Provo Daily Enquirer | 1891-07-07 | Page 2 | Attention, Utah Citizens!

attention utah citizens to the people of utah the sentiment in lavor of political parties in utah in harmony with national parties has attained such force that it cannot be delayed or resisted the liberal and the peoples parties were the outgrowth of the conditions existing aco they were conned bat the changed condition of kolii cal affairs in utah leavi s rational ground for their maintenance and wo cannot too soon drop organizations with their dead issues their narrow fields of discussion and their memories of social and political the republicans of salt lake ci y have organized and appointed a lp at i committee and have appointed ibs undersigner undersigned under signed a temporary territorial committee to act rs a medium of orga i the republicans of utah in general convention can their organization formulate thair thuir platform and appoint their c W v seek the aid and active cooperation of all citizens in tin who are witling to unite anth us in or ean izing the national Rep ultan party in utah and who accept these beneral views to wit that the time has come to abandon local organizations and form parties composed of those who hold political opinions opi niona in harmony with national parties without regard to their former affiliations that the general principle sf tha national republican party are those best adapted to promote the welfare of our Teni tory protect its industries and products and secure to its people the just rewards of their calior the 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 ot protection the protective system must be maintained its abandonment has alwaes been followed by general disaster to all interests except those of the usurer and the sheriff the principle of protection to american products oro ducts and labor id af ahe importance to the vast agricultural wool growing and stock raising ol 01 our territory it is of equal importance to our great mining interests which furnish so large an amount of remunerative labor and yield euch an important part of our income without protection we cannot successfully cess fully establish manufacturing in utah with it we may hope to utilize th e abundance of material our territory affords and employ the labor required to utilize it the of utah will be unanimously in favoron berand of the 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 including its use as a medium of ex change under the principle protection of they will also assert and recognize the dignity of labor and the necessity of proper legislation to protect its interests the home laborers and contractors who contribute to the public funds are justly entitled to the preference in all public work sand that utah work should go to workmen in view of the peculiar history of utah in the past and the fears ot many of its citizens for the future the republicans of utah will announce that they are opposed to the disfranchisement of any citizen except for crime of which ha have been convicted by due pro cess of law and that they will favor the free exercise of the power of amnesty to all citizens dis franchised on account of polygamy or poh famous relations who will ob evand uphold the laws of the united states in uniting with the national republican party we join a pa tv which can point to a history and achievement un equalled equal led iu the of auy other political party of tiie world since its first organization it has been the aavo caie of fie edoin of trual rights to all citizens and te leader in all the pro gres ineas ures alik h characterize nearly a ichird of a century and mark an era of unsurpassed national prosperity we need leave no fears about uniting with lucli a party we aill who agree with us in these general principles to leold precinct meetings aud appoint precinct delegations to county can appoint county to a terri con bention ven tion where the territorial urbanization can be completed and the platform of the parly formulated C W biati n jamis il M HU malt LAN 1 H nv