The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-01
END OF THE CAMPAIGN.

waiting for the morrow that they may
so 10 the polls and cast their votes
and learn the result
The Unusual thing about the cam
paign is the existence OF non-parti-
san ticket. While that ticket has as
its sponsors gentlemen well known in
the community. the great objection 10
it is the manner in which the whole
movement, Of which it is the result,
was inaugurated and conducted; is a
clear and distinct impeachment of the
fitness Of the people to manage their
municipal affairs. From the inception
Of The movement until the very close
of the campaing there has been mis-
trust of the people; the movement was
not spontaneous and never had a sim
gle element of popularity in it. Nor
are the facts above stated the only OBJ
jections to it. There came TO the res
cue of the movement the power of the
Mormon church. President Woodruff
on the last day of the October. confer
ence and as the last speaker delivering
ferve9t address in favor of it and
of -partisanism in all political mai
tiers, which he subsequently qualified
IN an interview, but in that interview
he distinctively and positively favored
n-partisanism in municipal matters.
This was all very properly regarded as
the Identification of the church With
the non-partisan movement and it nat
urally aised in the minds of voters the
question whether the whole scheme
was anything but preliminary to re-
instatement OF church influence as the
dominating factor in Utah politics.
DisavowaIs and protestations have
failed to materially modify that suspi-
eion. To what extent President Wood
rufus remarks will affect the result of
the election. OF course, no one can
definitely sav; that those who have
been working for the non-Dartisan
movement have used them to influence
voters IS :. Wei known fact But the
people have had such Influences
brought 10 bear upon them before and
have been practically unaffected by
them = look to see them resist
them now, and assert their right as
American citizens 20 cast their ballots
as their conscience shall dictate; we
expect TO see them remain true to their
parties ard TO support their nominees:
in other words, that they viii be true
to themselves and not permit anyone
or anything TO bring them under sus-
Dicion.
Into the campaign just closed there
has entered the silver question The
( Democratic party. as the party which
/ champions the silver cause, declared
anew its allegiance to silver. This the
Republican partv did not could not
/ 90. for it is TIE party that champions
/ the single gold standard and is hostile
! to the free and independent coinage of
silved. Nor did any other party de-
clare for silver While the apologists
/ for such course have endeavored TO
make the people believe that the sill
yer question has no place in the pres
ent campaign, every one knows that
| the result Of the election will be taken
to indicate the strength or weakness
Of the silver sentiment in Utah. in
one of the very strongholds of the sill
yer cause.
On the local issues. all of the plat
forms are very good. though here the
! Democratic platform is more specific
and pronounced than any other, but
were they all equal in this respect, the
silver plank of the Democratic plat
! form would, OF itself. make it greatly
superior to all others.
As to tickets, it can be truthfullY
said that all are good as a whole,
though there are some inequalities.
The Democratic ticket approaches
more nearly the ideal ticket than any
other All that anyone has been able
to say against it is that it is a Demo-
cratic ticket and that the candidates
believe in party government, but
against the candidates upon that ticket
70 one has been able to say a word.
1t is a matter of congratulation that
it has been a remarkably clean cam
paign. There has been no villification
and mud-slinging, though one of the
organs of the non-Dartisans has been
carping at Mr.. Dale, the Democratic
candidate for mayor, but it was carp
ing and nothing more.
We believe the best interests of the
citizens and taxpayers will be best sub
served by the election of the Demo-
cratic ticket. and that the disrepute
into which the city has been brought
by the present Republican administra-
ton will be sooner removed by Dem
ocratic administration than any other.
1 We ey0act m 500 ono a1octed On tho
morrow