The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-06

the party is in tine hands OF men WIN
organized it TO secure personal revenge
for their loss of control of the RepuJ
lican party machinery. To this end thev
have not hesitated to picture the city
as unfit for decent men TO live IT.; as
the abode OF lawlessness, of open Vice
as a place where investments are n
secure, and the machinery of the law
debauched.
Thompson's party proposes to bar
from public Office and public employ
every citizen who disagrees with Il,
be he Gentle or Mormon. Processing
some sort OF superior "AnericanisIn
they put forth the most pn-Ameriean
doctrine that could be imagined, a doc
trine of the very kind that would. II It
could be enforced, disfranchise all but
the men of Thompson's creed and deny
opportunity or voice in the govern
ment TO all but those Of their faith.
Bearing in mind ,hG. this doctrDna
originates with men who formerly
sought church influence" most active
ly and profted by it when they could
their motives now do not command con-
fidence or respect. The people Of Salt
Lake are not ready to give Thompson
and his ilk a club with which to com
pei the support OF the independent ma
jority who have no use FOR church ia
huence in politics nor for the men VIII
have sought it in times past. If Thomp
son and his party deserved defeat foT
no other reason. their iusncerity ana
their obvious desire for revenge would
entitle them 10 overwhelming defea.
now,
1t Is assumed that Lynch is a ncg-
iigible quantity. but his campaign is
worth passing word. He has never
been regarded seriously as Il candidate
on any merit of his own. His publ;
record has not been of the sort to JUS
tify any belief in his capacity for the
mayOralty. His platform is a minus
quantity and was forgotten as soon as
adopted. But for 4 day he sprung tal"
some prominence as a political factor
because Senator Smoot, Pussy Jim
my" Anderson. Revenue Collector Cal
lister and William Spry of Tooele. in
jected a little life into his campaign. 1t
may have been only Il coincidence, pos
sibly it was one of the marvellous acct
dents of Utah nolitics, but whatever
the reason the appearance of these
WORTHLESS in conference, was followed
by rumors that the church" was going
TO get behind Lynch and elect him.
While Thompsons election was urPed
that the American" Republicans
night get even" with somebody.
Lynch's was urged that the machine
might be strengthened. No one thought
to suggest that Thompson or LyncA
would make better mayor than Nor
ris. but both Republican factions Wec'
calling on their followers TO carry then
feud into the city election and sacrifice
the whole community to a desire -"
revenge on one side and a desire 70
more power on the other. It is only a
commonplace to say that if the ma
chine" plan had been successful, if
there had been evidence Of a wholesale
slump TO Lynch in the face of his
wea Sness as a candidate, the ultimate
result would have been the solidIhca-
ton Of the american" party and it
final control of the city.
The Democrats. both Mormon AMI
Gentle. who have kept the party faith
for years in spite of discouragemen
are not in d mood TO have their Party
lines broken for the benefit OF tn
SmoOt - Anderson - callister Spry me
chine. but, fortunately for salt Lake.
the indications point to the defeat &C
both the Americans" and the machins
Republicans. Some of the people ma
be fooled for a while. but the sUbstar-
tiai, conservative citizens, the business
men who regard this as a bushes
proposition and seek the best man for
mayor are going to elect Norris ana
the Democratic ticket: they are goinf-
to vote for d Greater Salt Lake. a mod
ern city, an adequate water supply, a
modern system of sidewalks and paved
streets, and a community that will puf
together whether the political faction d.
lists like it or not. And while they are
at it. they are going to end the Repu D
lican fractional turmoil by retiring both
sides in defeat.