The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-11-13
A MISTAKEN BRIToN.


Guild hall on the 9th instant, in honor of
sented as saying that ''the recent election
in America had shown that the slight re-
seton against protection had lost its
force" The declaration was hailed with
cries CT shear" hear" by his lordships
auditors. in respect to the cries of ''hear,"
hear they are sounds signifying
nothing, as your Britisher in attending
a meeting, especially if connected
with politics, considers himself in
duty bound to cry out ''hear,"
'hear," occasionally whether it is in point
or not. He would be poor thing of lord
who could not arouse his auditors to cry
hear" "hearln But to come to his lord
ships remarks
Surely he has been very neglectful
in considering the logic of the American
elections, both those OF last year and those
OF more recent date. In the first place the
splendid sweeping victory of year ago
which gave the Democrats majority of
one hundred and thirty eight in the lower
house of the American Congress- can
scarcely be considered a ''slight re-
action against protection 1t was
very pronounced reaction against
1t, and one that loses none of it's
force because of the result of the recent
elections. On the whole, Democrats have
more to rejoice over than Republicans have
from those elections. The results give
promise of Democratic success in 1892, if
Democrats will but maintain bravely the
advantages they have won in the late
elections.
1t was the result in Ohio that his lord
ship had in view when he said that the
"slight reaction against protection had
lost its force" SALISBURY is far
astray if he thinks that the Ohio Re-
publican victory counts for anything
In the way of evidence that the reaction
against protection in this country has lost
its force. 1t gives no real concern to Demo-
Gratis, this Ohio Republican victory They
know, as Lord SALISBURY most likely does
not know, that the whole Republican
power, not only of Ohio but well nigh of
the entire country was concentrated in the
Ohio campaign. It was death struggle
not only of MCKINLEY, but of the whole
Republican party; and all that can be said
IL that the Ohio victory-obtained by a
desperate effort of the whole party,
and lavish expenditure of money.
much of which was furnished by
the protected industries gave it
lease of its precarious life; and under the
influence of stimulants in the form of a
variety Of expedients the CHASTITY, sickly
party will appear in the lists of 1872. Lord
SALISBURY will then have an opportunity
of seeing whether or not the reaction
against protection has lost It's force. Then
the Republican party backed with all the
money of the protected "infant" industries
will have to meet, not Governor CAMPBELL
almost single handsd-but the entire
Democratic party, full of that faith
and courage which come from a con-
seriousness !, of being in the right,
with splendid fighting chance of winning.
Pshaw! 1t makes one tired to see an Eng
lish lord, and prime minister at that, pass
Judgment upon the issue of war because
one part Of a skirmish line has been routed.
and that for the reason that the enemy
turned the force of his whole army upon
that part OF the skirmish line. Why, in
this skirmish which precedes the general
engagement Of 1892 all along the line, save
at one point only, the Demo-
Gratis were victorious; yet this
prime minister seeing only that one
breach in the line, concludes thai the eff
fects of the splendid Democratic victory
gained in the general battle of year age
are neutralized! Out on such logic! His
lordship, if he applied this kind of logic to
English affairs, would conclude that Eng
land was incapable of continuing her occu-
patton of Egypt, if through some misad
venture the little garrison she keeps in that
country should be overpowered by an on
slaught of the entire Egyptian army.
The Democratic party gathers new hopes
from the recent elections The vic
tories gained in old Massachusetts and the
recent Republican state of Iowa. tell us
that the battles of the future are to be
fought on live issues, not by an appeal to
the prejudlces which were engendered
by the mistaken and precipitate action of 2
section of the country where Democrats
We're in the majority. The war of the re-
bellion is past, and happily past forever.
From the dust and mists thrown over the
entire Democratic party because of the un
happy sectional conflict, the party of the
people and of the governmental the gov.
eminent whose constitution is a crystalli.
cation of the principles of that party
emerges in the full strength and vigor of a
lusty manhood, confident in its ability and
Its right to guide the destiny of the grea,
republic