The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-02

! ture, the Republican majority of the
constitutional convention and the Re-
publican county court, with better
times under Democratic tariff legisla-
ton, with better prospects that the
Democrats will give silver the proper
treatment next year, with Democrats
who went astray returning to the fold
with Republican dissension, with no
hobos to vote the Republican ticket
solidly, they expect the people of Utah
will arise to the occasion and give
them good majority on the state
ticket, and a comfortable majority in
the legislature
Feel the Sentiment.
If anybody supposes that the Demo-
Gratis have not fighting chance to
win the state this fall let him go out
among the people Of this city and out
into the county and feel the pulse of
sentiment. Richard Croker says that
! when he wishes to find out how an
election is going he quietly walks
among the common people, he talks
| with unknown men on the street, in
the cars and at restaurants. Then he
finds out how sentiment is running
Let someone try the same experiment
in this city. He will find that every
where the Democrats are feeling conf
dent. He will find the Republicans dis
gusted with their record in the past
and with the tickets which they have
been called upon to support. They will
lind honest, earnest Republicans look
ing at the situation fairly and honestly
and asking themselves if they can af-
ford to vote their ticket blindly and
blight the state for the first five years
of it's existence, just when it should be
bounding forward to prosperity, by de-
livering it over into the hands of men
who do not know how to manage pub
lie affairs.
Wells a Weak Man.
To borrow a term from the bicyclists,
it may be said truthfully that Heber
M. Wells is ''back pedaling." Instead
of going forward in the estimation Of
the people, he is gradually receding.
If anyone doubt this let him talk to
the careful, earnest, honest, indepen-
dent men of the Republican party. Let
him go and ask them, man to man,
whether they think their strongest man
has been put up. Let him ask them if
they thing such pair of young, mex
perienced shoulders are broad enough
to carry the weight that will be put on
the shoulders of the first governor of
Utah. Let him ask them if they think
that the future Of Utah is not of too
| great Importance to be put in the
hands of one who is untried, who is
admitted by his friends to be woefully
deficient in his understanding Of the
great questions of the day. If they are
! not politicians their answers will give
him an idea that Wells is not the
strongest man that could have been
placed in nomination.
A Serious Question.
''It is a serious question with me"
said a prominent Republican yes
terday, whether 7 can afford to sup
| port Wells. You must remember that
if we elect man who is not thorough
~ capable we will not be able to get
rid of him for five long years. The
people who have been brought face to
face with the fact that it is impossible
to touch the financial question until
the end of Cleveland's term and have
been forced to remain comparatively
inactive waiting for that time have
learned a lesson about the sloWness
with which time drags on. All my
interests are here in Utah. All want
to see is Utah built up. I am Re
publican at heart. But I cannot af-
ford to entrust the affairs Of this state
in the hands of a man who is nothing
more than an experiment.
Nothing wrong Personally.
ST have nothing to say against
Heber M. Wells personally" he con-
tinued. Il can sit with pleasure and
see him act in one of his plays.
would entrust him with the keeping of
my money in his bank. would be on
the pleasantest terms with him per-
sonally and would be glad to meet
him. But when it comes to the ques-
ton of electing a governor I must
face the necessity of making my de-
cision in accordance with my calm
Under such circumstances I think I
will have to scratch Heber NJ. Wells"
The Reform County Court.
Echoes of the convention of Satur-
day continue to float around in the
city. One of them relates to the re-
form county court of this county.
Until the evening, when the debate on
instructions came up, there was not
| a subject that excited so much of a
demonstration as a derogatory men
ton of the reform county court. In
the house were delegates who had
seen the practical effects of the re-
form administration. Many had lost
their horses, cattle and harness and
found that the officers have not suffi-
Gent money to carry on their crusade
against the thieves. Many had seen
the court off on it's junketing trips
when it has run up enormous bills Of
mileage over very small pieces Of
work. Many knew of pauper cases
where the selectmen have received
more money than the paupers The
feeling against the court was very
high.
Can the Republican party of this
| county not see a sign in this? Can
they not read the gathering wrath of
| the people against the continued reck-
Iessness, extravaganza and fayoritism
exhI6ited by their party in the county
court, the legislature and the conven-
ton? Can they not see that a storm
is gathering and that this fall it will
break about their devoted heads ?
The people have SO many illustrations
before them of the superiority of the
Democratic tickets and methods in
this territory that they will rise I'm in
open revolt against the career of ruin
alton which the Republican party has
begun,
The County Chairman.
The campaign of the Democrats in
salt Lake county will probably be in
good hands this fall. The idea adont-
ed by the convention Of making p. small
committee, easily to be BROUGHT f.
gether and put in good working order
has received general communication.
Both city and county are pleased with
the new rule. More than that the