Show GRAND BALLY RALLY of the peoples party october 1882 in tins this beautt beautiful ifal and thrifty villey the peoples party arc are wide awake in politics and have resolved ed to cast cut a solid sol id voto vote for hon lion john T caino caine as their delegate to congress on thursday lion ilon D IT peery and joseph stanford N Tu tanner riner jr and james jaIne sTaylor met with AN ANT shortly after emerging from tile canyon they were met by aromi prominent citizens from huntsville and eden in carriages bearin bearing aloft in tho pure breezes tho the stars and stripes tile company formed iu in procession ro cession and moved forward to huntsville gunts huntsville ville cheered by patriotic patriotic atri otic aira airs from tho the eden martl martial band after a sumptuous repast at the house of HON F A the tile visiting gentlemen accompanied by their host went to the beautiful commodious and bellap hinted meetinghouse in which about t eight hundred hundred people were as s ambled em bled e new ii ir ii romny was vas chosen chairman and eald said it was hardly necessary to say that the object of the thenie cling was to ratify the nomination of f lion hon john T caine for our delegate to congress and the platform of the peoples party arty aa as adopted by tho the territorial rW convention held let a short time ngo ago in salt lake city mildness and decorum should characterize character izo our pAi political assemblies th the a is o i d contained antho in the platform of the peoples party were dear to every american citizen our object is to do good to all men irrespective of nationality creed or color i i tho the a adoption d tion of our principles will be con conducive to liberty and hapli happiness iness and the protection of life and p props rop erty men desirous of human free doom loved these principles despots hated them tho the speaker reviewed the struggle for fbi liberty liberty which intelligent men had ma made e under the egyptian dynasty the grecian states the roman empire and in modern nations until on tho the battle ground of this broad land d despotism was dethroner dethroned midst tears an and blood bloo by our forefathers who bequeathed to us for ever tho trophies of their victory a free government and equal rights it was now a sad thing to see men styling themselves liberals advocating despotic rule over a hundred and fifty thousand people in utah by a U S commission in in utter disregard of tho the fundamental principles of our glorious constitution ution CHARLES M ESQ Q read the platform ef of the peopled 13 party which vilich ivas was received with prolonged loaded applause e by the large assembly sem ly NATHAN TANNER JR ESQ mr chairman ladies and gentlemen tho people of tha territory of utah arc are entitled to the all blessings of liberty and tho the protection of life and property to the game ex tent as asan any other E people coplein in theland the land to today day unscrupulous ous men seek to shackle them and rob them of their political and religious rights governments ern ments exist for tho the protection of the rights of tle people men who seek to subvert those rights deserve only the name of of conspirators against the sovereign people in the matter of civil government and tho the protection of our political liberties we must team to co copo a with the tile adversaries of the beope people and defend ourselves against tyrannical power from whatever source it may come while the liberal party profess to accord to all men mene equal quil rights and exact justice they in their platform ask for the people of utah a des despotic otic unconstitutional i aution government they would saddle upon us as a condition of our admission into the tile union ns as a state cju unjust n st and burdensome debts and th then n tax us to death ostensibly to meet these obligations tho the peoples pie party arthis is constituted of men who me have made the territory Terri territory tor what it is they havo have from tho the y beginning to tho tile present time administered the government and utah stands forth today to daywitt day with a brou prou proud d record equaled by no other territory ita ry in tho the I united states under the peoples rule the records show no official embezzlement of the public funds we have no debts to pay out of the hard earning of the people under liberal rule in lobele in in a short time county scrip depreciated from par to be worth less than fifteen cents on tho the dollar he urged tho the peoples party to have an eye to good govern government men t and cast their vote on the ath of I nov for lion iron john T caine JOSEPH STANFORD ESQ was next introduced and r said yu buur or patriotic music the stars and stripes unfurled to the mountain breezes your e enthusiasm in in support of pure political principles civo substantial evidence of of your loyalty lo 10 to the constitution and ake the general government the principles les of the constitution of these united united states are broad and liberal enough to ao give I equal ual rights and liberties to aal all epli people and we regard them as the greatest boon ever conferred upon man imperial and monarchical governments were slowly but surely tending towards republicanism Ro witness the increased liberty in england and the freeing of serfs in russia why under this free government ehas has utah been held in territorial vassalage territories less lese worthy havo have ap long since been admitted into 10 the lo union of states it is because po lotical demagogues have not extend cd to us our just rig rights they say WB we arc are disloyal we defy them tc to show slow wherein wo are disloyal there i h not in the land a it people truer tc to the institutions of the country than the tle peoples party of utah 17 liberals aim aini a deadly blow artlie at the right of franchise and the selection by the people of their public officers officer and N want ant to place in in power to adminta ad minla minli ter the peoples affairs fiura af a clique arbitrarily appointed by one man mail unjustly ills aly exercising de despotic authority I in the matter of judges of election tile peoples party arty who have been largely in ill t the 11 e majority havo have the privilege of one judge as again against st two selected from front the meager minor minority of liberals we must be on the alert and protect our rights at the polk we are charged with not administering taxation justly this is a false ass assertion artion as ns tho the tax lists show and can be examined at any time all men have had equal privileges to appeal against unjust or unequal assessments the public funds have beer justly and econom icalla expended and the territory counties and municipalities aro are out of debt liberal rule would soon overwhelm us with oppressive pres saive burdens abich it bourd would take the people eople twenty years to remove by heavy envy taxation we are charged with illiberality in our principles no men leave been molested bested in the exercise of their 10 ion n the avenues of commerce and nud trade have been open alike to all hundreds who arc are not of us have accumulated abed fortunes in our midst by our patronage wo claim n u universal and natural right to make a distinction between cur fri friends ends and our open and avowed enemies that is all the speaker compared the prescriptive proscriptive spirit exhibited in the liberal platform with the broad and liberal principles declared by the peoples People party and concluded his eloquent address with a sou appeal to the tile peoples party to stand by their platform and on tho ath of nov vote for fur tile lion hon john T gains caine JOHN JOUX rA FARRELL ERELL ESQ ivas was the next speaker lie ile believed in n equal rights for at all I men endorsed the peoples platform and urged a solid vote of lion hon john T caine aine the poo peoples p les standard bearer JAMES TAYLOR ESQ fol followed lowid brutus is reported to have said in a name spelled the word brutus br r u t u s and the word C rc e a r and thought brutus sound sounded rd as well as lis casar cmar why then should casar be lio honored nored moro mora than brutus sometimes names arc are very significant not rot of what they do but of what they donot donet do not express take a walk with me down the streets of ogdon ogden itt yonder obscure corner we e sec see a number of ill clad ru ruffians desperation marks every lineament of their features they are hard c cases ates we listen they are laying a deep plot to steal the cold id from frolli the vaults of the fir first firt t national bank we call them thie thieves veo and proceed on the sida d walk in broad dayl daylight igli t we espy a crowd of well vell dressed table looking men wo we again listen they are plotting to steal by the tile foulest the sovereign people their good name and constitutional tut ional rights we call them liberal liberals he lie who steals gold steals trash but lie who robs ma me of my good mv my sacred rights deprives me of all that i is worth livina living for which of the two crowds are tho the greater thieves under different names brutus theres theresa a good d deal in a name it ilia may b be u used s ed as a decoy to lead on oil to yde destruction str u action the liberal party presented to us a dilemma with two horn horns cither either to elect to congress the hon P T van zile or be subjected to a united states commission to rule us with an tin iron hand band so if we escape the fire and sword and spoliation of the liberal faction we fall into the jaws of depots with delegated power to chaw us up A traveler along long the hagim hig liway ay suddenly came to o a point where the road diverged in in two directions signboards Sign boards announced noun ced this road leads to hell that to damnation then says he be this child takes to the woods now we do not propose to take cither either horn lioni of the dilemma nor go to the woods but to maintain in every laudable manner our I rights as free men PA F A ESQ concluded the speaking by endorsing the sentiments expressed the peoples platform and and the hon john T gaine caine as our delegate to congress and exhorted all to vote the peoples ticket the peoples platform was endorsed by unanimous vote and three cheers were given for the nominee of the peoples party for delegate t to congress and the vast assemblage dispersed with music from the band |