The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-26
PRoMgLGATE PRINCIPLES.

The remarks of Hon. Thos. Reed
are particularly palatable to our neigh
Dor which is mot a Republican organ. -
That is not remarkable, although he is
very far from being a silver man in
! the true sense of the term. He would
probably favor an enlarged use of sill
YER but certainly not the free and I'M
limited coinage of the metal at the ra
i ito of is to 1. But he is a pronounced
protectionist and that gives him grace
/ IN ITS eyes. However, he has no notion
: OF clamoring for reenactment of the
; Mckinley monstrosity, and SO for that
he should be unacceptable to our neigh
Dor.
/ The gentleman made one of his
characteristic speeches a day or two
ago which is highly approved by our
! Contemporary Reed generally man
ages to raise a laugh and he is able to
make keep thrusts at his adversaries.
But he does not Say much usually that
is worthy of remembering except as a
sharp saying or witty rejoinder His
remarks are entertaining but not par
tlcqlariy instructive, and do not rank
him among the statesmen who utter
words of political wisdom
In his much Wanted speech he said
what we need now is not general
pelleI IN our doctrines. We need teach
ing which comes from practical results
we need a distribution of the facts"
| Certainly. The Republican party does
not care about belief in its doctrines
Principle does not matter. The consti-
tutionality of its policy and practice.
the harmony of it's theories with the
fundamental principles of our national
system, cut no figure. What is prefers
Is distribution of what it calls facts. -
That is, such facts as that the troubles
that engulphed the country before the
democratic Congress could meet were
/ the result OF Democratic legislation. j"
That the falling prices and Iessenfng
wages which followed the passage of
the Mckinley law were due to laws
Which were not enacted until the panic
was over and industry had revived.
Those are the kind of practical re-
suits with which Mr.. Reed and his
party succeeded in fooling the masses
and now he prefers such facts to
belief in doctrines
What the Democratic party needs is
general belief in it's dostrines." Let
them be thoroughly received into the
minds and hearts of American citlzens
and they Will not be dislodged nor
affected in any way by the false So
called facts or the alleged practical
results with which politicians of Mr.
Reeds stripe beguile the unthinking
public. Political proselytism in the
principles of Democratic government is
the need of the times. Ignorance is the
great obstacle in the way of progress.
While the multitude are bewildered
with such false object lessons as those
which have recently led them astray,
there will be no stability in the popular
mind. Let there be light
General belief in our doctrines" is to
be desired by the Democratic party. 1t
will take work to inculcate that belief
The truth is on our side. The genuine
principles of popular government are
those of the Democratic party They
are for the benefit of the masses, while
Republicanism is primarily and directly
for the classes. Scatter Democra tic
literature. Give Democratic lectures
Explain the doctrines of Democracy
wherever opportunity offers, and let
the next campaign be fought out on
those principles while the subterfuges
and false facts" of Tom Reedism are
held up before discerning eyes and
recognized for the sham that they are.
Principles endure, perverted facts per-
ish. Spread the truth!