The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-12
WE'LL, LET Us CONSIDER.

paper usefulness, and deprives it Of
possibilities of dictation. The PROPOSE
ton is very simple: The Democratic
party in its Chicago platform espoused
the cause of the people. In the west
ern states this was so generally recog-
nized. that large numbers of voters
who had previously affiliated with the
Republican party voted for William
Jennings Bryan. In Utah particularly,
the sentiment was so overwhelming
that even the Tribune. after webbing
for an indefinite period of time, finally
settled down temporarily on the peo-
pies side-likewise on the side of its
subscription list As a result of the
campaign, the Republican party has
badly disintegrated-a result that was
unavoidable and logical. In order to
avoid the consequences to the munic-
ipal campaign, and probably with
some Interior motives, there has been
started an alleged non-partisan move
ment. Now, the Democratic party is
called upon to surrender its party
organization and abdicate it's proper
functions. The party that at Chicago
wrote a new declaration of independ-
ence, and today holds as its leader and
champion the peoples friend, is coolly
invited to shatter its organization
locally and give the enemy an oppor-
tunity to sheer all over the United
States that even in the heart of the
silver country, the cause of silver and
human rights is dying out. In eastern
states and cities the fight for the
Chicago platform is being fought
bitterly step by step. In New York
City the silver hosts are combining to
nominate a silver man for mayor well
realizing that a defeat will be one i'm
portant move lost in the game that is
now being played preliminary to the
presidential campaign of 1900.
If in this city there exists such
condition of affairs as calls for the re-
bule of honest men. the Republican
party alone is responsible
The Democratic party has not been
tried in this city government. If it
shall be tried and gives as good an
account Of its administration as has
been written in the management of the
county affairs, it will fill every measure
of the present requirements; that is to
save the taxpayers thousands of dol
lars, and at the same time keep the
party organization intact and service
able for the great political contests
ahead.
The Herald will not support un-
worthy men for office in Salt Lake
City because they are on the Demo-
cratic ticket. But this position does
not prevent it from demanding that
the usual rules of political warfare
shall be applied to the Democratic
party now as fully as they have al
ways Injured TO the benefit of the Re-
publican party in the past. The Her
aid is not afraid of the result. The
Democratic party today represents the
highest hopes of all those who united
their votes last November in favor of
a government by the people. Those
who sundered previous political ties
acted from sense of duty that rose
superior to oficeseeking. and we will
leave to our contemporary the pleasure. |
If pleasure it be, of imputing sordid
motives to their action. Nothing has
occurred since TO make those voters
regret their choice. On the contrary /
much has happened to convince them
that never again can they support a
party which grovels before the gold
standard, surrenders to greedy trusts
and honors political corruptionists. The
Herald, then. has no reason to doubt
that they viii support proper nominees
on the municipal ticket of that party
10 which-as things are now shaped
they must lock for deliverance from the
great evils they complain of. But such
nominees need not be confined TO those
who have always hoisted the Demo-
cratic banner They may with pro-
priety and fairness represent all those
who under that banner are ready to
fight the peoples fight, shouting the
battle cry of freedom