Show k JOB T T CAINE 1 t Dele frate writes his acceptance of the Nomi altion I 1 I 1 lens long lilt list of the be superior qualities of the lie a peoples ptole parti eloquent Elo ineat address anil and tf if the advancement or r I 1 ike lh Terri torys interests N 4 i SALT LAKE CITY I 1 october 18 1890 as lm mn I 1 8 1 and peoples territorial berrito Ver rito committee G X I 1 am in receipt of your official announcement that thit the th nomination na tion as candidate ot of the peoples it i party tor for delegate from rom utah to the D r fifty second congress had by the tile I 1 unanimous voice of the delegates in convention assembled fallen to me I 1 thank you fur for the courteous manner m in which the communication is mide made and the kind congratulations embodied therein to be selected ns as the nominee of my my party lor for the fifth consecutive time for or so dignified and responsible a position as representative ol 01 our grand and growing territory in tho the councils of the nation is an honor not to be lightly estimated cor nor received I 1 without some formal acknowledge 1 ment mont the history ot of tha the peoples party of utah is co relative with the history 6 of the territory itself it Is tin an outgrowth 0 of that love of freedom and I 1 crowth local 00 4 bolt self government which caused our people to seek homes amid moua tain fast fastnesses nesses where liberty is 18 su supposed I 1 eu d etero overto dwell whatever may erthe be the judgment of the present generation respect respecting ng the founders of utah IF the verdict 0 of history regarding res arding their qualities nall ties a aft a pioneers a it colonizers as 4 t the e avant couriers of in the far west must be that they had no equals in their time coming as i they did to a region peopled only by savages with so ranch much of mankind as its they found and all of nature itself stubbornly arrayed against them the tile I 1 I 1 nucleus of 0 their present political organization was formed meaning aim fo ply 1 y self bell pr er vaton the first and foremost r most inet instinct fact of all animate nature the times lavo have changed and we wo it have a ve changed with them buethe but the fundamental da m mental idea tho the original principle I 1 is the bamo asit as it was when instead rf of the political strife noisy declarations t one and showy parades now confronting ug us wo we encountered the forbidding element tho the unyielding BOI soil and the unwelcome disposition of 01 the savage the record of the Pe peoples oplas party whether ita its members bo be regarded regard edaa as ri colon colonists i ets frontiersmen or politicians sparkles all along the pathway of tho the wild west and through the gateway of advanced civilization in honoring the party and the illustrious names associated with it we do but honor ourselves that it has his had and may still have faults is not to be denied and need nob not be excused since it is the work of man an and d man maa is to never perfect it was waa however ald A v the best thing lhing in n 1117 ix way 0 or ae political I 1 organization t ion that could c 0 ellb bo devised for our cur mutual benefit bene ot and protection and its record of accesses auces ses and honors boners justifies us in revering vering ra its founders and in announce anno une ing a anew new our allegiance to the principles of free government proclaimed in the platforms of the peoples party ehst is the issue confronting conar us today Is it aaili a as is bs ing waged on all sides of us to 10 the he t east tho be t west the north and the south beath aano b no the tariff the rights of stale state the question of reciprocity tho the enforcement of constitutional constitutional amendments none of these have we to deal with what is now agitating c at fair territory in in a political way wa y is tho the same question that was introduced I 1 by our opponents when tho the so o called liberal party waa was born the craving of the to rule over tho the majority ono by ono ona the sacred an and d guaranteed rights of our people have been swept away until at last but one political lego is left tho the right privilege of 0 voting for a few officers to hold places of honor bonor and emolument in our territory an and d the right of those elected to hold such offices icea off 0 still pur aing ng its reckless ravola and un american course the liberal libera party would add to its pillar of 0 infamy as its crow crowning ing capstone the total disfranchisement olour of oar party jo yo that end it has brought and is bringing all the arts which have so well sub served its purposes all along through its dark and nefarious ous career that the outrageous ous scheme baa has teen been thwarted has bag been due not to them their leaders adeis le amenta agents or lobbyists hobbyists their representations or their good will bit but to the sober second thought of statesmen and the better judgment of men who eit sit in fiig high places those who are disposed to do right when the right is inada made known to them while denouncing an as enemies to our american institutions and as traitors to their country all who seek to disfranchise any class of american C citizens it izena innocent of crime crime I 1 honor the names and blond blend my edge ments with those of our people to those citizens of utah w who he irre of party affiliations and regardless gard less of the party whip joined in the patriotic purpose which consigned con 8 ignec to jo defeat the infamous disara disfranchisement project the formal announcements of the two local parties patties ara are already part of our public literature you gentle men I 1 alro familiar enough with one and are doubtless fully cognizant cf theathel the other othel both should be read and conn con dered by all the people of our territory whether voters or not in what striking contrast to the dismal drollery the tho flippancy and menda mends city of the e liberal declarations are the manly intellectual honest and patriotic renunciations enunciations which make up he platform one palters balters with us in a dubious sense fearful est lest the shadow of a past and the betance subi na tanca of a present life tile betray it the other is the outgrowth of 01 a daepo altion to be guided and guarded by b ho the eternal tight with MY mif ice toward none and with charity for or all it contains in every line me a precept to our people and our race the force of which is felt in the acknowledgment of the laws eu au Rr pre macy emay the very culmination of a sincere and candid purpose on the part ot of a community wherein loyalty part tor or the principles of our government androve and lore for all mankind is and ever has been a governing char act I 1 need not duel dwell upon the two declarations of principles each speaks peaks in and for itself the liberal party stretches etes back to the past and in almost states t wailing tones pronounces once more tuo tile vindictive platitudes worn threadbare by usage for well nigh a generation it does not and apparently parent lly ly cannot C comprehend pre liend the alto oon meaning of 0 the e word p progress regress or elee else it is is blind I 1 to 0 the fact that the peoples party has ad advanced an d beyond bean it and ad 1 la working arki rig at and A acting in a the he living present one lingers linge r a upon the pact past with all that has been entombed the other realizes the present and builds for the future A As between the two which sho should uld the citizen devoted to advancement and a higher purpose the man ol 01 business cf of affairs and of progress c choose hoose I 1 need not answer anan er who where tho tile liberal party has obtained control in the territory its record has been honey co abed with fraud dishonesty disho neety or extravagance amounting almost to crime in some instances all three ot of these thanks th anks to an efficient and tearless fearless ludge judge in our midst some but not all of its to treasonable and felonious felon iou purposes have been exposed and thwarted t it As eternal vigilance is the ili price of liberty va we must guard our rights 1 I ht and see we to it that no man by fraud fr or chicanery defeats the will ot 0 I 1 the reo pie as expressed by the ballot while we thus watch wo we may way hope that the day i is not fir far distant distant when our elections will be aa as clean as the he t snow now which create cresta the everlasting hills in III whose shadows wo we live that the administration of public affairs shall be as trie free a as the pure nir air which rushes down our mountain gorges orgen g with that condition reached and those those circumstances cum stances established the th a peoples party will not be found a complainant nor in the slightest degree afraid whatever the result of any political C contest test may be in accepting the tile high and responsible trust again imposed upon roe me I 1 do eo fo gent gentlemen leme n w with ith a full realization t 1 0 n of the fact th that a t there are a great many others in our ranks well qualified and available for the office I 1 have not bought sought it and had ha athe the judgment of your our convention been otherwise I 1 would have been pleased to place myself once more in that post of honor a private citizen bat since in my y party ratty calls I 1 obey A needed duty should not be asked for nor declined dei doi in III again taking op up the worn work I 1 you have outlined for me you will please accept for yourselves tor for the conven convention tiO n w which nominated me and for our voters ono one and all roost most on cero expressions of 0 my profound re to 1 card gird and thanks for tills this renewed I 1 1 expression of confidence the people I 1 A 0 1 if of utah in may a y best rest assured that it I 1 am elected aa as their representative in con press gress I 1 shall Ishall do the best beat bat hat la in me lies to advance their interest and that of tho the territory which we so much love now fellow citizens let us turn to the labors before us each and all moving onward with a fired fixed determination to do bis his part in achieving achi evine for our fair territory a destiny rounded out by the prosperity of nil all and the ex exclusion cluelon of none very respectfully jocis int T OAISE CAINE |