The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-09
TRUE DEMOCRACY.
The Address OF eX-President
Cleveland.
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY
Government Aid to the Favored Few De
nounced-Tiie Federal Election Law-COr-
rupt Use of Money in Politics.

celebrated tonight by the Young Mems
Democratic association with banquet at
the Academy of Music, at which many
prominent persons were present Elk
President Cleveland was the orator of the
evening, speaking to the toast, ''Principles
of True Democracy" He eulogized the
democracy and its creed and said: Par
ties have come aud parties have gone, but
there never has been time from JefTer-
son's day to the present when the Demo
cratic party did not exist, active, agrees
sive and prepared for heroic conflict.
Not all who have followed the ban
ner have been able te demonstrate, as an
abstraction, why Democratic principles are
best suited to their wants and the country's
good, but they have known and felt that as
this government was established for the
people, the principles and men representing
the people and standing for them could be
safest trusted. jackson has been in their
eyes the incarnation of the things which
jefferson declared.
''Ihe Democratic party, by an intelligent
study OF present conditions. must be pre-
pared to meet all the wants of the people
as they arise and furnish a remedy for
not escape the duty which party
membership imposes upon US to urge con-
stanty upon our fellow citizens of this day
and generation the sufficiency of the princi-
| pies of democracy for the protection of
their rights and promotion Of their well
| fare and happiness in all diverse condi-
| tons. There should of course be no sug-
gestion that departure from the time
| holored principles of our party is necessary
! N 81 emf n In no
contrary, we should constantly congratu
| late ourselves that our party creed is
broad enough to meet any emergency that
can arise IN the life ola free nation. Thus
when we seethe functions of government
used to enrich the favored few at the ex-
pense of the many through an unjust tariff
which banishes from many humble homes
the comforts of life in order that in
the palaces of wealth luxury may
abound, we turn to our creed and find it
enjoins equal and exact justice to all men.
| Then. if we are well grounded in our po-
| litical faith, we will not be deceived nor
permit others to be deceived by plausible
preteXt or smooth sophistry. When the
| farmers are in distress and their long
hours of toll are so poorly requited that
money lenders exact tribute out of their
substance and while for everything they
need they pay tribute to the favorites Of
the government, we know all this is far re-
| moved from the encouragement of agri-
culture which our creed commands.
! when we see the extravaganza OF pub
lie expenditure fast reaching the point OF
reckless waste, we remember economy in
public expense is an important article of
! Democratic faith
when we see our political adversaries
bent upon the passage of a federal law
with the scarcely denied purpose of per-
petuating partisan supremacy in elections,
we will stubbornly resist such a dangerous
and revolutionary scheme in obedience to
our pledge for a support of state govern
ments in all their rights
Under anti-Democratic encouragement
We have seen constantly increasing selfish
ness attached to our political affairs. De-
parture from the sound and safe theory
that the people should support the govern
ment for the sake Of the benefits resulting
to all, has bred sentiment, manIfesting
itself with astounding boldness, that the
government may be enlisted in the fur
therance and advancement of private in
terests through their willing agents In
public places. Such an abandonment of
patriotic politica! action has naturally led
to an estimate of the peoples franchise so
degrading that ithas been openly and palp-
ably debauched for the promotion of selfish
schemes. Money is invested in the pur-
chase of votes with the deliberate calcutta
ton that it will yield profitable return in
results advantageous TO the investor.
Another crime akin to this is intimida-
ton by employers of voters dependent upon
them for work and bread. Nothing could
be more hateful to true democracy than
such an offenSe against our free institu-
tons. In several states the honest senti-
ment OF the party has asserted itself in
support of every plan proposed for the
rectiication of this terrible wrong. TIC
fail in support would be to violate that
principle in the creed OF true democracy
which commands Jealous care of the right
of election by the people,"
Mr.. Cleveland expressed the hope that
Pennsylvania will not long remain behinC
her sister states in adopting an effective
plan to protect her peoples suffrage, anC
added that in any event the democracy Of
the state can find no justification in party
principle, nor in party traditions, nor in
justa Apprehension of Democratic duty, fol
a failure earnestly to support and advocate
ballot reform. The principles of true
democracy, be said. are enduring because
they are right aud just. In the campaign
which has just closed with such glorious re
suits, while the party managers were antic
a5ing an issue in the light of the ntinue(
illusion OF the people, the people them
selves and TOR themselves were considering
the question of right and Justice. Tney
have spoken, and the democracy OF tn,
land rejoices. Nowhere" said Mr. Cleve
Hand in conclusion, has the sensitiveness
of the people on questions involving right
aud wrong been better illustrated than il
Pennsylvania"
President Thompson, of the association
in introducing Mr.. Cleveland spoke of hin
as man who with groat courage threy
down the gauntlet of tariff reform, ant
J like his great prototype. Jackson, practi
cally declared ''by the Eternal its princl
, pie was right and would prevail. Governo
, Patterson, Congressman Breckinridge an
others also spoke.
Governor futile sworn In.