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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-12
HAMMOND'S PREFERENCE.

James Trust Hammond is trying TO
let himself down easy on the money
question by saying that of the two
bills introduced he prefers the senate
bill. As matter of fact both are gold
standard measures, and both were
killed to make way for the conference
bill, also a single gold standard bill,
which has passed the senate and is
now pending in the house.
This bill provides for the establish
ment and maintenance of the single
gold standard, for the payment of all
national obligations in gold, for the
reduction of national bank taxes and
the enlargement of the powers of these
institutions.
A mar might as well claim that he
prefers rye whisky TO corn whisky
because he is a teetotaIer, as for a can
didate to say that he prefers the SEN
ate gold standard bill to the house gold
standard bill because he is a bimetal-
list
Besides, il, as his friends claim in
his behalf, Mr.. Hammond wants to go
to Washington because he is in perfect
accord with the administration, then
he must favor any financial measure
the leaders of his party approve, and
must prefer the conference gold bill
to any of the others
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ucan congressional caucus. Four years
later. Jefferson having declined to &C
cede to requests from party members
of various state legislatures that he
should for a third time become a pres
party caucus was called by the sena-
tor who had been chairman of the pre-
ceding caucus, in pursuance Of the
powers vested in him" Many Demo-
cratic congressman looked askance
upon this indication of the organiza-
ton Of a permanent party machinery
and refrained from attending the eau
Gus. The influence of Virginia was
paramount in this caucus; but Virginia
was herself divided between Madison
and Monroe, and the friends of the lat
ter in congress, finding themselves in
hopeless minority in the COMPRESSION I
caucus, published shortly after a de-
nunciatiOn of that method of nominal
ing presidential candidates as arrogat-
ing TO a few members OF congress a
right which belongs to the people alone
In this year the FederalistS again held
no caucus. but voted for Pinckney and
King
In 1912 the parties were divided with
in themselves in respect TO the war
with England. What is called the reg
ular' Republican caucus was far from
receiving the support Of all the Repub-
lican members OF congress, for fifty-One
of the 1873 remained away Nominations
were made in several of the states. The
legislature Of Pennsylvania nominated
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UNION DEPOT ASSURED.

Salt Lake City is a growing railroad
center. 1t offers better facilities and in
ducements to railways than any point
in the whole intermountain region. 1t
is particularly an ideal distributing
point for a vast area of growing coun-
try, and peculiarly attractive to pas
senger traffic.
This is the capital of the state. it is
nearer the center of wealth and popu-
lation. Many things combine TO make
Salt Lake City a railroad center, and
the wonder is that no serious, effec-
tive work for a union depot has been
done until recent years.
This project is an assured fact at
last, it seems. The franchises asked
have been granted by the city and there
are indications that work on the union
station will begin at once. The build
ing will undoubtedly be an ornament
to the city, the enterprise is certainly
creditable, the convenience will be ap-
preciated by residents and transients
alike.
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made? Possibly this is true. but we are
unable TO perceive wherein such a
course would have particularly bene-
fitted Senator Brown. or what he can
gain now by vilIifying his client.
Or was it the senator's purpose TO
make low and eneaking attack upon
the Democratic judge who presided at
that trial? Perhaps he would prefer
that the judiciary be composed of such
men as were placed in nomination by
the Republicans of this district, and
who were buried by Republican voters
so deep that they have never since been
heard of. Fortunately for the cause of
justice, the people at that time did not
share Senator Browns views
Or perhaps Judge Bartch, the Repub-
lican associate Justice of the supreme
court. is Senator Browns ideal of the
perfect jurist.
There are few men so blinded and
warped by partisaaship that they
would dare question the ability. fair
ness or integrity of the judges Of this
district. Senator Browns political
cause is well nigh hopeless and is in
desperate need of bracing up. yet for
all that the senator should exhibit a
decent respect for the honor of his pro-
fession- He should endeavor to separ-
ate Mr.. Brown, the lawyer, from Sena-
tor Brown, the politician.
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were free to contend with their former
allies upon every practical point which
should arise.
In like manner the anti-Federalists
agreed among themselves only in their
opposition 70 the adoption of the con-
stitution. They opposed it upon widely
different grounds and for diverse ends,
and their later political action had no
necessary connection with their course
during the great constitutional stTug-
gle or that of their colleagues of that
period. II is an error to identify the
Federalists OF 17S7-S9 with the FEEDER
alists who supported the administra-
lion of Washington and John Adams.
or to regard the Republican party of
the end of the eighteenth century as
the political heir to the anti-Federal-
lists. Party consistency" party 10y
atty" were terms not yet in use, as the
ideas which they now stand for did not
yet prevail in America. Certain of the
anti-Federals Of 17Se, even though they
did not become supporters of the Fed
eral administrations which followed.
still counted themselves among the
worshiperS of the constitution and the
guardians of its integrity. Federalists
of the same years became persistent op-
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question or questions Of public inter
est, which was all that the word i'm
piled in the early years Of the republic
Many leaders of opinion were then
deeply distrustful of tendencies to
closer partisan union. Washington
was careful to declare himself-and no
doubt with perfect sincerity-"not a
party man." In his first inaugural ad-
dress jefferson asserts: I'VE are all
Republicans-we are all Federalists. He
felC himself the representative of the
nation-not of a party. Jackson him
self, whom we now know as the great
promoter of party spirit and partisan
methods, pronounced early in his poll
teal career against partisanship and
the strengthening of party divisions.
Like any institution possessed of true
vitality and entering Dramatically into
the life of a people. the American pol
iticaI party Of-today is a growth, cd
plant whose roots raInify in the soil of
the distant past. and a product far
other than the seed from which it
sprung. AS little is the present Repub-
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Officers and surgeons in the United
States naval service have just contri-
buted some valuable information on
Philippine prospects which may be
read with profit by some Of those phil
anthropists who want TO send the sur
plus American men and women to that
land to live. 1t is urged that the service
OF soldiers and sailors in the Philip
pines be reduced from three to two
years in length for the reason that
the climate is very enervating. and its
effects are more seriously felt in the
second rather than in the first year.
and that in time it will do them perma-
nent and irreparable injury.
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renegade" or a traitor" Partisan
rancor did indeed deal harshly with
Madison, who had been one of the most
ardent and most able advocates of the
constitution, and who by the year 1892
had drifted into sympathy with Jeffer-
son and his followers, and had become
determined opponent, open or dis
guised. of Hamilton and his policy.
Madison's conspicuous position and in
fuence made his attitude upon public
questions an important one. and his
separation from old associates and his
antagonism TO their cherished views led
naturally TO bitter personal enmities;
but the sentiment which charges Mad
lson with political apostaSy is largely
read into the literature of the day bv
writers whose political ideas and feel
lngs are the Outgrowth of more modern
conditions.
The First National Party Caucus.
In the first and second national cleo
tons but one candidate was before the
people for the office of president. The
whole nation thought only of Washing
ton, and he seems to have been norui-
mated by general consent without Euy
tormalitiee. The scattering votes for
vice president in the election of 1888
showed that no candidate for that Office
heNO DSCA dSAEcO upOH- buL IDF mat
OF lfS2 some understanding appears to
have been previously arrived at
Though there is no evidence of any
meeting having been held for the pur-
pose). for all but four of the electors
voted for either Adams or Clinton for
vice president
Again, in 1886, there is reason to be
lieve that Adams and jefferson were
generally regarded as the heads of their
respective parties, and were voted for
by common consent without formal
nominations. But by the year 1880 a
simple method for the expression of the
party will had been hit upon. In that
year meetings were held of the party
members of the houses of congress.
besides many distinguished citizens -
as stated in Niles Register, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
president and vice president. From that
time until 1924 the congressional party
caucus as this assemblage is called,
continued to be used for placing preSi-
Dental candidates before the people. It
was far from being the only means
adopted for that purpose, for il never
won the general favor of the people.
and was never accepted as the party
organ in any such sense as the cOnven-
ton has since been so accepted.
Development of the Congressional
Caucus.
In 1904 the FederaIists held no caucus.
but in some unexplained way they did
put forward candidates. Jefferson and
Clinton were nominated by the Repub-
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TRAILS OF BLOOD.

British losses in South Africa since
the beginning Of the BOer war are esti-
mated to be a little over 1900, not in
GLIDING those who have died in beleag-
uered cities. The Boer losses viii not
reach half that number.
These losses, while spreading conster-
nation through the United Kingdom,
are really insignificant compared with
the killed in other wars. At the second
battle of Bull Run the Union losses
were about equal to what the British
have lost in this whole war. At the
battle of Gettysburg the Confederates
lost $4,000 and the Union troops over
$4,000. The civil war cost 3O3, 600 human
lives. But there were men fighting
men, not trained troops sent against
raw militia, as it is in South Africa,
nor soldiers sent against naked and
poorly armed barbarianS.
1t has been long time since England
fought an army of white men; her loss
es therefore appall the people. At the
battle of Waterloo 81, 900 men were kill
ed or disabled. There were 1906 SOL
diers in that great struggle.
The worst defeat the Romans ever
suffered was at Canea. where $1,000 men
were slain out of picked army of 49,
600. In the Franco russian war ~, 600
Frenchmen were killed. Another dead
" war was that of Crin-ea, where 90, SIS
soldiers were slain. In one engagement,
at Borodino, when the French and Rus
slams fought, $1,000 men were left dead
on the battlefield. There were 250,O 900
troops in combat in that fight.
Since the birth of Christ, it is estimat-
ed that 1000, 900 men have been slain
in battle. Before the beginning of the
Christian era the losses cannot be esti-
mated. owing to the very indistinct and
inaccurate accounts that have been
handed down. But the Old Testament
shows that wars were the order of the
day among the ancients, who entrapped
and slaughtered each other without
mercy in the name of the deity in those
times,
Military experts differ as to the out
look warwards. Some contend that
every year we are getting nearer TO
that time when wars will be bloodless
comparatively-the campaigns conduct
ed by strategic moves and the victory
going to the commander who check
mates his adversary on the chessboard
of action. Others who nave studied the
progress made with dynamite and lyd-
dite say that it will not be long before
war viii become an affair of extinction
in which the more exposed army will be
wiped out Of being by means OF ex-
plOsiveS
Appeals to the tribunal Of Might to
settle questions of right are as barbar-
Gus now as they ever were: but univer-
sal peace and arbitration are yet a long
way OF. since countries like the United
States and England refuse to keep the
peace or to submit to arbitration. And
when we get firmly established in the
Orient, if reason and Americanism do
not prevail, we will be there to take
part in the universal storm which for a
quarter Of a century has been gather
ing in clouds ana lowering over the
China sea When it breaks the earth
will be convuIsed, there will be oceans
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AT THE THEATRE TONIGHT.

The Democratic committee invites
the people of this city, regardless Of
party. to the meeting at the Salt Lake
Theatre tonight Since the Republican
opposition has taken absolutely no
stand concerning the live political is
sues of the day, and the Republican
candidate cannot be forced into a dis
cussion of those questions that now
divide the parties nationally, the voters
will have no opportunity to hear both
sides, but that fact should not lessen
their desire to hear the Democratic
side. The speakers tonight will be
Judge King. Judge Powers and Judge
Henderson. There will be good music
and the meeting promises to be one Of
the notable events of the campaign. All
citizens interested in the cause of
American government should attend.
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lican or Democratic party like to the
Federal or the Republican party 100
years ago as the full-grOwn oak is like
to the acorn which gave it birth, and
clear thinking in political history must
sharply distinguish them.
The Federalists who fought for the
adoption of the constitution in 1889
agreed together only upon one poinC.
viz, that under existing circumstances.
threat tened as the young confederacy
was by foes without and foes within,
a closer, more efficient union of states
was imperative, and that the plan set
forth in the proposed constitution was
the only plan likely 10 prove acceptable
in the existing temper of the people of
the different states. Men of opposing
views as to the various provisions of
that document sunk their differences
and labored together to the one end
that the nation might live. The con-
stitution once the law of the land they
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administration candidate. and at Sesst
four state conventions. besides nunler-
Gus county gatherings of Federallsts,
as well as Republicans. declared Tor
him. No strictly party nominations
were made by the Federalists, though
secret meeting OF Representatives OF
that party from many states made
pledges TO support De Witt Clinton
The Republican members of congress
who favored the war were determined
that a war policy should dominate their
party and the incoming administration,
even with the peace-loving Madison al
its head Before the caucus was held
they communicated their purpose to the
president by means Of a committee OF
which Henry Clay was chairman
Rather than fail Of receiving a renoml-
nation, Madison reluctantly consented
to issue war message, and was soon
afterward unanimously renominated Dy
the party caucus az Washington. with
EIbridge Gerry as candidate for vice
president
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WHAT DOES BROWN MEANq

Ex-senator Brown, in sn interview
on the Benbrook verdict. is quoted by
the Deseret News as saying: The only
way to get justice is 10 remove the
Democratic party and other criminal
classes" Such low methods as that
viii strengthen neither Senator Brown
nor the cause of Hannaism in this
community. What did Senator Brown
mean. anyway? He was employed by
Democratic officials TO assist Demo-
cratic county attorney in the prosecu-
ton Of this case. SO far as this murder
trial is concerned, he was a part Of the
Democratic administration. Does he
mean that Republican administration
might have employed as counsel some
attorney with ability sufficient to make
8 better showing than Senator Brown
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AnERIcAN POLITICAL PARTIES.
II.-NATIoNAL NOMINATING
MACHINERY.
RX IEScr, nIACN IL ID
The Conversational Caucus.

Much confusion exists among writers
upon American political parties due to
their failure 10 distinguish clearly the
TWO quite different ideas suggested by
the word party. There is (a) the party
OF the present day, a thoroughly or
ganized machine, its parts all carefully
adjusted TO one another and all work
ing in harmony TO bring about and to
uphold definite national policy-that
is 10 say, TO form and 70 express in an
effective manner the political opinions
of large body of citizens. Quite an
other thing was (b) the mere loose,
temporary association of men OF like
views in respect TO some particular
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-12

The Ogden State Journal. said to be
Frank j. Cannon's personal organ,
gives administration supporters. some
thing TO smoke IN their pipes as fol-
lows: THE Republican party, once the
party of the people. is now simply an
organized appetite. determined to get
Office, if necessary, by lodging every is
sue in the fight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-12

Although a local contemporary con-
tends that the treatment of union min
ers in northern Idaho last summer was
just and deserved, Republican leaders
of the east are trying to shift the re-
sponsibility from the federal to the
state authorities. If just and right why
seek to disclaim it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-12

Thug Taylor continues to supply
criminals with pardons and otherwise
lucky. Persons who call on him on
business back out of his presence as if
he were royal potentate. But it isn't
so much out of respect for his position
as it is the fear of getting shot in the
back
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of blood and rivers Of tears and empty
chairs and homes in gloom. If this re-
public would but follow the advice of
its founders, depart from the bloody
trail that English diplomacy has placed
US on, and turn our attention TO the
welfare Of our own people and the
peaceful conquests OF commerce. We
could avoid the dangers which threaten
when the spoliation of Asia begins.
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England refuses to consider any
peace proposals from the people of the
Transvaal, or to recognize their re-
publics in any way. Salisbury and
Chamberlain are learning from Hanna
and Mckinley. The pupils have out
stripped their masters in the craft of
Imperialism.
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A deplorable state of affairs exists in
Koosharems this state. Twenty cases
Of smallpox are reported. yet there is
not physician in the place. no quar-
antine has been enforced, no sanitary
precautions whatever have been taken,
and the people mingle in public and in
private as if it were an epidemic of bad
colds. Something should be done to
protect the rest Of the state from
KOosharem.
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Office
of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City. Utah. March IL. 1900.
Maximum temperature y degrees; min
imum temperature, - degrees; mean tenn
perature. IS degrees, which is Is degrees
above the normal: accumulated excess Of
temperature since LIST Of month, rs de-
Erees: accumulated excess of temperature
since Jan. l. $50 degre ~. Total precipi-
tatiOn from D. m. TO p. m, none; ac-
cumulateri deficiency of precipitation since
LIST Of month "a inch: accumulated de-
ficiency of precipitation since Jan. !, 1.32
inch.
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The Republican party of Utah points
with pride TO its record in this state
The state of Utah has been afflicted
with but one Republican legislature
and it is known to history as about the
weakest and most inefficient body of
legislators ever brought together
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Mr. Hammond now says he favors
the gold standard bill because he is a
bimetallistl He therefore believes in
legalizing robbery because robbery is
wrong. What a sublime spectacle this
Tory candidate for congress makes of
himself.
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1t is really too bad that Mr.. Bryan
can stop but one day in Utah this
month. But other sections need his
counsel. The material interests of this
state ought to make such an appeal to
voters that the great silver champion
altogether
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General Joe Wheeler's heroic at
tempts to swallow McKinley's colonial
policy proved Intellectual AS soon as
he saw how Otis was running things
in the Philippines the doughty old war
rior gagged and threw up his commits
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The Republican candidate has an
nounced himself on the side of the gold
standard End the trusts. Now, cannot
his organ induce him TO make a public
declaration concerning that Roberts
resolution.
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Is il because MIR. Hammond believes
that polygamy is a divine institution
that his organ thinks his election
would be a reputation of polygamy?
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Home Study Circle.
Copyright. 1883. by Seymour Eaton.J
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton


ponents of the policy of the Federal
party. ana ultimately ranged them
selves under the Republican leaders. No
one of them regarded himself or was
considered by others as a political