The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-18
BY FISHER S. HARRIS.

me0I OF AGUlD3tuO III liiC Ht~t
rotary of war, and that the Philippine
islands would annex the United states,
in the event of Democratic victory
The returns from some of those locaH-
ties would seem to indicate that many
listened and believed. 1t IS. however
a matter of fact that many RepuDicah
speIIbinders who are known at nome
as ouiet and inoffensive citizens, utter
" unable to distinguish between a gun
and pitchfork, are now regarded py
their fellow citizens of Sanpete county,
for instance. as blOOd-sta1ned warriors
of high degree, whose colthing scarcely
conceaIs the many honorable scars re-
ceived by them in desperate conflct
with Democrats who wanted 10 maui
down the flag. All the time and every
where the Democracy was pictured as
the foe of the republic and Mr. Bryan
as the arch cOnspirator against Ihe
peace and dignity OF the nation ne
people. thus blinded as TO their material
interests by the continual Haunting Of
flags and beating of drums. forgot the
weary burden of four years OF ma
tional Republican misrule and oppres-
sion in their fear that the nation was
in danger. OF course, the nation was
not in danger, and equally, or course
the success of Mr.. Bryan would not
have been followed by any of the dire
disasters so glibly prOphesied by me
carpet knights of the opposition. VI
course. the Democracy was not. and IS
not, unpatriotic, and equally. of course
the Republican party was not, ana Is
not the sole repository OF all that IS
GOOD in our national life In all prob
ability. the members of both parties
are reasonably patriotic and equally
DESTROYS of good gOYernment-they only
differ as to the means by which 1t may
be obtained. But we were from the
first put on the defensive and the voices
tee
than our voices We hid our patriot
ism under a bushel while they exhibited
theirs from innumeTable hOusetOpS-
We gIOrified the constitution, while
they deified the soldier. We taught
national honor and consistency as Uhe
paramount considerations, while they
cried for gold and glory. We preached
the immutability of the principles OF
the Declaration of Independence, while
r they pointed to the flag riddled with
, Filipino bullets. We clamored for the
rights of man of any color and every
where; they invoked the memory OF
) American dead in distant lands We
= advocated an impossible millennium
when righteousness, not might, shouic
: rule. while they shouted for the re-
> public militant and drew alluring pie
. lures Of the United States as grea
world power carrying a victorious ta&
- to the uttermost parts of the earth.
I Under such conditions what wa
{ there to lead US to expect victory
q When have the people ever repudiateI
an administration which had to II
i, credit a successful war? Or when hav
4 they ever failed 10 defeat party whlcl
. contended against an administrator
f engaged in the prosecution OF war
1t seems to me now that we Nigh
have known that political histOr-
q would repeat itself, and the peopl
. would again refuse to swap horse
o. while crossing a stream. We were no
: in reality cOpperheads. but we hag
# nevertheless, to bear all the odluT
n which attaches to that breed of req
n tiles.
Ie The Republicans are the oppOTtunist
/ of American politics, and everything
IS fish that comes to their nets. And
Is recent years everything has been OF
l. perfume for them. They have been tn
l. beneficiaries of war, famine and pest
IT Ince. Earthquakes, tidal waves and a
l. the various Cataclysms of nature haN
)r worked for their good, and the stars
" their courses have seemed to fight f.
is them. They have claimed credit Il
e. all the works of God, for whatever ma
IT be the failing5 of the Republican part
is Inodesty cannot be numbered anon
ir them.
IN Inc war with Spdln was essential
is a non-partisan one, yet they elaine
to and received credit for it. The famiI
~ in India which slightly raised the pri
he of cereals, was not caused by McKi1
d. ley. yet its consequences redOunded
e. the benefit of his party. The pest
ne Ience among Australian sheep. whi'
IN had the effect of increasing the pri
T. of wool. was doubtless not caused
rs Mr. Hanna. yet it helped to make Il
lie comparatively enormous Republics
or majority in Sanpete county. The gre
n English army engaged in assimilatil
,ir the TransvaaI had tO-eat, and Ameri
of was called upon to furnish the bet
II This temporarily raised the price
de cattle, and our Republican frien
an claimed and received for that cred
is which of right, belonged to Lord Sail
rs bury and Mr.. Chamberlain. In 1896 y
c- Bryan contended that what was need
It to insure prosperity was more none