Show PEOPLES PARTY it its s principles as propounded prominent members the greatest sl possible ro isible good for llan woman and C guild on thursday oct stirring speeches were made in territorial convention of the peoples party at silt salt lake like city iu iti response rca pouso to calls from tho house pressing events events odthe of the current lay day have hitherto prevented us from giving geving these rousing declarations the rig rights of the people of utan and those these vindications of the sacred principles al ga arid equality before the law the desired publicity but we now give a syn i of them for due credit to the deserea the first speaker was hon flon S ac thurman who said I know not eliy w hy this honor lionor has been conferred upon me nie I make no political speaking I i have spent the heat best years ears of uy toy life thua bus far in in A territory where the I cople have no political rights but I was born and raided raised in a sovereign state taic I was taught in my youth that I liberty the rt r and the pursuit of happi ir s are ti the sacred and inalienable rights right of man tint governments do rive their just powers from the of the gover ened that against the subversion of these principles our forefathers fought ami and bled and died believing these principles plea I am a member of the peoples party ican I cannot indorse the principles principle sofa of a party whose avowed object is to wrest from the people their fundamental liberties and subvert the institutions of local self government last night a gentleman of oatlie the libei al party boldly asserted that for thirty years no man has been a member of the utah legislature who was not instructed by the tile mormon priesthood as to what he should do and how bow he lie should do it gentlemen let leme of the convention I st stand and before you tonight to night as one who was a member of the last legislature and I pronounce that assertion un I qualifiedly and absolutely false I ien engaged in all the principal discussions csc that occurred in that L legislature tu re and in several instances I found nd myself contesting every inch of the ground in opposition to men in high authority in in tho the mormon church Chur cli so far from bein being censured for my independence I ne believe i e tt they approbated probated ap ap pp yb at ed my T 11 r liberal party to defeat woman go suffrage is utterly devoid of honest principle no substantial or adequate reason teason ever has been or can be given riven why female suffrage should not exist amon among a free and enlightened people I accord to every man the right to his political opinion As for my part I political roli have tave over been een a free and ant man and I intend to remain free and independent no man has approached pro ached me for the purpose of using undue influence to swerve me from my honest convictions I cannot aasni er for other men there may be those whom undue influence have swerved from honest convictions but I im nin not one of them this much gentlemen I have said without preparation he was followed by hun A hatch as follows mr president ladies and gentlemen it has always been my fortune to get into difficulty and this evening is no exception I purposed to say but little at tills convention and and not to attract notice which resolve you are witnesses of how well it has been kept I am proud to bo be numbered with the tile peoples party I have long been a resident of utah am a native born citizen my crand rand father fought under the great wash wash ington for the liberty of our common country and I inherited from my ancestors liberty which I swear by my right hand will try to maintain and transmit unsullied to prosperity I heartily endorse tho the remarks of my friend kir mr thurman and will give voice to ray my experience experienc a of forty years among this people and institutions which I love above all others I have known nearly all the prominent mormons cormons Mor mons for more than a quarter ot a century and e can an say in all that timo time I have not been in any way ay iy coerced or unduly influenced in in any matter either tern temporal spiritual itu or political by any one odthe of the alAr leaders leade of this people I have enjoyed the fullest liberty of both spee speech ch and act consistent with the rights of all I have been a it continuous member of the Legis legislature liture of utah territory for the last fourteen years ears and upon the floor of that kou house have exercised all the rights and privileges due to a member of that body unquestioned and in the contest for a seat of the liberal member from thoele tooele co in 1874 I took occasion in opposition to the hon ifon john taylor then a member of the house in favor of seating the liberal candidate and by vote he was to tako take bis his seat a government official was sent for to administer the oath but lie could not be found I was told toll he was off on a drunk the committee on elections brought in their raper report soon after that be he was not entitled to the foat I refer to this circumstance circum tance to show the falsity of r the charge of dictation front from our le leading ad men BO so often brought by the liberal party of utah I am a liberal I think in its fullest meaning and take broad views desiring tha that all men everywhere shall act upon their convictions of right whether political or religious I care not whether a man be a republican or a democrat a mormon a methodist Methodi gt or a mohammedan we demand of each eh that be he be a good citizen honorine honoring sustaining Bua and obeying the th laws of the country and living in in the highest order of morals I hope we will be guided by wisdom in this convention and nominate a man who will ably and manfully represent the whole people of utah and use his continuous and best beat endeavors to obtain from the general government its fosterine foet erine ering care for all our industries kes agricultural manufacturing and min mineral in relation to the political parties of the country wo we are net not identified with either of them but I think it would beat for us to join jc in our political interests with one of those great national parties but tho the question will be asked which party I am not abla able to give all tha the distinctive features and p al views held by them but will give ve them as held by a member of the Temo democratic cratic party a and a politician who sive gave the following in full explanation lie ile caid eald the republicans public ans is a arc all thie es cs inferring that the wre all honest of course if wo we join either party let us he be careful that we w go with the party that is on top and rod that will be suto sure sut o to stay there I thank you for your kind feeling feelings and attention P S richards E eq iq was called for he ile declined buc the tion would not take no for an answer nn brer he baid in substance ilance I am not R a waler cor my ray r life has been spent in thin territory where we hare bare been removed from politics ami and the heat beat if af party mn cn tests but I am most profoundly interested in iii the objects of thia this conven tion and shall endea Virto ideal which appear p mo m aa as plain trotha troths trot hs regarding regard I ng tho the present momentous issue one of earliest recollections is that ot of be bi ng ag taught to revere the form of goi under tinder abie which we live and to toe c nalder as ai divinely inspired tho the of the united states gr erwing wing older I came to view with awo that instrument ment which seemed a power ower for f or the protection of every dweller keller in this great republic there was something peculiarly franl in the idea that the inhabitance fan ifan obscure territory lying upon tic vie confines confine of civilization should barab ha athis impregnable ini preg shield interposed between them and all oppression in the ardor of boy bobit i imagination it seemed that no citizen was too humble to be thus protected co eL and that no wrong waa was too power powerful fid to be thus turned aside but I haye lived to gee these youthful fAu fancies cless altered to the winds With inthe the week the doctrine has been publicly proclaimed in this city that the constitution does not extend over tho the territories ri and that we wh wb a dwell therein have no rights except such as may ruay be granted to ns by congre agress ng ress ona one of my earliest studies e of f the law taught me that tho the courts were open to all for the redress of f grievances and that before any man need suffer injustice by the enforcement of a statute he lie might have it construed by the courts and test its constitutional ily ity but I havo have recently heard with astonishment that rhen we appeal to the courts or their judicial construction of a law we are guilty of nullification such theories if put into execution ec would bo be subversive of all ti i i her er of american citizens without att de je deyse benso from tho the oppression and rapacity of a selfish unthinking majority we can justly repudiate such a fallacious ideas for they are not in consonance with the genius of democratic government nor with that sublime spirit which animated the founders fou of this mighty wit lity commonwealth and with wn these undemocratic theories wo we may class clam the efforts which are being made to abrogate abro guto the present form of government here berl and nd give to utah a legislative commission the instigators of such a plan while ostensibly denouncing a hierarchy are shamelessly seeking to establish establish esta blisK a despotism desp cism should the nation accede to such a demand it will seriously sei ious obstruct the march of universal liberty no true american Aine rican would endeavor endea to reduce his fellow citizens to absolute bondage no lie man in an rever encina the constitution would add chain after chain and fetter after fetter to a territory which has long enough been in captivity r lam am a native born american the descendant of men who fol fought glit in the revolution and in the war of 1812 and am closely allied by blood with one who lost hia liec in the struggle to acquire for this nation the very soil upon which I am standing I have never violated any law ofay of my country and when I am informed that beine a resident of this territory I have no constitutional rights and that every civil benefit which I enjoy is but a it gracious privilege accorded b by y con gres every fiber of my being revolts at such a monstrous assertion tion I bold hold that wo we like the citizen citizens ns of sovereign states are entitled to the in alli enable rights abts of liff lift liberty and the pursuit ril of happiness these are what I claim for myself and they are what I would accord to everyone else blackstone says says trial by jury is the palladium of ot our ca cibil it and the constitution of our country guarantees aguaro guaro to every person accused of crime the right of orbein being tried b by an impartial jury of his peers inell in utah every person who agrees with the accused aused in religious belie alone with I out being an exercisers exer cisero any unlawful practice is rigidly excl exal aided from the jury box and the instead of meeting his peers ia is be fore a jury of bis his arc wed enemies the men who braved t ie io dangers of a wilderness to civilize civi lizi this domain and make it a worthy to the parent government an art robbed ortho of the sacred privilege of the franchiso ran chiso and the tf inviolable right to I old office flipe of not because they have li ve bei beet convicted of crime but simply be beuse use they suspected of having oil against the law one would naturally n itu rally think that enough bad had alread y been done but such is not the cabit other even more unjust measurer are contemplated and it seems as athe f the agencies which w ich fio so far have be in n influential in procuring hana legislation will not be gatis satisfied fled until thi they cy have reduced Uta hand her people to a state of abject serfdom once already we hove been derau defrauded ded of our representation in congress ss the ground thus lost must be regained it is the paramount duty of this assemblage of the peoples delegates to nominate a man an capable capi ible of meeting the require requirements mento of this important occasion and to frame framo a platform for our party which shall contain the unalterable declaration of our patriotism and the staunch assertion of our rights and it will bo be no less the duty of every member odthe of the peoples party who caan can cast a ballot in november to ratify the choice and sustain the action of the convention only trust that the ant authority hority whose province it is to award the certificate of election will be just to utah and her people sirs alm al I home being called upon responded respond cd mr president presidents this ia is the first time that I have haye attempted to address a at public assembly of a political character therefore you will please pardon me if I feel feet a little timidity on thia this occasion I believe that women should become acquainted with political questions as well as men because I think they should be intelligent and acquire knowledge on all t pertain to the welfare ot the human umily they are citius citie ens and hould learn the duties and responsibility a ot of citizens I am proud and thankful that wo we have men in utah who arose liberal as to erect a platform lugh high enough and an broad enough for woman to eland island upon and enjoy political ml privileges ri vi leges and I do r not ot think any oho pl ia liberal who tries to deprive hereof her of them tL ewI amnot a tk native born citizen amt been hi iu this hi country over forty years ears I was driven from my nty home lionie with the saints in missouri and also in illinois they were driven simply because they were latter day sainila sairila and it la in the same spirit of religious bigotry that attacks are made upon afie cheti n in other carbat the present time I believe in true liberty for men and women and do not consider it should be infringed upon by any one I think women should be afforded P every cry op p to become intelligent I am flad glad that women are recognized in iii this convention T haugh unjust nil measures aspires have been taken to disfranchise i many ninny of anem they will wil I be found on the sine side of truth and righteousness and will do all in their power to assist in the work of freedom know the cause in which we are e is right aud that in the end it will come off victorious hon ilon john R murdock spoke as follows mr president and ladies ladis and gentlemen of tho the convention I arise to the call of the convention to express some of my ideas in regard to the political situation of utah while there have been many sentiments expressed by the former speakers yet there remain some that I will attempt lo 10 give although endorsing all that lias has been said fully I now occupy a post position giop aa as a speaker unsought for and it is is certainly an unenviable position I belong to the liberal party in the broadest sense there is a faction that professes to be a liberal party bat but the name I think is a it misnomer my sentiments are that while wo we of the dominant party are struggling to hold preeminence pre eminence and the other aids side is Bt st rivin with the came same tenacity to pain gain preeminence pre eminence in utah whenever that party become the majority fairly and honestly then I am willing to submit and not till then con contest t est fbi for delegate is over I in utah when a delegate is elected by the majority to congress that he should represent the whole people that he should not simply labor inthe in the interest of his party but for the whole people and any man who does not go to congress with a view to represent the whole people irrespective of party or creed is |