The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-24
NO BUTLER.

An utterly improbable thlDg
that General Ben. F. Butler can b
the Democratic nominee for Presi
dent. o. more than one occasion
the Democrats were uuWise in thei
nominations. They were nOtabl!
30 in 1872 when they selected Hor
ace Greeley, a Republican who hac
abused them m 0re than any Of hi
brother partisans, and who had NJ
more respect for Democratic prin-
ciples than he entertained for those
Of the fhorse-thief and liar" Il
served the party right, and was
none the less just to Mr.. Greeley
when the country repudiated the
unholy alliance by giving Grant
larger electoral vote than has ever
been cast for a candidate before or
since. Democrats were ashamed of
their course, and in their hearts re-
;oiced over a defeat which in the
. 1t of victory would have still
be-I worse defeat for the Dernoc-
racy. the party also lacked v'sdom
in 1850 when it nominated General
Hancock, less because Of bis Demo-
crScy or ability than on account of
the circumstance that he was q
soldier. It was hoped that he would
capture the soldier vote and be
elected, and if he had what must
have been'the inevitable result The
Republican party defeated 1t is true,
butaa a figurehead in the White
House who would have been apt to
give such 6andifed and weak ad-
ADMINISTRATION as must have disguised
the country, and retired the Demo-
cracy for another generation.
Ben Butler is not a Democrat.
His record for more than twenty
years Ia that Of a most cfft nsive.
odorous Republican, and for four
years a seeker after nominations. In
politics be has become what-do-
ycu-cal-it. He made an eX-
cellert Governor Of Massa-
chusetts, and is deserving
Of much praise therefor, but he
didn't do it a Democrat, nor evln
as q Greenbacker or workingman !;
he did it as Ben Butler, an able man,
whose reform ideas have developed
within the past few years, and
whose honesty ana courage were
sufficient to lead him above party,
and outside recognized political lines.
If it had been Republican instead O.
Democratic and workingmen votes
that elected him, his administration
would have been just what it was
Ben Buffers, rather than that of
any party.
The Democracy cannot want any
''poIicy" nomination this year. II
has sufficient inherent strength to
carry the day under the leadership
of its own men, and by its true and
tried principles. 1t doesn't need to
bow to the man because he can con.
troll the vote Ct the Greenbackers,
nor humble itself before that
one who has influence with the
workingmen, nor take up So-and So
who will attract the independent
vote. Victory had by any Of these
would prove most disastrous defeat.
The Democrats can elect the Presi~
dent this year, and that being true
they should elect a Democrat, who
will give an administration in har-
meny with the doctrines of the
party, when the Democracy will
grow stronger and become the i'm
pregnable political organization Of
the government. It has no occasion
to cequet with Ben Butler or other
ex-Republicsns; and with go many
voterswithin its ranks, and such able,
faithful and tried men as Cleveland,
Carlisle, Mcdonald, Hendricks,
Hoadly, Baysrd, andO hers, it need
not feel obliged to take up any good
man rho weighs $50 pounds, in
order to get the soldier vote.