The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-01
THE urAH DEMOCRACY.

JUDGE POWERS SPEECH 10 the
Democratic gathering Thursday
night has quite as much pathos as
could have been expected from his sub
iect. Inferentially. the judge pictures
very dark state of affairs. In ms
opinion the good people Of Utah par
ticularIy the Democrats, are suffering
q grievous bondage from a machine
that is being built up in our midst.
Silver collars and gold shackses are be
ing forged and fiveted in job lots and
the commonwealth is doomed to do
penance for some time before it can
moo. for freedom-and Democratic
administration,
While the judge was little obscure
in his specifications. ne must have had
his minds eve on one Colonel Mazouma
Lippman eli the firm OF Powers, Straup
& Iippman. attorneys at law and ora
tors pro bono publico. It is pretty well
known that the aforesaid Colonel Ma
zouma is chief machinist of the politi-
ca. engine To which Judge Powers re-
fevred 50 eIoquently. True the coloneIs
machine has baked on several oeca-
sIons-,Aitness the Hilton incident-but
generally speaking &c has arrived on
schedule lime pretty regularly and
comes nearer answering the description
than any other mechanism now in
working order hereabouts.
Also. it is true that Colonel Mazouma
has been working 90 put his friends
AND his friends friends into office.
while he starts their enemies down the
toboggau to oblivion. This, we take it,
is the chief count in Judge Powers
Indictment against his partners ma
chine. and if all he cites as evidence
is trus. it, is a grievous matter. calling
for immediate reform. The question
is: shah the Democrats of Utah stand
idly by and see Glen Miller shunted
on a side-track while Ben Haywood
slices by into Office and a good thing?
Wlu the followers Of the immortal
Jackson keep silence while arthur
Thomas is hitched onto the govern
ment pap bottle for another four years?
can the party which would not elect
a senator when it could. permit the
Republicans TO so on electiug senators
Indefinitely in the face of the precedent
established by the last lamented Dem
Ocrstic legislature? Perish the thought.
Seriously. such talk as Judge Powers
is Of mighty little use in the present
situation OF the Utah Democracy. It
reads we'll but it offers very little COM
fort TO the rank and file of the party.
What they ask Of their leaders is q
definite. clearly outlined policy. The talk
about opposition i'm this or any other
state is rot. The Republicans of Utah
have chosen their leaders and accept
their control The Democrats refused
to accept such majority rule wnen they
had an opportunity to perpetuate their
control of she state The result was
natural ana Inevitable and everybody
knows il now even If they did not or
would not. foresee it at the time.
The Democracy needs an organiza-
ton whether it is called machine.
a party leadership or some other
sweeter name. 1t needs it's strongest
men ana 1t needs something better by
way of policy. than touching descrip-
tons of slavery in free American
community. If Judge Powers and the
other able men Of the party viii set
together and decide what they believe
should be real issues; if they viii de-
fine the party attitude on the colonial
q0estion, on the tariff and the trusts.
the other great issues, they will find
the real Democracy ready to back
them That is the heed of the party
and I'll sooner it is supplied. the bet
ter the chance of winning.