The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-30

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-The present
mental status of the bogus Democrats
is pretty well described in one of PR
. vste' John Aliens stories. He told it
during the debate on the Sherman law
repeal
''Two of my constituents" he said,
Wwere candidates for the Office of coun-
ty treasurer of Alcorn county. One Of
them had held the office for two terms,
and the other was running against him
in opposition TO the third term. The
man who was running for the office
for the first time, followed his COM
petitor ali over that county denouncing
the proposition TO elect man to office
for a third term
The people endorsed him and he
was elected in opposition to the third
term candidate. He held the office him
self for two terms, and the election
was approaching. The time was COM
ing when he must get out of Office him
self or go back on the platform on
which he had been elected. The stu
alton was serious. He came 20 town
one morning and said:
Boys. have any of you seen any
thing of Beech MEtc9el?' Beech Nit
chell was the man whom he had beat
en-. They told him Beech was in town.
d" Well, said he, I want to see him.
I feSl that 1 owe him an apology. Four
years ago, I ran against him for the
Office of treasurer in this county, and
I beat him on the third-term issue. I
had heard his talk about Grant and
the third term, and I thought this third
term principle was all wrong. At that
time I had never reflected very much
about the question, but since that time
] have thought about lit a good deal,
and when you come TO apply that prin
cipie 10 the office of county treasurer,
there is not a, thing in the world in it,
and / thank God / have the manhood
when j see / am wrong to acknowledge
it'
Some of the men against whom that
story was aimed are now following AL
lens advice and are apologSzing hum
bly, TO the Republican party.
The bogus Democracy attracts little
attention here in the east. All hope
OF controlling any of the eastern state
conventions in favor of the bolt has
been given up The Democrats who do
the voting at the primaries in New
York are not in sympathy with the
movement. 1t savors too much of the
odious state Democracy. The national
Democracy. like the army in Salvador,
israil generals. Mugwumpery with
little former Democracy. whipped or
corrupted into lane, gives life to the
movement.
1t IS 4 sorry spectacle, though. to see
some of the men who are in it go down
TO destruction. The names Of Carlisle,
John c. Breckenridge, Wilson, Her
bert and Lamont once brought UP the
best memories of Democracy. But upon
these men fall the awful blight of
Clevelandism. The Democracy has
thrown them off. Hoke Smith, Catch
ings, Stevenson, Campbell and MoITi-
son have saved themselves only by
renouncing the administration and free
ing themselves from the grip of the
money power.
Clevelandism almost wrecked the
Democratic party. The land-slides of
the past three years have not been
against the party. bEt against Cleve-
land and the money power. Until the
Democratic party threw off Cleveland
ism 1t was greatly disguised and dis
courlged No hope Of victory could
be entertained When it threw off the
bltght it's old time vigor returned and
it went forth united. satisfied and
determined.
But the blight has fallen elsewhere.
The avowed purpose of the third ticket
movement - u SSCQI6 Lie GltCllO1 Oh
Mckinley. Its leaders differ from the
1nugwumps who have swallowed the
whole Mckinley hook and bait, only
as to the means of accomplishing the
election of the Ohio Napoleon. They
hold to the fatuus belief that they
can draw Democrats from Bryan by
using the livery Of Democracy in which
to worship the golden calf. But they
are in error The Democrats who will
would either vote for Mckinley or go
fishing. This year the fight is on prin-
chile and party lines count for little
Therefore the third ticket Will put two
gold candidates in the field and hurt
Mckinley, not Bryan.
BY the way, il is a fact to be re-
marked in connection with the bogus
Democratic conventions, that in every
state they are being held in the city
where the federal officials reside. This,
however. is necessary Outside OF the
bankers and those who are swayed by
thek bankers the heads of the move
rleEf are office-holders or prospective
ofsice-holdeTS under the Cleveland adj
minfsfraEion. Rynum, of Indiana,
chairman of the old executive commit
tee. has been persistently seeking a
federal appointment ever since his con-
stituents in Indianapolis, disguised by
his cuckOoisgn, defeated him for con-
gress.
The notorious Breckenridge is making
the sound money plea for a purpose.
He hopes, because there are many cam
55dates for the congressional nominal
Eic-a from the Ashland district, that he
may. slip in between them. Equally no.
toriOus is ex-Mayor Hopkins. of Chi
cago under whose administration the
western metropolis had the most cur
rupt and shameful government in its
history. He was the agent of grasping
corporations and he is now acting for
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