The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-11


The municipal election has had the
expected and desired effect. The Lib
erai organization will now go to pieces.
It is time that it was dissolved. To be
consistent it should have divided short
ly after the disbandlng of the Peoples
party. But better late than never"
The disorganization should be attended
to formally. We do not expect, Of
course. that any advice from The Her
aid viii be acceptable to many of them,
but we win make some suggestions to
members of the faction who have to
consider where they will gravitate.
There are many of them whose lean
ings are to Republicanism. The people
in other places who have come out
from the organization have shown this
disposition largely, and that has re-
cruited the Republican ranks during
the recent campaign. Others are Dem
ocratic, and quite a number are not
pronounced as to national politics, but
have been Liberals simply for local
reasons. They may 60 either way, and
to them we have something to say:
The Democratic party holds in its
hands the destiny of Utah to large
extent It is the party in power. 1t is
likely to remain so. We take into full
consideration the great votes for the
Republican party in several states,
and do not wish to detract an integer
from the Importance of the figures.
But this is merely a temporary reverse
Of the uprising of a year ago. 1t is
one of those fluctuations which are
common in politics. It is one of the
fruits of the hard times, an illustra-
ton of the tendency in the popular
mind, infamed by the "outs," to lay
all the blame. however undeserved, for
every public disaster on the shoulders
of the 'ins." 1t must not be viewed
alone as of any great national impor-
lance.
Before another presidential election
occurs there will, in all probability. be
a very different condition of affairs in
the country. BY that time the effects
of tariff reform, and of silver legisla-
ton, and of an economical administra-
ton of affairs Will have had oppor-
tunity to show themselves, and the
nonsense of accepting anything as re-
suits before the causes exist and OPP
crate will be perceived by the people
who have been deluded with Repub-
ncan sophistries. The consequence will
be the maintenance of Democratic
supremacy.
Those who want to be with the win
ming party, who prefer being in the
swim, and who take into considera-
ton the advantages that will accrue
to Utah in her present condition
through being in harmony with the
party in national control, will if pos
sessed of ordinary judgment unite
with the Democracy and help swing
Utah into the Union as Democratic
state
The Herald has desired in common
with the majority of the people of
Utah 10 see the Liberal party perma-
nently dissolve so that there may be
only that kind of division in this ter
ritory on political lines as prevails in
other parts of the country. In fair,
square issue, The Herald, while TAX
ing its stand with the Democracy, will
be able to respect its antagonists in
the other legitimate political party,
and the contest for supremacy can be
conducted in respectable and cour-
teous manner.
There will be no doubt great en-
couragement to the Republican party
in the Liberal dissolution, and the
prospect which the results of the. re-
cent legislative struggle have opened
to that party has no doubt aided in
causing the determination to which
the Liberals have come When the
formal and decisive act of dissolution
has been performed The Herald will
take great pleasure in announcing. as
an accomplished fact, that which is
now only a matter of report. Let the
end speedily come