The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-05
CARDINAL ON ELECTION
Gibbons breaches Sermon on
Tuesdays Contest.
HOPES AGAINST FRAUD
DECLARES COUNTRY WILL BE
GREAT, WHATEVER RESULT.

Baltimore. Md, Nov. cardinal
Gibbons took occasion, at high mass
today, to say a few words on the sub
ject of the coming election in his regu-
Tar monthly sermon to his CongTega-
tiCn at the cathedral The cardinal
never takes any active part in politics.
rarely if ever casting his ballot, but to
those who are fortunate enough 10 be
in his confidence he does not hesitate
to express himself freely upon the is
sues involved in the present contest
He takes the position that there need
be no alarm on the part OF any one
over the result of the coming election,
and asserts that there is nothing in the
situation to warrant the belief that
the election of either candidate win in
any wise seriously affect the future
welfare and prosperity of the Ameri-
can republic.
Hopes Result viii Be Decisive,
In his sermon. he said:
I earnestly hope that the result of
the election viii be so decisive as to
leave no room for doubt, or cavil. or
contention. such as happened when Til
den and H yes were candidates in 1876.
Let US hope also for the honor of our
elective system that in no single poll
ing district of the land viii the verdict
of the majority be defeated by fraud
or bribery or intimidation. and that the
ballot box. which is the palladium of
our liberties and the expression of the
popular viii, may be everywhere held
sacred and inviolabIe.
AS there are two candidates in the
field, so there are two great parties in
the cOuntry-the Republican and the
Democratic parties. The existence Of
parties is not only useful but even es-
Sential in popular and enlightened
government like ours. Where there are
no parties, or where one party is TOO
weak and insignificant to present a
formidable barrier to the other. the
dominant party VIII reVel in power. and
IS liable to run to excess. But where
both parties are almost equally divided
as is the case with US, one party will
watch the other. it viii hold up to pub
lie criticism and condemnation the
shortcomings and official nisdemeanors
of the ruling power. 1t will compel the
dominant party 10 mend it's ways. or
it viii seek redress by driving its lead
ers from Office in a. coming election.
Conscience Should Guide.
vote. then, on Tuesday for the can
didate Of your choice. And as you are
guided by your conscientious Judgment
in the selection of your candidate, you
should give to your neighbOT who diff
fers from you due credit for being actu-
ated by the like honorable motives. Do
not imagine that the country viii go to
perdition if your favorite is defeated.
And let not your opponent indulge in
the pessimistic notion that we shall
witness a revolution and a social up
heaVal if his candidate is not elected.
For my part, whatever may be the
result of the presidential election,
have an abiding faith in the perpetuity
of our republic. I have an unbOunded
confidence in the good sense and patri-
otism of the American people. They
love the constitution. They cherish our
political and civic institutions They
revere the fathers of the country. The
flluStTiOuS founders of the nation.
though they be dead. still live by their
writings and example. Their light still
shines upon us. Their voice is stfEl
heard in the land"