The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-31

Senator Cannons return to Utah last
week was the signal for his friends to
bestir themselves in the interest of his
candidacy for reelection. As mere IN
cident, of course in the Dreliminaries OF
his campaign, was the visit TO this city
during the week of Senators Stewart and
/ PetugreW and ex-senator DUBOIS: Inc
/ visiting statesmen put good WORD IN ior
| Frank and maue q plea for the fusion
of all the silver forces That was TO be
| expected. and no good citizen or party
4 man would censure them for it. But this
/ week Senator CannonS campaign VIII
break out in earnest. JtahS retiring SEN
atOr is OF course, not without friends, but
most If not all of his political supporters
are followers of the Silver ReDuDlcan
standard. These white blackbirds are
1 preparing to make a desperate personal
canvass IN behalf OF their faNorite- Inc
Silver Republicans have a candidate and
Senator Cannon. with the Iloral support
of this constituency, is endeavorln3 to
scare up a Irritation with the Democracy.
! The foriorn hope is cherished that an al
lance of all the silver forces Will be ar
ranged for with such a compact, con-
ceived and promoted in the senators be-
half. his chance of return to the United
States senate would be worth betting on.
It IS no secret that the administration
Republicans would deem themselves the
Victors if only Senator Cannon can be de-
feated. even though the goldbugs do not
succeed in electing a single member Of
the legislature a county official or a pre-
cinct constable. Such is an indication Of
their regard for him. 1t is a matter OF
great concern to the orthodox Republic
cans that Senator Cannon Is TO be the re-
cipient of valued yet undue privileges, as
they view it. Already the senator has
appeared on the public platform, bat not
in exactly the role of a stump speaker.
To contemplate that with the opening or
this week Senator Cannon will commence
tour of the state visiting every town
and hamlet and sowing the seeds of Sill
yer Repubiicanism. is gall and NORWOOD
to the McKinieyites. 1t is not so much
that the senator is bent on touring the
state which provOkes their wrath as that
he is to be intermediary of an undue
privilege of occupying pulpits not for
evangelical purposes.
The Silver Republicans, if the utterances
of some of Senator Cannon's misguided
friends are to be a criterion. are 10 be the
perpetrators of the first campaign roor-
back. For the purpose OF creating capt.
tai and votes. the word like the wish that
is father to the thought is to go out that
Democrats are untrue to their professions
by attempting to discriminate against the
women in the matter of their candidacy
for any office. irrespective of how well
qualiiied-they may be.to fill any position
sought for. The Democracy is not the par
" that discriTninateS against any class OF
people or either sex. Nothing has hap
pened TO warrant any ACCUSATIONS OF bad
faith on the part of the party which has
done SO much for the weaker sex and
which was instrumental In securing Tor
them the boon of suffrage equal with the
men. and nothing will occur to bolster
up such a campaign canard.
person who claims to enjoy the con-
fdence of the state board of loan COM
missioners is authority for the state
ment that Attorney General Bishop was
the one who steadfastly declared that the
states issue of $150000 in refunding bonds
must be on a lawful money basis rather
than containing the gold clause. Hon.
Thomas Kearns, the Silver Republican
champion and ardent supporter OF Sena-
tor Cannon for reelection, has heretofore
had the credit of saving the good name
of the state when he bought the bonds on
a proposition to strike out the gold clause.
If this statement, even though it detracts
from the glory of the Silver King mag
nate, who is said to have been really look
ing for an investment in gold bonds, is
it tends to set the attorney gen
eral and probab BILE candidate for supreme
judge right before the public. This little
incident probably unmakes Judge Bishop
an administration Republican. and fits
him TOR admission to the Silver Republi-
can ranks.
City Councilman Allen believes that the |
Democratic party. in which he is pillar |
of strength over in the Second precinct, !
will pursue an unwise policy if it fails to /
effect a fusion of all the silver forces. |
The councilman is not candidate this |
time for greater honors. and he speaks |
from a sense of conviction |
. % %
Frank Y Taylor is the only Democrat |
who al this date has the hardihood 10 ]
try with County Treasurer Lynch for the /
Treasurer Lynch's friends /
point to his splendid. unexampled public /
record to renominate and re-elect him.