The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1898-10-19
"HeRo-WoRsHlP."

Too much "hero-worship" is bad
! thing in politics, and this ''one man
| dea Is never for the Interests of all the
| people ~ Provo DEMOCRAT.
May be the above is artp at the ad.
hprents OF Senator Cannon. This writer
IL one OF them, 10 the extent of being
~ enthusiast, though having scarcely
more than speaking acquaintance
with the gentleman. IL j. not the
nero, hut the paramount ISSUE he
represents and champions more than
my other individual ia Utah, that we
nphold We stand squarely on the
| ground Of two years apO holding hat
al political issues are Insignificant
compared with hlmetalism. This was
he slogan of silver Republicans in
1896, when they voted for William J.
| Bryan, and did not care rap for his
politics. We are a silver Republican,
md have seen no reason for wi hdraw-
ing our iealty 10 Bryan, or TO Cannon.
Let those who have joined forces with
the enc lies OF these leaders stand from
under. Something Is going to drop
Bingham Bulletin.
The Bulletin says It IS not the man.
but The paramount issue" he repre-
sonts, that IL upholds. Now. Brother
Graham. will you not admit that every
Democrat who stands upon the Chicago
platform represents that same para
mount issue" just rs much as Senator
Cannon does or can do? We have no
llght to make against Senator Cannon.
We honor and respect him for the
stand he took in the ST. Louis conyen-
tion. We honor him for his stand in
Congress. But we do think he is our Of
place when he persists in calling him
self Republican, even with the "sll
yer" prefix. Where he properly belongs
Is In the Democratic party, the party
which stands squarely upon the CHI.
cago platform, which he advocated in
1896. and upon which Bryan stood
when Senator Cannon so ably support
ed him. When we wrote the item
which appears at the head OF this
article, we did Dlean the "adherents OF
Senator Cannon" because we believe
that no man stands above the interests
Of the people. and because we know
that the only end and aim Of silver.
Republicans" like the Bulletin man is
the election OF Cannon or the defeat in
Utah OF the peoples cause. The Dem
ocratic party of Utah is for William j.
Bryan and for all the principles he
represents. On the other hand the
Republican party of Utah is opposed to
every one of those principles. The So
called silver Republicans. who stand
in the middle, stand simply for one
man and If they cannot win him
they are willing TO sacrifice their
principles. The Democratic party of
Utah is not an enemy OF Senator Can
non, much less of Bryan. as the Bulle-
tlp attempts To convey the impression.
But the Democratic party OF Utah has
a right TO demand of Senator Cannon
aud his friends. that If he receives the
support of that party, he shall cast
aside that senseless title of "Rcpubli-
cam and stand with aud endorse the
principles of pure Democracy. We
long since adopted the advice of the
Bulletin aud have stood from under"
and when something drops it will
HIT those who are willing to aid in de-
fealing a great principle simply for a
possible chance OF electing one particu-
lar man To Office. The course of the
Bulletin and kindred papers we cannot
but regard as simply "hero, worship
and IL itself unworthy of success.