The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-17
BRIBING THE TERRITORIES.

With brief comment THE HERALD yes
terday quoted a paragraph from the St.
Louis Gtobe-DemOcrdt, referring to the
Democratic tendencies of the territory of
New Mexico as bar to its admission to
the union as state. The Republicans
always consider it fine humor to twit their
opponents with nagging references to their
own tyrannical course. They like to So e
Democrats vince under the Republican
lash, TO play with them as cat does with q
mouse which it knows is in her power. and
to tantalize them with ocular illusions to
Republican audacity.
OF course everybody knows that New
Mexico has not been admitted because
to admit her would place two Democrats in
the United States Senate and one in the
House OF representatives. Wyoming and
Idaho together have smaller population
than New Mexico, but they promised not
to send any Democrats to Washington, and
they were allowed to come into the galaxy
OF states, whilst the other was refused.
The behavior Of the Republican party
towards the west in the matter of admit
ting new states forms an interesting
varied history. That party wanted not
only more votes in the electoral college
but, above all, it wanted the numerical
strength in Congress to raise the war
tariff for the additional protection of the
eastern manufacturers. They wanted to
dispose of the 500, 600 surplus eft by
the CLEVELAND administration. Thew
wanted further reductions of the internal
revenue taxes. They wanted more pen
sions. They wanted heavy ocean mail sub-
sides. They wanted big navy. All this
and more they wanted so that they could
put the duty up ont clothing, agricultural
implements, carpets, tinplate, cotton ties.
binding Irvine, hardware, coal, boots and
shoes, ETC., and drive away all competition
with the home producers. Hitherto the
western Republicans had been among the
most subservient tools of the monopolists :.
but whether or no they continued so in
their Intentions, it was known that the
iron rule Of king caucus would crush ont
anything in the shape Of convictions thew
might gain from contact with the people.
In this way, with at least implied pledges
to carry out the behests of the tariffites
SIX states were railroaded into the union
during the tendency Of the MCKINLEY
bill And if New Mexico and
Utah-one with population of 144,-
S62 and the other of 2O6. 49S-
had given the same pledges they, too,
would have been admitted on the same
terms as Idaho, with 81, 800, and Wyoming.
with 60,5S9. No need, as in the case of
Utah, for pretexts based on a former do
nestle condition-the excuse made bv the
Globe Democrat with respect to New Mexico
is enough, and, besides, has the merit of
candor.
1t win be to the everlasting disgrace of
the newly-made states that they bought
their way into the union with their Con
gressional votes for measure whose true
intent and meaning are to perpetuate the
power Of the tariff monopolists. Utah can
well afford to remain outside, maligned and
slandered, rather than deface her escut-
cheon with degradation like this. Much
as her citizens of all political parties would
be benefited by statehood, she does not
need to bow tn knee obsequiously to the ty
ranuy that foirsted upon the country this
latest scheme to rob the people For the
whole history of law making in Republi-
can governments may be challenged to pro-
duce parallel to the arbitrary and despotic
measures adopted to carry the MCKINLEY
bill, from its inception in the room of the
house committee on ways and means.
through the different Republican caucuses.
the change Of rules made necessary to gag
the minority, to its appearance in the house
and its final passage under whip and spur.
A padlocked house, padded Senate and
packed President, formed the triple al
lance the dreibund, of the protectiouists.
The first innings Of the people occurred
last November, but they are not to be the
last.