The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-13

ure as are the Democrats. In the recent
session of the present congress there was
a considerable element in the Republican
party favorable TO remedial legislation;
but few leaders, in control of the or
SANITATION, despotically suppressed these
members and thus forced real majority
in the house to submit to well organized
minority. The Republican national con-
vention, instead of rebuking this attack
upon popular government, eulogized con-
gress and nominated as the Republican
candidate for vice president one or the
men who shared in the responsibility for
the coercion of the house. Our party de-
mands that the house of representatives
shall again become delberatiVe oouy,
controlled by a majority OF the people
representatives and not by the speaker, ,
and is pledged to adopt such rules and
regulations to govern the house OF rep
resentatives as will enable majority Oh
! its members TO direct its deflDerdtOnS anu
control legislation"
Shall the people rule?' They cannot
| do so unless they can control the mouse
| of representatives. and through their rep
resentatives in the house give expression
| to their purposes and their desires. Ihe
| Republican party is committed TO the
methods now in vogue in the house OF rep
resentatives; the Democratic party a Is
pledged TO such revision of the rules as
| will bring the popular branch OF ine
| federal government into harmony with
| the ideas of those who framed our consul
tuition and founded our government
Other Issues viii Be Discussed Later
shall the people rule?" l repeat. is de-
clared by our platform to be the over
| shadowing question. and as the campaign
| progresses / shall take occasion to discuss
| this question as IL manifeSts itself in 9TH
| er issues; for whether we consider the
tariff question. the trust question, the
railroad question. the banking question,
| the labor question. the question or impe-
| rialism the development of our water
ways, or any other of the numerous PROB
| lens which press for solution, we snall
| find that the real question involved IN
| each is, whether the government snail re-
main a a>ere business asset OF favor
| seeking cOrpyratiOnS or be an instrument
in the hands of the people for the ad-
vancement of the common veal
Democratic Party Has Earned Conf
dence.
| If the voters are satisfied with the rec
| ord of the Republican party and with its
management of public affairs. we cannot
| reasonably ask for change in admins
| tration: if, however. the voters feel that
| the people as a whole have too little IN
| fluence in shaping the policies of the gov
| eminent; if they feel that great coiabi-
nations of capital have encroached upon
| the rights of the masses, and employed
the instrumentalities of government to Sc
| cure an unfair share of the total wealth
| produced, then we have a right to eX-
pect a verdict against the Republican
| -
| ty; for our party has risked defeat-aye,
suffered defeat-in its effort TO arouse the
| conscience of the public and to bring
about that very awakening to which Mr..
| Taft has referred.
| Only those are worthy to be entrusted
with leadership in a great cause who are
| willing to die for it, and the Democratic
party has proven its worthineSs by its re-
| fusal to purchase victory by delivering
the people into the hands of those who
| have despoiled them. In this contest be-
| tween democracy on the one side and
| plutocracy on the other. the Democratic
| party has taken its position on the side
| of equal rights, and invites the opposi-
| ton of those who use politics TO secure
special privileges and governmental ia
voritism. Gauging the progress of the
nation, not by the happiness or wealth or
! refinement of a few, but "by the prosper
/ ity and advancement of the average man,
i the Democratic party charges the Repub-
| lican party with being the promoter of
| present abuses, the opponent of necessary
| remedies and the only bulwark of pri-
waite monopoly. The Democratic party af-
firms that in this campaign it is the
only party, having a prospect of sue
| cess, which stands for justice in govern
ment and for equity in the division OF
| the fruits of industry.
We may expect those who have COM