The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-16
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! cause of humanity. l am here to talk for
silver because the silver question is not
yet settled. and it never will be settled
until it is settled right.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES.
AS the representatives of the cause of
| the Democratic banner the name of that
| eloquent defender of silver, B. H Roberts,
as our candidate for congress. and of
Robert \. Baskin as our nominee for
| il may be said that but few men equal
/ him as an orator and none can more
sturdily advance a principle or defend a
! cause. he is thoroughly equipped by
nature and by study for the position
which we desire him to fill and he would
/ be fit successor to the brilliant gentle
/ man whom we elected in 1896.
! Baskin. if he had been a tree would
! have been an oak, which the strongest
wind could not bend and whose rugged
strength would have survived the centur-
| les. Re is a man whose heart beats in
sympathy with humanity, whose integrity
| no man dareS to question. whose fidelity
| to that in which he believes springs from
the intense loyalty of his nature. Alb
| horring hypocrisy in every FORM ne has
always bluntly spoken his opinions, and
no man ever had to wonder where he
stood upon any public question. In point
of legal ability he ranks with the ablest
lawyers of the west. and upon the su-
preme bench he would hold the scales Of
justice SO impartially that they would
not swerve so fuch as hairs breadth.
Such then, are the men named as the
Democratic candidates and one might
reasonably suppose that with such can
didates. the campaign would be waged
upon high and honorable grounds and
that we might confidently expect that
the great economic questions dividing the
parties would DE discussed upon the stump
and in the newspapers.
CAMPAIGN OF ISLANDER.
But such is not the case. The scandal
monger whispers upon the street corner
and by suggestion, innuendo and indi-
rect assault our candidates are attacked
the leading Republican organ and make
open warfare. The whispeTers. the am
pushed foe, while less brave and less to be
admired than their leader in the open,
are nevertheless doing all that their pet
" minds can think of to malign and in
jure.
candidates grow out of the conditions
which existed in Utah when we had more
or grief than of JOY, and when mems
hearts We're wrung until life seemed be-
reft of happiness. On the one hand, with
no open charge made or printed it is
WI ispe, ed, into Mormon ears, that Baskin.
our candidate for the supreme court, hav-
ing been leader of leaders among GEN
tiles, is yet filled with bitterness. and that
he should be sent down to defeat Let
me say to you, that whoever makes that
charge, II he makes il in sincerity, does
not know Robert n. Baskin. There is no
malice in the nature of the man and in
his heart there is nothing but kindness
for and sympathy with the people of
Utah: He fought in manly way for that
in which he believed. He never was a
skulker. and he was never animated by
any but worthy motives. He believes that
men are usually sincere and he comedies
to others the same honesty of purpose
that ne is aware aninates. himself. If
elected, Mormon and Gentle, Jew and
Catholic; the weak and the powerful. and
the rich and poor will receive equal and
exact justice at his hands. Trust him.
and cast your votes for him, and your
confidence will never be betrayed
AS TO ROBERTS.
As to B. H. Roberts, he is said to have
charged that he has not completely
abandoned his plural wives He is
charged with being a law-breaker. The
charges that are made have the merit of
being made openly. If the charges that
are made disqualify him for office, then
there are men on the stump teaching the
men running for Office on the Republican
tickets who are open to the same criti-
c c..5 1t is poor policy in this state for
who live here know that prior to the cele-
brated manifesto of the Mormon church.
that more than 1850 men had entered into
polygamy. We knowNthat they claimed
the right through living revelation. We
have seen them go to the Den;tentiary
by the hundreds rather than sacrifice
their opinions. We know that they were
centuries. During the trying days, prior
to the settlement of this question, there
were scenes enacted in our courts touch
ing to the heart every man who had
warm blood in his veins Burned into my
memory is the scene, when the present
head of the Mormon church stood before
imposed. The belief of the Mormon peo-
pie in the sacredneSS of the polygamous
revelation is beyond ali controversy. When !
the manifesto was Issued, the plural mar
riage system was abolished and, with
possibly q sporadic case now and then !
plural marriages ceased. But, there were
clares are not wives. There had heen re-
latiOnS entered into during the past which /
could not in the nature Of things, be sew
cred in an instant. What of thousands !
of women who had married in accordance /
with their faith? Were they to be cast off !
at once to struggle for themselves and |
children? Were they to become social |
outcasts? Was there not, and is there |
not, q problem presented here in Utah |
requiring the highest craftsmanship to |
solve? Ali those things and all the pecul- |
lar conditions surrounding US here in |
Utah should be taken under consideration |
before we are carried off our feet by the !
which Republicans have in |
augurated and are waging against B. II. |
Roberts
Compare the editorials of today with /
their editorials of not so long ago when !
they used these words with reference TO |
the church manifesto:
was not touched upon by the pronuncia-
nento 1t went only to marriages, which |
had been taught as holy sacrament /
must not hereafter be solemnized We |
believe that the rule then laid down has /
been as sacredly kept by THIS PEOPLE |
IS it would have been by any other peo- !
pie; that the Mormons and Gentiles have |
he right to say that the change amounts !
10 transformation
MOTIVE OF THE CHARGES.
upon the Republican banner this fall is,
Anything 10 beat the Democrats" That |
means that anything can properly be re-
sorted TO in order to encompass our de-
light is shown by the fact that while
republicans now urge against Roberts
hat he was nominated through eccle-
;iaStical influence, that from the time
hat we divided upon party lines, up TO
he present campaign, certain Republican
eaders cuddled down with church leaders,
,hEcked them under the chin and told
hem how much they loved them and ac-
,epted them as bosom companions, while
hey winked the other eye when they
bought of polygamy. In 1895, when, after
much concerning which we had
right TO complain, the Democratic state
was reconVened and the Dem
cratic party was placed upon a platform
lnalterably opposed TO even the sem
'lance of ecclesiastical influence, we were
charged with making a ''grand-stand
lay and we were ridiculed and de-
ounced for our Independence. But those
we're days when John Henry did not have !
o send up his card to the Tribune office
When he made his Saturday evening call.
'hings have changed, and as it is ANY
hing 10 beat the Democrats" John Henry
; sent abroad to listen to Meakin'S elo-
ution while the Republicans are endeay-
ring to be terribly shocked because Rob
rts has been nominated.
Today John Henry is a candidate for
United States senator. He is stunning
he state 10 elect the Republican ticket