The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-10-31
TUESDAY.
SALT LAKE Cry. Oct. 80. 80.

SALT LAKE CRY, Oct. &c. 80.
Editors Herald:
On Tuesday I shall vote for tht
Hon. George Q. Cannon for delegate
to Congress. at least, that is my
present intention. Why? Because
he is the nominee Of the people. and
l am one of the people. Because also
he Is probably as good q man az ia
available for that position, and is
known to be thoroughly devoted to
the interests Of the people. The Peo-
pies Party ia overwhelmingly in the
majority, and il is one OF the fundR-
mental principles OF American gov
eminent that the majority, and es-
pecially when that majority ia q great
majority, should rule. So that | am
emphatically American IN upholdinR
The man with the big majority.
1 am no. one eff thoae sanguine in
dividuals who believe, or affect to be-
lieve. that their candidate ia a perfect
man, and that the candidate OF the
opposing party is necessarily the in
carnation Of imperfection and vice.
There Is no perfect man. II there is.
l have not vet become acquainted
with the gentleman. 1hsre are spots
IN the sun, as wall az in the moon,
and the stars are always tWinkling
when they are in sight. So the best
man that ever lived can be picked to
pieces, and be will be quickly
and ruthlessiy when be becomes
g nominee for a high American
Office. But l am not going to do it.
II consider a man is a pretty fair
man and the best candidate available,
as well as the nominee Of the people,
then 60 for him, not TO pull him to |
pie ces, but ts keep him together and |
to hold him up. on general principles. |
s short time $50, a handful of |
'LibeTAls," away Of there at Ogden,
made it appear as one of their great
objects to "bresk the oneness" OF the |
Peoples Party. | don't think the
Liberals" will break my oneness to |
any great extent. ! 90 not see why
they should. II l were the people, I
don't think the Liberals" would
break the peoples oneness very soon.
l see nothing in the Liberal" policy,
promises. or programme to induce
me to give up nv oneness, nor to
induce the people to give up their
oneness, In fact the people could
not do it consistently. They could
not DO it politically, morally, nor
II the democrats had
been wise enough in 1860 10 be one,
they would not have lost the p-esi-
Dental chair, the south would not
have seeded, there would have been
no civil war. no devastation of the
south, no national debt OF $780,.
600, no long pension roll,
and no oppressive federal taxes.
Morally, also, the effect of division is
weakness, and in q struggle certain
1eieet, if the division ia sufficiently
Let an army be greatly
weakened by divided counsels, and it
will be almost sure 20 be badly beaten.
For it is better to be united over a
econd rate man or plan than TO be )
IiVided over fret rate man or plan,
whether in war or politics or any
ther business. The divided COM
nunity is the community that has !
,srt OF Its people pulling one way :
md part pulling the other way, go
hst the whole energy of one part of :
be people is wasted force. Yea,
Iorse than that, for not only is the
nergy of the opposition wasted, but !;
D much Of the energy OF tue other
,Arty as is Used IN overcoming or
the energy Of the opposi
ion is also wasted. The total loss of
1ssted energy, therefore, is great TO
be community, and it is the same to Z
party when the party is divided "
the Peoples Party can
OF afford to give up their oneness,
ecAuse they are under express divine
ommaDd to be one, and that to lhs il
lllest possible extent. Looking at
lings in this light, am induced to
onclude that the hope of the Lib I
rAls" to break the oneness" OF the -,
eople's Party is forlorn hope. 1t
ertainly will be such to an extreme
egree ii the people prove wise enough
, be true to themselves aud their I
WI interests. D.