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


OF promise had come
Democracy's Part.
In this transition period. the Demo
cratic party took most consisten-and
Independent stand. 1t advocated the
complete separation Of church and
state II at any time Jealous partisans
attempted 10 sway the minds Of men
politically along religious lines. il did
not hesitate 10 rebuke them. 1t granted
TO Caesar the things that are Cae-
sar's,' and it claimed for itself and for
its members the right to worship as
they pleased and the right to act po-
litically as they pleased tt sent TO
the halls of congress its ablest men: il
sent men VINO made and left the i'm
press of their genius upon our national
legislation: it sent men who were cap
able and willing to lift their voices
in behalf of their state and who made
for themselves and for us, names that
are honored and that will live.
And then The people exercised their
sovereign viii, influenced largely, per-
haps, by the unworthy argument that
they should sustain the Republican
ticket because of the fact that the ma
tiOn9l administration was Republican,
and voted the Democratic party COM
pletely out of power I'm Utah and voted
the Republican party into power. II is
a fact capable Of demonstration. that
as result, the state under tie leader
ship Of the Republican managers,
turned from the path leading 10 honor
and prosperity and faced about and
began travelling the road leading 10 the
old conditions. From the day that the
leaders of the Republican party OBJ
tanned complete control in Utah. there
can be traced a retrograde movement
and, as a result, there has come to US
contention and bitterness; as a result
there has been created against us
among our sister states, distrust, suS-
piciOn and hatred; the advancement of
the commonwealth has been stunted;
our material interests have suffered;
and we have now reached a period
when the people must give the com
mand to halt. and the orders must go
forth from them, that Utah shall no
longer travel the road leading to dis
cord and strife.
Pause and Consider.
If YOU think I am wrong in denounc-
ing the Republican managers and in
holding them responsible for the con-
dition that exists. then, as honorable
men and women. ask you to reflect
and to consider what has been done.
history of this state. If you feel that
the Republican party should be sus-
tanned because of its record in the ma
ton, then l ask you, as honest men
and women, to tell me of one thing
that the Republican party or its mana
gers have done for Utah that rebounds
to our advantage. SOdOm and GOmor-
rah could have been saved if ten
righteous people could have been found
therein.
l only ask you to tell me Of one
righteous thing done for Utah by the
Republican party for which we should
be grateful. 1t will not do TO rest on
your oars and TO declare that the Re
publican party has governed we'll IN
the nation; that will not cure the at
fictions OF UtaE. Not only does char
ity begin at home, but all our interests
begin at home. The very nation itself
is built upon the hearthstones of the
people and it has it's foundation there.
Whenever any section of the nation
suffers, whenever the common people
suffer, then the republic is weakened
TO that extent; and hence it becomes
absolutely necessary. If I'VE preserve
our liberties and our free institutions
for us to use the utmost vigilance and
see that corroding rust does not de-
Stroy our institutions at home. It is
not for us TO suffer i'm order thai the
vote of the state may be given to one
or the other of the national organiZa-
tious 1t is for us to set our own house
i'm order; it is for US TO proceed to cure
the ills of which we complain. and. If,
in doing this, either national organiza-
ton suffers. it is a condition that can
not be cured. OurIOwn local affairs are
SO important to rs, that the issues
tkat have arisen here in Utah are to
MS equal to national questions. The
great issue is the question Of good
government here at home. This is a
question of vital moment to every one
of our citizens.
Voters Must Decide.
We must determine by our ballots
whether We will longer permit the per-
scnal ambitions of Republican leaders
TO embroil us in quarrels and TO blight
our business prospects. This question
should appeal 20 every man, high or
low, rich or poor IL should appeal to
tho humble citizen in his cabin, whose
children are his only fortune. and who
seeks for them state filled with the
pathways Of opportunity. 1t should ap-
peal to the capitalist and the banker, to
the merchant and 10 the manufacturer,
all Of whom need stable conditions in
VI uNl " 4O0NNl lllIlA CllLtA III ISIS IL
should appeal to every man who longs
and to unlock the door of future pro-
gress. We are at the parting Of the
ways We are where the roads fork.
We are where we must choose our path
for the future. We are where We must
determine whether the soil of Utah
shall be again watered with bitter tears
and her people worn and wearied by
domestic strife; or whether the BRAN
bles and thorns shall be avoided and
the hum OF Industry drown the harsh
voice of bitter factions.
Do not blind yourselves TO facts that
exist. Do not lull yourselves into fan
cled security. Do not / beg of you.
endanger the prosperity Of yourselves
and of the state. Utah must now dem
OEstrate whether she is worthy of self
government. she must show. and her
vote viii show this fall. whether state
hood came too soon. Her people must
give thoughtful consideration 10 their
own local affairs. TO the affairs of their
own state, and vote accordingly.
Arrogant Republican Methods.
That this is true. no man can we'll
deny Every Well-wisher of Utah must
have viewed with apprehension. the
waged with arrogance and
with methods both unwise and over
bearing. Leading Republican officials
have declared 10, the voters that if they
wanted anything in the future, in a
political way, they must attach them
selves TO their fortunes. Even the ju-
dietary was not, as was evidenced by
the primaries and the convention in
the Seventh Judicial district. where the
s~~t, l..
measures were resorted to. and the
man nominated for judge. in a speech
in Salt Lake City. filed with partisan
rancor. denunciation and invective,
demonstrated that he was the repre-
sentative Of a faction. and not the
choice of the untrammeled men Of his
own narfN