The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-16

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Salt Lake City, September 10, 1895.
Democrats Doing the Smiling.
'@T'o tell you the truth" said prom
inent Republican lately, Il don't like
to see the other side do all the smil-
ing"
The remark was brought out by the
result of the two state conventions
and the consequent feeling of doubt
and disunion among the Republicans
and confidence and harmony among
the Democrats. The speaker was an
ardent Republican leader, one who has
been distinguished in the past for his
supreme confidence in times of dis
aster. What is more, it expressed the
whole situation in Utah in one happy
sentence.
The truth of the matter is that the
tide has set in strongly toward the
Democrats. Never before in the his
tory Of the territory has the outlook
been brighter for them. Heretofore
they have been operating with con-
stantly decreasing majorities. The
people have listened to the siren
voices of the Republicans. They have
been led astray by the will-o'- the-wisps
of protectionism. They have taken as
truth the braggadocio of the Republic
cans when they have claimed that
they were most patriotic, most en-
Hghteled, most capable.
One thing after another has arisen
to disprove their claims. The delusive
theories of Mckinley have been utter
ly demolished by the crushing weight
of facts. The cry of the calamity
bowler could not drown the hum of
reviving industries. The people have
awakened and will have no more dis
cussion of the tariff as a live issue.
! Bounty ideas received a death-blow in
the constitutional convention. The
people, willing to bear the increased
expenses of statehood, are unwilling
to so further and have their hard
! earned money wrung from them by d.
rect taxation for the benefit of any
corporation or favored few who can
manipulate a Republican legislature.
Democratic Silver Position.
The Democratic position on the sill
Yer question gives more promise than
the Republican position. Any man
who pretends to know anything about
the silver fight knows that the gold
men are thoroughly organized and
that only thorough organization can
meet them. With this in mind they
cannot help but see how much better
is the Democratic position when they
/ learn that the only organized move
ment for the control by the silver men
Of the national conventions Of 1896 is
IN the Democratic party and is headed
by Senator Harris, of Tennessee,
choice of the Democratic caucus for
president pro tenn of the Senate, SEN
ator Jones, of Arkansas, and Senator
Turpie of Indiana. There is no sign
Of an organized movement to capture
the Republican convention. In all the
doubtful states it is the Democrats
who are leading the silver fight.
On local issues the Democrats I'M
doubtedly have the advantage. They
were the .redeeming features of the
last Republican legislature, which
made such bad record that even Re-
pujolicans declined to sustain it. They
wound the Republicans around their
fingers in the constitutional conven-
ton and furnished the brains, leader
ship and conservatism all through its
sessions They have condemned the
actions of the safeguarding Repub-
iican county court, which have been
condoned by the Republicans. More
! than that, it has furnished to the peo-
pie an incomparably better ticket
Powers Has Scared Them.
To cap the climax, the Democrats
have secured the services of the best
organizer and c2mpaigner in Utah.
! Judge Powers has taken hold of the
fight and will win This latter event
\ has capped the climax Of Republican
despair After their state convention,
I their faces began to grow long and
they have been growing longer every
day. All traces Of smiling vanished
after the Democratic state convention.
The judicial conventions and the &C
! ceptance by Powers have caused a,
vast cloud of absolute gloom to de-
! scend upon them and envelope them.
They are no longer boastful. They
! cling to the image of their majority
with a despairing grip, hoping that
/ it may hold them up but fearing that
it will be swept away
Follow the advice of Richard Croker.
Go among the common people and
! find out how sentiment is running. If
Won do. YOU will find that Republicans
| have reason to feel gloomy. This is a
Democratic year. The people are
ashamed of their actions last year.
They are returning to their old al
| legiance. Look out for tidal wave.
Democratic Judicial Ticket.
! The Democratic judicial ticket meets
with the hearty approval OF every
man in Salt Lake, who can look at the
! candidates with eyes ffeeu IrOIn pdiIl-
san blindness. Everywhere Republi-
) cans can be found who will declare
| that their ballots shall be. cast for that
ticket Those who say they will
vote for it are few and far between.
Partisans of the Republican nominees
relv on a belief that as the heat of
election comes, men will get within
rheir PARTY lines, and determine to
vote the Republican ticket straight
That might be possible We're there
not an extreme disparity between the
two tickets. Men looking at them
have but one conclusion. There is not
the slightest room for doubt as to
which set of men will give best SER
vice to the people AT best the Re-
publican ticket would give but an ex-
periment. The Democratic ticket
would give absolute certainty. 1t is
hardly to be believed that the Repub-
licans of this district are made of
such poor material, are possessed of
so little discrimination, are so bound
by partisan prejudices, that they will
| turn aside from such a ticket as that
put I'D by the Democrats, and vote
for the ticket put up by the Republic
cans.
Tribune Endorses 1t.
Even the Tribune, which has stom-
ached the reform county court, could
not stomachi the Republican ticket.
From the time it was nominated until
now, not one word of commentator
of that ticket has appeared in that