The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-21
FOR VOTERS TO CONSIDER.
TCon1nunicated.1

If we read THE signs of the times
rigilIt, then the present situation of
the people of this country. may APPLY
be termed that of a strike against the
trusts. The overwhelming defeat of
he Republican party i'm 1892 was the
/ beginning Of this strike, and we are
evidently now in the thick of the fight
and if, as now seems highly probable,
bhe slender Democratic majority in the
! Senate contains "a few rascals, who
are willing 10 sell out 10 the other side,
then the issue, so far as THE present
Congress is concerned, is likely to go
against us
If any reliance whatever is to be
1 placed upon the utterances of the Salt
! Lake Tribune almost every day during
the past six months, then the trusts
and the money barons" are respon-
sihle for and have caused the hard
times from which we are just recover
ing.
The careful thinking and observing
man can see:
First, a great victory for the people
! in 1892 the result of a BATTLE fought
with ballots ON the issue of tariff re-
| form.
Second. a great financial crisis as
-, the result of thirty years of unneces-
sarily heavy taxation on the people
for fhe benefit of the trusts and mono
polists, taken advantage of by them
and made doub1y worse, in the vain att
tempt to throw discredit on the Demo-
cratic party in the hope of thwarting
the demands of the people
Third, proof positive and oft
repeated, that the doctrine of
protection as taught and prac-
ticed by the Republican party
is one of the most prolific causes of
corruption in the national government
as evidenced by the swarms of agents
of the subsidized trusts thronging the
capitol, and securing special privileges
for themselves at the expense of the
people.
The writer warns the honest people
of this country, who, through decep-
ton and mistaken ideas of patriotism,
fancy they are Republicans, that there
is no hope of relief from a Republican
party administration. The whole his
tory and traditions of that party forbid
any such hope
He warns all those who are anxious
to pick out and follow the true course
in these troublous times, that to carry
out the socialistic principles which the
Populists are now advocating would
result in troubles and trials many times
more severe than anything we might
even now dream of.
All Democrats are urged to turn
neither to the right nor to hesleft but
to march steadily on determined to do
right, granting special privileges to
none and securing equal rights to all
All Democrats should understand
that the future of this country is in
their hands and will be what they make
it, and they should study carefully not
only the methods and machinery of
this government but practically the
characters of the men selected for their
leaders.
If we had more men in Congress liks
the honorable representative from Utah
there would be less talk about sugar
trusts and more active work with a
view to securing practical and salts
factory results.
The Democrats of Utah have been
and are doing their share towards
making lasting and permanent re-
forms. Utah proposes to keep steadily
in line. Let the other states and terri
tories do equally well and give to this
question Of men the consideration it
deserves and there need be no fear as
to results.