The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-26
THE ONLY WAY.

The ONLY WAY.
Democratic day at Saltair demon
strated thoroughly the unity of the
party in Utah and the determination
10 finish the fight on that peculiar form
OF machine politics best described as
Smootism. II proved, too, that the i'm
beetle talk OF fusion between the Smoot-
ties and Democrats had no following
in the Democratic party-a fact already
known 10 Democrats, but apparently
cherished as a pleasant possibility by
the disorganized Republicans who have
aligned themselves with the Provo sem
ator's machine
If there is any one thing i'm Utah
politics which is naturally abhorrent
TO Democratic conviction and practice
II is the sinister methods adopted and
used by the Republican machine Not
daring 10 proclaim i'm the open that
they had the sanction of the dominant
church, the machine leaders have gone
about giving the impression that church
leaders and advisors were anxious to
see Senator Smoot control the political
fortunes Of the state. The Pussy
Jimmys' and Callisters and Sprys have
prospered by the system. they have
succeeded I'm securing some support
they could not have got by straight
political methods, and they have taken
to themselves the fat offices and pick
ings OF Office as a result. In their dom
inatiOn of the Republican party they
have made federal Q plurns the
reward of servile adherence to
faction. and they have put in office
men who could not possibly attain posi-
ton on individual merit.
This. however. is only small part
of the indictment against the machine
II mas been willing to sacrifice the good
name Of a whole state to crafty the
political ambitions OF a small faction:
II has fostered an agitation which could
have but one result, the enlightenment
OF the state and the antagonism of the
nation. Strife and feud and wholesale
injury to every interest Of Utah have
followed in the trail of the machine
To suggest that any Democrat should
come TO the support OF such a program
is an insult to the intelligence Of the
voters OF the state, and shows to what
desperate straits the machine has come
in its desire to perpetuate it's strange
hold on the emolument OF office.
Senator SmOOt and his supporters
have no valid defense in the plea that
others started the internecine strife
which has Swallowed Utah for three
years. They knew i'm advance that
the contamination OF his ambition could
have no other outcome. They were
warned that they were certain to sac
rifice their friends as well as their
foes If they persisted i'm their course.
They went into their campaign for his
election knowing that they would split
their own party wide open. bring about
reward Of the old bitterness, involve
their church I'm a costly and dam
aging warfare OF persecution, and
bring Odium upon every resident of
Utah. Knowing this. they were willing
OF continue their plans. and they can
not plead ignorance or virtuous in
nocence now.
The Republican party of Utah, in
GLIDING Shoots machine and the equal
ly obnoxious American" machine has
proved the need Of Democratic success.
As a party the Republicans have done
nothing but harm to the state. Their
organization has degenerated into a
factional mob. held together by the
hope Of Office on one side and the pos
session of Office on the other. The
plea that the Republicans should rally
in support OF national issues is only a
subterfuge to give the Smoot machine
another lease of life, and i'm the pres
ent state Of affairs there is no national
issues that would justify such an end.
What Utah needs and what the Dem
ocracy proposes TO give the state, is
the demolition Of the Smoot machine
end the American" faction OF the Re-
publican party. Neither has any excuse
for being; both have been persistent i'm
their attacks on the good name of the
state-the one indirect the other direct
Standing as It always has. for indie
pendence and freedom from alliances
with church influence. the Democratic
marty is i'm position to demand the OBJ
liberation of both fractional wings of
the Republican party. which would fol-
low the election of Democratic ticket
in the state and county. Standing
souarely on the articles of faith set
forth in the reconvened convention S
nlstform of 1895, it will go into the
fight this fall in sincerity demanding
a return TO the conditions which ex-
tsted when it was in power. Ii will