The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-10
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The personnel OF the delegates elect
ed Monday night TO the Democratic
convention Friday is OF high order.
The men chosen TO represent Utah s
Democratic electorate in the state
perform the duty entrusted TO them
wisely and we'll. Six delegates TO the
national convention at Denver are 10
be chosen, and a member for Utah of
the national committee. The senti-
ment, as expressed at Monday nights
primaries, is overwhelmingly for
Bryan, and it will not be surprising +
the delegation that will go TO Denver
is instructed TO vote for the Nebras-
kan as long as his name is before the
big convention.
The Herald finds occasion for con-
graduation in the interest taken in the
primaries. There is something mag
nificent in the way the Democratic
party, bending under the weight of
many successive and crushing defeats,
campaign time comes around and goes
forward hopefully and unfiinchingly
into the battle There is not a Dem
ocratic elective official In Salt Lake
county today. or in Salt Lake City.
There are few Democrats holding Of
fee anywhere in the state.
The men who are in politics solely
for personal profit long since left the
Democratic party. Some of them have
Joined forces with the Republicans.
some have gone into the American"
party. Several of them have already
received their pay in the form of Of
fee And we have no regrets about
their departure from the Democracy.
We have no room I'm the party for
selfish spoilsmen. For those who have
remained steadfast in the Democratic
faith The Herald has nothing but the
highest esteem. They deserve all the
praise that can be given them.
Without hope OF reward other than
the knowledge that they are following
the dictates OF their consclences, they
have toiled. and are toiling, in. season
and out OF season, for the advance
ment OF the Democratic cause. The
Herald believes that this year is TO be
the year OF their triumph. At no time
in the last twelve years have the pros
poets for a Democratic victory in the
nation been so bright. The nominee of
the Denver convention is practically
certain TO be William ]. Bryan and all
signs point TO his election.
The people are dissatisfied with Re
publican rule They have suffered
under the Roosevelt administration all
the evils wrongfully attributed to the
last Democratic administration. They
have seen a bond issue in a time OF
absolute peace. they have seen soup
houses established for the benefit Of
the homeless and hungry unemployed
thousands; they have seen wool-wooI.
mark you, wool-selling well under 10
cents a pound. Wages have been cut.
factories and mines and workshops
shut down.
Events OF the last few months have
demonstrated conclusively that Re-
publicanism is not Synonymous with
prosperity. nor Democracy with adj
versity The people are restless under
the Republican yoke. They want
change. and they are going 10 signify
their desire in no uncertain tones by
electing a Democrat 10 I'LL the presi
Dental chair.
And then. fellow Democrats. you
are going 10 see a lot Of traitorous
Democrats treading on one another's /
heels in their mad scramble 20 get |
back into the party. Wen have plen- !
" of camp followers then. plenty of |
lickspittle spoilsmen who viii pro-
claim from the housetops their loyalty |
TO the Democratic cause. Watch for |
them when they come and see to II /
that they are kicked out again from
behind the breastworks.