The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-27

| Senator Sutherland is right when he
says the American" party has start
ed, but no one knows where it is go
ing; he might have added that the Re
| publican party started also, and it is
! going straight onto the rocks as fast
as a wilful, arrogant and stupid lead
ership can steer it there. 1t has thrown
overheard a large proportion of its
| most sincere and able members. 1t lost
the city last fall to the Americans"
securing for itself only a single pre-
/ cinct and a ridiculously small vote
! and il is going to lose to the Demo
! Gratis this fall, because the people are
tired of it and it's leaders, tired of lis
vicious appeal to prejudice and pas
sion. tired of the wrangling and dis
| turbance that have followed in the
trail of the Republican machine for the
past three years.
Finally, since Senator sutherland
has raised the question Of truth, OF de-
cency and veracity in politics, his at
tention is called to an editorial ex-
preston from a newspaper In whlcn
he is a stakeholder and Senator Smoo'
the directing voice-an expression
which appeared in the same issue with
his speech and which may account IN
part for the smile of incredulity with
which his own fervid appeal for truth
and decency and fairness in politics is
received. Here is the editorial:
We have told the Democrats of Utah
that they are being sold out by their
leaders. We have told them that they
are being made an annex of what is called
the American party. We have shown
them repeated and indubitable times that
these statements are true. The Tribune
of Thursday morning affords us new
opportunity TO establish the fact. on
page 2 OF that papers issue. Oct -. and
on the third column of that page, APP
l.pears the following notice:
The following itinerary has been pre-
pared by the central committee for Titan
county during the week;
James H. Movie and James H. Mace at
Payson. Oct. 26.
William II. King at Spanish Fork,
O. w Powers at Provo. Nov 3
w. II. King at American Fork, Nov. ?.
/. r. Martineau at Springville. Nov. ].
and local speakers will hold meetings in
iamin. Oct. q: Salem. Oct %; Mapleton,
Oct. 81.
We have not omitted word. Every
speaker there mentioned is supposed to
be working for the Democratic ticket,
yet that itinerary has been prepared oy
the central committee of the Kearns
party, and is boldly announced by the
| Kearns paper as the program for public
| speaking in the next few days.
It is not alone with the Kearns pro-
gram. One Of the agencies of that party
Democrats with what is called the
Amerikearns party, in the hope that by
such union the Republicans may be de-
feateS Evidently the invitation has been
accepted. Just what consideration has
been given Judge King. Judge Powers
Mr. MartineaU and Mr.. Moyle we do not
know. We trust they are satisfied. They
have had an opportunity to be 1t is
worth lot of Tom Kearns' money to get
them into the service of the Tom Kearns
party.
In effect this editorial from tn,
Smoot-Sutherland newspaper says tina
Judge King, Judge Powers, James II
Moyle and L. r. Martineau, leaders O
the Democratic party have been bough
by Senator Kearns to betray the
Democratic party, though the cow
ards who wrote and printed tn,
editorial were careful to STAY within
the limits of the law of libel in theil
statement. Why is this charge made
What is its foundation? A simple an.
nouncement of speakers and dates by
the Tribune-an announcement tina
was printed as news. just as The Her.
aid and other newspapers printed thu
announcement that Senator Smoot /.
to speak in the theatre
On this news announcement q per
fectly legitimate publication, Senator
Sutherland's newspaper bases a charg,
of corruption against men who ar,
! above suspicion, who have lived in thi.
community for years without a breath
of suspicion as to their probity. vii
Senator Sutherland repudiate such
campaign methods; will he wrap about
himself the robes of a sensitive nature
and declare he has no sympathy with
his own newspapers blackguardly
ways? Or will be reiterate with pair
and sorrow that 1.-The petty lies of pet
ty men and petty newspapers some
times possess a vitality that brings de-
spair to great souls, and let it go al
that? If he is sincere and courageous
he will publicly repudiate such cal
jimmy, and if he doesn't, he will stand
convicted of a willingness to profit by
the methods which he so touchingly
and feelingly deplores-in others.
a n
relation of the Cheerful Idiot of the
comic supplements. In his theatre
sneech he said. with SWELLING chest