The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-10
Che Utah Cannnign.

The political campaign in this territory
ending in the splendid victory Of the Demo
cratic party is over, aud we may now take
geratlon TO say that in no part of the Union
has there been more interest manifested
than right here in Utah. Though the votes
of the people of this territory could not at
feet the presidential election, yet there
was before them local issue of such mag
nitude that it aroused a deeper interest in
their breasts than the privilege of intluenc-
ing the presidential election swak-
ened in the breasts of other
communities. That local issue in
volved, in our opinion, the thought
whether or not the people Of this territory
could be trusted politically, or whether
they could be swerved from their political
convictions by religious influences. This
issue by the political plumbers of the Re-
publican party was sQuarely put before the
people, and they have given good account
of themselves in relation to it, as all along
we have been confident they would do. 1t
will be useless for opponents to deny that
such an issue was embraced in the political
struggle just ended. The evidences are
too palpable to admit of doubt. The num-
Der of cases on record, and the number of
Democratic votes actually secured for the
T puDlicans by such means, while not so
numerous as might have been expected, are
too numerous to admit of denial.
This statement is quite apart from the
Judgment of the responsibility for the en-
ployment of religious influence in this
campaign. The presidency of the Nor
mon church and the church itself were
upon record against the employment Of re-
ligious influence in political concerns. But
those who invoked that influence in this
and surrounding counties did not hesitate
to employ the names OF the presidency and
represent themselves as agents with conf
Dental word from the heads of the Nor
mon church, and that it was the wish of
the latter that the Republican candidate
for Congress should be elected. This was
done in scores of instances. That the
Mormon presidency was responsible for
this. we do not pretend TO say. We believe
they were not responsible. We know that
there are class of men only too willing to
crawl at the feet OF those who they think
possess power, watch their smiles and are
ever ready to anticipate their wishes and
magnify their half-ex pressed thoughts into
express commands for others to obey; and
are only too delighted, since they possess
no character or power themselves, to speak
in the name OF those that possess both.
Furthermore, many of the people of Utah
are not capable of distinguishing the differ
erence between abe individual ard the
official. 1t it a refinement of thought that
many people Of other communities are in
capable of, and therefore need not
challenge our establishment here. And
their preference in favor
Of success for the Republican party,
we are confident that this by
many has been taken as an expression of
the wish of the official instead of the indi
vidnal and has been made to do service &C
,ordingly.
When the attention of the Mormon Presi- |
iency was called to the work that was
going on, they did not feel called upon to
again denounce it as contrary to their
wishes, as they thought themselves sufici- |
entity on record upon that subject. Since this |
work went on, then, without attempt on
heir part to arrest it further than from what |
night be inferred from their public declar-
atoms made some months previously-it |
vent before the people with all the force of
heir sanction and the people INDICATED |
heir independence in political matters.
Further than this 1t is not necessary to /
race the matter. The result justifes
What the people have done. A territorial
Republican victory in the presence Of ma
ional Democratic victory which promises
o give into the hands OF that party the
Senate as well as the Executive and the
House would simply have been political
.uin to the people of Utah. But the crisis
$ past; the threatened danger is over.
Utah is politically redeemed In the eyes of
he nation. The people have cast aside
he reproach affixed to our territory in the
past and the future is full of promise for
Utah. the step-child of the Republic.
ROYAL, CRYSpAI, SAT9