The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-09
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

The elections in many parts of the
east indicate a revulsion of feeling
among the masses of the voters. This
was not unexpected. The cry that has
been raised by the professional poll
ticians of ''the effects of Democratic
rule has had its intended effect, and
the unthinking people have been
turned by the blast of the place hun
ters' breath as vane is turned with
the wind
1t is nothing new or strange in polit-
ical history. The outs always charge
every disaster to the 'fns," no matter
how much it may be foreign to polit-
Iical influences, or even if the cause, as
in the present instance, was clearly in
the course of the "outs" themselves
when they were the 'fns."
This is what is called an "off year.
in politics. 1t is not of direct national
political Importance. Indirectly in
some respects it may have national
bearing, as in the case of Ohio. The
victory achieved by Governor McKin-
ley at once centres attention upon him
as a possible Republican candidate for
the Presidency. He is an able man. a
Ishrewd politician, clever gentleman,
a leader in his party and famous as
the author or promoter of the high
protective tariff measure that bears
his name.
On the other hand the defeat of Gov
Iernor Boies, in Iowa, may run him out
of the race as q Democratic candidate
for the Presidency, while his re-elec-
ton would have been likely to push
him to the front, as in the case of Nc
Kinley. In this way the election has
some indirect bearing on future polit-
zeal possibilities.
But before another election on direct
national issues occurs, the probability
lis that a great change will be effected
in the general condition of the country.
There will be revival of trade and in
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brought out and put in circulation. A
silver bill will no doubt be enacted and
settle that momentous question. A
sound revenue tariff bill will also be
put in operation. The present disturb
ances will subside. The country will
progress, and its home trade and for
eign commerce will extend, until pros
perity will be the result and the public
sentiment will turn round again.
In this territory there has been a
similar shaking up on a small scale to
the agitation in the east. Advantage
has been taken of the wool question.
the silver question, the panic question
and other disturbances, all of which
have been falsely charged to the Dem
ocratic administration, in most in
stances by public speakers who knew
they were playing upon the prejudices
of the people and lingering a false
tune at that. The effects will be seen
in the election returns when they are
made complete.
| The Herald has been more anxious
as to the party complexion of the Utah
Legislature on account of it's effect
upon the statehood question than for
any other reason. We know that a
Republican Congress would not admit
a new state when it had the power to
exclude it which was pretty sure to
be Democratic, unless it was offset by
two or three other new states surely
Republican. On this rule we feared
the effect of the election of a legisla-
ture with a majority Of Republicans
just when a Democratic Congress was
preparing TO confer statehood on the
territory. Hence our strong desire to
see the Salt Lake legislative district
elect the Democratic candidates to the
exclusion of the Liberals.
| This has not been accomplished and
the status of the legislature is yet in
doubt. A few days at most will deter
mine the question. The election of
Hon. Farley L. Williams. a pronounced
and able Democrat, in the place Of P.
]. Moran, rabid Liberal, might have
been at least Implicated by sharp and
efficient work. We viii now have six
Liberals in the House and two in the
Council, opposed to statehood and
ready to block anything that might
lead to it. The number of Republicans
is not yet known. but they may. with