Show TO THE PEOPM2 OF UTAH With the entrance of Utah into the Union as a state on an equal footing with the existing states it is Important that her people shall be fully impressed with the importance of the change that will occur in their position in reference to national affairs and that they be able from an intelligent understanding of the true principles of government to so frame their constitution that it shall secure to them and their posterity the blessings of that complete liberty which Is limited only by laws for the general welfare Hitherto Utah has occupied a subordinate subor-dinate position Under the interpreta Ion which has been given to the clause In the Constitution as to the power of Congress over the territory of the United States Utah has been in the past a mere satrapy Her people have not only been without a voice in national na-tional affairs but they have had no voice in the selection of persons to administer ad-minister the affairs of the territory That will all be changed Local self overnmgnt will be enjoyed and by vote and voice Utah will have influence in the councils of the nation It is of great importance then that our citizens become acquainted with the principles of government These are called politics They need not enter en-ter into the bitterness of extreme partisanship par-tisanship but they should have clear and definite views as to the policy and doctrines of the two great parties of the country There are two opposing parties in every great nation and they appear to be necessary in prder to forma form-a check on the dominant power lestQt run into excesses which would be disastrous dis-astrous to the body politic I There ismore than seeniing or insignificant insig-nificant difference in the tenets of the two parties in the United States The Democratic part is essentially the party of the Constitution strictly construed con-strued The Republican party contends con-tends for a looser interpretation of that instrument holding to the doctrine of implied powers or the exercise of authority au-thority by the national government beyond be-yond that given to it in terms in the supreme law The amendment to the Constitution which reserves to the respective states or to the people all the rights and powers pow-ers not bestowed upon the government in the Constitution contains the Democratic Demo-cratic principle on this point It is the safeguard of liberty If powers not expressly granted to the Federal government gov-ernment may be assumed by implication implica-tion or inference who can set the limit to which they may be extended It Is only by keeping within the line of demarcation de-marcation laid down in that amendment amend-ment that the full rights of each state and of the people can be presrved One illustration of this difference in the doctrines of the two parties Is afforded af-forded by the tariff Both parties believe be-lieve in the necessity of a tariff that is in levying duties upon foreign imports im-ports The Constitution expressly forbids for-bids the imposition of duties by the respective states upon articles produced pro-duced or manufactured in any state and imported into another state As far as they are mutually concerned the Constitution establishes absolute free trade But it also gives power to Congress to levy duties customs and imposts upon foreign imports But the Democratic party hold to the strict letter of the Constitution which specifies what those duties may be levied lev-ied for It is for the expenses of the government That is a tariff for revenue rev-enue only The Republican party on the principle of a loose construction of the Constitution and the assumption of implied powers levies a tariff for the avowed purpose of protecting certain classes of the people under the plea of promoting particular industries When asked for the clause in the Constitution which confers this power the answer Issilence or an evasion of the question ques-tion It will readily be seen that to the Democratic tariff there 1s a defined limit it is the necessities of the government govern-ment economically administered To the Republican tariff there is no defined de-fined limit It may be increased according ac-cording to the demands of the protected pro-tected classes and the subservience of the national legislators who may be elected through their influence until the masses dt the people rise against it as they did against enormities of McKinleyism As to the Industries of the country they receive all the protection that is necessary in the Incidental effects of a revenue tariff rjt is not levied for the purpose of favoring any class But the very fact that a duty is imposed on a kind of article of foreign production which is also produced In the United States operates as a protection to the extent of the duty The constitutional principle however Is fully maintained in the purpose for which the duty is levied The bounty system is an adjunct to or outgrowth of the protection princi < pie It takes public money and gives t it to private individuals or corporations corpora-tions It is a prgstltutlqn Qf the powers I pow-ers of government and finds no warrant war-rant in the Constitution All the arguments argu-ments in Its favor are specious and are i in the interest of the classes Instead of i 2 J r < the masses It forces people asmi their will or without their constnt to contribute to the support of persons Or establishments in which they have no interest The Democratic doctrine is that pub ic money must be devoted to public uses that it must not be diverted to any private purpose The Republican theory is that by protecting or giving bounties to private concerns the public pub-lic are indirectly benefited But the question why some industries shall be thus favored and others that are also beneficial to the public as all successful success-ful industries are should re eive nothing noth-ing rimains unanswerd except by evasions eva-sions It is clear that the Democratic theory is the constitutional theory and that it is therefore correct But it is claimed by Republicans that while it I may be right in theory it is wrong in practice The fallacy of such reasoning ought to be apparent to the simplest mind As to men it may be that parties do not make a great deal of difference except ex-cept that errors in principle do not tend to improve personal chatacter Be that as it may the doctrines of Democracy are in strict accord with the supreme law of the land and it is the particular duty of the people of Utah to stand by the Constitution of the United States and therefore their national leanings have been and win be toward the party which is pledged to the maintenance of its Integrity and perpetuity |