The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-05
DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS.

A FEW WEEKS AGO. when the day
Il electrician walked into the power
house OF the water-power plant of the
Mlssoula Light & Power company at
Bonner. Mont, he found the night cleo
trician dead on the floor. He had been
killed while oiling some of the ma
chinery. The appearance of the body
indicated that the fatality occurred
before midnight. Yet there was no
break in the current. no failure Of the
power. The dynamos continued to run
as though they were being guided by
human hands.
So 1t Is with the great engines Of
the Democratic party. Little men here
and there are walking out Of the en-
CINE room. Some OF them are going
because they believe political prefer
ment awaits them outside; some are
going through conscientious motives.
and some are going. as former Senator
Cannon said, because they are told
to GO" But the machinery continues
ia full and active operation. II moved
before these men were connected with
it: 1t viii move long after they have
withdrawn.
II is going TO take a lot Of with
drawals from the Democratic party in
Utah to Offset the accessions the party
is receiving in the persons Of Repub-
Ilcan voters who have no stomach for
machine dlctation and machine meth
DDS. They are not hopping upon the
nearest fence and Growing about their
change Of heart; they are not rushing
into print In party organs, with
lengthy and absurd reasons for their
conversion, but their votes and their
influence will count for just as much
as that of the deserters, and more.
Those who have studied the local
political situation do not find 1t hard
to estimate the number Of such defec-
tons. II has been stated, and with
substantial accuracy. that. from one
fourth to one-third Of the delegates
who attended the Republican county
convention will not vote that ticket in
fairly supposed 10 represent a like pro-
portion of the Republican party, for
their fellow Republicans elected them
as delegates to the convention.
The sentiment against machine rule
is alive and growing. as the Republic
can managers will find TO their cost
when the votes are counted four weeks
from next Tuesday. The independent
voters in the party Of Smoot and
Kearns and MOritZ can see no reason
why they should go TO the polls mere
~ for the purpose of furthering the
political ambitions OF one or two men.
They know If they vote for the Smoot-
Kearns slate they will have no more
voice in the selection of a United
States senator than II they lived in
Timbuctoo. The matter has already
been arranged
And they are preparing TO register
their protest. That the Republican
machine is worried is evidenced by the
fact that preparations are in progress
for the broaching of two barrels Sen
atOr Thomas Kearns has one that will
appeal to every heller and rounder in
the ranks OF his party-a barrel Of
coin Of the realm. The Honorable ia
cob Moritz, nominee for state senator
on the smoot- Kearns ticket, has an
other barrel that viii likewise appeal
to the hoodlum element-a barrel OF
beer from his own brewery. 10 be
tapped in one of his OWL saloons.
These are arguments that win more
than satisfy the disorderly Republic
cans. but the decent element Of. the
party cannot be reached BY them. The