The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-30

been donated to us by the government.
If it had not been for him, the money
of our dominant church would not have
been restored If 1t had not been for him
for Utah's admission into the Union with
a dowry of lands amounting to more
acreage than ever before given to an in
coming state. If it had not been for him
our debt to the general government of
$725, 600 would not have been RENTED. 1t
is only poor compliment that we can
compliment, for he will only hold office
until we enter the Union. Such as it is
we should freely give. To refuse. him
reelection simply to vote for the. Re-
publican party with its record, will be
to satisfy all who know the facts that
Utah is not yet ready for the full re-
sponsibilities of a state. But, I have no
fear. l have faith in this people. They
party, and elect him by such a majority
as will ever hereafter encourage men in
public office to serve the people of Utah
with fidelity.
One of the things said of him by Repub
licans. is, that when he was in Congress,
and he deemed it necessary to serve his
people, he never hesitated to break away
from his party and feared not to criti--
else even the president of the United
States. That is the kind of man we
want. That is the kind of man the sill
yer men want. do not believe that this
people desire one who is willing, for
party expediency, to put himself in ac-
cord" as the Tribune says, with the Re
publcans of the east and thereby sacri-
fee the financial principles so dear to us
all in the west.
LINK YOUR FORTUNES WITH DEM
OCRACY.
AS 1 conclude my remarks, let me ask
you to consider well before you link your
fortunes with the Republican organiza-
ton. Stop, look and listen, or you may
be borne down by a pltiless engine and
your liberties crushed. There is need for
brave and wise men in the coming con-
stitutional convention. Our constitution
should be framed upon the principles of
Jefferson. Even here IN Utah, we have
combines and monopolies. / am told that
it costs 60 cents ton to mine the coal
which the people pay S. and Sc per ton
for. There is coal combine in Utah,
strongly enurenched and utterly heart
less. Its natural protector is the Republic
can party: For. all along the. line, it
time has come to legislate for manhood.
Build our constitution upon the founda-
tion--"Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none"
Which party, ask you. has stood by
the interests of the people? Which party
has consistently voted in favor of the
bondholders? All! the answer is easy.
est payment of honest debts, and the
Democratic party has ever said in the
past and it says today to Shylock:
Take then thy bond, take thou thy
dost shed one drop of Christian blood, thy
lands and goods are by the law confiscate
unto the state
THE MISERY OF IT ALL.
The misery, suffering and crime which
has resulted from the juggling with our
financial laws, and particularly by the
dishonor to silver, can never be painted
in words. 1t lit with insane glare the
suicides eyes, and nerved the finger of
the murderer as he pulled the trigger.
1t tore the school book from the chill
dren's hands and snatched the bread
from their very lips. 1t organized the
great army of tramps which marched
across the land to the music of despair.
1t carried the torch of the lncendary and
lighted great cities with anarchy's bon
fires. 1t made famine the nations I'M
hidden guest and blew out the fires on
the hearths of the poor Seldom was
there such suffering as cursed the people
last winter in this land of plenty:
80 the long and dreary winter!
o the famine and the fever!
o the wasting of the famine!
the blasting of the fever!
o the anguish of the womeni
All the world was sick and famished;
Hungry was the air around them,
Hungry was the sky above them,
And the hungry stars, in heaven,
Like the eyes of wolves, glared at them"