Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-08
GRINDING POLITICAL Parties.

The incident in the United States
Senate on Monday OF Senator Cannon,
elected az Republican, voting put
lumber on the free list, and OF Senator
R,wline, a Democrat, eating his bal
lot for protective tariff on the same
material, is an illustration Of departure
from party tradition that indicated
atill further the dislntegrating proc.
estes that are going on 10
present political party organizations.
Doubtless both Utah Senators can
give strong reasons for their respec.
tive positions, for there 10 no question
that both acted nscientiously. The
NEWS does not criticizs either one Of
them, but only calls attention to the
Incident to show that the representa-
lives of this State in Congress are
partaking of the rapidly increasing
continent to disregard party traditions
in favor OF individual convictions OF
duty-a sentiment which augurs d
great deal OF re-alignment of political
party lines ere many more years pass
over.
The incident recalls, In a modified
form, the recent utterances OF j. hn
Wanamsker In speech ut the busi-
ness mems league in Philadelphia.
He told how the young men OF the
country were growing up with no
respect for parties Of broken platforms,
who use national and state patron.
age in payment OF election
contracts; declared that the
political religion OF the nation
is falling lower and lower, under
insults to intelligence, violation o.
law. and the reckless daring Of uu.
scrupulous bosses; ana he predicted
thu. there are immeasurable depths o!
misfortune for this nation II the con.
tinued use OF corporate and public
moneys and the disposition OF federal
and state patronage continues to be
controlled in the interest Of otlic.-
seehers--a procedure which he 70.
gsrded as a precursor OF revolution.
He declared:
Tue foes America has TO fear are not
the sullen, savage Turks, nor The iusur-
reclionists of Cuba, nor the territory
grasping British, but they are our own
patient and hearl-tired people, our own
suffering, much-promised people, who,
betrayed and disheartened, no longer
have faith in their party, and will turn
TO any leaderships that offer promise OF
better times, believing that worse times
can never come than those now existing.
II is u terrible thing to observe public
sentiment adrlfl and unexplained and the
people sweeping away from their atfec-
ton to the old party.
Doubtless the charge made by
the party press, that Mr.. Wanamak-
eT's utterancas were those OF a soured,
disappointed man, are 10 measure
correct. He was postmaster general
under President Harrison and aspirei
to be Unltea States senator from PenI-
sylvania, but was defeated In the re.
cent contest there. 1t Is quite likely
this made him bitter ana his language
sharper. But 1t cannot be said that
this accounts altogether for his utter
ances, for they voice the impressions
Of great many people, and declare
broadly recogn zsd truth concerning
the locseness OF party affiliations.
The political parties in this country
can no mire escape the grinding tia,
comes from popular unrest AMI d.
eontent than they can bring to imper-
ieot man a millennium o perfect peac1
One trouble is that politicians promise