The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-15
Is This Patriotism?

The republican party IS consistently
represented by one of it's prominent or
gans which announces that: "When
Congress meets it will be the height of
Republican folly to avert any OF the blum
ders which the Bourbons are so intent on
committing Also that: ut cannot be
charged with unpratriotic motives if it
now refuses to extend its staying hand
against the ill-conceiyed acts of the ma
jority."
That is whatthe party can be charged
with by every patriotic citizen, if it pur-
sues the path thus marked out. sSEvery-
thing for party is the true Republican
policy. ..sGet there, was the explana-
ton of that policy by one of the great
party leaders. Therefore it is not I'M
likely that the course advised will be fol-
lowed, and that the minority IN the COM
ing Congress will be more DESTROYS of sea-
ing blunders committed by the majority.
than of averting any evil which they may
think will menace the country through
such blunders.
1t is to be expected that the party which
for SO many years has been responsible
for the legislation that has been enacted,
will be very critical in its reviews of the
course of its opponent. If mistakes are
made they will be greatly exaggerated.
Ii good measures are adopted they will be
belittled. Butithat no efforts will be made
to avert the troubles which would be the
result of blunders made by the dominant
party was scarcely to be anticipated, and
certainly the avowal of such unprincipled
intentions was hardly to be foreseen by
the keenest adversary OF radical Republic
canism.
If the Republican party has any "stay
ing hand,'' it is the bounden duty of the
party to 'sextend' it against any ''ill-
conceived acts of the Majority which
may be proposed. That is, on the suppo-
sition that the Republican party has any
merely an organization for the benefit of
it's leading members, for the spoils OF
office, for the enrichment of the sup
porters to whom it affords protection, for
the advancement of its own interests
which implies the suppression OF its en-
envy by any means that can be employed,
patriotic regard for public interests is not
to be expected of such party.
But what can be more unpatriotic than
the policy now advocated by one of its
organs? Convinced that a measure con-
ce;ved by the majority is blunder from
which the nation must suffer if it be-
comes law, would there be anything
patriotic in refusing to endeavor to pre-
ventits enactment, because the effects of
the blunder could be used as a weapon
against the party that committed it?
1t is true that the government, in all
its branches and departments, is III con-
troll of the Democratic party 1t has the
DONSi w push 1ii ASe5 iiOhOfVi
'sillconceived' to completion. For all
that is done in that way it will be held
responsible. But has minority no uses
except to take partisan advantages of the
plumbers of the majority? Is that all that
Republican representatives OF the people
in Congress are elected for? There could
scarcely be lower and more degrading
conception of the duties of legislator.
than that set forth as the Republican
ideal by Republican exponent of its
principles and policy.
1t was time, indeed, thatsuch an organ
ization should be overthrown. Its pur-
poses and spirit will now be made APP
parent. That they were for party in
stead OF patriotism began to be perceived
It's utter selfiishr ess will come to the
surface, and the county will have an OPP
portunity to see by it's course as the
minority, what it's whole aim and pur-
pose have been for at lesst two decades OF
power.