The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-11
1.-THE OLD RULE. "

Our Democratic friend H. D. j.,
whose communication appears IN
another place of this mornings issue,
has certainly misread both the words
and the meaning of an srticle in Tues
davis HERALD, otherwise he would not
call this paper to task for alleged crltl-
cism of the President for sending carpet
baggers to Utah instead Of nominating
bona fde citizens of the Territory for
Federal judgeships. 1t was farthest
from the thought OF the writer OF the
article to condemn Mr.. Cleveland for
sending US CHIEF justice and an asso-
ciats Justice from abroad. In the article
referred to it was expressly stated that
$50 far as Utah is concerned we are
rather pleased that the party promise
has been violated, for We prefer to take
chances with strangers" Our protest
referred TO the other Territories, and
in no sense to this one. At present
under existing circumstances, and until
the revolution in the popular
mind now going On has done
its work more thoroughly, The
HERALD does not desire Utah men ap-
pointed to Federal offices in this Ter
ritory, and every time we will applaud
the President for disregarding the
party platform in this respect, just as
was done in the article headed The
Old Rule" complained OF by our cor
respondent. Better men than the local
citizens who would be most likely TO
get the offices are sent here. In saying
this we are not Dragging CT the carpet
baggers, but are simply confessing a
WelI-known truth that the men who
would be most popularity recommended
Tor the offices would not be appointed
by the President. Men who would be
most offensive, who would be COM
mended by the Objectionable because
of their offensi7eness, would, as a rule,
get the places, and the good and popu-
lar citizens be ignored. When local
preiudices haYe been softened, and the
people here are, politically, as they
are elsewhere, We will insist
upon genuile residents OF the
Territory having the offices which
are now distributed among the
politicians and party workers elsewhere
as a reward for partisan services.
+ THE. HERALD's protest as clearly
STATED, was il behalf of the other
Territories where the social and politi-
cal conditions which exist here do not
prevail, and where there are cot the
same reasons as those found here for
sending strangers to administer the
government and draw the salaries. To
those Territories the Democratic party
promised that if it were placed in
power it would overturn the Republi-
can rule and would name for the
Federal offices in the dependencies
bona fde citizens thereof. Mr.. C4eve-
land accepted the party platform, and
made the promise his own; on that
platform he was elected President, and
every time he sends a Pennsylvania
man to Idaho, G Minnesota man to
Washington, Kentucky man to
Montana, or q citizen of any State to
any Territory, he violates the party
platform, and repudiates the promise
which he made VIXEN he consented to
be the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. We hold that as
matter of right and justice, the
citizens of the Territories are entitled
to the offices; we maintain that the cit
liens of the Territories can best perform
the duties of the respective Offices 10
the satisfaction of the people con-
eerned and we most certainly insist
that the men in the Territories are as
bright and capable Intellectually, and as
honest, circumspecs and reputable as
the men of the States. If the promise
in the platform of 1884 was to mean
nothing, why was it put there? IT it
was to mean something, why is it not
keptP
We print H. D. Us communication,
and will ask him to read again tie
article in Tuesdays issue which be
finds farlt with