The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-25

| was candidate for reelection, that he
| might have a longer lease of political
/ power; our junior senator was striving
/ to defeat him so that he might increase
his own political power and prestige.
] The factions were not divided upon any
| question of principle; they each fought
under a black flag. The party was
/ torn and rent aSunder by the ambitions
/ of men. The state was distracted be-
1 cause of the unseemly Wrangle Of high
I public officials Each had the desire to
/ rule in order that he might thereafter
| impress his will upon the politics Of
! the state. 1t was simply struggle for
! power, and the methods that were
! used are open to the seVereSt condem-
/ nation. Personal feeling ran high and
! personal prejudice was rampant. There
was no thought of the state. There
| was no consideration given to the in
| terestS Of the commonwealth. There
/ was no thought of the people, and the
/ effect that struggle would have upon
/ them. 1t was a contest for personal
| aggrandizement- The interests of the
| masses were ground beneath the upper
! and the neither milestone. The leaders
| of the two factions made charges
! against each other, so serious, that il
! one-half that they said were true, then
/
| lowers, saturated with bitterness and
/ hate, reiterated these charges and
added to them.
Republican State Convention.
And in such an atmosphere, the Re
J publican state convention met. 1t met
! amid the clangor of stormy tongues,
| giving voice to bitter passions. Before
! that convention for the nomination for
] governor, there were three candidates:
] one of them. an excellent and quiet cit
| zen. was the open and avowed choice
| OF the leader OF the now dominant fac
ton of the Republican party. AT that
/ time he was SO unknown TO our polit-
| ical life that delegates to- the conven-
] ton are said to have voted for him
supposing that they were sustaining
! his distinguished brother. He mad new
-er demonstrated that he possessed the
! attachments that are required of a gov
| ernOr. He was a stranger to our pub
/ lie life. He had followed the quiet av-
! ocation Of a merchant tailor. and his
! Warmest admirers cannot claim that he
| possesses to any marked degree the at
! tributes which 4 governor of Utah
! must possess.
The other candidates were men who
! stand high in our public life. Heber
! NJ. Wells has shown distinguished
/ ability as governor of this state, and
! the people recognize a most faithful
! public servant in James T. Hammond.
1 But I am Informed that neither Ham
mond nor Wells belonged to the Smoot
faction, or TO the Kearns faction Had
either been nominated. neither faction
! could have claimed it as a victory. On
/ a straight vote Of the people. either one
! would have left Cutler so far behind
| that lie would not have been known in
! the running; yet both were cast aside
/ in obedience to the wishes of the dom
inant political faction, which even
sought to humiliate Hammond I'm his
J own home county. However that may
| be, the will of one man controlled the
/ Republican convention in its nominal
! ton for governor, and the man whom
! he discovered and selected for office
was placed at the head of the RepubIi-
/ can ticket.
Wrong Method Used.
Was this as it should be-? Was this
the method that ought to be pursued?
/ Is this the method OF the party of the
! great emancipation whose trust in the
/ people was such that he declared: You
can't fool all the people all the time
! No The method pursued was wrong.
Ihere never was any man great enough
and broad enough to do the thinking
TO- any political party OF ali the states
I IN the Union we ought 10 refuse to be
ruled by the one man power. In this
land where the people control no one
has the right and no man should be al
/ low ed the power to throttle free thought
and free political action and to de-
, mand and procure his personal choice
! for office to be selected by his party
F.. Our liberty depends upon the right of
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/ heard. The beggar in rags has the
/ right as wen as the millionaire IN pur-
/ pie. There must be no one-man power
I in our politics and no matter how
good. no matter how able a candidate
may be- if he is the creature of a
boss" or a faction it is unsafe for the
/ people TO elect him. therefore believe
that the Republican candidate should
be defeated.
The Democratic Leader.
James II. Moyle, the Democratic can
didate. was the free and untrammeled
choice of his party. After a fair and
| earnest contest, where the majority
ruled he was made the Democratic
nominee. He owes his position as a.
candidate TO no faction, to no indi-
vidual, to no power, except the power
that was exercised by the uninfiuenced
voters of his party Knowing him as L
do. / wish that / could say Something
that would induce the people to UNDER
stand him as ] understand him and ap-
preciate the sterling qualities of his
character The manner of the man was
revealed when he made his speech Of
acceptance and declared that If he is
elected he will be the governor.
He meant that, and If elected he will
stand by that No man. no set of men,
can sway him from his course when he
has determined that the course is right.
A sound and able lawyer, he has high
executive ability, and IN the position
Of governor he will recognize the right
of each individual 10 be heard. II you
want an Independent governor; If you
| want one who viii not be controlled by
anything but his sound judgment and
his oath of Office; If you want one who
will be eminently fair TO every section
Of the state and to all the people of the
state, choose the Democratic nominee.