The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-09
LOST OPPORTUNITIES.

Populism delayed too long in Colo
rado and its thunders were exhausted
ere it had invaded Utah. 1t is here
now but W ith less vitality than is
needed or demanded to plant itself or
reform the politics of the territory. Ii
it had appeared here in the days just
anterior to those in which the liberals
had swallowed the republicans or the
repu blicans had swallowed the liberals,
it might have secured the services OF
the Tribune, and thus whatever
strength the republicans now repre-
sent would have been populi5t and SO
footing had been secured. That op-
portunity has been lost. 1t will never
return. There is no future for it.
Formidable as the liberals swere in the
Gays long past 80 are they today as the
republican organization. That strength
exists only in Salt Lake city. There
is little of it anywhere else. The peo-
pie of Utah are not in favor OF concen-
trating all power in the hands of the
federal government. Uni'ka the pop
ulists they are averse to placing the
railways OF the nation in the hands Of
the general government, and OF es-
tablishing sub-treasuries of the United
States at every crossroads in the
union. Nor are they in favor of pro-
tectlng the fully grown and matured
manufacturing enterprises of the east
at the expense of the great body OF the
consumers of the west. They would
not see all the nation suffer that wool
might be protected. In fact they are
democrats and make Indifferent popu-
lIts, but cannot be made over into re-
publicans by any sort Of manufactur-
ing ingenuity. This argues that
Utah is not only democratic now, but
that it will remain democratic while
the bright sun continues to shine over
her pleasant valleys and towering
mountain peaks.
In view of what the democracy has
accomplished for Utah since Mr.. Cleve-
land took his seat on March 4th of last
year, the then democrats are more con-
frmed and the proselyting process
is not nearly so difficult. In fact it
goes on smoothly and easily. From
every part of the territory comes the
gratifying information of important
conversions from republican ranks to
the democratic forces. The spirit of
change is upon US and ere it burns out
or expends its force, good, perman-
ent and reliable majority of over FIVE
thousand will result. This indicates
that the republicans as well as the pop
ulists have lost An opportunity. The
republicans have made the additional
mistake of selecting the most offensive
paper in the whole territory for their
organ and leader. Its only identity in
politics has been made by the record of
its long, bitter and unrelenting war
fare upon the majority of the people of
D sah. Its blows fell upon the tender
OcI AoSlLuEo VI IuC pOOpIS II OuUldS6u 1
these in every concieveable way in
season and out Nothing was too
cruel, too outrageous, or too false for
it to hurl at the heads of defense
less people. This, now, returns to
plague them in the shape of thousands
upon thousands of alienated republi-
cans, permanently alienated TOO, as
the sequel shows.
With the loss of republican oppor-
tunity comes the finding of democratic
opportunity in the services to Utah
spoken of above. We have shown that
republican defections do not go to the
populists and by instinct, by interest
and by common gratitude these must
go logically to the democrats and for
all time too, not for one single cam
paign. The republican party confronts
a condition in all this which does
not tend to create confidence, but it
invites and insures defeat, crushing,
cruel and bitter defeat.