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Show COMMITTEEADDRESS. Addrui of tht Btpnblican Territorial Committo to tht Ftoplo ' of Utah. HEPUBLICAH PEI50IPLE3 DEFINED An IrmUtion to Oitizens of all Clasiea to' TJaite Th6mil?i With tha Farty of Progrm. To th Perplo of Utah: The uDtitotat lo favor of organizing political parties in Utah ia harmooy with national partita bat attained ucti force and expression, that It cannot be delated or resUlod. Tbt libeial and the peoplo't partiet were the outgrowth of tht conditions existing when thoy were formed, but tht changed conditions condi-tions of political affairs ia Utah leares bo rational ground for their maintenance, mainten-ance, and we cannot too soon drop tlitst old organizations with their dead Issues, their narrow lields of discussion, and tbtir memories of social and political politi-cal bitterneas. The rtpubiicant of Salt Lake City bare organized and appointed local committee, and have appointed the undersigned a temporary territorial committee to act as a medium of organization organ-ization until the republicans of Utah, in general convention, can cotnpluta their organization, formulate their platform and appoint their committee. , We now seek tbe aid and active cooperation co-operation of all citizens in the territory who are willing to unite with ut in organizing or-ganizing the national republican party in Utah, and who accept these general Tiewa, to-wit: That the time has come to abandon local organizations and form parties composed of those who hold political opinions in harmony with national parties, par-ties, without regard to their former political affiliations. That the general principles of the national republican party are those best adapted to promote tbe welfare of our territory, protect its industries and products, pro-ducts, and secure to its people tbe just rewards of their labor. Tbe length of the national republican platform prevents its production in full in this call, but the following extract announces a political principle which ia vital to the prosperity of our territory, to wit: "We are uncompromisingly In favor of the American system of protection. The protective system must be maintained; main-tained; its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to all interests except those of the usurer and tbo sheriff." Tne principle of protection to American Ameri-can products and labor is ol the highest importance to the vast agricultural, wool growing and stock raising; interests inter-ests of our territory. It is ot equal Importance to our great mining interests, which furnish so large an amount of remunerative labor and yield such an important part of our income. Without protection we cannot successfully suc-cessfully establish manufacturing in Utah. With it we may hope to utilize the abundance of material our territory affords and employ the labor required to utilize it. The republicans of Utah will be unanimously un-animously in favor of remonetizitiff silver, sil-ver, aud of tbe free coinage of American silver. They will also claim that the American product should be protected in all the uses to which it is adapted, iucludinir iu use as a medium of exchange, ex-change, under tbe republican principle of protection. They will also assart and recognize the dignity of labor and the necessity of proper legislation to protect itt interests. in-terests. That home laborers and contractort, who contribute to tbe public funds, are justly entitled to tbe preference in all publio works', and that Utah work should go to Utah workmen. In view of the peculiar history of Utah in the prut, aud tbt fears of many of its citizens for the futuro, the republicans repub-licans of Utah will announce that they are opposed to the disfranchisement of any citizen except for crime of which he shall have been convicted by dua process of law, and that they will favor tbe free exercise of the power of amnesty am-nesty to all citizens disfranchised on account ac-count of polygamy or polygamous relations, rela-tions, who wilt obey and uphold the laws of the United States. In uniting with the national republican republi-can party we join a party which can point to a history and achievements unequalled un-equalled in tho history of any other political po-litical party of the world. Since its first organization it has been the advocate advo-cate of freedom, of equal rights to all citizens and the leader in all the progressive pro-gressive measures which characterize nearly a third of a century, and mark an era of unsurpassed national prosperity. prosper-ity. We need have no fears about uniting un-iting politically with such a party. e invite all citizens who agree with us in these general priooiples to hold precinct meetings and appoint precinct delegates to oounty conventions, which can appoint county delegates to a territorial ter-ritorial convention, where the territorial organization can be completed, and the platform of the party formulated. 0. W. Bennett. James Shakp, 11. M. Wki.ls, WlLLIAVf BaLPERJTON, H. U. McMillan, John Hknbt Smith. |