The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-29
Essays Blow at Bryan.

Il have heretofore voted the Democratic
ucket-that is, | generally tried to fin1
was on, and then | voted the other way.
But Of late years this gigantic company
has been on both sides. 1t stood to win
whichever came out ahead. And the peo-
pie stood to lose whichever came out
ahead
Il voted for Bryan twice But I'm not
going TO vote for him a third time. I'm
not even going to bring up my children
an opportunity to do. They declare that
this is not the same old Bryan-that there
is new Bryan in the field and the trust
owned newspapers shrek with delight at
the change
They are right. it is not the same Bryan.
He used 10 spurn such men as Ro.s-
Sullivan and Ton. Taggert and Chai lie
Murphy and he held up 20 scorn the
money magnates. such as Ryan and Bel
mont and Whitney. But he is a changed
Bryan now. and instead of the men whom
he denounced coming over to him he has
gone over to them.
Young. honest, sincere and with that
glow of patriotism in his heart that called
forth the ridicule of the men who are IN
politics for their own pockets. Bryan adj
vocated principles that If made into law
would help humanity But he has looked
upon the wine of office when it was re .
and, becoming intoxicated with desire and
ambition. he has flung away the darling
dreams of his unpolluted youth and now
stands for just such things as the cor
poration element of his party will stand
for. Yes, il is a new Bryan who asks
for your votes. and il is the kind of BRYAN
the country does not want-the man who
changes his opinions as often as the Paris
fashions change.
The independence Party.
In the face of this situation-with hun
dTeds of thousands of voters not know
ing where to turn for a candidate and a
party that really represented the peo-
ple-the Independence party was born.
1t stands for the people and for prin-
ciples that, if made into law, would
bring into the hands of the people the
government
I'VE are for the initiative and referen-
dum-that allows the people to make
their own laws. We are for the recall
that allows the people to put out of Of
flee unfaithful servants. We are for the
election of senators and judges by the
people-that would be a blow to the
trusts and corporations that would stag
ger them. We are for the extension of
the parcels post, which would put an
express companies. We are for CEN
trail government bank, which would pre-
vent a monopoly of the money of the
country.
The Independence party stands for in
dependence in politics. first. last and all
of the time. 1t is the coming power in
American politics and. in fact. il is al
ready very powerful factor, for it has
a
panic by its exposes. 1t has shown up
the rascals within the inner circles OF
the Republican and Democratic parties.
and sent several men who hold public
office, but who had violated their pledges
to the people and become the tools of
trusts. among the back numbers-the has
been political leaders.
Foraker Down and Out.
1--WE have shown up Senator Foraker
of Ohio. We turned the light on that
supposed champion of the downtrodden
and let Ihe mass of the common people
see him in his true color. He was prov
en- by Mr.. Hearst to be a Standard Oil
hireling. He proudly admitted the accu-
sation. He could not get away from II
because we had the documentary evil
dence-in other words. We had the goods
on him.
Mr.. Foraker. as the result of his con-
fession. has been bodily kicked out of
the Republican party Taft has dis
owned him and Roosevelt has taken sew
eral cracks at him. He is now eligible
for the Down and Out club. He will