The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-28
GOOD ADVICE.
Democrat" Admonishes His
Party Leaders
TO CEASE THEIR QUARRELS
And Gives His Impressions of Ran.
dali, WattersOn and Other
Chiefs.
For THE HERALD.

For THE HERALD.
The Washington dispatch to the
COurter-Journal, of Louisville, KY, few
days ago, says: 1.-THE proposed visit of
Sam Randall to Kentucky, Tennessee
and Alabama is well understood here to
be declaration of war by the Protec-
tionists upon the revenue reformers of
the States in question. Joe Brown, of
Georgia, is the southern manager of this
scheme. Mr.. Randall's hope is to secure
something like a demonstration at
Louisville, which the protection news
papers can claim as rebuke of Beck,
Blackburn, Carlisle and Willis, and an
other at Nashville to rebuke Isham G..
Harris, and then great uprising of
ironwerkers at Birmingham, to tell the
world that there is a revolution of
opinion on the tariff in the south and a
consuming fire for the Pennsylvania
idea. Mr.. Randall is expected to start
out with the black flag in both hands.
His friends say he has nothing to lose,
and may make something by his expe-
dition, which they hope to make SEN
| sation."
We do not give the dispatch entire,
! butfrom the foregoing we see that Mr.
! Watterson has undoubtedly put on his
war paint and is painting for strife. It's
pity Democracy cannot unite. Did
not all agree that the promulgated dog
mas of the Chicago convention were
Democratic, and for the country's good
Some time since, when we first entered
| the journalistic arena, we prophesied
| that in the course of few years, the
two great parties would be no longer the
| Democrats and Republicans; but we
know as the free traders of the south
and west and the ProtectioniSts of the
east and north, we have grave fears of
the truth of our prophesy if our great
leaders do not cease throwing mud. Let
them await the actions of him whom
they voted for and elected. To Mr.
Watterson the party owes more, much
more, than it does or ever will owe Mr..
Randall. To Mr. Beck alike it is in
debted, as it is also to Mr.. Carlisle. We
have thus asserted the inferioritv of
Randall'S claims so then we mus t
prove it. Go with us to that
memorable convention of 1876,
and tell US who it was who nominated
the old sage of Greystone? Tell us
whose energetic campaign work and
whose brilliant writings elected him
Tell US who it was who filed the unex-
pired term of the Hon. E. Y. Parsons,
of Kentucky, in Congress. redounding
great credit to himself and Democracy
at larger Tell US who that great repre-
sentative southern journalist!is CD and
our questions are all answered. He is
none other than the Hon. Henry Wat
terson, of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier
Journal, the editor of the acknowledged
organ of southern Democracy. That
dispatch is very significant. We hest
tate not in believing it, for the protec-
zionist wing of Democracy is a weak
brother to some extent. Randall should
have more common sense than to invade
the territory of the free traders with.his
speeches of a revolutionary tihge. One
of the great and well-knOwn character
istics of the sunny southland is its
ability to remember aud its likelihood to
avenge-and it's child'S talk, baby pratt
tie to expect the Pennsylvania
idea (protection) to ever gain a follow
ing or attain semblance of recogni-
ton south of the Mason or Dixon line.
Randall is a superior man intellectually,
would rather think him a Republican in
sentiment, but Democrat for policy
A man to suit the times, ever ready TO
adopt the principles of the party that
keeps its head above water. Senator
Beck's eruditeness and his great Con-
gressiOnal experience is so apparent
that Kentucky will always honor him
as one of her most beloved children. To
speak disparagingly of Speaker Car
Isle would be met with the scornful
smile of reticence by all who know him.
Randall does not like him for reasons
apparent; for instance, when Hon. j
G. Carlisle was elected Speaker and Ran
dali shelve1. Southern Democracy has
always been unit in Presidential cleo
tons. Southern Democracy demands
free trade as amt. The defeat of the
great bill promulgated by Colonel Nor
rison of Illinois through the treachorous
voting of Randall and other protection
lists can never be forgotten south OF the
Ohio river.
From our expressed sentiments one
may think we are in accord with the
great Kentuckians. and totally ignore
Randall. To speak plainly we are not
from policy, but principle. Our motto:
"Hew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may" we cannot ignore.
The Pittsburg Post, of the 18th inst,
clips the following from the Courier
Journal ''Mr. Randall is kept
in Congress only by the grace of the
Republican politicians of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Randall has no Democratic con-
stituency to speak Of" Commenting,
editorially, the Post "sagely' remarks
that Randall has a larger Democratic
constituency in Pennsylvania than the
aggregate vote cast in Kentucky, Ala
bama and Tennessee. The Post evil
IDENTITY forgot that electoral, not popular
votes are the elective power. All under
stand this much who have ever studied
our Constitution. Furthermore. we
know, as regards the popular vote, Mr..
Cleveland will be minority President.
Agreeable with the well known hospital
ity of the southern people, Randall was
received in a manner commensurate
with his intellectual capacity. If he be
sincere, but we cannot think so, his
present course bids fair to shelve US IN
1888, and that is whv the Republican
party admire him. Is he Malone in
disguise? If not, is his course Demo