The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-02
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.


st. Louis Republic: Senator Allen of
! Nebraska may be "a wild and irrespon-
sible Populist," and all that sort of thing:
but he Is full-grown American, and so
showed himself when he refused to per-
init the governor of Nebraska to issue a
! commission TO his son who joined the vol
unteer army. If my son is worthy of
/ command he will win his way from the
ranks" said the senator Some of the
! senator's political critics would stand il
better light before the nation today Il
sons asked and received commissions in
stead of going into the ranks and taking
their chances along with the manhood of
the country.
Pittsburg Post: Nothing is more absurd
than the statement that Mr. William j.
Bryan proposes a stumping tour in Penn
Sylvania, commencing with the session of
the Democratic state convention. Mr..
Bryan is just now engaged in other bus
mess and attending to it in his usual thor
ough-going way. That IS, ne is enlisting
soldiers under the second call OF the pres
ident for troops. Republicans who ridi-
cule Mr.. Bryan in his new field of action
are asked their candid opinion of Presi-
dent Mchinley's flank movement on COM
mon sense in his big list of The Sons of
Somebodies appointed to staff positions
in the army over the heads of veterans.
Omaha World-Herald: Every newspa-
per that supported William J. Bryan for
president was an earnest supporter of
Cuban independence and urged that Spain
be called to account for the destruction
of the Maine. Every Democrat in con-
gress voted to give the president $4,000.
600 for war purposes. Every Democrat in
congress has been a persistent, consistent
advocate of this war for humanity. For
more than a year Republican congress-
men fought. the adoption of belliger-
ency resolution, and when that resolution
finally passed the senate it was side
tracked in the house by a Republican who
forced the issue and it was Republican
members who persistently stood out
against Cuban recognition and vainly
fought against the famous ARE and
clause OF the Cuban resolution. And final
ly when congress adopted the resolu-
ton recognizing Cuban independence and
followed that up by n formal declara-
tloE~.-f war. the Republicans in congress
did the very thing which the Democrats
and other bimetallists had Heretofore
Vainly endeayored to induce them 10 do.
Kansas City Times: Speaker Reed is
deliberate. thoughtful and never loses his
head. When. therefore. he announces that
sound party politics." rather than the
best good to the people, is the actuating
force behind national legislation. and in
nations foreign affairs, the country may
be assured of having the facts. Mr..
Reeds announcement needs no analysis
or boiling down to get at its true mean
ing. 1t is that the best interests of the
Republican party are paramount; that
victory over Spain would not be as d.
slrdDle as deIeat, II Dy the latter the Re
publican party could be assured of an
other lease of life. and that whatever is
done in the way of waging war. in set
Ting. upon a basis of peace and in terri
torial acquisition will be done with an eye
single to the good of the Republican
party. Mr.. Reed is more honest than pru-
dent. If Mr.. Reed reflects the purpose
of his party. nothing is surer than that
there will be large bond issues. and that
the war will be prolonged just so long as
sound party politics" demands it shall
be prolonged. However all the people are
not Republicans. nor are even a respect
able minority of them in sympathy with
any such public policy This fact they
certainly will demonstrate at the ballot
box But meanwhile good and not harm
Will come of Mr.. Reeds frankness. for to
be forewarned is to be forearmed. Let
him keep on talking about sound party