Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-20

healthy Democracy displays lts splen-
did power. Another party may thrive
on the eyer-shfting treatment OF the
eyer-shifting moods OF popular rest
lessness, or by any inslncere play upon
unreasoning prejudice and selfish am
ticipation-but the Democratic party
never Democracy has already In store
the doctrines for which It fights its
successful battles and II will have them
In store as long as the people are kept
from their own, and just as long as
their rights and interests are sacrificed.
by favoritlsm In government care-by
inequality Of government burdens. By
the encouragement " huge industrial
aggregatlons that throttle Individual
enterprise by the reckless waste Of pub
lie money and by the greatest Of all in
Juries as II underlies nearly all others.
system OF tariff taxation
whose robblng exactions and le-
Ultimate government expendl-
lures. which purchases support
by appeals TO sordilness and greed
which but continually corrupts the pub
lie conscience.
What but infatuation With the vlsage
OF defeat can explain the subordinatlon
Of these things by Democrats when
they prepare for battle2 II we are To
have a rehabilitation and realignment
OF our party In the sense suggested, Il
Is important that II be done openly,
and with no mystery or double mean
ing. Our people are too much on the
alert TO accept political dellverance
that they do not understand; and the
enthusiasm OF the Democratic rank and
file does not thrive on mystery.
DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.
"'rhe Democratic harmony Of which
we hear so much, cannot be effectively
constructed by mathematical rule, nor
by formal agreement on the part OF
those who have been divided, that
there shall be harmony II grows up
naturally when true Democratic prlu-
ciples are plainly announced, when
Democratic purposes are honestly de-
olared, when as result Of those, care
and enthusiasm stir the Democratic
blood. II was such harmany as this
growing out Of such conditions which.
with the battle cry OF "Tllden and re-
form" gave us the Democratic victory
OF 1876 against odds great enough to
discourage any but q harmonious De-
mocracy and against an opposing force
crazed and desperate enough to take
from us by downright robbery what
the voters Of the land gave TO us.
II believe the times point to another
Democratic opportunity as now at
hand. but I believe we shall reap the
fruits Of II only by following the line of
conduct | have indicated. In any
event | have a comforting and
abiding faith In the indestructiblllty OF
the party which has so many times
shown Its right to live and its power
for good and l am sure the reserve Of
patriotic Democratic wisdom will at
the same time declare itself In the res
cue Of our country and our party.
NO LONGER POLITICALLY ACTIVE.
MY days OF political activity are past,
and ! shall not hereafter assume TO
participate In party counsels. am alb.
solutely content with retirement: but
still have one burning, anxious pollti-
cal aspiration. ! want to see before I
die, the restoration TO perfect health
and supremacy Of that Democracy
whose mission II Is 10 bless the people
a Democracy true to ltself--untempted
by clamor-unmoved by the gusts OF
popular passion and interrupted by Of
fers OF strange alliances-the Demo-
cracy OF patriotlsm-the Democracy OF
safety-the Democracy OF Tilden, and
the Democracy that deserves the wild.
est success"
At the point in his speech where Mr..
Cleveland announced his absolute re-