mente to the constitution and is practically a union of church and state and we denounce any attempt of the church to dominate the state or of the state to dominate the church as being dangerous ding erous to the liberty of the citizen we also assert that any pro proposition 0 looking to the dis disfranchisement franch se of a class of citizens because of their belief in or adherence to any religious faith ie Is in direct contravention of the rights guaranteed by the constitution in regard to religious liberty and seeks to punish citizens cit izene for their religious belief such a doctrine whence when we consider the difference of enlightenment of the ages is mere more infamous than the decrees of the spanish inquisition Seventh we declare irrevocably in favor of woman suffrage that the benign and purifying influence of wives and mothers may be manifest through the laps laws for the protection of our homes and country eighth we approve the administration of local affairs so far as the people co 0 are permitted ermit ted to exercise the ri rights ts of self government weissert we assert ti that we have proven our ability to control C ditrol the business of the state economically omi cally progressively and justly to every citizen we point with pride to the fact that the taxes in utah are lighter than in any other terr territory I 1 t ory the territory is out of debt and th alie counties are practically in the same satisfactory condition ninth we emphatically deny the charge of disloyalty to the national government made against the people of utah we affirm that it is the tile duty of every american citizen to render obedience to tho the constitution of the united states and laws enacted in pursuance thereof we pledge ourselves ur selves as a party to the maintenance and defense of constitutional princ principles lEIes and of the natural and inalienable allena le rights of mankind Tent hWe believe that utah is cu ti titled tied to sovereign statehood her citizens have an equal right to free government with the most favored children of thia this republic Ee public the national congress ie Is bound by every consideration of equity and lawful precedent to remove tho the chains of territorial bondage from this community our population is nearly two hundred thousand souls with a greater proportion of native born citizens than is possessed by many un proud 0 u d and worthy states of the union 1 on if it we can properly be kept in this enthralment a population of two millions of freeborn free born and law abiding citizens can beheld be held in similar utah has for years possessed every refu requisite laite for statehood the failure of congress to recognize this right lias has propagated a i hideous train of evils from which the land can never bo freed while this political wrong continues Respect respectfully rull P 0 chairman james watson moved the adoption of the platform as reported by the committee carried W W V riter placed in nomination one of tried and patriotic citizens tho the hon john T caine for delegate from utah to the fiftieth congress tho bomin i aaion was greeted with applause and sud was seconded by E G woolley no other name was wp presented and andron hon john T caine was nom fuated by a unanimous unanimous vote the question of electing a u terri tonal central committee was then taken up and after a brief discus sion slon the following were elected as a territorial central committee beaver county P T farnsworth box elder county 0 G snow cache county geo goo IV thatcher da davis via county thomaa thomas F roueche emery county orange seeley garfield Gir field county david cameron iron county Count yEdward edward dalton juab county F W chappell kane cane county john rider millard county J V robison Rob lson morgan county james R stewart St enart pluto county John R young rich Count wm il lee salt lake county john sharp E A smith angus al cannon fara ra morz little john T calne caine J R winder junius eF F wells sanpete county wm h K keld reid san juan county FA F Hammond sevier county geo W bean summit county alma El Eld dedee redee tooele thoele county 11 S gowans utah county S B R thurman W dusenberry N A 0 smoot jr uintah county C C bartlett Barl lett wasatch county abram hatch washington county john M macfarlane weber ebe r county L W shurtliff T D dee at large emmeline B well wells 31 isabella horne the above committee was autho to fill any vacancies might occur A vote of thanks waa was returned to the officers and committee the convention for their services vices and the president and secretary were instructed to notify hon ron john T caine of the action of the convention the president and secretary were also directed to furnish each member of the central committee a certificate ot of election and the convention adjourned fine sine die |
