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Show Continued from second page j , Manti Election i OfCHj Oflu erson Monday, 1VI. IMIi. That Circular and Iho t.itl zi'iis Parly." TIi'"Pnpls Partv":uid llio ('oiiiri)iuH. j After the foregoing wa in t)e there have been the following d-.'-! veloptnents: j Finding that the Peoples ticket; stood in high favor, and would be i "a go"the "citiens" srmht a truce I and a fusion of ticket, and an earnest ear-nest appeal was made to certain prominent men t. condnct a court of arbitration. This is supposed to h tve been a private meeting, and we will not enter into details but simply sim-ply give such tarts as are necessary to a clear understanding ofsub.se-qticnt ofsub.se-qticnt events. AklllTKATION Mlil-:MMi. I Invitations were i-sued by a person I who shall be nameless, to an ci.ial 1 number of prisons of each p.triv, audi they met, and remained in session lor i seven hours. The 1' P. claim that the , selections to lb:s meeting tiere u.judi-c:oiis u.judi-c:oiis so tar as their strung nu n on a deliale were concerned; while tne opposite oppo-site side were represented by all their best tin ii. Af:er seven hours ol argument a paper was drawn up which all the "citizens" signed, and the Peoples 1'aity members who old been present, with the exception excep-tion of Mayor 1. like, lip. Hans Jensen, Peter Weslenskow, Hans L hr stolleison and J. II. Wodskow. All these gentlemen gentle-men had whithdiawn from the meeting After the meeting had adjourned, Mayor I.tike, and some others did sign it, but are heartily ashamed of the momentary weakness. Mr. Luke wishes to state to the public, as he did in the so-culled caucus held on Wednesday, that he signed under protest, and on the conditions that the party who made the ticket, should meet, and also ratify this subversion of their rights to the selfish ambition of some of the members of the"citizens" ticket. The people of Utah know but two parties in politics:--Liberals and Peoples Party. These disaffected members, with a few honorable exceptions, ex-ceptions, have had more insulting things to say about a union of church bers t.fthat committee agreed tli.it !-e u tiiiii;. aiiveriinnj; and posting of the notices should bi done by Hon. F. K-Keoiit-r; other duiies bein delegated to the other tv member. The: caucus cau-cus w as anuounred in public assemblies as a "Peoples Party" caucus, but w heie-tbe heie-tbe posted notices appeared, it was a citizens" ram us to which the people w-re summoned, and the call so appear I ed in public prim- When this was ibs-ie ibs-ie nered, t lat to be rectified. Mr. ! Keiiiicr dic'ared it to be a mistake me ami -simple, for which he expressed the m st plot iiind regret. Under the wuidHg of the notice the citiens uf M.niti mel; Itennicr.iis. Republicans, Liberals Kickers, I Muhtfuts, Independ-ants Independ-ants anil Peoples Party members. It was really a caucus ol the Peoples I'ai-ty, I'ai-ty, from whii-tt thev were powerless to eject Sisetr opponents. The "citizens" rim tilings pretty mu: Ii to suit tiiem-s-!vt, and linnet nojii the people of M.mti a s-t ol men not .1 their clu osing, and thus to iic le front the circular "subverted the w II of the people to grativ personal ambition " It was not flit mm usurping the "constitutional'?) rights o! the people, but a clique of men banded together for that pi:rp.,se There was no talk .f a fusion ticket then; no yielding of one j it or little of the advantage t lit y bad gained, by what the must charitable construction would cnll, a "mistake. It subsequently tt.-iuspired that this "Cilizm" caucus was pan ol a plot; that meetings wete held and agreements of a treasonable natuie entered into between known opponents, and men who libl oliicia! position in the Peoples Party There are men able to give tnnnes and clait s if it becomes nsecssary We are pron I of tile Peoples Party for yielding so gracefully on that occasion. occa-sion. Tluv went lo ihe polls and voted vo-ted a straigiit ticket, eln ting si nie of these same'vttizei'S;" said citizens being perfectly willing t ) subvert the .vill of the people to their person tl agrandize mem. The Peoples Party submitted to such a caucus, called in such a manner, man-ner, because il had been regular and form tl; and they really oelieved it hail been a mistake. Now we are just as proud of them fir standing by their colors; they are abs.i lately tight, and they know, thatthev know they ate righl! We applaud the gentlemen, who in the lace of all this, refused to sign a paper that gave into the hands of a motley minority the rights of the majority, entrusted to their care. It is to be regretted that some men with whom the party would tie glad to be at peace, have alliliated with this movement. Peace is a great boon and one which the Peoples Patty greatly desire, de-sire, lint they will ne.rer purchase it at the price of dishonor. Now let it be d siinctly understood that the time is p assed when the Pe plts Pany cau-ajford to shut their eyes to the tact that all who wear Ihe badge of Peoples Party men, are not so in tact. The time has come when we can no longer allow "doubtfuls" to hold the lines. We appeal to the committee, to insist on the gentlemen whose names appear on both tickets to stale, in piinlic print their position. We do not think it is fair, that they should accept ollice from the Peoples Party while lending the influence ol tiieir names and posiiioi. to the opposition. LATER By telegraph at 4 o'clock today we learn thaiMr.Slioeniaker will run on the Peoples Party Ticket for mayor, according accord-ing to the wishes of the people. We congratulate the gentleman and the party. and state, religions interfereance.etc. than those who profess to be Liberal Liber-al straight; ami if the gentlemen composing this court of arbitration had decided that their action us irregular, out of place, and presumptions, presump-tions, and not deserving of consideration; consider-ation; a howl would have gone up long and loud about priest-craft controlling con-trolling politics. But as it was, even the most radical signed that paper, and one and all admit that these gentlemen acted only in the capacity of prominent citizens, and not as eclesiastical authorities. This is really the case, but they would never have admitted it. THE FUSION CAUCI S The new caucus agreed upon nt this peace meeting, was held at 2 o'clock, in the South Ward Assembly Hall, John B. Maiben slaUd tne object ol ihe meeiiug was to have an exptession of the people, on the fusion o( the tickets. for the sake of amicably settling, what some choose to consider a split in the Peoples Party Chailes Luke asked by what authority the nieeling vtis called, and what -precedent there was f. r making a new t cket when the Peopl s Parly of Manli, had met m regular caucus, by invitation of their authorized committee, and made a legal ticket. Mayor Luke explained why he had signed the paper posted up in town. I lis explanations were substantially as given above. This was followed by some confusion, and calls lor adjournment Mr. Maiben succeed din gaining the ear of the house and put a motion, in effect if the business bringing them together to-gether should be proceeded with. The motion was voted down by a strong majority, and the meeting dispersed. dis-persed. Much to the regret of the people w hom he had agreed to serve, Ezia Shomakcr, unable to reconcile his feelings feel-ings to the idea that he might go into ollice against the w ill of a muioritv.wuh-drew muioritv.wuh-drew his name from the ticket;with this exception, the Peoples Party will itin their ticket, stiaiglit, I"or the enliehtment of voters we wish to state that prior to the issuance of any call or caucus, Vm. B. Richie, anil others of 'he citiens movement, approached the local Peoples Tarty Committee and suggested sug-gested that a "citizens" caucus should be called, to which the gentlemen gen-tlemen composing that committee responded: "No, Sir! no such thing as you propose can be done. We are the servants of the Party, not their masters, and it is impossible to call other than a Copies Party caucus." It will bs seen hv this ih.it tm 1.1 i, ,. date the "citizens" did not think so very badly of the local committee. It js also strongly asserted, that a demand was made by one ol the citleens party, who also claims to be prominent member of the peoples parly, that Pres John B Waihcn should issue a call for a "Citizens" caucus, to he s;gned by thai gentleman's name, and lo be Posted where ever the People Party notices appeared' ap-peared' The alternative to be the "issuance "issu-ance i.f a disgraceful exposure of , Now, Pres Maiben is an eclesiastical ofheer, and hiKhly respected, but has nothing to do with politics, other ti.-n an ordinary voter; vet, this partv-mark partv-mark it well-do not believe in religion, religi-on, nor religions influences cominu within ten miles of their polit cs The gentleman did not comply w'h this demand, hence the issuance of the circular cir-cular on our editorial page. RETROSPECTIVE- This attempt to induce the Local Committee Com-mittee of the Peoples Parly to betray their trust and issue a call lor "citizens' caucus, reminds us very forcibly of a little matter that occuried four years ago. The man whose name anoe.irvl now at the head of t he "citizens" tkkei Vf,n!ayp' Vhe" Cl" of the leopk-s Party Committee, in m.f. |