The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-24
coNQUEsTs OF PLUTocRAoY.


Eastern newspapers and their staff
correspondents, reviewing the work of
Mr.. Hanna's convention, seldom failed
to direct especial attention to the Utah
delegation, which was composed IN part
of men who had renowned the RepubI-
can platform and ticket four years be-
fore.
There was Editor Pat Lannan," said
an Indianapolis paper, who, while not
d member OF the delegation, was never
theIess its leading spirit
1t must have been an inspiring sight
to see the widely knowIf editor leading
mis- delegates through the mazes Of
national politics. not as a member Of
the rank and file, but as colonel of the
Utah regiment IN the great boss-gen-
eraled army of Mark Hanna.
1t was doubtless thrilling to watch
him put his troop through the man
euVres at headquarters and at the con-
vention hall; 20 see Arthur Brown try
ing TO keep step to the coIoneFs music,
Hansen wondering where he was at"
Sutherland chewing the rag in. ranks,
Wells rubbing the place where the
Lannap lash had been most vigorously
applied, Kearns shouting for John Bull
and Bill Mckinley at the top of his
voice and Loose waving his handker-
chief at Mark Hanna every time he
passed the reviewing stand.
How they howled when Mckinley was
nominated! How they cheered and
shook each others hands when Hanna
accepted the national craftsmanship for
another four years. How they leaped
to caress the fat hand of the Buckeye
boss that handles the price of men and
statesI How they stared with open
mouthed admiration at the picture Of
goldbug prosperity drawn by the i'm
aginative Foraker and the well fed
Lodgei How they rejoiced at the
promises and prospects Of a permanent
gold standard! How they smiled and
smiled as the speakers recited the evils
the free silver fanatics of 1896 had
tried to inhict upon this great govern
ment" How they must have WINGED
and winked and whooped when they
read in the platform that the silver
men of 1896 proposed to improve ruin
Gus conditions by a policy Of repudia-
ton
Never were statesmen so delighted
with sneers at their sincerity. Never
were men so well fed with a diet of their
own words. Never did d delegation en-
joy so much its excoriation.
Brown was the only one Of the whole
hysterical crowd who could wear the
jewel Of consistency in a goIdbug con-
vention. If the financial theory Of the
Republican party is a principle he
alone could claim devotion to principle.
Wells was a sorry spectacle. In public
and in private he has denounced the
goldbug aggregation at Washington
and its infamous monetary system. He
owed his place in the delegation to
friends Of Arthur Brown; yet he turned
his support to Salisbury as national
committeeman. He has been true to
none and false in turn to all.
Kearns walked out of the St. Louis
convention as blindly as he walked into
the Philadelphia convention. He didn't
appear to know what he was doing
either time. He followed Cannon out
and followed Lannan back. He couldn't
stick to the party with Brown in 1896
and couldn't stick with Cannon to prin-
cipie in 1900.
Loose is Loose and that is all there
is about 1t. He cares nothing for is
sues. paramount or otherwise, and
gravely announces that he is prepared
to vote for any candidate representing
any old cause provided the candidate
name IS on his ticket Sutherland de-
serted silver because the Democrats
wanted amnesty granted to the Fill
pin0s and now that the president has
made the proclamation he viii doubt
less hatch up some other. excuse for
supporting the gold standard.
But there are grave doubts as to
whether or not Utah's motley delega-
zion of cutters. trimmers and floppers
ever could have been drawn together
save for the mastery leadership and
powerful whip hand of Editor Pat
Lannan, the leading spirit of the Utah
delegation"