The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08

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Tie reaction from the campaign,
with its anxieties and hard work, has
left Judge Powers feeling very tired.
Yesterday, however, he resumed his
professional work and will not again
engage actively in political work. He
has given his best efforts to his party
for the past two months. He mas
worked as hard as a man could work
for its success. He made it strong IN
every point, and only the events of the
last three weeks of the campaign made
the loss for the Democratic party.
''Of course 1 cannot help feeling
greatly disappointed at the result,
said Judge Powers to a Herald re-
porter yesterday. Il would be less
. than a man if l did not. But then L
realize that someone had to lose. The
millennium will be here when both
clients win law suit and both parties
win a political victory. There was
bound to be rejoicing on one side and
disappointment on the other. We
merely had the disappointing side.
Yet there are things in the cam
paign that have made me feel joyful.
l have worked with men opposed to
my religious ideas who have stood be-
side me and made good fight in a
1 Just cause, though that fight struck
kat their deepest religious feelings. L
a have seen all elements in the Demo-
cratic party come so closely together
that in the future there will be no dis
tinction in the Democratic party be-
tween Mormon and Gentle. On our
side, at least, those terms will be
wholly forgotten.
Never in the history of the United
States has there been such a campaign
as this one of ours. l have never
heard of an instance where a party
in the midst of a campaign, when it
had aligned itself on the old issues.
has turned 20 meet a. new issue thrust
upon it Unexpectedly, has met that
issue unitedly and determinedly, re-
formed its lines and, without any fall
tering in the ranks, has gone forward
with a determination to win. Less
than that which we fought has often
done more than it did. Presidential
elections have turned on smaller
things Smaller things have thrown
one well organized party into utter de-
L moralization and made an organized
$army out of an undisciplined mass.
q cannot help but admire the cour-
age of the Democrats of Utah in meet
ing this issue. 1 believe they would
have won on it if they had had more
time in which to meet the false re-
ports that were sent out about it. if
they had time in which to present it
properly before the people. In al the
centers of population where it was
properly presented the Democrats
gained. Elsewhere they lost.
81 notice from the returns that have
come so far that the Democrats gen
orally voted for the constitution. AS
far as 1 can learn, by far the greater
number of votes against it We're cast
by Republicans. I believe that the
Democratic party is now for state
hood as it has been all through. The
benefits Of a separate autonomy are
so great thai they appeal to q patriot
4 ism that cannot be affected by party
4 success or defeat.
y Il am for statehood. I believe the
fight that we have begun can be best
fought out under statehood. We are
In the right. Our quarrel is just. If
not next year, then sometime after
wards, the people will vindicate US
TX believe the people of Utah are hon
kst. L believe they will, sooner or
ElRter, administer such rebuke to
those who would unite church and
state that it will be impossible for
them to make it a factor.
Inc lUISEeSlS Oh OldH are IN
terests / shall live and die here.
am one of the people. Their prosperity
is my prosperity Therefore shall dc
all in my power TO make the Republi-
can administration successful. l will
uphold it with the hope that Utah will
be what it should be, one Of the great
est industrial states in the west.
I'm a public way l want to thank the
thousands Of men and women who
helped me in the fight want to thank
each member Of each committee Some
how I feel that we were brought sc
near to one another in the great strug-
gle that our hearts ever after will beat
in unison. 1 don't regret the hard
work / have gone through. I have
learned to know the people of Utah
We have looked into each others
faces. We clasped hands in common
cause. ] found them to be brave hon
est and true. For the Democratic
psrtv 1 want to thank The Salt Lake
Herald. 1t was and it is a tower oi
strength. We owe it more than we
can repay
80 Democrats ] give this thought
,|6f the thorns Of defeat have entered
f~Sour hearts, pluck them out You
Hwere right and some day you will win
Though defeated, you did a grand
work for Utah. I have been and will
ever be your servant Here is my
hand to each and all of you. God bless
Sroup'