The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-17

a'wo e the chief attractions of the
1sepupHcan managerie We're trotted
OUT FOR the benefit of the deluded Re-
Pupiicans who think that the best
way. for man to get rich is to- pay
tariff taxes. These two attractions
were Johnny Zane, the infant prodigy,
famed Tor the elasticity of his truth
Iulness, and John Henry Smith, ring
master OF the recent Republican cir
Gus, called the constitutional conven-
Ton, Whom the Republicans are en-.
oeaVerlhg to rescue from that oblivion
INTO which he was cast by his presi-
oeney of that convention.
NOS were those who attended for
amusement disappointed. The two
attractions managed to take at least
Q dozen different positions on every
thing they touched and made mass
OF contradictions that cannot fail to
awaken the latent humor of the Ameri-
can citizens present.
Johnny Zane started out braVely to
say that the Democratic policy is to
tell the sheep owners here that they
cannot grow wool but must give in to
Australia. to tell the mine owners that
they cannot mine lead, they must give
in to the lead of Mexico, to go to other
countries rather than to deal here;
while the Republicans wanted to give
every man a competency through the
great wooden god protection. He said
that the Democrats had done nothing
for forty years to help the country
and painted very bad picture of the
evils that had come on the country in
those forty years. Then he immedi-
ately proceeded to tell the people that
the Republicans had been in power
for thirty years.
Intense Forgetfulncss.
In painting the condition of the
country he forgot to mention several
very important things. He forgot to
tell anything about the panic of 1873,
when the Republicans were entrenched
in power or about the Capitalization
of wealth in the hands of the few
since the Republicans have been in
power. He forgot to tell that the
hard times began under the admins
tration of Harrison and were shifted
onto Democratic shoulders and that
good times did not begin until the
Democrats had passed their measure
of tariff reform. He forgot that good
times are returning fast under the
Democratic administration and that the
people are beginning to see through
the monstrous frauds of McKinleyism.
Johnny, the infany prodigy, became
decidedly eloquent when he told the
stupendous lie that there were no iron
or cotton mills in the country prior
to the passage of the Republican tariff
measures. He forgot several matters
of history, neglected to say that the
tariff was only a war measure and
that it has only been kept on in this
country through the persistent lobby
ing of the men who were making
fortunes out of the overtaXed people.
He forgot to say that products of
iron are now being shipped out of the
country TO England and Japan under
the operations of the Wilson bill and
that factories all over the country
have taken a new lease on life from
the broader field opened up to our
commerce through the operations of
that bill.
John Henry's Poor Logic.
1t remained for John Henry, how
ever, to make the greatest spectacle
for the entertainment of The onlook-
ers. A we'll posted man might we'll
imagine he was again in the halls of
the constitutional convention as ne
saw the face of the erstwhile presi-
dent grow intensely red and his brow
pucker up when he tried to think out
some puzzling question in which he
involved himself.
He started in with the proposition
that it was of no avail to go shack to
the principles of Jefferson and Hamil-
ton. He was not prepared to face that
contrast He said the thing that con-
cerned the people was the present
condition. Then he proceeded to blame
the Democrats for the hard times. He
said these began just after the DEM |
ocrats adopted their platform favoring |
revenue tariff, when the business men
of the country became frightened and
began to retrench. He conveniently |
forgot to add, however, that immedi- |
ately afterwards the business men and |
people of the country put the Demo- |
Gratis in power and that revival of |
business did not come until the new !
tariff act had been passed.
Then John Henry proceeded to cap |
the climax by going back on his orig
inal proposition and claiming that the |
evils that had come on the country |
had been caused by a forgetfulness of |
the principles of our forefathers and |
departure from them. He did not |
know how nearly right he was. Our |
believed in laying a mod |
crate tariff, for a few years, and de-
it gradually. The present !
of Republicans believe in |
as high a tariff as the benefciaries de- !
mand and a constant increase, as the /
institutions grow older and better able |
to absorb the money of the people.
1t is the same old campaign of bluff |
and buster. Before it is over we may !
expect to hear the resurrected John |
Henry again going about the territory /
that because of the hard
times he has not money enough to pay
his washing bills. We may expect to
hear the same old cry of protection to
homes raised to deceive the women.
But the people are becoming acquain- I
ted with such sophistries and contra
dictions and they are losing their
force wherever thought is applied to
them.
Democratic WorLingmen.
The Workingmen's Democratic club
leld meeting last evening at its
'ooms in the Uintah block, Is CONNER
,ial street The members of the club
urned out in force and felt enthusiast
&c and confident of victory. Reports
rom the various officers and members
showed the club to be in fighting trim
With everything going nicely William
1. Miller was elected Sergeant-at-arms.
n place of John Robertson. who had
A public meeting will be held