The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-04
DEMocRATIc coUNTY TIcKET.
The CRISIS in UTAH.


MOT SINCE the division on party
" lines has there been an election
Of such critical importance to Utah as
The one to be held next Tuesday. 1t
therefore behooves the voters to con-
slider with unusual care the result of
their ballots and weigh the real issues
with a view to the ultimate welfare
Of the state.
No thinking man will question the
assertion that the most important
question TO be determined this year in
Utah is whether the state is to be
given internal peace, commercial and
Industrial prosperity, harmony in its
social affairs, or whether il is to con-
tinue indefinitely the internal strife
and fractional dissensions which have
been SO marked a feature of the cam
paign whether Utah is TO be discred-
tied abroad and injured at home by
the bitterness arising from political
parfisans, or whether the people, TAX
ing matters into their own hands and
out Of the control Of the politicians,
viii restore the quiet and comfort Of
the few years following the admission
of the state into the Union
The Republican, party, led by Sena-
tor Smoet aud dominated by his friends,
claims that the welfare of the state
demands the election of the Repub-
lican state ticket. the return of Mr..
Howell 10 congress and the contiAu-
ance Of the party in power in the
legislature and in the county Offices.
The American party declares that an
irreconciIahle conflict is on; that there
is no hope Of peace except through a
long fight, and that, while it cannot
expect to win in this election, it has
enlisted for a war that shall last so
long as the influences against which
it is arrayed exist and are active in
the political affairs OF the state.
For it's part. the Democratic party
believes that it offers a solution, the
only solution OF the critical difficulties
in which the state is involved: its can
didates stand on platform OF peace
with honor. Of prosperity for the pep
pie at home and high credit for it's
faith among the other states of the
nation. Il has neither asked nor feared
ecclesiastical influence in behalf OF its
candidates. and 1t believes sincerely In
the determination Of the people 10 OBJ
serve their pledges in this respect which
were given as a bond for the bestowal
OF statehood.
These issues have developed clearly
and remain the issues in spite of every
effort to obscure them; they cannot
be ignored and they must be settled,
and If the answer on next Tuesday is
not decisive ana definite they will re-
cur TO vex the state. deter investment.
obstruct commercial development and
block every path OF progress.
Shall the Republican party, with its
record OF the past two years in Utah,
be retained in power?
Do the people Of the state want to
perpetuate the factional fights and all
their disastrous consequences which
have characterized Republican domi-
nation here?
DO we want every large community
in the state made a center of bitter
ness. with business interest arrayed
against business interest, neighbor
against neighbor?
DO we want the inflow Of capital
checked and the high credit of the
state abroad impaired?
Is there TO be a renewal OF the old
conflict which all lovers of the state
hoped had been forgotten and buried
for all time?
The answer ought to be easy. since
the success Of the Republicans ticket
offers no other promise than the per-
petua.ion Of every III that has come