The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-15
ISSUES In THIS YEARS CAMPAIGN

There are evidences in abundance that
the Force bill of the last session of Con-
gress is still a living issue with the Repub
licans. The uprising of the people in 1890,
whereby an overwhelming majority of Rep
resentatives in the House was elected,
checked the design for the time being, but
it is dormant expectation of the leaders
of the party to-day that it may be carried
through under the next administration.
The two last annual messages Of the Presi-
dent have both limited at this, and it is
well-known fact that the quarrel between
MIR. HARRISON and the Pennsylvania Sen
ators IS, or was, largely owing to their OPP
position to the proposed southern bayonet
policy, which killed it swo years ago. For
some time HARRIsoN's emissaries have
been traversing the southern states to fix
up taeir delegates to the Minneapolis cen
ventios, and as the Republican party
there is composed almost altogether
of negroes. they have found much
/ encouragement by circulating the idea
that the election bill is to be
the chiefest issue of the next campaign.
IAN honest election and q fair count" is
| the motto behind which the real design is
hid. This real design is the surrounding
of the polling places with military details,
ostensibly TO preserve the peace, but in
fact to intimidate the white voters and per-
nit the negroes to carry the elections by
force and fraud.
A few days ago the Indiana state conven-
ton to send delegates to the Minneapolis
convention was held at the President
home in Indianapolis. The first declara,
ton in their platform was for pure bal
lot and fair count" As ell honest people
of al parties are in favor of this, and nc
such issue IS intended among the whites
it mast be taken as having special mean
ing which the words themselves do moi
imply, for use in the south, where past in
terpretations leave no room for question
on the subject of definitions.
1t has come to a point where the Re
publican party must return to its
war election methods to preserve
its war tariff. The white contingent
in the west is breaking away 81
rapidly, and the high protective barons o.
the northeast are SO imperious in demand
ing a continuance and even raising of The
import duties, that heroic measures are re
CURED. The protectionists will make
tremendous effort to elect a Republican
House next fall, under the shadow of tht
presidential campaign, with the distinc
view of passing another LODGE bill. TX
this will be supplemented a national con
gressional apportionment bill. and by boil
of these measures together they will be sc
I on nod nd cd hot
quire quarter of century's strenuou;
endeavors to drive them out. Assuming
power and authority to redlstrict the state
: of the Union, the votes of two Republican
will kill the votes of three Democrats, AM
in many quarters the proportion will b
much more pronounced, according as tn
exigencies of party may demand the down
S ing of opposition. With the election ma
Y chinery OF the whole country in their hands
with the executive, legislative and iudicia
departments under their supreme and un
Geniable control, there will be nothing t
save the people from the crushing tyrann
CT most INSCRIPTIONS political conspiracy
5 In presence of this danger all economi
questions dwindle into insignifcance Tn
subversion of state governments and tn
. complete reputation of their autonomy
the substitution of the plan of centralize
government, the adoption of meaning t
i the word "nation"-nation with big N
d foreign to the thoughts OF the fathers of th
Republic-these are a part of the scheme
II against which the citizens of this countr
+ will be called upon to vote next Novembe
Unfortunately the denizens of Utah can
but mere spectators of the impending stru
gle, yet to them it must be one of extrao
binary interest.