The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-29
HOW WILL THE WORKINGMAN
VOTE.

To the Editor of The Herald:
NO one can study the election outlook
in its breadth and detail without reach
ing the conclusion that no man is go
ing to foretell with any degree of certi-
tude what result the new forces operat-
ing this year upon the body polite may
produce"
Is not the above quotation from the
Springfield Republican about as fair
and reasonable a statement of the po-
Htical situation and prospects as we
are apt to find at this stage of the cam
paign? Does not the result, after all,
rest mainly with the wOrkingmen of
the country lin the term wOrkingmen
selves and families in the main by
manual labor: that is, day labOrers,
mechanics. artisans and small farm
ers.) And should il not so rest? AS
Mr.. Depew said less than three years
go. speaking of the Philippines and
the annexation of them: These con-
ditiOns 81. Ed the holding of the Philip
pines as colonies are contrary to our
present form of government. The eX-
penses of this benevolent assimilation
may double or vastly increase our tax
es for years to come, probably during
the lifetime of the present genera ton.
The present actual direct expenses Of
the war are from $4,000, 600 TO $13,O00,O 600
per month, q sum just about equal 10
the yearly sum of the trade of the ISL
of the war And. as every one in the
least familiar with our methods Of rails
ing our national revenues knows, the
bulk of this taxation falls upon the
labor of the country Each man con-
tributes 10 the support of the national
government not according TO his in
come, but in proportion to what he and
his family consume. So that il may Of
ten happen that the day laborer win
large family contributes more than the
millionaire with small one. And since
the labOring men are as thousands to
one millionaire. it follows that this
class must bear the brunt of the bur-
den, both in blood and money. in the
conquest of these faraway countries.
Again, the only benefit that can accrue
10 the workingmen by this conquest IS
the bringing Of him into competition
with the cheap labor of the Pacific ISL
ands, and the profits of the commerce
Tor which we shall pay from $50 to $50
Tor 81 can only come to those having
large accumulationS of capital TO eX-
plot the resources OF the islands and
use their cheap labor in so doing and
in the employment ii viii give to their
sons and relatives in managing this
cheap labor after the manner OF en-
ployinS the younger sons Of the noblll-
~ and gentry of England for the last
goo years in India.
The writer well remembers being in
London at the time of Lord Beacons-
fields triumphai return from the Berlin
conference. in the summer of 1873. at
which he had secured for England
Peace with Honor, with Cyprus and
the protectOrate over ASiatic Turkey
thrown. in" And that he was told by
every Englishman he met, Gladstonlan
as well as, De Israelian, that this
meant an overwhelming triumph for
Beaconsfield at the coming election l
had little or no opportunity of learn
ing the views of the English working
men. 1t was plain that Beaconsf1eld' s
magnificent plans OF empire contemp-
lated its extension across Asiatic Tur-
Key and Persia, from the Mediterra-
mean 70 India. The following election
resulted in the most crushing defeat
ever experienced by Beaconsheld. The
explanation (Which was no doubt the