Show PRIMARY A split in the peoples party THE DISS AFFECTED PORTION GAIN THEIR POINT ami ains in a liberal on their ticket A caucus meeting of the peoples party was held in the payson meetinghouse tuesday january 29 a m preparatory to the comine samael L page chairman of the peoples party occupied the chair and announced that the object of the meeting was for the nomination of city officers the political caucus held here two years ago was ludicrous enough certainly but the one held here last tuesday eclipsed all of the kind ever belore witnessed many who were present and witnessed the scene have bince expressed their disgust at the ridiculous proceedings an ambitious parliamentarian of the peoples party who had suffered the wool to be drawn over his eyes and be made a miserable tool by scandalous misrepresentation opened the political racket by presenting a formal resolution selling forth claims of minority representation sen tation in the city council after the peoples ticket had been judiciously considered the disaffected of the peoples party combined with the liberal faction and met in some convenient place and there formulated their resolution made a and devised their scheme of procedure it cuts that the adin object of their scheme was by parliamentary lia quirks dis franchising tin t in ones and the motions of the meeting to divide confound and weaken the peoples party and thereby enter another wedge of division and making way for liberal nominees on the peoples ticket for the better accomplishment ment of their cratta designs they sugared in on their ticket some of the peoples ticket boasting that the electors generally would swallow ticket with this kind of sweetening the faction triad their best to gag certain worthy citizens taking advantage of their present situation and by wild stamping and motion denying them right of voice of representation in a common caucus as if there was special legislation for such caucus proceedings rights that were denied corae of the peoples party were not graciously accorded to their political antagonists many of whom played in their yeas and nays and their mountings coun tings freely during the proceedings by enla time the meeting consisting of two parties in fact the peoples and the faction proceeded to the nomination of their men for city officers the following ia the t ceet of the peoples party jesso S taylor mayor samuel L page II 11 W Barns tt abraham done barry wrice aldermen charles brewerton win S tanner timothy jones joseph douglass councillors councilors counci lors jonah S pase jr recorder saml douglass treasurer david E sargent marshal charles W Ike werton assessor and collector the following ticket is the result of the division of the peoples party john J mayor jease S taylor george A finlayson thomas II 11 wilson aldermen wm S tanner joseph douglass levi A johnson abraham done councillors councilors counci lors david T dark liberal nominee jonah S page jr recorder Saml Douglass treasurer david E sargent marshal saml L page as aestor and collector now tho political farce begins one of the leading characters of tho faction took the floor and in an air of parliamentary dignity said gentlemen our ticket is conveniently our choice we shall carry thi ticket of officers and one of oar reliable friends of the liberal party shall be seated in the city to watch them loud applause in ande imitation of cicero he exclaimed gentlemen this ticket the peoples was born in hypocrisy and cradled in deception loud cheers at this stage another pops up and saya mr chairman the man now in nomination aint qualified for that responsible place he lets cases go up on appeal for the city cant afford it you know profound silence reigns while he draws his breath he had stuffed his barrel with wadding but no powder behind it to bend it out and so fizzled now follows one with somewhat a judicial bearing dropping his cigar stump mr chairman we must vigilantly guard the interest of our party in counting numbers will tell 1 therefore move that all persons present who are franchised disfranchised dis or likely to bo shall have no voice in this caucus and as no party lines have been drawn in this meeting that all others present shall bo allowed free speech and voting hear hear hear some think eliat one of the speakers ventured an unjustifiable threat at the ecclesiastical functions of the ward when attempting in a simsy argument to show that a bishop had no feht in his ministerial capacity to constitutional rights at political proceedings not even entitled to a voice in common with other citizens in the nomination and of course election of officers for a city government if a man because he is a bishop has no rights in political matters than mini stera of other religious denomination have no such rights in america if this is really a bishops condition the american constitution ution fails to provide for it it fails to avide for the separation of the ecclesiastical from the political since in the citizen both great sovereign rights are inseparable this great charter of rights nowhere for the when and how the american citizen shall leave his garb at homo whilo ho goes and exercises his constitutional tut ional franchise at a common caucus meeting and r should be re minded that while they in their enthusiasm are exhausting their arguments slinging their odious substances at their ecclesiastical neighbor they may be at the same time slinging the substances hub stances at their own faces for aliey may be ministers and priests if not bishops careful indeed should men be in slinging about their odious matter lest they may themselves badly besmear tho constitution does provide that congress shall make no law respecting an of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridge ine the freedom of speech the faction carried choir ticket Sin caucus expressed their entire disapproval of tho scandalous proceedings alie and dodges used on caucus apy to weaken the poo dies party and to defeat their cause for the purpose of disqualifying certain ones of the party because of their situation frequently appealing from the chair in order to increase numbers by counting the mixed crowd present of non taxpayers non registered voters liberals in general all lumped in together on the opposition was a most contemptible disgrace to the peoples party it was a cheap giving uway of the party and their baube many of the clique are seen chuckling over the sale to the principal men on the faction ticket we have no objection and undoubtedly the men themselves would take more satisfaction in nomination for office the more favorable fayo rable circumstances for ohp do not know that a few miserable bile sand running sores give pain and en bence to the members of the body and injuriously unhealthy to eo biety none can deny that the present condition of this city requires a body of dolid exemplary exam plary men for calif who are not in S with the liquor traffic now plying our city A council of officers these beas far aa possible free of all affiliation with the adders and of thiis cursed demoralizing demoralising demora lising and distressing evil WE now have here two whisky saloons with their pool table attractions running in full blast boins their deadly work were the people here more generally united on matters of importance with a judicious enforcement of wholesome we might hope for some reform politics at spanish fork we haye had quit a lively time out and maside the city hall here on tuesday at 2 p m a caucus meeting was called to elect oun local officers some two or threes hundred of a mixed clasa of members of tho peoples party independents and liberals all forced their way into the meeting and claimed to belting to the peoples party A chairman was appointed and the house was called to order mr hales moved that a committee of five be appointed to nominate the fc everal candidates when mr orison creer moved an amendment that they be nominated from th e body of the house here mr J A Ree sarose and stated that he thought it would be for the interests of the ie oples party to prohibit all who voted the independent ticket on last election day from voting in this meeting here came the scene of contention mr orison creer brought out an amendment to this motion and there was a discussion of forty minutes duration before the amendment was put to the house during which some bitted feelings were expressed on both sides then mr aja jex moved an adjournment till wednesday at 10 orison carser again moved till 7 that night when two hours more were spent to the same result nothing being done meeting was called again exactly at 30 the next day and an adjournment taken with no definite time to meet again heru came the division one party calling themselves peoples party mot in the city hall and appointed a chairman and secretary and commenced to their nominees they had already nominated in private caucus the peoples parly had then adjourned to the meeting house to talk over matters it was then resol to call a meeting of the peoples party to meet at 7 p m in the meetinghouse to nominate and vote for the nominees of said candidates the true peoples party assembled promptly at 7 p m and the meeting was called to by mayor snell he being appointed chairman A secretary was then appointed and business commenced in good earnest on motion of mr hales a committee of five was appointed by the chair the after appointment retired for forty five minutes during the interval the following gentlemen were called upon to address the large meeting thos C martell jos A bees john booro wm creer and john jones the committee returned into meeting and reported their appointments which received the unanimous 3 vote of the house each party being voted for separately the following is the ticket of the peoples party mayor john jones aldermen john arobert son and marinus larsen councillors councilors counci lors samuel brockbank john moore john 0 swenson neil gardiner and john T hales recorder F thomas treasurer ana Eo bertson marshal TL tuttle assessor and collector X smith jos A fees moved that this meeting appoint a special committee consisting of a chairman secretary and five others to act in the interests of the peoples party carried were then giyen to the retiring officers ceis GR |