Show WHY WE STAND UNTO before the cormons mormons came to utah they always voted on national lines and outside of this territory today to day we find them training with either one or the other of the two great national parties in idaho they have voted largely with the democrats while in wyoming the big majority have voted with the republicans they have worked with both parties as other citizens of tho republic and could utah today to day enter as a state in the union a majority might be democrats but many of her sons would also be zealous republicans tho above being indisputable facts the question then naturally arises why do all cormons mormons in utah train under the banner of the people s party today to day merely asa a means of defense they have been assailed because of their religious belief by a horde of unscrupulous carpetbag carpet bag politicians and bitter apostates and they are compelled to stand united mind you the peoples party are not the aggressors nor never have been As the before remarked most members of our party would gladly see the politics in utah other then church and anti church parties but in as much as tho party are aggressors gres sors it would be worse than folly to divide on national lines at the very moment when our assailants are vociferously crying disfranchisement and petitioning gongron Gon gros to take from us the dearest rights of american freemen there is not the slightest indication on the part of the liberals to lay down the battle ax the salt imako tribune anver set ap a louder than when it heard of division in the in ogden on national party lines while in provo we find the same element flaunting the red ragland declaring by resolutions that they will still continue to fight against a church gentlemen of the peoples party you therefore see that our only alternative is to hold the fort and for this purpose we musac stand united under the banner of the peoples party |