The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-17
THE DEMOCRATIC REASON.

senator Shoots newspaper, after q
very touching tribute to the fidelity
Of Democrats expresses surprise and
deep regret that they remain. faithful
TO their party in defeat as well as vic
tory. incidentally it urges the Dem
Gratis Of Utah to desert their party this
fall for the benefit of the SmoOt ticket
To such men as dominate the Re-
publican party i'm this state it may
seem remarkable that any man should
be Democrat by conviction and stay
by his convictions through ali the
vicissitudes of politics. To them it is
naturally inconceivable that men
should prefer to abide by their princi-
pies rather than stuItify themselves for
the chance of an office or political
power. In their view it is curious that
men should pass by the opportunity
for special privileges which has been
the speciality Of the Republican party.
and Identify themselves with the party
which denies the right of government
to confer any special privileges to the
few at the expense of the many.
From the foundation of the govern
ment' the party now named Repub-
hcan has been devoted to the exploita-
ton of the people for the privileged
few; it has distrusted the ability of
the people to govern themselves: has
been managed by machine and has
drawn TO itself all those who regard
politics as a means of rewarding mar
tsans and retaining power. From
Hamlltons day TO the present the Re-
publican party has been the marty of
wealth, of great property interests.
and 1t has rewarded its followers. the
men who have furnished the means to
corrupt the ballot, by comforting on
them in one way and another tho
privilege of acquiring wealth from
others untustly. 1t has been afraid to
entrust its own people with the noni-
nation OF candidates without dictation
or with the management of campaigns
without arbitrary direction from the
favored few. Its leaders today are
facing Generalization in the rank and
file because they have been unwilling
to let all Republicans have a voice in
the management of Republican affairs
The final result Of such condition is
inevitable disruption of the party, and
defeat at the polls this fail
Strange as it may seem. the Demo-
Gratis Of Utah prefer to belong to
party which bases its action on the
popular will expressed i'm untrammeled
conventions and controlled by men
chosen without dictation from any
clique. From the head of the ticket
TO the least important office, the Demo-
cratic nominations in Utah represent
the free choice OF all the Democrats.
and are under obligation to no indf-
vidual, to no machine" When they
take office they will be in office to
serve the citizens of Utah, not to fur
Their the ambitions OF some man or
set of men. That is. Of course, a pc
culiar situation for a Republican to
contemplate, but it is the Democratic
way, and it is the only way where real
self-government is to exist
Senator Shoots newspaper says the
people of Utah are naturally Repub-
Leans, but the people themselves know
better They have been devoted to
self-government. TO local self-govern-
rnent, if you will. ever since the state
was first settled. They need no polit-
ical syndicate or self-appointed ma
chine to direct their actions. If ever
men were Democrats constitutionally,
these people of the mountains. with
their self-reliance, their hatred of
special privileges and love of fair play
under the law, are Democrats. They
believe that man should earn his
own living. not depend upon legisla-
tive or governmental favors for Il;
they believe that the man who has
produced wealth by his own labor is
entitled to have the benefit of that
product and not be compelled to turn
over the fruit of his toll to some
special beneficiary Of legislative fa-