The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-08
REPUBLICANS DO NOT REJOICE.
They Have Many Reasons for Think.
ing the Victory Dearly Bought.


There are some victories so dearly
bought that the victors feel no joy.
There are some defeats so glorious that
the vanquished feel that in reality they
have been victorious
There is little esthusiasm among the
Republicans here over the election of
their state ticket. 1t is felt that this
can hardly be called a victory for Re
publican principles. More than that
the Republican anticipations have not
been realized. They have not materi-
ally increased their general majority
in the state though all the influences
were their way. The increase, so far
as it has gone, has been a natural one.
The Democrats have been anxious
ever since the church and state issue
came up. Before the priesthood meet
ing there seemed a certainty of election.
After that the lines had to be reformed,
and, while some believed that victory
was coming on the new issue, the gen.
eral feeling among the Democrats was
that if the party could only hold its
vote of last year that would be proof
conclusive that it would hold together
on the issue in the future, and that this
| defeat would be but the harbinger of
a later victory.
The Democrats have gone down with
colors flying. They made a gallant
fight. They met a grave issue in bold
manner. They did not hesitate to as
sert the great foundation principles of
! Democracy even though defeat should
stare them in the face for doing so.
/ They aligned themselves on the issue
with a determination to make the good
! fight, whether it meant victory or de-
! feat. AS Judge King said, they We're
! prepared to go down again, again and
again rather than condone that which
! they thought was wrong.
There can he no ignominy in such a
defeat. He who fights for the right
can never be disgraced, though he may
! be defeated. Nor has the defeat left the
party unwilling or unable to fight
again. Already the lines are being
drawn for 1896 The Republicans go
! into power with a terrible RESPONSE
/ bility resting upon them. They go in
with everything in their hands. The
people will hold them strictly accounta-
| bic for the government they give.
OF course the talk now turns on the
question of the Republican senator
ships A great deal of gossip is going
! the rounds and the friends of every
| body who is out for a Republican sena-
torship is pressing his name to the
front. Perhaps of all the candidates
mentioned George Q. Cannon is most
prominent IL the talk and it is gener-
ally conceded that if he desires it he
can be elected by the legislature
Apostle Francis NJ. Lyman, Apostle
John Henry Smith and President
| Joseph T. Smith are being spoken of
very freely The attitude Of the Tri-
bune is being discussed gravely and
| it is matter of speculation as to
whether it will press John E. Dolly or
Judge Goodwin. Neither can be told
beyond a doubt. 1t is probable, now
ever, that the deal between Frank Can
non and Goodwin is to be carried out
! on the legislature.
| Colonel Trumbo is decidedly in the
race 1t is now being freely conceded
by Republicans here that the victory in
the state was due very largely to the
! Trumbo sideshow. The course of that
party car be traced largely by the re-
| turns. Morgan county went Republi-
can. Various other places where they
went were also Republican. Wherever
the party held forth the Republicans
were awakened from their apathy and
were set to work. The Trumbo men
are working largely on this belief and
also on the personal unpopularity of
! Goodwin and Frank Cannon.
OF course Judge Bennett and Arthur
Brown are lowering around the edges
| of the show and are endeavoring to
have their claims recognized. They are
perhaps the least important factors in
the fight now.