Show THE COMING ELECTS the work to be done by abe members of the peoples party the conventions have assembled and their work is done the of their labors have appeared in these columns in most instances the selection made are good and such as can be endorsed by ing men of our community as well as by the masses there had been ample opportunity for a full and free expression of opinion and choice by the body of the voters considerable difference has prevailed in some of the conventions the bone of contentions being localities rather than men sectionalism ought not to sway the representatives of the people so as to blind their judgment and sacrifice the general welfare when we divide our interests into those of the city as against those of the county or BO asto as to pander to local pride in the choice of men to represent a district including many precincts we depart from principles which have heretofore been our strength and our defense the singular manner in which the council districts have been arranged has done much to provoke strife and render difficult selections on which the voters can harmonize we have no doubt tha re distraction was dene with this as one of its objects if the purpose has been to make the arrangement ran gement as inconvenient and arbitrary as possible and to cause a conflict between the people of different sections wa do not see how a more likely plan could have been devised How every now that the conventions have met and candidates have baen put forward from different localities each being championed by his friends and neighbors and a choice has been finally made in every instance al differences should vanish and the people should unite to elect the men who have been selected and who will be placed before them for their suf frages individual preferences must now be relinquished ia view of tho public welfare delegates in many instances have made a vigorous fight for their local candidates and now that the struggle is over they should cheerfully yield to the will of the majority and all pull together to elect those who have been chosen and and defeat the common enemy it looks as though we should hava a strong and popular legislative body next winter this will depend upon union and action of the peoples party every possible legal vote should be secured some good work ought to be put in from this time until the day of election the respect i ro county and precinct committees must be alive and on the alert and make thorough arrangements to secure a rousing victory wherever it is possible in those districts where the issue is doubtful every peoples party vote should be polled and every illegal vote should be exposed will the committeemen see to this and do the needful work in timea the salt lake county people have made up a strong ticket for county officers they will elect them all if they get the voters on election day some difference of opinion has existed about tho locality from which selectmen should be chosen the voters living outside the city have thought that as most of the county officers reside in salt lake city the two selectmen chosen should come from precincts outside the city their desire has been granted in a spirit of conciliation now let both city and county voters join in making a victory certain and overwhelming any member of the peoples party who cannot see that it would be a great and crushing disaster if the so called liberals were to obtain control of the local government needs treatment from an experience peri ence oculist or repose in an asylum for the blind any peoples voter who will not exert himself enough to go to the polls and support the nominees of his party is undeserving the privileges of the suffrage and is not worthy of the freedom he now enjoys and of which he would be measurably deprived if the enemy grasped control we want a victory in august and one that will be sweeping and complete all apathy should be bumen by the fire of patriotic enthusiasm and all grumblers grumbl ers should bo silenced by the voice of logic and common sense A choice has been made by the representatives of the people freely chosen now let the people run agether og ether as so many drops of pure vater and form an irresistible and stream as of intelligent voting lower which shall carry their party orward to the position which belongs 0 o it and which is absolutely feces ary that the true interests of this territory Cerri tory may be sub served and nain tamed netus |