Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-09
SERIOUS ACCUSATIONS.


we, as Democrats, willingly believe
that both the Republican senators are
truthful men. They occupy places or
honor and trust We cannot concede
that they falsify. That being true, Il
becomes interesting to note the fact
that at the reunion Of the veterans or
the Black Hawk war at Manti, the
Junior senator I'm a public speech, OPEN
ly and boldly charged that the senior
senator from Utah had borne false
witness. that he had with elaboration
and with intent to injure, garbled the
truth concerning the bill for the pei,-
sions Of the veterans, and that he had
done so with the fell purpose Of In
turing the Junior senator. And later,
the senior senator, speaking to thou
sands through the columns OF his
newspaper. hurled back the charge and
de6antly proclaimed, IN effect, that the
Junior senator is q man whom II Is
necessary to introduce TO the truth. else
ne will pass II By. These are the pic
lures drawn OF each other by two
truthful men. They see themselves as
i'm a looking glass They each declare
that they have q true insight into each
others character. And these are the
men whom the Republican party elect
ed 20 represent OH Of us In the great
est parliamentary body Of the world
IL rs not for us to say which one IL
mistaken. II either is. In the delinea.
tion OF the other. For an that we know,
they may both be right. But, whether
they be right or wrong, they have
! clearly established one thing. and that
Is, that the people have nothing Ia
gain by taking sides with either, and
I that the path OF honor leads I'm the
direction OF the Democratic party.
ELECTION BY THE PEOPLE.
How strongly this contest for pow.
or by two persons and their adhel-
ents' emphasizes the strength of the
position which has been taken by the
Democratic party, that the C0nstitu-
tion OF the United states be amended
so that u senators I'm Congress be
| elected by the people. believe that
this plank Of the Democratic party -
In the interest OF good government and
In the Interest OF the people, / believe
that the people are as well able to
choose their senators as they are their
congressman, and that II they were
permitted TO do so, there would
be no such condition existing as there
exists M our pOlltlCtl llle To-Day, Inere
would no longer be- the |disgracefui
struggles In our legislatures when sen.
ators are elected. There would be few,
er charges Of corruption and OF brib-
cry, there would be chosen as sen,
ators the men whom the people want
and not the men who elevate them.
selves by methods that bring sorrow
10 the true lovers OF the republic.
~ the Republican senators from
Utah are oue.half 10 bad as they paint
one another; Il they are one-half as
culpable ms is alleged by their respec-
tive adhereuts. II their success will
head to ons-half the trouble for the
state as Republicans OF the one side
on the other declare, then neither Of
them is ht to hold office and to repre-
sent Utah. And who shall decide which
one Is right and which one wrong?
They We're each elected to office by Re.
publicans, and their merits and their
dement's were as well known then as
! now. How arr the people to know In