The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-10
Spirit of Moral Reform.

any breath of scandal or Of official
misconduct.
Spirit of Moral Reform.
IN the legislative department Of the
government the record of the Repub-
lican party has been equally as clean.
1t has given the people wise and pro-
gressive laws. especially in the matter
of moral advancement and temperance
reform, and in the way of a just and
more equitable system of taxation the
party has deserved public confidence
and approval. But despite all these
/ things, the people of Ohio have been
swept away from the mOorinSs or
/ truth by a wave of prejudice and sus-
/ picion. Undoubtedly there Is healthy
spirit of moral reform, and a wide
/ spread insistence upon courage ana
/ honesty i'm public officers being mani
tested all over the land That spirit
: has shown Itself in the election Of Je-
rome in New York. the triumph OF
! Weaver in Philadelphia and, earlier
/ the breaking down of party lines ia
/ Massachusetts, Minnesota and Nilsson
! ri. This fact and these events made IL
easy to excite the suspicion. lnflame
: the conscience and mislead the iIIpulse
of the people Of Ohio. The real issues
/ of the campaign were forgotten ana
] the PASSION Auut W az a iitNe-4r.~A
throughout the state was 10 strike
: down something. 0venge some fancied
wrong. avert some fancled danger
Sees Danger Ahead.
The greatest danger now confront
I ing the American people is the readl-
ness. in response % some sudden Whim
or pTetext. to desert party principles
and follow some individual who claims
some times with sincerity, often with
! hypocrisy. TO represent cause that
is higher than party fealty. This spirit
1 which would decry party government
and party responsibility. and establish
individual leadership i'm its stead, may
advance some personal ambitions, but
can accomplish no good 70 society. III
offers the most fruitful field for the
demagogue and the icOnoclast and
while some good men may be swept
into power upon d popular wave that
overrides principle. the strain upon our
Institutions and upon the fundamental
truths which lie at the bottom Of ouI
government will leave the Suucluf
rather weaker than stronger
The individual who in seeking self
advancement is willing 30 allure the
people from the principles and Fol-
cies of government to the adulteraton
/ Of a popular Idol is an enemy OF ms
/ country, The newspaper which, IN or
I der to swell the receipts of the count
ing ROOM is willing to pdnder 10 sensa-
! tiOnalism. To deceive the people and
pay uTon the credulity of the unthink-
ing, is an enemy Of mankind
A Democratic Victory.
Here i'm Ohio in this campaign
and elsewhere in other political con-
tests, We have had too many instances
of that spirit which is ready % defame
and destroy in order to profit by the
! no Sc The Democratic party is the
mediate beneficiary i'm this state
What I said repeatedly in the cam
paign is borne out already by the atti-
tude of that party since the election.
It's leaders everywhere are proclaim
ing my defeat as a Democratic vic
tory The attempt TO give il national
significance is already apparent, for
attention is being called 10 the fact
that the BIannock bill and pool bill
l and the baseleSS charge Of 'DoSslSm
were lost sight of in the general I'M
pulse To strike down the Republican
party. The returns bear out this claim
and this purpose ON the part of the
Democratic leaders. They show that
both extremists on the temperance
question. the salOOnist and The anti
saloonist. who I had displeased because
| l declined to be controlled by either
voted against me at the polls. They
show that the advocates of race track
gambling contributed Very little to the
result and they show that i'm these
communities like Cleveland and Gin
cinnaU, where 'bOssism was the chief
issue for the whole party. went down
TO defeat.
His Only Regret.
I Z T.
result arises from the disappointment
felt by the thousands Of Republicans
of Ohio whose support Of the ticket
and the whole ticket. was the earnest
of their steadfast loyalty 10 party prin-
/ ciplet They have my heartfelt thanks
! and deepest gratitude for their splen-
| did devotion.
Il have no other regrets. / discharge
my duties as governor of Ohio with an
eye and purpose devoted solely TO me
z best interests Of all the people. Ny
? conscience is clear. What l did with
respect to the BTann0ck law was done
in the interest of justice and morality
and intended 10 strengthen that meas
ure as a temperance law. l would dc
the same thing over again. The uucOn-
stitutional measures / vetoed / would
veto again. The eXtraVagant approprl-
atoms that ] declined TO approve
would decline To approve again. II tbs
people of Ohio defeated me because
they disappToyed of my action with re-
spect TO those measures, they acted
wisely, for if / had been given q SECOND
? term I would have been actuated b3
the same motives and i would have
pursued the same course whenever the
occasion arose. From these same PEG
pie in whose ultimate judgment anC
sense OF justice ] have the prOfoundes
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