The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
AN IMPUDENT MIsNoMER.

The morning echo of the church or
gan appears TO be dismayed TO find that
in the Eastern world The Salt Lake
Tribune is represented as "a Repub-
lican newspaper. It hotly resents
that classification, and Indignantly re.
torts that The Tribune els against the
Republican party here in Utah, and
that it has fought with all the vigor
it possesses the men who represent the
Republican party in the Nations"
which is true in part making a shin
ing average for that rascally sheet.
The Tribune is not "against the Re-
publican party here in Utah; for
| there is no Republican party ''here i'll
Utah. - The organization which sails
under that false title is merely church
activity which has stolen the name and
is sailing under false colors. 1t was
begotten in the bolt of the Republican
nominations in this city in 1908, and
aided by the church leaders, who saw
their opportunity to usurp control of
that organization. The coup was sue
cessfully accomplished. So far as the
Republican party organization is con
cerned, speaking strictly in party
sense, the organization which sails un-
der the name of Republican party in
Utah. is a buccaneering crowd of
boilers and church law. breakers. The
Republican organization proper was de-
stroyed, and has never been revived
in Utah
We may add that the Democratic
party is in precisely the same fix, At
the same election, the Democratic party
voluntarily surrendered to the church
leaders, getting victory in that cleo
tion as their reward; and those church
leaders have ever since been in con-
troll of its policies, its organization, its
hopes and its fears. They kick it out
Of doors whenever they choose. and let
it come back and warm itself by the
fire whenever it is about ready to per
ish. They afflict it and at times nour-
ish it, rather than see it go out of ex-
istence; but all the time it is their
bantling. and the real Democrats Of
Utah are never in the least considered,
neither as TO its policies, its nomina-
tions, its programme, nor its future.
The best that any real Republican
or any real Democrat can do in Utah
at the present time is to declare his
afIiliation with the National party to
which he belongs, and to repudiate the
church h-controlled piracy which has
usurped the party name in each case.
it is absurd to talk for one moment
about any Republican party In Utah,
or any Democratic party. The lawless
buccaneers in charge of both crafts here
neither know nor care anything about
party names, party principles, or party
ideals. They arc simply running black
flag crafts, both in the church interest
and under the direction and dominance
of the same political black-hand gang
which throws the crumbs or the bones
to each in turn, as best suits its own
purpose.
The complaint further is that The
Tribune ''has fought with all the vigor
1t possesses the men who represent the
Republican party of the Nation.
There is very little truth in this. OF
course The Tribune has opposed Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his "big stick
policies, his ridiculous Fbutting in'
on things that he knew nothing about,
and especially his scandalous confed
eracy with the reasonable and po-
lygamous hierarchy in Utah. We do
not consider, however, that this is OPP
posing the Republican party. President
Roosevelt is not the Republican party.
There was d great aud glorious Re
publican party before he was ever =
heard of. There will probably he a
great and glorious Republican party
after he is forgotten. The Tribune does
not consider that the alpha and the
omega of the Republican party rest in
the hands of any one man; must less
in the hands of President Roosevelt.
We believe that the Republican party
National, beneficial. to the whole peo-
pie We do not believe that all of
President Roosevelt s notions are in
line with these definitions. And Just
as We believe that there is a Republi-
can party which is greater. stronger
and more ample TO meet all the needs
of the Republic than is President
Roosevelt or any other individual, SO
we believe that the Democratic party
is also greater, bigger and in every
way superior to any one individual, no
matter who he may be.
So the Indictment against The Trib
une must fall fiat OF both counts But
then what could be expected from n
Copperbead Bourbon Democrat arraign-
ing anybody for lack Of fealty TO the
Republican partyl What does he
know or care about the Republican
party anyway? The fact that such a
creature assumes to be in control of a
Republican organ in Utah is IN itself
a black eye not only for that organ,
hut T,,r h., I,,. Il.