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Show A BUSY SEASON. , Notwithstanding Utah suffers in common with her sister territories and etates in the terrible depression prevailing pre-vailing all over the business world, she is j'ist entering upon a campaign, or, rather, a serieB of political campaigns the most important inwhich she has ever wrought or foucht. These coming com-ing struggles are to be fraught with the weal of the new commonwealth, and In order to launch the new state under conditions hopeful of the grand future dow ju6t beginning to unfold and glimpses of her future dimly coming into view, the people of Utah must hasten to study the complex interests of her people, and the means best calculated cal-culated to push these to their highest destinieB with the least expenditure of time. She occupies the central and commanding position in a series of states of this mountain region, and to her care is confided interests a3 grand and as important as eyer beckoned patriots pa-triots to lofty policies and determined, manly and correct action. Throughout this vast mountain expanse ex-panse we have one grand, over-topping interest leading and excelling all else, overshadowing all else, silver. Iler destiny for the future, Utah will bravely meet. That is, to lead in the great work of restorine to its old offices of-fices of money, a marker of value, the full equal of gold, and the no-less im portant task of fixing this condition as permanently as the giant mountains from which the favorite money of the ages is dug. She cannot, she dare not confide this holy task, this all important import-ant work to the republican party, That party first laid violent hands upon this product. No one ever dreamed of dishonoring dis-honoring silver until the republican party by a trickery unworthy of the eleight of hand people, destroyed its money functions at the biddmj, of the gold speculators of Europe and the east. Surely, surely such an interest, such a care will not be returned to those traitors to the west by whose un-faithlul un-faithlul and traitorous acts to the people peo-ple of this rich and once prosperous region have been reduced from af-Saoaoe af-Saoaoe to almost abject beggary. It would be presumptuous to ask it and most unwise to concede it, "We are aeked to confide the care of the new state now forming here, to the party which debased silver and in doing bo precipitated a panic which has so depressed valueB while increasing the purchasing power of their gold that one dollar now will purchase more than two would then. Will the people of Utah do this utterly foolish thing? We trow not. If she will not, she must now take off her coat and go to work as Bhe has never done before, or this evil will sit astride of her neck for her first quarter of a century of statehood. All other issues pale before this one in importance. We must avert it and the only way to do it is to elect her last territorial as her first state administration, admin-istration, truly, strongly and fixedly democratic, her constitution must also be built by strong democratic hands. To accomplish all of this we must see to it that the most complete organization is had and the most determined ana faithful work is done. Preliminary work of organization is being done,and well done. It must be continued until the final victory is won in November next. If we fight under the free coin-ago coin-ago banner victory can never be doubt-lul, doubt-lul, if we do not so fight we have no assurance whatever. Let us choose wiBely and without prejudice. |