The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-16
WORKING IN EARNEST.
Democrats Are Preparing to Make
the Good Fight to Finish.


the Good Fight to n Finish.
This is a Democratic year.
Yesterday there was an air of bust
ness about Democratic headquarters.
The excitement of the past few days
had worn off and the party managers
had settled down to the serious bust
ness of placing the issues of the cam
paign squarely before the people.
Judge Powers was very busy in ar
ranging the details, and before the day
was over arrangements had been
made for twenty meetings in Cache
this week, five in Utah, three in Davis.
four in Sanpete, eight in Millard, six
In Sewer and seven in TOOele.
It is pretty we'll settled that the
Democratic ticket is not to be with
drawn from the field. The Democratic
leaders feel that if the issue is taken
before the people of Utah they will
give a handsome majority for the
Democratic ticket. Every day gives
are reported from every county in the
territory and it begins TO look as
though a clean sweep is on the pro-
gramme.
There is feeling Of confidence
about the headquarters. Democrats are
standing shoulder to shoulder and are
determined to win this year. There is
general feeling that the party will
support statehood.
There is no radical feeling, but the
Democratic party has settled down on
the fight and is going to persevere
in It.
Republicans generally are in the po-
sition of the old woman who, with
her mop, tried to sweep back the At
lantic ocean. Following the lead of
George NJ. Cannon and the Tribune,
the Republican wheelhorses are en-
deavoring to stop the overwhelming
food that has set in toward De-
mocracy by charging that it is a DEM
ocratic trick and by charging that the
Democratic ticket was made up with
a view of using just such influences
as have oeen used by tlIeSRepublican
They try to make out that the Demo-
Gratis have stirred up g. tempest in
teapot. But the men who say these
things say them intellectually.
They know that this present issue is
not SO much on the happenings of the
priesthood meeting. but that it's cause
extends further back and embraces
the acts of men who, for three years,
have been steadily using this influence
against the Democratic party. 1t en-
braces the acts of apostles in the
church. who, in their priestly capacity,
have spoken of politics in priesthood
meetings, calling on the Democrats to
rise and then the Republicans to rise
and expressing approval if there hap
pened to be majority of Republicans.
and disapproval if there happened to
be a majority of Democrats, against
men who have gone in their priestly
capacity. put their arms about mems
shoulders and told them. Zion needs
that you should be Republican"
Hardly precinct in Utah has been
free from such influences during the
last three years.
This present determination on the
part of the Democrats comes from
this continued opposition. 1t is merely
the climax of three years 1t has come
this time at the first manifestation of
grapevine methods in our politics.
Moreover. it is not the result of any
political trick Any man who will
glance over the list of names at the
Democratic state committee meeting
and see thereon the names of men
who have served their church faith
fully in the past. whose names are
synonyms for honesty and conserv-
atism and who realize that these men
unanimously agreed on the call for
matter is too deep to be called a po-
litical trick
As the old woman found her efforts
vain when she tried to sweep back the
Atlantic ocean, so will the Republicans
find their efforts to avert the storm
vain.
"Firmness and moderation" the
message of Moses Thatcher, is the
Democratic watchword.