Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-18

voters IN all parties are faithful TO the
true Amerlcanism embodied IN the Dec
laratiOn 0f Independence, and Mhtn
freed from party surroundings, VIII
gupport and vote for the man repre-
senting the rights Of the masses. Not
only was the Sd Louis convention as
representing the Republican party, ialse
10 the partys history but since that
time. having been controlled by the
HerOds. who seek gain and rule Tor the
few. ID has been led stlll farther away
from lis early mOorings The grown
Of trusts under It's sway; the reducing
OF the peoples money rights 20 a bank
ing privilege % bee paid for 10y the peo-
pies labor while the product Is mar
vested by the few; the concentration
Of the nations wealth In the hands OF
the few 70 the detriment OF the Weltare
and happiness Of the many the suuJu-
CATION OF the people striving 20 main
lain mans God-giyen rghts-the right
Of lf-gOyernmeut-al these are SUD
versions OF Republican democracy aud
not merely tend. but actually take
part and assist In establishing an I'M
ppralistlc power that will, II tostered
and developed, cause 20 exist In the
near future. upon the ruins Of our once
fair Republic. an empire, the product
OF It's greed and ambition.
In lSiS. In letter 10 Herndon LIN
coin said. ALLOW the President 10 In
wade a neghboring nation, whenever
he shall deem IL necessary 20 repel an
invasion. and allow him 90 DO so when
ever he may choose to say he deems II
necessary for such an Invasion, and YOU
allow him TO make war az pleasure.
study TO see II YOU can fix limit 70
his power IN this respect, after having
given him as much as you propose
II today he should choose 20 say he
thinks IL necessary to invade Canada %
prevent the British from invading u.s.
how could you stop him? You might
say to him. ! see no probability Of the
British invading u.s. but he VIII say
TO you. BE silent; see It II you don't
TREATY WITH SULU.
When we think Of the recent agree
ment with the pOlygamOus slave hold
ing Mohammedan, sultan OF the island
Of Sulu, who ia paid TO be known as
the subject Of the present admiulstra-
ton, We are led TO eXclaim. Indeed,
from the patriotism Of the Republican
party Of 1856 and 1860 10 the greed Of
the Republican party OF 1896 and 1900
90 '' N.Af"fr'til 'NirNNNl'A hiAA9 ~ Ai' NNo-
cent from the grandeur Of LinColn's
lofty motive 70 the lust and greed Of
the present administration. In a letter
to the Senate In 1861 Lincoln said:
ANY trick by which the nation IL 10
acquire territory and 70 allow some To-
cal authority to spread slavery over Il.
Us as obnoxious as any other / take
IL 10 affect some such result as this.
and put US again on the highroad Of a
slave empire, Is the object Of all the
proposed compromises 1 am against
IT,"
When We think one fourth of one
million people own three-f0urths Of the
nations wealth, when siXty-four and
three-fourths millions own only one
fourth-when 81 per cent Of the people
own not even d home-we become
alarmed. This showing alone is enough
TO alarm the great mass Of American
voters. All who seek TO have the ma
ton kept In the line Of a republic must
see II can only be done by not surren-
derlng the control OF the country en-
tirely into the hands OF one-fourth Of
one million. but that the executive and /
lawmakers must be representatives Of
the siXty-four and three-fourths mil /
Hons, The plea Of trade must never |
cover and hide the plea OF human |
rights, for when we disregard the /
rights of others we are but schooling |
them and ourselves TO disregard our |
own rights.