The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-26

personal affection of millions of his coun-
trymen, and gained the respect and adj
niration of all the Seorye of the world
who love liberty and humanity-then the
distinguished gentleman was right. WITH
respect to the one-man power or william
]. Bryan
MFR Bryan has exerted no other power.
He has had no subordinate to command,
no office holders to direct think II may
be surely said that there were no post
masters nor other federal office holders
or employees in the Denver convention.
Every delegate to that convention car
ried his sovereignty under his own hat,
and as an independent American freeman.
owing no allegiance save to country and
flag cast his vote for Bryan because in
his heart he believed that the nominal
ton and election of such a man were de-
manded by the best interests of the re-
''Shall the People Ruler"
1.-The Republican nominee for vice pres
ideat in his recent speech of acceptance.
affected the belief that the question.
Shall the people rule? implied charge
of venality against the American elector-
ate He affirmed, with great emphasis,
that under recent Republican administra-
ton the people have ruled without let or
hindrance. Ii Is passing strange that IN
republic like this there should be occa-
sion for a discussion of this question 1t
, is a government of the people, and by the
people. They presumably govern them
selves through their servants whom they
send to represent them IN congress- lnelr
WILL when known. ought to be supreme.
and should be given immediate effect.
land if the will OF the people once
known is not given effect, then the peo-
pie do not rule.
Duty on Wood Pulp.
Twill any intelligent man claim that
there is or has been any substantial di-
versity OF opinion in this country on the
question as to whether the tariff duty on
wood pulp used in the manufacture of pa
per should be reduced or removed? In
this case the tariff tax operated for the
benefit of the paper trust alone, allowing
that combine to levy millions of tribute
each year upon the newspapers of the
country and their readers. The press of
the country without regard to party
united in demanding relief. The people of
the republic unanimously seconded the
demand.
THE president of the United States
threw the influence of his great office in
favor of the demand of the press, bur
without avail. The dominant forces with
in the Republican party had established in
the lower house of congress parliament
tary condition, in the interest of monop-
oily under which the sole power to deter
mine whether a measure should be al
| lowed to become law or not was lodged
| in the speaker of that body and his COM
mittee on rules and by the fiat of that
| one man the will of the press, the people
and the president was set at naught.
I Behold the spectacle! On one side
eighty millions of free people demanding
legislation to right an admitted wrong
| on the other side a few men engaged in
public plumber aided by the dominating
power within the Republican party, rep
resented by the presiding officer of the
once popular branch of congress. And
the plunderers and these unfaithful pub
| lie servants prevail over the people OF
this great republic. In this instance. die
| the people rule2
ION Feb. 4. 1902. Congressman Babcoch
of Wisconsin, then chairman of the Re-
public congressional committee in speak
! ing of a bill he had introduced to reduce
the tariff on iron and steel, and after
showing conclusively that the interests Of
| farmers. laborers, builders and Other
| classes would be conserved by the pas
sage of the bill said:
81 am going to push the bill to revis
the tariff al every possible opportunity
If il goes before the house it Will pas
| by three 10 one
"Cannon's Strangle Hold"
But. under the rules of the house, tn
friends of this bill were unable to ge
ii before that body. Threefourths of tn
representatives of the people in tina
! branch of congress were even withou
! mower n free themselves from the "Stran