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Show C01iHTTEEADDRESS. AJJrtM of th Eepublic&a Territorial Commiitk ta thi Ftopli of Utah. EErUBLIOAJf PEIH0IPLE8 DEFIHED An Inritatioi to Citiasrs of til Classei to U-itt Theiiiulvei With tli Farty of Frogresi, To tho Teople of TJth: Tbo IcutiiDfnt In favor of organizing political pa: tic in Utali in harti'ooy with national parties hat atuiuod lucu forco And oxpreition that it cannot be delayed or resintrd. The liberal aud tho people's partie were the outgrowth of the con.liliuu exiiting when thoy were formed, but the changed conditions condi-tions of political atTain iu Utah leavct no rational ground for their maintenance, mainten-ance, and we cannot too mon drop then old organization, with their dead Issues, tbeir narrow fields of discussion, and their memories of social aud political politi-cal bitterness. The repubiicaos of Salt Lake City bar organized and appointed a local committee, and have appointed the tinderaijrned a temporary territorial couimiltee to act as a medium of organization organ-ization until the republicans of Utah, in general convention, can complete tbeir organization, formulate their platform and appoint tbeir committee. We now seuk the aid and actlre cooperation co-operation of all citizens In the territory who are willing to unite with us in organizing or-ganizing the national republican party in Utah, aud who accept these general viewi, to-wit: That th 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 tbe general principles of the national republican party are there best adapted to promote tbe welfare of our territory, protect its industries and products, pro-ducts, and secure to its people the just rewards of their labor. The length of the national republican platform prevents its production in full In this call, but the following extract announces a political principle which is vital to th prosperity of our territory, to wit: "We are uncompromisingly in faror of the Amerioan system of proteotion. The protective system must be maintained; main-tained; its abandonment has always been followed by general disaster to all interests except those of tbe usurer and the sheriff." The principle of protection to American Ameri-can products and labor is of th 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 o large an amount of remuotrativ labor and yield such an important part of our income. Without proteotion we cannot successfully suc-cessfully establish manufacturing in Utah. 'With it we may hope to utilize the abundance of material our territory afford i and employ th labor required to utilize it. The republicans of Utah will be unanimously un-animously iu favor of remonetizing silver, sil-ver, and of tbe free coinage of American silver. They will also claim that tlio American product should be protected lu all the uses to which it is adapted, Including its us as a medium of exchange, ex-change, under the republican principle Df protection. Thoy will also assort and recognize tho dignity of labor and the necessity pf proper legislation to protect its interests. in-terests. That home laborer? and contractors, irho contribute to the public lund.s. are justly entitled to tue preference in all ptiblio works, and that Utah work ihould go to Utah workmen. In viw of the peculiar history of Utah in the past, and the fears of many of its citizens for the future, the republicans repub-licans of Utah will announce that they are opposed to the disfranchisement of auy citizen except for crime of which he shall have been convicted by due process of law, and that tbey will favor the free exercise of the power of amnesty am-nesty to ail citizens disfranchised on account ac-count of polygamy or polygamous relations, rela-tions, who will obey and uphold the laws of the United htatos. In uniting with tho 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 4j rst organization it has been tho advo-eate advo-eate 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. We invite all citizens who agree with lis in these general principles to hold precinct meetings and appoint precinct delegates to county conventions, which can appoint county delegates to a territorial ter-ritorial conveution, where the territorial organization oan be completed, and the platform of tbo party formulatod. C. W. Bennett. James Sharp, H. M. Wells, William Balderston, II. G. McMillan, John Henky Smith, |