The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-12
STATE PRESS coMMENr.

Tintic Miner: Fusion seems destined tC
be a failure IN Idaho. The reason appears
! TO be that silver Republicans" are un.
willing to foreso the old name for the
sake of the cause. When a name means
more than q principle then the cause is
lost The way IN which to win in Idaho
for silver is on a straight campaign under
the Chicago platform.
Senator Frank J. Cannon has now be-
come to all appearances. full-fledced
Populist.' says the Logan Nation, winch
quotes from a letter written by the gen
tleman in support of fits observation II
then concludes: 1T is. of course. leeiti-
mate for a man to change his mind-to re-
pudlate his former principles and espouse
new ones. But IN doing so he withdraws
from the party with which he formerly
trained. Ii would be a difficult matter To
describe Senator CannOn's political status
today
Price Advocate: The people of Logan
are nothing if not patriotic. At the reg
ular fast meeting held in one of the wards
three of them were christened as follows:
George Dewey, Cuba Lucille and Cecil
Manila, while in another ward a babe was
named after Bryan.
Tintic Miner: Whittemore has a record.
He is the instigator of the famous bribery
cases in Salt Lake COUNT. He has been
known respectively as Liberal. Peoples
and goldbug Republican. He will be gold
bug now, at least until McKiney's time
expires. The attorneys of the state out
side of disappointed aspirants for the job.
are delighted. as it insures them success
in their criminal cases. The appointment
could not have been worse. and therefore
is consistent with McKinley's policy.
Ogden State Journal: We have noticed
that. as q rule. some of the western SEN
ators, representing states whose people
are thoroughly welded to the principle OF
monetary reform, always vote with Sem
ator Hanna on ali financial measures
When you see Hanna's name you may
confidentl: look for that of Shoup OF
Idaho, Mcbride of Oregon, Carter of Mon
tana Wo,cott of Colorado. Warren and
Clark of Wyoming. AS Hanna votes. so
vote the above named. yet they all claim
to be friends of silver and bimetalism
Well, hell is full Of their kind of bimetal-
lists.
Emery County Pioneer: General Miles.
commanding the armies of the United
States. appears to be willing that any of
his suboTdinates shall win undying fame
on the battlefield. AS for himself. he
chooses to shine in dress parade, and can
not run any risk of getting his clothes
soiled by engaging in vulgar war.
Bingham Bulletin: Stand by the pres
while they are lending the government
$500, 900. 600 and sadu..ng a S50, 100000 debt
on the people 1t has been well said, while
keeping an eye on the Spaniard watch
Hanna and the gang.
Ogden X-Rays: Little honor and less
thanks will be gained or given Mr.. Bryan
for going 10 the war. Already the mo-
nopoly press in every part of the country
Is pouring out its billingsgate upon him
while his millions of friends fear that he
viii never return TO the true battle
ground for American rightS-the political
arena. in the far off Philippines or in
Cuba when the fever comes. he may meet
the doom the gold demons pray may over
take him.
Ogden Press: Congressman w. Fl. King
has entered the race for United States
senator to succeed Senator Frank ]. Can
non and that he will be an important fac
tor in the fight is recognized on all sides.
He is a man of ability and energy and is
personally popular with an extended ac-
duaintance throughout Utah. While there
may be more able men in the party.