The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

Man owes certain duties to the pub
| lie, but first of all is his duty to his
nome and family. 1t was the full ap-
probation of this truth that caused me
in public letter to the Tuscarora So
| ciey, some weeks ago, to anake known
the fact that / had retired from active
political management.
But, because l did so. no man is lust
lied in suggesting that it was because
/, with prophetic instinct, saw defeat
ahead for our party. I cannot be lust
| ~ charged with cowardice. L have
never shirked a responsibility. And.
what right has any man for the pur-
pose of political gain, because I am
compelled to be more of a private citi-
zen, and less the public man, to sug-
gest that [ am leaning toward his par
ty-a party which through its legisla-
ton has brought poverty, sorrow, dis
tress and financial confusion over all
the land
Let this be my answer to them all:
l am Democrat and 1 shall vote the
Democratic ticket. I am a Democrat
and if L could I would preach the DO
litical gospel of the true faith, from
! the border line of Idaho on the north
| to the walls of the temple of st. George
upon the south. As a citizen I will do
all l can for you, so that I may have
the right, when the ides of November
shall come, to join with you in the
peans of joy that will rise from Demo-
cratic threats when the votes are all
counted
Men should align themselves now.
1t is no time to be good lord
and good devil. We are laying
the foundations of a great common
wealth. One whose valleys shall TEEN
with millions and whose marble pa
aces, decorated with precious stones
from the great treasure vaults of the
rocks, will be the wonder of the nation.
Here we shall create an empire of DO
liucal and commercial power, and here
shall enlightenment and learning
abound. Utah shall sit amid the hills
wrapped in the glories of her sunshine
and the royal purple of her wondrous
clouds, regal in her glorious reign, the
empress Of the mountains. And
great people shall breathe her air, loyal
TO our country, brave, intelligent and
true, and it is for them and theirs as
well as for ourselves that we labor
when we prepare for the glory of a
state.
The dividing lines between the Re-
publican party and the Democratic
existed since the creation, of man.
They mark out the struggles of hu-
mainly In. Its efforts to wrest absolute. .
power from the favored classes and
give perfect freedom to every human
soul. The Republican party believes
that the people exist for the uses and
purposes of those. who rule. The Dem
ocratic party contends that those who
rule are the servants of the people.
The Republican parry contends that our
government should be strongly central
lied, and all the people dominated from
a central head. Democracy believes in
home rule and the retention of power
in the voters hands. Republicans in
sist that the government should be a
parent to every business and other en-
terprise, taxing all the people to aid
the capitalist class. Every true Dem
ocrat contends that no taxes are Just
except those that are needed for the
economical administration bf public af-
fairs
During thirty years of power and
legislation, the Republican party build
ed upon the foundation suggested.
First, through the exigencies of war. it
levied a tariff SO high as to be almost a
barrier to importation. Behind this
wall the riches of the land began to
accumulate in the hands Of few and
the property of the people to fall in
value Having tasted power the bene-
nclarles began to cry for more and at
session after session of our Congress
the republicans laid heavier taxes Up
on the people, until the cap stone was
IN the Mckinley BILL
AGAINST the constant encroachment
OF grasplng trusts and monopolies the