The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-13

Anybody finding a good, serviceable one
lying around loose and taking it to
Colonel Trunbo and the chief moguls of
the Utah g. O. p. will be handsomely re-
warded and put up for the admirihg
public to view as a great benefactor OF
his party. The need is dire, the reward
commensurate with the greatest efforts.
The wear and tear on the brain matter
of the slate fixers that will be saved by
an early plan will be wonderful Now is
the opportunity for the young men Of
the Republican party to forge to the
front and teach the old mossbacks that
there is some inventivenesS left in them
yet.
The Republican party is essentially
| one Of bluff and buster. In its history
! it has been remarkable for the avidity
with which it would seize on the same jim
| go phrase and wear it before the people
until it became threadbare. With hoarse
| shoutings, blare of trumpets and attend
ant noise they have stood before the peo-
pie of the country for years and cheated
| them with false notices of protection
and care for our Home Industries"
| Arguments Astounding in sophistry, but
designed to catch the patriotism OF the
American people, have been their stock
in trade.
This has been particularly true in
Utah as regards the question of bounty.
Republican stump speakers, beginning
with frankie and going down to Bill
Glassman, have gone over the territory
frightening the people half to death
with terrific visions Of hard times If the
Democrats are put in power and busi-
ness is allowed to run on in its natural
course. They would seize on the pres
emit hard times in the various commune
ties and from these argue for their par
ty.
For instance the versatile frankie has
been quoted as going to the small
towns and saying, in effect, Now, you
have fifteen idle young men in this town.
Farming does not pay. There are twen-
~ in the next town. There are many
others in the towns throughout the terri
tory. Now, if we only had some manu-
factories in Utah these young men would
have employment. The farmers would
have larger market for their produce.
There would be general prosperity. And
this condition can be brought about if
our legislature will only give bounties
TO some deserving industries designed to
develop our natural resources
The argument is familiar. Scarcely one
who has heard a Republican stump
speech in the last few years has not
heard it with variations. No matter
what else might or might not be said,
this was always worked in. 1t was thu
political alpha and omega of the Repub-
icans. When they could talk of nothing
else they would switch off on this. BY
constant contemplation of its beauties
they were at length brought to making
the result of bountieS more glowing with
every repetition, until many of the poor
people Of Utah, recognizing the condi-
tions that were pointed out, and anxious
for some utopian plan which you'd lift
them out of a condition where taxes
were a burden, were forced to vote for
the party which promised such great
things.
But expectations were raised to such
a great height that now the reaction has
begun to set in with remarkable force
1t has taken the people some time to
fully comprehend the exact status of the
bounty question, but now they are be-
ginning to realize that another campaign
on bounty in the state or territory of
Utah would be a mockery and a sham.
1t is absolutely impossible under the
constitution for the state to borrow
money with which to give bounties or to
use the well known device of endorsing
the bonds of some company earnestly
desiring governmental aid in its enter
prises.
The only way that bounties can be
given is by taking the ready cash from
the treasury. As the conservative men
are already estimating that the expens-
es of the new state will be about double
the expenses of the territory. it will
keep the legislature busy figuring how to
raise sufficient revenue to meet the le-
Ultimate expenses of government with
out bearing too heavily on the people.
More than that, it can be safely wagered
that whenever there comes a time, if we
may anticipate such a thing, when the
state shall have ready money at its dis
posal there will be other claims on it.
At present the thing Salt Lake most
desires is a capital building which shall
be a credit to the new state. That would
use up all the surplus revenue for a
great many years to come. Then there
is the university to be built on the great
Fort Douglas reservation site That will
take a pretty penny of itself. About the
time that should be finished Sanpete
county will be coming forward and ask
ing that the Normal school be put down
IN that county. Various other counties
would also want state institutions. If
the state should be so wealthy as to &C.
complish all this there would stu be the
demands of the present institutions for
all the modern improvements. The great
desire for money on these accents would
be augmented by the fact that various
of the government officials who are to
get very small salaries, according to the
constitution, would have patriotic and
natural desire to have their own wages
increased by any surplusage. Under
these circumstances the outlook is very
gloomy on the bounty question, and it is
a hardy Republican who would dare
stand up in meeting now and ask his
party to take up the issue on that line.
AS a specimen of what is being said. a
voice comes up from the Garden city.
Judge ]. D. jones' down there, is one of
the strongest Republicans they have. He
used to provoke the intense enthusiasm
among some of the beet growers in past
campaigns by telling them Of the great
good of bounty and what it had done
for Utah and other counties. Imagine
his surprise and intense disgust. then.
when he saw what the constitutional
convention had done.
why, what's the matter with those
fellows?" he asked. We've got a good
led by an old bull, if necessary. But
there doesn't seem to be any one who
can lead them They just go helter-
SHELTER, and as a consequence the Demo-
Gratis have knocked them out. We've
fought two campaigns on the bounty is
sue. 1t has been our chief fight. The |
Democrats said in the last campaign
they would fix us with the provision in