The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-30
POLITICAL.

The principal subject of discussion
yesterday among the people of this
city was the work Of the Republican
state convention and the ticket which
had been placed before the people.
Republicans, as rule, were pleased.
save as TO the supreme court. and IN
regard to thai they were not pleased
a little bit. There was not so much
objection to the nominees save that
thea all came from Salt Lake City, and
that was not at all satisfactory
4 The rest of the ticket was apparently
H.ali right. There was a general incllna-
ton to accept the nomination OF MI.
Wells as the best that could have been
made by the party under the clrcum-
stances.
Among Democrats there was no com
plants heard about the work of the
convention. It was a Republican tick
ct, and in a general way one Republl-
can ticket is as good as another with
Democrats. There was no fears eX-
pressed about the possible outcome of
the election, so far as this ticket is
concerned, because all good Democrats
realize that if they have to depend
upon the ability Of their candidates to
draw sufficient votes from the Repub-
lican party to elect their candidates,
4nat there is very slim chance OF
success. Therefore, it was not the hope
of the Democrats that the Republicans
would nominate such a weak lot OF
men that the voters would desert and
vote for the Democratic nominees.
Democrats will have to win this cleo
fion this fall with Democratic votes,
because no Republican will bolt the
entire Republican ticket. A few may
Demo-
cratic ticket, and a few Democrats may
vote for some Republican nominees,
but one will offset the other.
Men will vote the Democratic ticket
who did not vote it last fall, and they
may not be classed as Democrats, nor
Yet can they be put down as Republl-
cans, but rather as the floating or in
dependent voters that comprise an i'm
portant factor in all elections. For the
time being they will be Democrats or
Republicans, as the case may be, but
they cannot be put d wn as belonging
TO the party whose ticket they deign
to accept on that occasion, although at
the last election they voted the other
way.
1t may be truthfully said, however,
that the election will not be won save
by Democratic votes, if the Democrats
win.
\ county the Republicans will vote their
ticket straight, as a rule. There will
of course, be many exceptions on some
offices, but it may be put down that
this fight will be fought on party
lines, and, with a majority against the
Democrats in the territory, it will de-
pend on the fighting qualities of the
Democratic candidates as to who will
win. The sympathy of the great ma
jority of the people is with the Demo-
Gratis and it is doubtless true that
without any effort being made to ex-
cite the voters, the calm sober judg-
ment of most of them would be that
they are heart and soul with the Demo
cratic party.
Without doubt the contest in this
county will be very close, but Demo-
Gratis yesterday were very confident of
ultimate success and they will go into
the fight determined to win and pre-
pared to make an aggressive fight.
The Republican nominees, when
their names became known yesterday,
didtnot weaken the ardor of Democrats
one iota. They have laid their plan of
battle in accordance with the theory
that the Republicans would not nom
mate ticket to accommodate the
wishes of Democrats