Show CUT AND DRIED POLITICS ONE of the many untruthful charges against the peoples peopled party made by their unprincipled opponents has been that the tickets arranged by the conventions of delegates were cut and dried by the priesthood the truth is that the people peoples s party tickets have always been the choice of a majority of the delegates elected at the primaries when those tickets have been formulated mu the voters have been advised and urged to unite upon the nominees so that the candidates might be elected there has always been a little scratching but it has not amollia amounted ted to much coercion has never been used no matter who may charge it upon the party but be this as it may there has never been even a thought or allegation of such I 1 cut and dried business as that resorted to by the so called liberals during the recent ward primary squabbles the ward caucuses of the peopled people 14 party have invariably been attended by the people interested in political matters and delegates have been selected by them to represent them in their various localities at the conventions these delegates have been the peoples pie Is delegates in the fullest sense of the word the primary meetings have been free popular assemblies and if the views of the masses have not been represented it has been the fault of the voters not of any one else but these same accusers of the brethren who have talked so much out cut and dried tactics actually went so far in this direction themselves that they printed tickets with the names of the men for the masses to vote upon as delegates to pre clent caucuses caucus eel they could not leave laeve this simple popular matter to JI X tile the voters they selected for the people attending the primaries the Lioe liberal rall persons whom the pliant people were to have the appearance of selecting well it may be asked did not this cause a good deal of kicking and scratching yes but the fact remains that the so called delegates were picked out not by the masses of the voters in the primaries but by the Libe liberal leaders and strikers even the op position which prevailed in one or two instances was a I 1 out cut and dried affair prearranged pre arranged printed and put into the hands of the common herd more than that pressure was brought to bear upon employed emp loyes to make them vote the printed ticket put into their hands by their 11 bosses J and this is what they call free voting thesis this is liberal liberty this is how 11 t liberals break up cut and dried business Is not this out herodine herod the truth is the whole liberal organization is a combination against liberty it was framed to destroy popular freedom its only successes have been in that direction to deprive citizens of the franchise and to secure offices emoluments and opportunities for personal profit have been and are the objects of their pursuit it is a party of destruction of coercion of trickery of fraud and of humbug and hypocrisy it cannot endure it must fall to pieces sooner or later and something more stable american and respectable take its place in opposition to the party of the majority in utah respectable conservative and really resident citizens of this 1 rr ought to associate themselves intimately with such a disreputable organization and to place themselves under the dictation and dom domination domia lation tion of such leaders it is known that the candidates for the offices have been selected and the same tactics as those resorted to for the purpose of dictating and controlling the primaries will be used to secure the adoption of the cut and dried ticket made up by the carpet who are manipulating the whole concern the question quentio a is will the bona fide non mormon citizens who have material interests here outside of the ephemeral real estate speculation which will prove but a boom permit their prejudice to overcome their prudence and link them with the horde of adventurers and political strikers who are going much further in the out cut and dried methods than have even been charged against the leaders of the peoples party and what la Is the difference between the imaginary priestly dictation that figures only as a cry and the real dictation of the unscrupulous manipulators of election afra affairs irs who crack the party whip and bid their followers cast cash their printed tickets for delegates from the marlee could the course of liberal impudence any further go |