The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-28
Il DGE POWERS POSITION.

IL DEE POWERS POSITION.
Every voter in Utah ought to read
and ponder over Judge Powers speech
published in this issue of The Herald
1t Is a calmn. thoughtful and dispas-
Bionate presenta ton of the issues OF
This campaign without personalities
and addressed to the intelligence of the
people. 1t contains no evasions, it states
the situation fairly and its conclusions
point unanswerably to the only wav
out Of the dilemma In which the state
finds itself through the laundering of
the Republicans and the partisan mall
sSnity Of the Americans"
In his consideration of the reasons
why the Americans should not be
trusted with further political power
the judge very properly paid only pass
Ing attention to the record of malad-
ministration they have made in city
affairs. He says rightly that the issue
is bigger than any question Of compe-
tence or incompetence in office. and that
the people need no. commentary on the
American" plan of public service,
while their record in the city is SO
fresh in the public mind.
To him, as to all thoughtful men. the
great question is whether the people
will longer tolerate the Republican ma
chine on one hand or the American
machine on the other, when both are
STRIVING fbpfr 1,fu,oct 70 oro,+o - H.
ision on religious lines which shall
keep the state involved in turmoil. bit
terness, revenge and hate. To him the
intrusion of such issues is despicable.
its result disastrous; and to him there
seems only one rational way of settling
the trouble, and that is by defeating
the men responsible for causing such
a division.
As he says in his speech. Judge Pow
ers was one of the militant members
of the old Liberal party and he was one
of the last to agree to the dissolution
of that party and the alignment Of vo-
ters with the national parties. He was
slow to accept the proposal to form
new parties, but when he did ACCEPT it
he went into the Democratic organiza-
ton in good faith and has remained
with it in good faith. He is fighting for
fits success now because he believes
in its tenets, and because he is sure
a Democratic victory would bring
peace to the state. prosperity and good
crOuorUv5aarat fO Sic VaopTa
In his analysis OF the situation.
Judge Powers points out very clearly
the weakness of the American" party
and the train of evils that has followed
the Republican machines methods in
the state. With every one who has stud
fed the two organizations, he sees in
the American" campaign a vicious
appeal to the worst passions Of men.
an appeal to sectarian hate, an appeal
that depends for success upon arousing
enmity between men and dividing
them by exciting their religious preju-
dices. In such an appeal there can be
no permanent good, nothing but injus-
tice and strife. Equally hopeless and
wrong is the Republican appeal for
political support on religious grounds
and the only alternative between these
is the Democratic platform of fairness
and justice and peace with honor. The
whole speech is well worth reading, be-
cause it reviews the political history
of the state so lucidly and SO forcibly
that no one can fail to profit by it's
perusal
In his anxiety to discuss issues
Judge Powers has said nothing of his
own candidacy except in the most cas-
ual way, though he might with pro-
priety have compared Mr. Howells
.candidacy and his own. Howells has
demonstrated his inability to represent
the state so thoroughly that it is
scarcely a debatable question. In his
whole term of office he has contribu-
aed. so little to the advancement OF the
state or TO his own credit as represen-
tative that his most fervent apologists
have difficulty in finding reasons for
his reelection. An amiable nOnentity,
a subservient zero i'm the Utah delega-
zion. he has lost the dubious promi-
nence his election gave him and closed
his record in congress with never a