The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-18
political favors yet to come. He be-
lieves that the next legislature to be
elected will be Democratic.
JUDGE POWERS TALKS.
Pays His Compliments to Governor
West in UnmistaI1abIe Language.

Judge Powers was seen by a Herald re-
porter last evening, and asked for his
views upon the statement made by Gov
ernor West. After reading the special
telegram to The Herald, the judge said:
When political party has been de-
feated after a hard and well fought cam
paign, every member of the party has the
right 10 kick. Some folke consider it bad
taste, still, it is an inalenaliable right,
and the governor seems to be enjoying it
IN all its fullness. In fact he excels Fay
Templeton. True, if we had won the
fight, he would not now be pointing out
mistakes. Possibly he would be riding
upon the top wave shouting how we did
.t''
I'VE can now read our duty clear. 1t is
to put him in full control Of the next
campaign and march forward through
flowery paths to glorious victory with
undying glory. The thought comes to me
that
OF all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these, it might have
been ~
success instead of defeat this fall if we
had enjoyed the wiser counsel of our
critic and which we are only now re-
ceiving
Governor West was consulted before
the state committee was called together,
and while the executive committee was
considering the grave situation that con-
fronted US. He was present at the ses-
sion of the state committee but did not
favor us with wiser COUNSEL He was
present at the reconvened session of the
Ogden convention and remained mute.
He waited until he reached Washington
before taking the paddock from his lips.
He claims to be a Democrat governed by
the will of the majority. 1t has been his
boast that whenever his party speaks
that he yields his own convictions. His
party spoke in convention and by thous-
ands of votes it spoke at the polls and
now he lasheS his party because it did
as well as it knew how. True to in
Stinct he wants another office. Don't
get 1t?
He says that Powers conceded that it
would be difficult to make out. a case of
church interference under ali the circum-
stances and he backed down from his
anti-statehood resolution" Powers. never
claimed that there was church Interior
ence by the Mormon church He did
claim, and the Democrats proved beyond
a reasonable doubt, that the Republican
leaders of the Mormon church We're using
their ecclesiastical influence to defeat the
Democratic party and they succeeded.
If it had not been for the priesthood Incl.
dent the Democrats would have carried
the territory. Powers never had any
'anti-statehood resolution and he never
backed down from any. He has been as
consistently for statehood as mis- critic.
Possibly his love for statehood is tied to
a United States judgeship.. Powers did
the best he knew how and he has not
taken back anything and has nothing to
take back Neither has the Democratic
party Its course in the late campaign
was brave honest and manly and it will
bear good fruit in the future.
Il think that Vests, attack upon the
Tribune is very unkind. particularly in
view Of the adulatory editorials concern
ing him that are appearing in that paper;
He should be more just. He may need
the aid and the defense of thai. paper in
his assaults upon the Democratic party.
He wififfind it willing ally in his at
tempt to do Injustice to Democratic
workers. :.
Looking the ground all over, it seems
to me that Vests aspirations fol, poiiti-
cal office are in no way connected come ao WIN
be that he thinks that his. pull is SO
strong in Washington, that he can snap
his fingers in the faces Of Utah Demo-
crafS?''