The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-21
5M0OT CHOSEN SENATOR BY MAJORITY Of THIRTY

No one can regret more than myself
that on this great problem any division
OF action should occur on this side Of the
chamber; ano were II simply a question
OF men, ! would gladly defer to the al
most unanimous wish of my party asso-
ciates as registered in party caucus. but.
Mr.. Speaker when principles that lie at
Lhe very foundation Of our national in
stitutonS are at stake-principles upon
were nurtured our present crestness
rests. and uTon which the preservation
and perpetuity of our benign Institutions
depend, 10 SURF nder would be cGWardice.
and compromise would be disloyalty; for
there are principles of right that even
the pTepOnderance of majoritites how
ever large, beat against as helDlessiy as
rOckbOund coast
Since when has fealtv to a certain can
didate for the office of United States
senator been the criterion Of a mans de-
Voion to the Republican party Of Utah?
And since when has II been Republi-
can principle TO attempt to punish man
Tor following the dictates of conscience
and the wish OF his constituents?
If these be Republican principles in Salt
Lake. then I submit that IL IS fair COM
DensatiOn for loss of committee prestige
! ana party affection IN salt Lake to be in
political accord with The hero of San
Juan and the national leaders of the
I great Republican party.
The dea tbloss principles of this nation
/ and the organic law OF this state declare
/ that there shall be no union of church
/ ana state, nor shall any church dominate
I
! DO we respect our oath to carry out these
1 solemn principles and laws if we elect
! to the senate of the United states a
/ prophet seer and revelator whose fol-
! lowers are taught to believe that his voice
/ is the voice of God2
/ What chance has political argument
! against the voice of Deity
/ want it now and forever true. under
| the blue skies of Utah. ard wherever our
| religious faith. whether Mormon or Cen
! tile. Jew or Catholic. Methodist or Pres
J byterian, shall stand before their fellow
! men and ask for political preferment. the
! voice of eccIesiasticism shall be forever
/ pushed and still. and that the issues shall
/ be decided by the free and unfettered lad
/ they may render unto Caesar the
/ things that are Caesars and unto this
/ commonwealth and this republic the
/ things that are theirs.
( Are we willing by our vote here today
I to open the flood gates OF the nation s IN
! dignant protest and array nations pens
and tongues in solid phalanX against that
| sturdy. brave and Industrious people who
/ left their firesides and their homes IN the
fertile valley of the Mississippi. and turn
! in gtheir faces toward The setting sun;
( braYed the dust of desert waste and
! blazed the paths Of civilization over path
less mountains TO build their affairs and
/ shrines and lay the foundation of a great
and prosperous commonwealth where
they might live their religion in peace,
! but not force it on others. and whose
! dauntless sons carried the flag of their
country 60 immortal glory on the sands
| of the Philippines.
For the first time in the history of this
nation brave, sincere, manly president,
! whose vision has been broadened by the
| view of western plain and mountain. and
whose heart beats warm for the empire
builders of the west, points the way that
| would keep Utah in step with the pro-
| gressiye and enlightened policies of the
Republican party of the nation. and on
! the broad, safe highway of true Ameri-
/ canism. VIII Utah spurn the hand of its
! benefactor, turn its back on the noblest
| friend the commonwealth ever had, and
! turn back the hand on the clock of time
for her children?
Down in the shafts and tunnels and
/ drifts and slopes of our mines whose
treasures have built the stately business
palace Of this fair city and made our
| state rich and prosperous, on the noun
! tain peaks and in the gulches in search
of new stores of mineral wealth on
| ranches and ranges on lines of traffic
! and travel and at the desk and counter
in marts of trade and commerce are the
( brave patient, toiling people who sent
us here, and whose representatives we
{ are. entrusted with their dearest inter
ests and their fairest hopes; and en-
| treat that we pause ere we place aroune
the necks and upon the shoulders OF these
people the heavy yoke OF this mighty ma
tons displeasure.
We may close our eyes and ears and
luH ourselves to slUmber in fancled Sc
curity. but the low muttertnss of tht
storm are in the air. The voice of TINS
nations public opinion. that voice tina
has made and unmade senators and pres
! idents and made thrones to tremble liks
an aspen leaf. is waiting to launch Z
! storm or a benedictiOn as befits our &C.
ton here. and if we invite the storm. Coo
help Utah and her people.
/ Political factions, personal ambition
! greed of men for power and place, 2nc
| all the trumpery- of small and selfisf
| things should be forgotten here in tbs
larger problem of Utah's welfare; and
the path of duty, radiant as the pathway
/ of the stars. would keep Utah in har'
] mOny with the great Republican party OF
the nation and in step with the marcf
of the republic. Without his knowledge
or consent. but for Ctah's welfare.
name for United States senator, Governor
! Heber NJ Wells