The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21
Salt Lake County Rinq.

of the bargain for the sale Of the vote Of
a sovereign state
Salt Lake County Ring.
But even A Milton Musser cannon blot
out the fact that we have a political
tmachine in this state that ought TO be
smashed And as the larger moons have
lesser moons and so on ad snfiniturn so
| the state ring has lesser rings for all
| the world like the planetary system
| And one of the most obnoxious of those
rings is the Salt Lake county ring, en-
/ trenched in the city and county building
| county ring. the county affairs are per-
| meated with graft. Whenever a glimpse
| or the county books has been secured
neglect OF duty by public officials. graft
! flee by public officials have beer dis
closed. We need in the county attorneys
office a man like Skeen of Ogden to
/ bring the peeulatorS to account and Ash
| by Snow. the Democratic candidate is
| such a man. fearless, fair and well
equipped. The public moneys have been
squandered. The public time has been
wasted The public property has been
stolen. You know how the men and the
women who have been "Sent over the hill
TO the poorhouse" have been treated Fed
| on rotten meat, by this great rich county
and treated in manner that is dis
grace to civilization and to a charitable
and Christian people
And the Republican party has renom-
| ing. and worse than miSmanaging. our
county affairs. Whv was il done2 1t was
| done because the Salt Lake county ma
chine is an important part Of the Smoot
] machine. II was done at the beheSt OF
| the Republican state committee. On the
day of the Republican county convention
the secretary OF the Republican state
committee was as busy as a BURGER on an
automobile. He carried the word to the
delegates and as a consequence the men
who aspired 10 office against the ring
! fAaf ruth s1Q ed
and the machine was triumphant. The
Democrats have named a splendid coun-
ty ticket. and they have great and able
man and lawyer as candidate Tor supreme
Judge The nominees of the Democratic
party are worthy of support and will
make faithful public officials if elected |
denounce the state Republican ring and
denounce the county ring. 1t IL no new
thing for me TO condemn ring rule. ana
to urge the people to smash the machine
In 1902. in a public speech. | denounced
the KearnS machine. using these words:
"A hungry horde of fortune followers are
slavishly striving to bind the state TO the
chariot wheels of n personal political ma
chine From the back counties to the city
hall there reaches long line of polit-
ical mendicants. holding their plates for
public office as a reward for their votes
in caucus or for their efforts as strikers
in a senatorial campaign. Whoever Will
not bow down and worship at the new
shrine must go way back and sit DOWN
The machine is all potent Its managers
In Ianc1eQ security are rlOlng the nigh
way of success followed by an incong "
Gus mob. glad even to lap the dust of our
ROYALTY, like measly whffets under the
tailboard of a wagon. How strongly the
present situation embassies the Demo
cratic position that the constitution
should be amended so that the senator's
shall be elected by the direct vote of the
people
The fight in Salt Lake county is be-
tween the Democratic party and the
! American party. If you want to put
an end 10 the American party. smash
party is butterfly party. IL was born
for day. 1t burst from it's cocoon with
the advent OF Senator Smoot to power.
He IS rrS ponsible foS its existence Ii will
pass into Oblivion when Smootism shall
no longer rule the state. Give us Dem
ocratie victory in Utah and YOU will see
the Republican members OF the "Ameri-
cam party rushing back into the he
publican organization. as the chickens on
4 rainy day run beneath a farm wagon
for shelter. and the misguided Democrats
will find themselves out in the rain.
A Bass Drum Government.
The American party. thanks to SEN
ator Smoot, has been in power in Salt
Lake City for nearly year. 1t has Civ
en- US a bass drum government and now il
wants to extend the bass drum govern
and vote the Republican ticket and YOU
will help il in so doing. You cannot beat
Thompson with Lynch this year, and
you cannot beat the American" party
with the Republican party. The Repub-
lican party has not the votes. Vote to
smash the Smoot machine in Salt Lake
county you vote to smash the American"
party IN Salt Lake county. You kill
two birds with one stone.
AS I have declared the issue IN Utah is
not the question simply as to who shall
more important question: What is hest
for Utah? Which political party will best
advance the interest of the state? Which
party will bring peace to Utah? This
question is vital because Utah does not
stand where she should stand. Condi-
tons exist here that are not found in any
other section of the union. We cannot
close our eyes to this fact IL is knock
ing at our doors and il must be met The
men and women of Utah are called upon
to determine matter or highest lmpeT-
lance to every nreslde, ana that rs:
What can we do to secure peace for
Utah? We are to determine by our bal
lots whether we will longer permit the
personal ambitions Of Republican leaders
Ia e.nhroil us i'm auarrels and to blight
our business prospects This question ap-
meals 10 every man. 1t appeals to the
humble citizen in his cabin whose chill
dren are his only fortune. and who de-
opportunity are open. II appeals to the
capitalist and the banker. to the mer-
chant and to the manufactures, who de-
sire stable conditions that they may fos-
ter their enterprises. We shall determine
whether the soil of Utah shall be further
watered by bitter tears and her people
worn and wearied by domestic strife.
Mormon Democrats Sincere.
Speaking o my own party. and particu-
lariy of the Mormon Democrats. | feel
assured that they will not heed the pas
sicnate appeal of the Republican organ.
to vote the Republican ticket i know
well the Mormon Democrats of Utah. i
have broken bread at their tables 1
have worked with them year after year.
Ttev are sincere. They are Democrats
from principle and they are Democrats
who. mind their own business and sustain
their own candidates. Year after year
they have met defeat and they have met
il with no vain repinings. but with the
resolve TO prepare again for battle. And
now. that the men of their choice are
about to be elected. they will not be-
come cat's-paws BY the means of which
the chestnuts of Senator Smoot will be
pulled from the fire. They cannot afford
to do otherwise They cannot afford to
prolong the unfortunate situation created
by the Republican factions. Do not blind