The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-03
CROAKEKS, No. I'll.

'Iarlu r6IOTm anu a lOtaA SOPoA-
alton of church and stste" being the
battle cry of the Democratic party,
which has been honestly endorsed
by THE herald, emit les it to the
confidence of the Demc Gratis, while
any Journal that may imagine itself
to be a Calling gun on wheels and
able to capture the Democratic
party in behal; Of soulless monopo>
lies and church and state theocracles
nag be relied upon to bolt; that is,
to cut and run ffom il if they cannOb
swallow it whole.
The appearance Of my last article.
even under protest, is evidence of
the liberal views ent riained, though
without the series Of which it was
intended as a starter" a mlscon-
etruction might be put uponi it. The
pre-. idential campaign now inaugu-
rated may not bs so much in the ia
teTest of old party lines as for prin-
ciples that may divide old parties
ard in measure organize new ones,
and We may expect that in the re-
lentless contest, each contestant will
try by every moral and immoral
agency TO annihilate his adversary.
Ever siRcs the nomination CT Blaine
and Logan. was announced amid tbs
tootirg of horns by men and news
papers, q persistent at,emp5 has
been made 10 Prove the Repu blican
party was the true friend of poor
lab lring men, and that the Demo-
cratic party sought to euslave the
laborer by its advocacy of tariff re-
form. These "protectors" of labor
have had their own sweet unimped-
ed way now for more than twenty
Y ears, and during that length
of time we have seen vast monopo
lies arising all over the country and
breaking down small dealers, and,
by absorbing the business OF the
common laborer, compelling him to
seek employment at their hands,
and so not only absorbing the bust
ness but usurping even the trades.
We have seen hundreds Of me-
chanics (once living in good de-
gree of lndependencs) gathered in
herds and working under the super
vision of taskmasters, the mere
wage slaves of some great marcan>
tile lord who has turned manufac-
turer too, on account of the "pro-
tecti n" t. labor, or il they have
employment at al, forced, by the
lower rates charged by their mas :
tiers for their poorly paid for goods.
to live along on starvation wages
The laws that have been passed to
protect labor have really been to
protect capitalists, while the poor
man must pay for it in. the higher
price paid for articles consumed by
him aud his family. Even Mf. Blaine
himself has amassed princely for
tune under these speciouS protection
laws, and now the most grasping OF
the Wall street speculators are advo-
eating his eection under the hypo
critical pretense of ffieudship for
poor laboring men, otherwise be-
meath their notice. 1t is also repre-
sented that Mr.. Blaine is friendly
towards the Catholic, and We can
understand by this the reason why
the Republican party dare not favor
a total separation ofchurch and state
in politics. These high protective
tariff laws, and church AMI state
combinations in politics may not
affect the people of Utah as those
elsewhere, and yet the effects are
the came. We may continue to sing
our old so gs and tdsolace ourselves
with the inexpensive music of our
own Jews harps, while the great
monopolies and corporations aided
by church and state combinations
of the country are trying to divert
our minds from the real issue, by
some nonsensical and fafcicsl laws
to suppress polygamy till they make
sure their grip upon every social
and industrial Institution in the
Territory. AS it has been said, tive
cannot taste all sc one SIP" so we
cannot discuss all of these questions
in a single letter, though We can
most he rtily endorse the tariff re-
form and the separation of church
and state principles of the Demo-
cratic party, as the best remedy fol
existing evils, and give our moral
support, il not allowed to vofe for
the man with the cleanest shirt:
GROVER CLEVELAND.
MEMO.
E. T. CITY, Aug. 1st. 1884.