The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-02
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Pussy Jimmy" Anderson. who is
writing the political editorials for the
Smoot organ these days. has 'em
again. This time he wants to discuss
the situation in Idaho and divert at
tentiOn from Utah and the Smoot ma
chine. He thinks. or says he thinks,
the Democratic party of Utah is in
cahoots with Senator Dubois i'm Idaho,
and that horror upon horror is due to
befall the people of Utah if the ma
chine is defeated here this fall.
James may calm his nerves and come
out OF his delirium. The people of
Utah have enough troubles of their
own without butting into Idaho's diff
culties, and they are going to settle
Utah's troubles by eliminating the
causes, including Pussy" The Dem
ocrats will name a ticket and formu-
late platform that will dispose of
James pipe dream effectually The
nominees will be good citizens, men
above reproach, men for whom Nor
mons and Gentiles alike will be glad
10 vote: and the platform will express
fully and specifically its objections to
the methods of the Smoot machine, in
Guiding Mr.. Anderson and Mr.. Spry
and Mir Callister, who guide the ma
chine
Meanwhile il may be observed that
the new editorial writer for Senator
SmOot is continuing his effort to Sc
cure division on religious lines in
this state. He pretends TO think il is
legitimate to ask Democrats to sup
port the Republican machine; he is
anxious to secure a split in the Demo-
cratic ranks, just as he and his asso-
ciates have already split the Repub-
lean party so hOpelessly it cannot
nope to win this fall. But the game
won't work; i'm the parlance of the
street, Jimmy's work is too coarse.
1t has not been customary for the
Democratic party of Utah to advise
the people OF Idaho on their domestic
affairs; that sort of impudent interfer-
ence has been limited entirely TO the
Republicans. Nor is it the custom of
The Herald to mix in with such a
muss as the politicians of both parties
have inflicted upon the state of Idaho.
II is entirely content to print the news
fairly and fully and leave the settle
ment of internal troubles to the only
people who have any business with
them-namely, the voters of Idaho.
Here at home, however, both the DEM
ocrstic party and The Herald expect
10 devote good deal of time and en-
orgy to the solution of the problem
that concerns Utah most.
That problem is the determination
of factions and the retirement of the
factiOnists, Republican and Amer
lean" 1t is clear enough that there
viii be no peace here until both these
elements are put out of political bust
ness: il ought TO be plain to the peo-
pie that the only way to settle the dis
turbance is by the defeat of the dis
turbers If a man is bothered i'm the
night by the yowls of disorderly neigh
bors who break up furniture. throw
boots at each other out of the window
and make life hideous by calling one
another names, You WOuldn expect
him to get into the game and make a
night of it himself as one of the brawl-
ers Not exactly. He'd call on the
officers of the law, and. If necessary,
take hand helping them saueleh the
disturbance. Then he would go back
and finish his nap with a clear con-
science.
Now. the people of Utah have been
disturbed about long enough. They
have listened 10 the plaintive batting
OF the Americans for home and ma
tive land. for Moran and Black and
Mulvey and Sheets and Lavery, until
they want rest. They have heard
the Smoot crowd yell for help and in
sist that the Democrats forsake their
own party TO save Shoots hide until
they are tired of him and his crew.
They want peace, the people do, and
they're going to get il by electine
men who have no part in the row or