The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-09
ROBERTS SPEAKS PLAIN
TRUTHS TO DEMOCRATS
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| the headquarters of the other, it is both
curious and interesting that those sup
posed to descend politically from the
party opposed by jefferson should now
be celebrating his birthday in their own
original seat and empire, while those
claiming political descent from him have
nearly ceased to breathe his name every
where
That is to saA the Democratic party
IN 1888 had ceased to be the party OF
freedom, and a new party had grown
up 10 take its place in defense of human
| rights, and so it came that in 1888 the
! party of freedom was celebrating the
birthday of the patron saint of democ-
racy.
Another Change of Principles.
Were Abraham Lincoln alive today he
could again point TO changing of prin-
ciples by parties. The Republican party
which in 1883 celebrated the birthday of
Thomas Jefferson as the apostle of free
DOM has for more than forty wears been
boasting that 1t struck the shackles from
| four million slaves, but during the last
thirty of those forty years it has been
forging upon all the citizens of this
| country. white and black alike. who are
not the recipients of the special privi-
leges which have been granted by it to
favored few, and that transformation
which Abraham Lincoln referred to when
he commented upon the fact that the
founders of the Republican party were
celebrating the birthday of Thomas JET
ferson. has again taken place, and the
party of freedom has become the party of
oppression, and the Democratic party has
| long since returned to the principles OF
jefferson.
Advocated by Bryan.
The party that celebrated Jefferson's
birth in 1883 was organized in 1856. and at
that time almost the entire country was
Cringing in servile subserviency to a
slavehOldng oligarchy. Forty years later,
W q in
ing in subserviency to a favored few
who dominated and still dominate the
commercial and financial interests of the
nation; and, as forty years before Abra-
nam Lincoln became the apostle of free
dom. so in 1896 there arose up one who
again called the attention of the people
10 the forgotten truths enunciated BY the
man whose birth we now celebrate and
although he has twice been defeated as a
candidate for the presidency of the Unit
ed States, the principles which he advo-
Gated and for which he was condemned
have been so approved by the public con-
science that if the name of the present
chief magistrate of this country takes an
honored place in history il will be be-
cause or his conversion to some of the
truths spoken by our leader in 1896. That
leader may never be president of the
United States but whether he is or not
his name will pass into history as one of
those who, in the time of his country's sore
necessity, kindled anew the spark of
AlNNNOih III NllO puDlit tOtlSGiGnce, ana,
like Jefferson, never permitted himself to
be swerved from the principles of right
and Justice.
Skies Are Frightening.
Fellow Democrats, the skies are bright
ening. In 1896 we were abused as enemies
of the country because we criticised the
supreme court and approved of an in
come tax; now the Republican president
of the United States advocates an income
tax and says he hopes that with the
changes in the supreme court an income
tax may be sustained. Then we were de-
nounced because We said there should be
revision of the tariff; now the Repub-
lican president of the United States urges
congress to revise the tariff Then we
were denounced because, having only SO
per capita in money, we desired TO have
the coinage of silver for the purpose of
reasonably increasing the circulating me-
dunn; now, with SS3 per capita, we find
Republican president and a Republican
congress advocating an asset currency for
the purpose of still further increasing the
volume of money: but / feel constrained
to say that Republicans approve this
measure largely because Wall street
wants more money to speculate with. But
what else do we see today? We find a
Republican majority in both houses of
congress cowardly and treacherously re-
fusing and evading the issues which the
president has presented to them and ut
terly failing TO enact the legislation which
the country so sOrely needs-Democrati
legislation, fellow Democrats
Writing on the Wall.
ii is not hard to see the signs of the
times. Great newspapers like Harper's
Weekly ard the New York World which
are owned and conducted in the interest
Of those who are plundering the people
of the country, under the protection or
Republican favoritism, are now very much
exercised for fear that the Democrats on
the 9TH of July next, will nominate a man
who will be elected. They see the writ
ing on the wall
The Democrats of Utah have reason to
be thankful. We do not hold office but
we have something better than offices;
we have our self-respect. and that is more
than The Republican party can say for
itself.
The people of Utah will not much long
er be satisfied TO send representatives TO
Washington who, on every question that