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Show THE LOMIStf CAMPAIGN. The highest duty of democrats from now on until the election, is to prepare for the Strugile at the ballot-box. We have a huge work to do. It is of vast Import to ub as well as to the entire territory. First we owe it to our brethren in other states to encourage them. In many sections of the country they struggle as do those who are well-nigh well-nigh without hope. The trusts, combines, com-bines, and the corporations are very Btiong. They have the people by the N throat fast in relentless graep. Pluto cracy is insolent behind its yast hordes ol gold. That gold is far-reaching and powerful. FlaBheJ in the eyes of the poor, and the struggling, its blinding power is immeasurable. It closes the eye and destroys the memories of a v lifetime of a corrupt, degrading and ile Eervitude. The poor harrassed white elave returns to his half requited re-quited labor, to his kicks and cuffs as well as to his slavish voting as his master commands. Let Utah roll up a great majority. Let her lead offywith a complete triumph, and the west will be redeemed re-deemed ere long. Victory ie infectious. J3y a complete organization and ceaseless cease-less work we will acquire the habit of triumph. Learn how to win it and above all how to handle it so that it may oecome permanent. If the democracy de-mocracy has a mission of worth to Utah it m jet labor to utilize it so that the benignant policies of the party fashioned by Jefferson and the fathers may instill again Into western hearts, the hopeful confidence which once made life on the creet of the wave of western progress, orth the living If we would win success like this, we must take note of the yery initial starting point to victory, the precinct organizations. Let the proposed clubs prepare lists of both democratic and republican citizens of their districts, and see that encouragement is given the one and unceasing effort to convert the other. Take the history of the two parties as far as Utah is concerned. con-cerned. The democrats have always and unceasingly battled for the territory, ter-ritory, both in congress, and out. The republicans have ever stood menacingly menac-ingly between her hopes of that dignity dig-nity she hath coyeted and the powers at Washington. We cannot vote, Burely, to return to power that party which has ever been hostile to every hope and aspiration cf the pioneers of Utah, for home government. The party of immensity of promise and of meagre performance can point to no single voluntary act indicating sympathy with any real interest of Utah. The repulican party has filled the territory with missionaries who, while they struck one blow for the cause of religion struck one thousand for the republican party. Would Utonians freely and uncoerced vote for the party which in demonetizing silver etruck a chill deep into her hopes of speedy development of wealth and progress; whose blighting policy would keep us in poverty, the slaves of the eastern nabobs forever? Utah's population is naturally demo cratic, Utah county especially. A few years more and her peerless schools will have rendered the county safe from the retrogreesioniEts, but until that day comes, the tried and true men who have so oft fronted the foe, must labor, pray, fight and wutch continually to the end that we secure next fall an earnest as to the future political status of this, the faiiest county, not in the territory alone, but in the entire west. Let the liegemen gather to these club j or society meetings. Let nothing fctand in the way, and after organiza- , Hon, let the weekly meetings be fully attended. Secure all the obtainable literature and let our young men study politics, the fundamental doctrines of the party, and thereby they will learn how to meet and conquer the foe on every rostrum within reach of the bright, shimmering, dancing waves Utah's fair mountain embowered lake. |