The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-10-17
OF SALT LAKE.
CLEVELAND, OF COURSE.

It is conceded by both parties that
the Democrats are making great-g gains
in the States of California, Illinois !.
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.
These are not doubtful" States. They
are claimed by the Republicans, and
Democrats DO not dispute the claim,
unless it be to iIritate the former.
( There is bare possibility of the Demo
Gratis winning in Michigan, where there
I is fusion of Greenbackers and Demo-
8 Gratis on the electoral ticket. Four
years ago the Republican plurality in
the State was only 3.3O8, when
there was a Prohibition vote of
18,403. If the temperance people
would hold their own, 1T would not
be difficult for the Democrats to cap
ture the State. But the Prohibitionists
will not hcld their owp there any better
than they have done in Oregon, Yer
mont and Maine. We do not expect
Democratic victory in Michigan, nor in
the other States mentioned, and merely
\ refer TO them as States in which it is
Y generally admitted that,the Democrats
are gaining on their adversaries. The
q contest is precisely where it was four
q years ago-con6ned to the States which
were then doubtful, as they are, to-day,
namely: New York, New j Jersey, Indi-
ana and Connecticut. This being
true and conceded by all, let US
~ Eald Ir,Ix
as partisans, and see what is promised
\ In 1884 the four States last named gave
pluralities to Mr.. Cleveland, the issues
being practically the came as they are
to-day, though they mey not have been
asserted as unequivocally as now. Ad-
mlnlstrative reform and tariff reduction
was the Democratic cry four years ago.
4 Now it is tariff reduction, the reform OF
the administration having been largely
brought about. Mr.. Cleveland was
chosen President because he and his
party promised to do certain things;
he was elected on a platform not
unlike thai upon which he now
stands; ne has not departed
from the platform, but has
upheld it with fidelity that has never
been called in question; all the prom
Uses which he made four years ago have
been sacredly fulfilled; he has failed in
nothing which he undertook; in fact
he has been just such a President as
the people thought he would be when
Tod 4
has been able and progressive; it has
been strictly in the line of reform; il
has been honest, and since hisinaugu.
ration there has not arisen cause for q
single scandal. The country has been
peaceful and prosperous; there has
been a remarkable and gratifying alb
sence Of popular discomfort, and never
since the organization of the Republic
were all the conditions brighter, better
and more promising tkan they are to
day.
\ President Cleveland having done
< all that he promised to 90, having done
precisely what the people who elected
him wanted him to do, having disap
pointed nobody and done nothing
which could call forth just condemns,
ton, why should he not be Reelected
Has anybody the right to expect tina
3 his supporters of four years ago viii
not be4his supporters this year? Is i
not unreasonable, even ridiculous, Il
assume that because he has pleased anc
satisfied his friends that they
are no longer his friends? New
York, Connecticut, New jersey
and Indiana gave him pluralitie
because they believed he would do Ger.
! tain things, and having done thes,
4 things is 1t unreasonable TO count upol
these States putting the seal of appro
val upon their former choice by re-elect
ing the man who did not betray tn
trust supposed in him? AS the policy
outlined by the people has been fol
lowed, and will be followed. it SEEM
like casting doubt On the wisdom, TIT
intelligence and the stability of the peo
ple to suggest that they want chang
from the satisfactory condition which
they brought about by voting for Cleve
land. There is no question as to tn
Integrity of all the other States which
cast their electoral votes for Cleveland
and as the President has been the f.
yoE!te in the four States regarded o