The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-27
REpunL1cAN1sM AND nArAcIrY.

The fuss which the Republicans are
making over the apostacy of the Louis
lana sugar planters from the Demo
cratic party is very amusing. II is a
complete exposure of the selfishness
which lies at the root of Republican,
ism 1t appears that the politics of the
planters is governed by self-interest
wholly and entirely; they therefore be-
long logically in the Republican party
That party appeals to the sordid feel
ings of sectional humanity and is in
different to the general interests of the
whole people.
The Louisiana planters have no pa
triotism They are only for pelf. They
regard government as an instrument
by which they are to receive special, IA
vors in THE shape of gifts of money out
of the public treasury for their per-
sonal enrichment. They have no more
right to the subsidy which they re
ceived from Republican class legisla-
ton than any other industry had
which received not cent but which
by taxation contributed to the amount
made present TO the sugar planters.
1t was sheer robbery. 1t was filched
from the masses and given to the
classes
The Louisiana sugar planters have
turned Republicans. That is right.
But their Republicanism is measured
by their rapacity They are Republic
ans for revenue only. But that is pri-
vate and personal. and not public reve-
nue.. They are gravitating to their
true affinity. Let them go.
But what is there in the so-called
bolt to rejoice over so much? 1t is
only those persons who are governed
by their greed who have "bolted:" Let
the Republican orators of the country
1t amounts to that and nothing more.
Their numbers are few, their influence
will not be great, the Democratic party
is better midout en-
The people of the United States in
1892 recorded their protest against the
protection run mad, one feature of
which was the bounty part of the
fraudulent protection system. The
great masses of the voters are opposed
to it still. Whatever excuse might
seem forcible, in the starting of an Gin
FAINT industry" for the donation of
money to help it, out of the public
treasury, there is none for its continu-
ance after the industry is old enough
to stand alone and demand more and
more of the public funds.
1t is a fact that some Democrats, in
fhe lepiela tYIra aud ont of odice have
been led away from the straight path
of Democratic principle and given their.
assent to a temporary bounty for a
specific time and purpose. But they
have always seen reason to regret
their submission and their departure
That which is wrong in principle will
prove to be wrong in practice. And
give the bounty chalmers an inch they
will demand a. yard, and the more they
get the more they will clamor for.
The people Of the United States, and
OF course we include the people of
Utah, only need to be fully informed on
this bounty question to utterly repudi-
ate it as robbery of the many for the
of few. And if all the
pap-suckers and bounty COMMANDERS
of the land turn Republicans, it will
not injure the party of equal rights but
only give object lessons illustrating the
of it's position, and show
that it legislates not for the special in
terest and fattening of few, but for
the general welfare and prosperity of
the whole people, which is the true
purpose of Democratic government.