The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-01
THE BATTLES END.

a.
local elections are so well defined and
so thoroughly understood by this time
that most voters have made up their
minds how they will cast their ballots
on Tuesday. Those who are still I'M
decided await only the final speeches
md the summary of the campaigns
results 10 determine what they will do.
In national affairs the struggle has
narrowed down to the one question
Mr.. Bryan foresaw would be the real
Issue: Shall the people rule? Those
who believe that the government. the
real rulers. have been the corporations
and trusts during the nominal control
Of the Republican party. viii vote for
Mr.. Bryan and the restora ton of the
government to the people in whose
hands it belongs, Those who believe
that the tariff should be reformed so
that its burden will be more equally
distributed and so adjusted that it can
no longer be used as a weapon in the
hands OF criminal mOnopolies. viii vote
the .Democ ratio ticket Those who be-
economically administered, that Grim.
inals should be punished. whether the
criminal happens TO be the steel trust
or some common offender. win supper;
Bryan.
In a word. the man who believes that
the government should be OF the peo-
pie. by the people and for the people,
instead of a government Of special in
terests for the benefit OF contributors
70 the Republican campaign fund
that mar viii be found voting for
Bryan and Kern and a Democratic
congress.
We believe that Utah is going to cast
It's electoral vote this year for the
Democratic candidate. In addition to
the policies he advances. which are
naturally in favor in the west, he has
always been regarded with admiration
here Thousands of Republicans in Utah
voted for him wheE he ran before; and
thousands OF them viii support him
this year. His high character his 10y
atty TO the cause of the masses as
against their oppressors. his unfiinch-
ing devotion TO what he believes is
right. mark him as the hope of the
people who are tired of the extortions
Of monopoly and the domination OF
the government by INSCRIPTIONS men
seeking their own profit only. IF the
grip of the trusts on the consumer is
10 Nv n
Democratic president: II offenders
against the law in high places are TO
be punished. il will have TO be done
by others than the Republicans. who
have for years condoned offenses and
accepted support from the offenders.
All over the country the tide has been
toward Mr.. Bryan because his convic-
tons are known and the people have
confidence that he viii not betray them
II he is elected: and the tide toward
him in Utah has been quite as strong
as in any other state Of the nation.
X X
In the state campaign the issue has
been made very clear by Mr.. Knight.
the candidate for governor, and the
other leaders OF the party. Whether
the state is to have political peace or
whether it is to be doomed to another
period OF fractional disturbance and
unrest win depend upon the vote of
Tuesday Mr. Knight stands for peace.
for all that is best and against all the
factions which have made Utah a CEN
ter OF unrest and unhappiness for
years. He is the candidate of no fac
ton. the foe OF all disturbers; he is the
hope of every man and woman who de
sires the real welfare OF the state and
sees in his candidacy a promise of a
new era in political affairs.
Against Mr. Knight is William Spry
who was nominated by machine and
is depending for his election upon an
appeal TO the basest motives. His cam
naign has been marked by a series of
attacks on men OF the highest charac-
ter ard by disgraceful anonymous as
saults on the leaders OF the Demo-
cratic party for supporting their own
candidates In all the political history
# the state no such campaign OF in
fanny has ever been conducted; and IL