The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-16

vance. American enterprise is bound to
burst geographical lines. 1t is sweeping
across the Rio Grande and bringing I'M
der its control the undevelOped Dossibili-
ties OF Mexico. 1t will seek out the fer
tile islands of the seas and will build
there school houses and teach the people
the principles of our constitution 1t will
defy the icebergs of the north and run
lines of railroad through the jungieS Of
the far south. And wherever it may go, it
vii. take with 1t our language, our Gus
toms, our laws and our home life. and
they will crowd out and destroy all that is
antagoniStic. The conquest will be a
peaceful conquest, but, it viii be none
the less complete. and we of the parent
government, proud of the achievements Of
our people, will protect them wherever
they may be and aid them whenever they
And / shall not fear for the future if
events determine that the Philippines
shall come into our fold and HE beneath
our flag. OF course there are many. who
oppose these ideas. But, opposition is al
ways TO be expected.
CONDUCT OF THE WAR.
Judge Powers arraigned the authorities
of the war department for the plumbers,
Incompetence and neglect shown during
We have been condemned by the Re
oEbicanS of Summit county for express
ing our disapDroval of the treatment of
our soldiers in advance of an alleged in
vestigation which is now being made.
Well. the situation is this: We saw
brave young men march off to the war.
buoyant with patriotism and courage and
as perfect specimens of physical man
hood as the world ever produced. We
have seen many of them return, shadows
OF their former selves, and we have
learned that they suffered for want of
food. and had not received the necessary
medical attendance. We learned that the
bullets of the enemy did not thin their
ranks, but that diseases bred of filth and
produced by neglected sanitation had
swept through their lines. carrying death
upon their wings. We have been made
aware of the hospital ships which were
but floating pest-houSeS and the abode of
horror. We know that they suffered in
camp and in field. and we do not believe
that the men were to blame. When a
murder is committed, we do not wait I'M
til an investigating committee reports be-
fore we declare that the felon must be
hunted down and punished. Someone is
responsible. and we purpose that the re-
sponsibility be fixed, no matter who may
be hurt. That is the Democratic position
upon the subject, and those who would
like to gloss the sad affair over and
whitewash the incomDetentS who are re-
sponsible, can make the most of it.
The war was used to fill the Golfers of
favored railroads and political harpieS and
jobbers, that hung in f1ocks about the de-
partmentS like vultureS over q battlefield,
and they waxed fat and wealthy while
the soldiers suffered and died from lack
of the necessities of life.
WORSHIPERS OF GOLD.
Gold; bright red goldl is the only shrine
at which the Republican managers of the
nation bow down and worship. With gold
they purchase manhood and with gold
they bride their way into power and
write laws which make men the slaves
of debt. When Cuba cried out that she
was starving and begged us to set her
free, we sent her our sons and we voted
our treasure and we pledged our all that
her cry. should be needed. The action
then taken was so noble, unselfish and
patriotic that it gave us faith in the
manhood of the land. But, when we sec
our neighbOrs following in the trail of
ate and who bought victory for his mort
gagged president, We wonder why men who
love their land will do so.
Democracy is human sympathy. Demo-
cracy is the aspiration of the human soul
for liberty and equality. Il was born in
the heart of man when the birds first
sang and the trees burst into bloom and
the radiance of effulgent light kissed the
rugged peaks of the infant world. 1t will
linger among mems heartbeats Until they
shall reach the sphere where inequality
and injustice are unknown; where the
streets are of gold and the gates of pearl.
and where. borne on the breath of an
gels there float the perfect symphonies of
heaven.
Democracy is as old as the ages. and
the Democratic party is as old as the
government. 1t has dealt with Issues as
they came in all their varied forms, and
Its detailed programme has varied from
year to year with the particular need of
the times" Through JTerything il has
1t has seen parties rise flourish
and ole. while il retained the eternal
vigor of youth. The essential of its creed
is the spirit of liberty. 1t Will struggle
for humanity while humanity exists.
Like a shipwrecked waif upon desert
isle who strains his eyes for the coming
Of a sail. so mankind peers into the flu
ture for glimpse of the relief shich will
come when silver shall be restored as
Some cay il will come Some
day the anxious heart OF suffering man
hood viii be gladdened, and when it
comes It viii be found that the Demo-
cratic party was the handmade and that