The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-05
THE REASONS WHY.

Under DATE Of Oct. 2. a subscriber
u writes The Herald as follows:
''You say in today's Herald: They ttne
Mormon Democrats) know-and Mr.
Spry also kuows-that anyi wholesale
desertion of their party by Demo
Gratis just at this juncture would
prove every charge of bad faith
that has been made against Utah by
her enemies at home and abroad
Why? What reason can you give il;
support Of such a sweeping statement?
Why should the desertion of the Demo-
cratic ticket this year by Mormon
Democrats be regarded as proof con-
elusive Of bad faith or the part Of the
Mormon church and the Mormon peo-
ple?"
1t is quite possible these questions
have been framed with view TO 0e-
ceiving the reader and making capl-
tai of the impression they may make.
The Herald did not say that the de-
sertion of their party by Mormon Dem
Ocrats would be proof conclusive of
bad faith on the part of the Mormon
church and the Mormon people, II
did say that such a desertion would
prove every charge of bad faith that
has been made against Utah by her
enemies at home and abroad. Pos
sibly this might be construed as being
identical with the charges made
against the church and tits people, but
that is immaterial.
The reasons for which Subscriber
asks need no definition. To begin with,
the Republican party i'm this state has
demonstrated it's unftness to be en-
trusted with the control of the state.
1t has given us fractional disorder II.
its own ranks, has discredited us IL
Washington, injured the commercial
standing OF Utah abroad. discouraged
the investment of capital here and Gre
atcd a social unrest that inures 10 the
discomfort of every citizen.
Certainly there is nothing in this
record that would justify any Demo-
erat in deserving his party for the Re
publican party this year.
The Republicans are hopelessly di-
vided as a result of a factional fight
ii is safe to say that thousands OF
Republicans will not vote their ticket
this year. while the Democrats, having
no occasion for division, are united,
aggressive and determined to win.
Is there any reason in that outlook
that would justify a Democrat in
deserving?
The national Democracy in the east
is united. .sanguine of success, wLli=
the Republicans have lost the cock
sure attitude with which they began
the campaign. RoOsevelt's name mas
lost the glamor that once made him a
sort of fetch. while Judge Parker. on
the other hand, is gaining strength az
he becomes known, and there is eve. )
reason to expect his election
Surely these signs Of the times Of
fer no excuse for the desertion OF che
Democratic party by any Of the ranl;
and file IL the west.
That is to say, there is no reason
either within the party lines here OF
IN the national organization, which
would offer the shadow OF ar excuse
for a Democrat TO desert. Accepting
this as fact. suppose the returns IN
Utah at the approaching election
should. show that Democrats in the
country districts Of Utah had gone over
TO the enemy in large numbers.
Would it not be fair to conclude tina.
some Legitimate influence had beer
exerted to secure such a result?
Gould there be any other conclusion
ia the face of Chairman Spry's dec
laration that he would have to get tive
Mormon Democrats in the country for
every Republican he lost in the city?
What other explanation could be o.
fered for the abandonment Of party
convictions and party obligations in a
presidential year when the Democratic
party IS united and neither the Nor.
mon nor Mormon Democrats haye
any ground FOR dissatisfaction?
The Herald believes with Judge Pow.
crs that the Mormon Democrats o,
ttah arc not 10 be inveigled into til
betrayal OF their own party. It be
iieves they win recognize their OBI;
CATION 20 the state, to the Democrat,
party and to the principles in which
they believe; and that they will >.
found voting the Democratic tickei
straight. leaving the Republicans l.
settle their own family quarrel-out o.
office
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