The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-06

SAID yesterday. l. DS1leVe the pSOp1S
OF Salt Lake county became disguised
with the extravaganza and incompet-
ency of the present county officials. The
reckless expenditures of the present
commissioners have resulted in wreck
| ing the treasury, and has been carried
| to such an extent that the people de-
| termined to GUST the officials.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
THE silver question of course had
great deal TO do with the result. The
and unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of 16 TO 1. as Enumerated by the
| Chicago platform, and in voting for
Democratic nominees they followed the
/ only consistent course. To have acted
otherwise would have been extremely
| inconsistent The only way in which
the citizens of this state could have
emphasized their approval of Bryan's
nomination was to vote the stralgflG
Democratic ticket, and this they evil
IDENTIFY did according to returns re
| ceived up to date. They seem to have
voted for every man on the ticket from
congressman down to constable
THE LEGISLATURE.
1.-THE legislature being Democratic
will, Of course, elect a Democratic SEN
ator who will place silver above ali else
and | believe he will be man that
will vote on all occasions for silver
! before any other measure OF course
| there will be several candidates, but
/ they will all be men of ability and fit
to represent Utah in the senate of the
United States.
This much can be asserted unequiv-
ocally, no Democrat who has been
elected a member of the legislature is
pledged to vote for any particular can
didate for senator. Another statement
1 feel assured in making, is that all
county officers elected will administer
the affairs of the county in an econom-
! ical manner and in the interest OF the
taxpayers.
THE WOMAN VOTE.
1.-The woman vote was an important
factor in the election. They turned out
! in greater numbers than anticipated,
and apparently took more interest than
the men. They were first at the polls
| in the morning and the last to leave
at night.
THE WHEEL HORSES.
while I do not care, as chairman.
to particularly praise the work of the
county organization, yet / feel that
credit should be given where due,
! therefore | believe that the members
Hansen, Fisher Harris. II. G. Whhr-
ney, Charles T. Harte, Richard P. Nor
/ ris, John B. Timnlony, G. B. Blakely
! and joseph z. Game should be praised
fer their excellent work. To them is
due credit for the splendid victory.
Through the medium of the executive
committee a thorough canvass of the
county was had, and 9S per cent of the
Democratic voters were induced TO go
TO the polls election day. This l con-
slider a splendid record. In 26 of the
city precincts every Democrat regis
tered went to the polls and voted.
Seven is the highest number of votes
lost in any city precinct. This splen-
did record is due entirely to the indie
fatigable work of the members Of the
ward and precinct committees.
LOOKING FORWARD
"As to the future, I feel justified in
| predicting that the county of Salt
Lake. and indeed the state of Utah.
will remain the Democratic column. l
base my prediction upon the stand
taken by the two great parties on the
silver question and other issues. / am
convinced that the citizens of Utah
must travel one of two roads. The
people must decide whether they be-
/ Heve in the single gold standard as
advocated by the Republican party, or
by the Democratic party. A person be
lieving in the gold standard must here
after follow the Republican party, and
those who believe in free coinage must
array themselves on the side of De-
mocracy. The lines are drawn so dis
tinctly upon the financial issue that a
man VINO is a Republican cannot DE
| as some have endeavored to be in f,his
campaign-a. friend of free coinage. If
he is a Republican he must be an ad-
vocate of the gold standard, or if he is
Il silver man he must come over to
the Democratic party. There is no
middle ground.
NO CHURCH INFLUENCE.
81 desire to emphatically refute the
statement of certain parties relative to
| church influence in the campaign.
There has been nothing to indicate in
| reference by any prominent church
official in this county.
THE AUTRALIAN SYSTEM
1.-THE loss of so few ballots by reason
of improper preparation is indicative
| of a degree of intelligence seldom mot
| with in the Inauguration of the sys-
tenn. In some states where the system
has been tried for the firS5 time the
loss has reached % per cent"
INCJPIENT CONSUMPTION.
| How One Woman Cured Herself
With Homemade Syrup.
"You would not believe that 1 was