The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-02

will rally to his support and honor him
for what he has done to build up the
country and what he may do to shape
the legislation Of the new state.
The Laboring Man.
George H. Whitaker has received
his commentator from the laboring
men, who have pressed him forward
as a desirable candidate. But he need
not depend on his labor influence alone
In the issue of The Herald's special
labor edition he was one of the edf-
torial committee. At that time he
showed conclusively that he had good
understanding of the needs of the
laboring men without being an agita-
tor, and that he had an understanding
of the principles of government. In
the legislature he would make much
better impression than any laborlns
man who has ever been there. He
would be far more successful than the
silent Pigman, who could only vote,
not being able to originate legislation
or give satisfactory reasons why II
should be passed.
Oscar W. MoyIe is the Junior man
on the legislative ticket. He comes
from the 81 ne class as George Suther-
land on the Republican ticket. He is q
young lawyer, who has educated him
self and has already established a
reputation for himself at the bar. He
has taken an active interest in politics
for several years and has proven him
self to be one who understands. the
theory of government.
Compare this to the council ticket
of the Republicans and it will readily
be seen which is the stronger Of the
two and into the hands of which party
It is safest to put the legislation fol
the new state. On the subject of SUI
perintendent of schools and represen-
tatives, the Democrats also have
marked superiority, which will be
Shown fully as the campaign pro-
crosses.
LabOrinE Men Pleased.
The laboring men of the city are
greatly pleased at the action of the
Democratic party. They had only
asked that their candidate be nomin.
ated for the house, but the convention
went them one better and placed him
in line for the senate. Then they
went the laborers another better and
gave them a good man for the house
so that their interests would be pro.
tected at both ends of the wire. The
general sentiment Is in favor of Civ.
ing these men such a hearty support
as will show the people of this city
that the laboring men are united and
powerful, and therefore deserving OF
recognition. There is general feel
ing that right now, just as the PEG.
pie are entering upon statehood, is
the time to make a demonstration OF
the fact that the lahorers are united
for their own benefit. 1t is realized
that if they are found divided
whether parties treat them well oil
Ill, they will lose whatever influence
they might have and no attention viii
be paid to their requests for consid.
GRAFTON.
Substitute Candidates.
The question of substitute candi.
dates is one that is greatly worrying
the Republican leaders. Of course
now that the supreme court has de-
cided that the women cannot vote
this fall, the ambition Of Mrs. En-.
cline B. Wells and Lille Pardee must
be nipped in the bud. They must
be taken down from their high pedes.
tails, the salaries of 500 per month
which they have been receiving as
the prices for relinQuishing their pre-.
vious Democratic ideas, and carrying
on the evangelical and organization
work of the Republicans, will be
stopped, and they will be reIegate6
to condition Of innocuous desuetude
into which the hum of ambition viii
penetrate but weakly.
1t is truly mournful spectacle
Here were two distinguished women
VINO have always been understood tc
be Democrats until the time for organ.
lzatlon of the Democratic Wo-
men; Ihen neither happened
to be invited to take verv
high position in the Democratic ranks
line Republicans held out promises of
nonor and emolument, and thew fol-
lowed in the footsteps of that magnif-
lcent band of patriots-Harry Duke
w: A. Stanton, Billy O'Meara, D. S
Whltehorne and Tom Hull.
Whom Shall it Be:
Now the Republicans are discussino
who Shall be put on the ticket in their
places. The convention directed fba
substitution of Elmer B. Jones and
Tom Ferguson, who received the high
est number of votes next to them. The
direction was explicit and should be
binding on the county committee. Yet
there is a movement to force the COM
mittee to substitute Pigman or some
other laboring man. This movement
finds its source with labor1ng men
who are such partisan Republicans
that they would swallow the ticket
of the party even if they We're given
absolute proof that it meant absolute
destruction to their every interest
They want q laboring man put up and
are endeavoring to force Pigman
VIII the attempt be successful? That
is very difficult question If the
county committee desires to disobey
the express will of the convention and
set a precedent that will demoralize
Stheir politics, if its desires to set it
self up as better able to judge than
the convention as to who should he
the candidate of the party, then it
should make the change. But it would
find that it had committed a revolu-
tionary act. It would find itself ex-
posed to the most calling fire ever di-
rected upon a county committee. Ev-
cry defeated candidate would turn
upon it and work against it. Its ac-
ton would be regarded as tanfamount
to overriding the will of the Repub-
ucan convention. Truly a serious
problem confronts the committee.
Certainty n Relief.
Now that the supreme court of the
territory has finally decided that wo-
men may not vote this fall, there is
great relief among the politicians
Most of them are glad to be rid of the
uncertainty. They were willing to take
hold whichever way the decision went
All they wanted was such certainty
that they would not be compelled to