The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-22
FOR UTAH
AND THE WEST

-~ShShf nave INdC-icQ d. lEdiil pcOplc
as 1 could with my voice and by means
Of the newspapers, but / am anxious
TO reach all the voters, especially those
who get their living from the soil.
Hence, I venture to send you this brief
address.
came to Utah with a message. Il is
the same message which have been
preaching to my countrymen for many
years-in fact, ever since l started out.
a feeble voice crying in the wilderness,
10 make the battle for national irri-
CATION.
God directed the footsteps of our ia
Tiers TO a rich and virgin continent
Our people have labored for nearly
three centuries ia transforming this
continental item of raw material into
the finished product Of civilization.
This is the true explanation of our
marvellous prosperity. surprising that
or all our rivals
Now. we have come TO the parting Of
the ways. The two historical parties.
between whom power has been divided
since the founding of the republic. diff
Ter sharply as to the road which our
people should take from this time on.
The Republican party. under the ag-
gressive leadership OF Theodore ROose-
welt, believes that great armies, mighty
meets and expanding colonies in far
islands and continents are essential
10 the continued Importance of the ma
ton. They insist that we must be
world power after the manner of Ger
many, Russia and Great Britain. 1t is
their conception of what constitutes
the true grandeur of nations. They
are honest in this view and they ask
you to hold up their hands in carrying
out military and colonial policy which
snail not only equal, but surpass, the
leading empires of Europe.
We took this fork in the road as a
result of the war with Spain. But we
did not get fully started until the
peace-loving William Mckinley fell at
the hands of a wicked assassin and
was succeeded by the NARROWING The
odore Roosevelt The administration of
Roosevelt has cost in time of peace
S2l1,0OO,0GO more than the administra-
ton of Mckinley cost in time of war
But to fully realize the startling change
which has come ABOUT, we must COM
pare the cost of army and navy under
Roosevelt with the cost of the same
items under the last Democratic pres
ident, holding Office only eight years
ago.
For the navy Roosevelt has spent
S231 100000 more than Cleveland spent.
For the army, Roosevelt has spent
$zs4, OOOOO0 more than Cleveland
Both of these figures are exclusive
of pensions.
| And STILL we have only begun the
transformation from the peaceful re-
| public to the military empire. The
secretary of the navy says we are to
nave ''the greatest navy in the world"
greater even than that Of England.
which stands guard against 400 900, 900
armed enemies living across the mar
row channel. which has to protect the
greatest merchant marine in the world.
and whose wide-fiung colonies are
scattered all over the globe Though
our situation is totally different. and
though all our progress has been made
without burdening our people with
such terrible cost, the Republican prop
ositlon Is, that we shall go forward UNI
III we surpass the warlike powers in
this regard.
The Democratic party stands for a
| very different policy. 1t is for a policy
or domestic development-for building
the republic at home instead Of ex-
panding the empire abroad.
! We have about $4,000, 900 a year for
| irrigation. II is TO be divided between
sixteen states and territories, so il
amounts to about $685. 900 a year for
each. This is totally inadequate. The
entire reclamation found now on hand
accumulated from three years receipts
: Of the land Office. might be wisely,
profitably and justly spent in Utah
alone.
The price of single first-ciass bat
tleship about $1,000 ,O0O) would make
homes for tens of thousands in "these
valleys among these mountains" as
you lovingly call them.
If the nation would adopt this Gre
alive plan of domestic development
your sons and daughters would nc
! longer be compelled to leave their ma
/ tive state and seek homes in Mexico
and Canada under foreign flags
The waters now going to vast,
! would be commanded to stand bacl
| until you need them. The fertile. bu
arid, acres lying useless would be mad,
| 10 blossom with homes. The forest.
/ upon your watersheds would be pro
| tected that they might conserve tn,
| precious moisture for the benefit o
your descendants to the remotest gen
| Grafton. Your children could b,
! taught scientific methods of agriculture
and thus elevate their standard of hv
| Ing TO level not yet reached in an,
part OF the world. If we wanted {,
DO so, we would have money to as
| sist our people in building creameries
! canneries and other useful industries
as Canada does. If we wanted to d,
so, we would have money to advanc
TO settlers in making their improve
ments, as New Zealand does. w
! could carry out great policy lookinl
TO the public ownership or public util
/ tiles and so set our people free from
the eXactions of private monopoly.
Indeed, we could do anything an,
| everything necessary to be done I,
make Utah the highest example of civ
| lllzation and enable ii to sustain ney
millions of inha bitants.
That Is the policy of the Democrat til
party. That is what you vote for !
you give your ballot for Alton B. Park
er for president, for Orlando w. Pow
| ers for congress and for James II
Moyle for governor.
Republicans will tell you that thei
! party and their candidates are tn,
| only true friends Of Utah. So the,
tod you twelve years ago, when sill
Yer was the paramount issue. But
day came when parties had to sto,
talking and make good" their profes
| Slons. What happened then? You can
not have forgotten.
The Republican party turned tail
! and ran, while the Democracy kept tn
faith. stood to its guns. fought the bat
! tie and Utah and the west and wen
| with us TO glorious defeat II a maj
! risks his all to save my life. ma
not approve his judgment. but / low
him just the same. Whatever tn
! merits Of past controversies. on thi
! question of building the republic 70
the benefit Of us and those who shal
| come after, the Democracy is abso
lutely and forever right And yo
| know il.
If you read my pamphlet entitled
| Which Is the Party OF Irrigation
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