The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30
Park City. Oct. %. 1896.

To the Editor of The Herald:
The persistent effort on the part of a
few Republicans to belittle the public
service rendered by Senator Chambers
to the people of Utah, and especially
his constituents of the Fifth senatorial
district, seems to demand that his
friends speak word in his behalf.
1t is reasonable to expect that he
will be elected by good round ma
jority on Nov. 8. because the people
of Summit and Wasatch counties, or
at least majority of them, know full
we'll that he has always performed his
whole duty as a citizen, both in pri-
vate and public life.
His best friends in this district have
no desire to underrate the ability OF
the Republican candidate, Hon. Abram
Hatch.
Mr.. Hatch is a Republican and
properly represents the Republican
party Mr. Chambers is Democrat,
an advocate of free silver and cham
pion of Bryans cause, and the cause
of the people. A vote for Mr.. Cham
bers means that, so far as the voter is
concerned, he has done everything in
his power to uphold Mr.. Bryan.
HIS RECORD.
Regarding Mr.. Chambers record in
the senate last winter, his colleagues
Republicans as well as Democrats-re-
garded him as one of the most able
and efficient members of that body.
He did not talk as much as some of
his associates, it is true, yet that was
no drawback; in fact, it is safe to say
that several members could have made
a better record if they had followed
Mr.. Chambers example and talked
less and worked harder. When Mr..
Chambers had anything to say, it was
always to the point, and he COM
manded the attention of all his col
leagues when he spoke. 1t is said on
good authority that as a member of the
several important committees upon
which ne served, his opinions
were always respected and his advice
was oftentimes followed by his politi-
cal opponents because they were con-
WINGED that his judgment was sound
and his opinions we'll worthy of re-
spect. There is little doubt if a poll
of the members of the first senate of
the state of Utah, regardless of party,
could be taken for the purpose of de-
terming who among the members
were, in the opinion of their colleagues,
the ablest members of that body, all
things considered, that Mr. Chambers
would be classed among the first.
THE PEOPLES FRIEND.
Mr. Chambers has always been
known as a friend of the people; he
on his own individual merits. Men
in his employ have always been free
to vote as they pleased.
1t is not generally known, yet it is a
fact, that to his efforts as much as
that of any other man in the United
States is due the fact that the national
Democratic platform contains the in
come tax provision.
Parties who are familiar with the
facts say that he went to Chicago
determined to have a free silver plat
form and a free silver candidate, anG
his next hobby was the income tax
and that he urged the measure with
/ a. persistence that carried conviction
I Senator Hill was at one time half in.
clined to accept the free silver plank
/ provided the income tax could be lef
| out; and a member of the New Yorl
delegation, a personal friend of Mr.
| Chambers, made personal appeal Il
him to join with some of the other ad
vocates of the measure in a reques
to the committee on resolutions Il
leave it out; and it was because Mr.
Chambers positively refused to join il
the request that the other advocate
of the income tax also declined ant
the proposed compromise failed.
A man who can exert an influence
in the national councils of his part,
can certainly have considerable influ
ence as a member of the senate of hi
state, and when that influence is ex
erted in the interest of the people, a
it was in regard to the income tax, hi
constituents in a senatorial distric
need have no fear about their welfare
if he is sent as their representative t
the state senate. A VOTER.