Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-31

such problems. Now [ want 90 apply
lhls test % the two great political
parlc. I undertake 90 say that upon
tl tho great controlling questions
which have confronted tho people of the
United states since ihn Republican pare
ny was organized. th0t party has henn
lgh. and the Democratic party hHs
generally speaking been wrong
A LITTLE HISTORY
In 1850 the great paramount issue
| presented ly the Democratic party was
| the declaration that the general govern
meul had mo- power Co force sovereign
state 10 remain in Jhe Union That issue
| was repudIutnd by the American people
at The polls That Was done by the clpu.
| uou OF that man whose name viii live
iu the hearts and upOn the lips OF an
mankind so long as humanity shall enc
dure. who said To the trembling slaves
Of the south, LET there be- light. and
there was light magnificent old Ahra.
ham Lincoln lrhecrs) That issue of
| the Democratic party Was shot tu death
by the armies of the Union upon hun.
dred battleielIs
! In 1854 the paramount issue as de-.
! Clarei by the Democratic party Was
| that the war for the restoration of the
| Union was % failure They demanded
| the cessation OF hOstilitIes. and That the
federal troops should De recalled That
! issue OF the Democratic party was zee
! pu1iltcd by the American people at the
! polls and IL was effectively answered
by the surrender at Appomatoz six
| months later
In 1865 the issue of the Democratic
! party was that the reconstruction acts
! passed by the Republican party were
! unconstitutional. Again the American
| people ropudIated them and the SUI
| Ireme court, the most august judinll
| tribunal ln this lauddaclared chat those
| acts were constitutional
And 20 on down through the years
one campaign ON another until 1883
! when the great issue which divided the
parties was the declaration IN favor NJ
free trade ON the part of the Democratic
party and protection ou/the part of the
Republican party Again the American
people repudlated them, and declared
In favor Of the protection Of American
industries
I'm 1892 the two parties went before
| the people upon the same issue free
| the American people I'M what ] have
always believed TO be moment Of
temporary insanity took the Democrat
ic party az It's word and put them into
power. They elected MFR. Cleveland
president and elected a Democratic
house and a Democratic senate. For
two years that party had absolute con-
troll of every branch of the government.
You have not forgotten the results
which followed The mills and fac
tories all over the land were idle the
furnace fires were out Hundreds Of
thousands OF idle men marched 10 and
fro In the highways and byways under
the name Of industrial armies Hun
dreds OF thousands OF women suffered
FOR the bare necessaries OF life, and
hundreds Of thousands Of children
went TO bed In tears, supperless every
night Two hundred and slxt-two mill
lion dollars worth Of bonds were issued
In time Of profound peace, to pay the
running expenses OF the government.
something that never happened under
any Republican administration, and
never VIII happen again so long as the
American people have the good sense
to continue the Republican party in
power (Cheers)
GOLD VS. SILVER.
In 1896, the paramount issue was the
declaration on the part OF the Demo-
cratic party In favor OF free silver. and
the declaration Of the Republican party
IN favor OF the gold standard Again
the American people repudiated the
Democratic party In IFS ISSUE and re-
elected that gentIest and brayest and
best Of all our presidents, William Nc.
klnley. (Cmers) Immediately, al.
most as though by the touch OF a magic
wand, prosperity came TO dwell with
us again, The mills and factories were
set In notion the Industrial armies
gave place 10 armies of Industry In the
shops, IN the mines and upon the farms.
IN 1900 the Democratic party, forget.
ting It's former experiment and forget
ding It's declaration that no question
was ever settled until It was settled
right, declared against militarism and
imperialism. They went up and down
the country here, In this state telling
the people that a great standing army
was to be built up, aud thereby hun
oreds OF people We're 10 be taken from
them, But again the American people
repudlated them, and elected Mr.. Me- !
kInley president Of the United states. |
Now we are facing another campaign,
and 1t Is difficult TO tell Just what the |
paramount Issue Is. They declare that |
they are pretty much I'm accord with the |
Republican party upon many OF these |
questions. Mr. Parker, IN a sort OF |
desultory way, has been making an ar |
gument upon the Philippine question |
uron the question OF extravaganza I'm |
government expenditures and upon |
other questions. But thus far, no |
great controlling issue has been pre- |
scented by the Democratic party. Here /
On this state as elsewhere In the United /
States many OF them spend their entire /
time discussing the personality of the |
president. They say that he Is q war |
lkc man, that he is an impulslye man, |
II is true, the president is an impu- |
slyo man, but you never IN an your |
lives knew an lmpulsivc man who was /
not an honest man. They have paint |
cd this president Of ours IN their car
icons as standing with his feet ON the
Constitution and the sword I'm his
hand and they have written under the
cartoons. "rhe Sword Above the Com
siitutiou." They have pictured by his
side their candidate, Judge Parker, with
a sword under his feet and the C0nsti-
tuition I'm his hand, and have written
under that, "The Constitution Above
the Sword" IL seems 60 me, and that,
/ believe. is the attitude Of the presi.
dent himself that neither the sword
nor the Constitution ought TO be under
the feet OF the president, but he ought TO
carry the Constitution Tn one hand and
the sword In the other so that he may
give notice 10 an the world that I'm
order to protect the principles OF the one
resort II need be-, shall be had to the
other (Cheers)
THE BIG STICK"