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Show the basis of a new party of national dimensions. , ' . . Thb Times believes that the Republican Republi-can party must enlarge its vision and take up some of the new issues of this day in order to go forward in a great career. It. has always led the way in national development, and we believe thiB will be its policy hereafter. The People's party has served the purpose of a protest. It has been negative nega-tive rather than affirmative. Its future depends on other parties rather than itself. It is an interesting object lesson for etatesmen, and we hope they will earnestly study it. ., THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. An enthusiastic member of the People's Peo-ple's party from Colorado is now in this city. He comes from the atmosphere of victory and tells us that the party, which Weaver led in the late campaign will go on to national triumph in 1896. It is difficult for people outside of the Populist states to understand this enthusiasm en-thusiasm for a new cause. Here in Utah, for instance, the movement had no part in our politics and it seems incredible in-credible that it can have sensible hopes of national victories in the near future. It is not strange, however, that a man who is in the front of the fray in Colorado, Colo-rado, and who was himself borne to victory on the wave, should think differently. dif-ferently. Let us see what grounds there are for the hope he entertains of his party's future. The Populist movement represented the demand of our people for a larger volume of currency. It came from two classes. First, from the silver states,, where the people feel that they are being be-ing robbed of the just reward of toil, because the silver they dig out of the earth sells for 84 cents an ounce instead ! of $1.29, which it would command if the old ratio with gold existed. Second, the Populist movement found its backing back-ing among the producers of the grain belt, who have no silver mines, but feel that the discount on silver is a discount on every bushel of wheat er corn they send to market. But for the danger of negro domination as the result of a national election law, the cotton growers of the South, would also have stood with the silver miners and grain producers of the West in their demand for more money to do the business of the world. Now, the future of the Feoples' party depends on the course the great parties shall pursue with reference to the money question. It is a fact beyond dispute that the people are in earnest in their demand for more money. It is certain that they will have what they want in the end. It remains to be seen whether the Republican or Democratic party will take up the issue, or whether coth will leave to the Populists a question ques-tion which is large enough to serve as |