The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
DELEGATES
ARE MUCH
ANGERED
Utah Representatives to Den
yer Object to Partisan At
titude of DeSeret News.
FEELING THAT PAPER
HAS ARMED DUBOIS
EDITORIAL FOR TAFT LEADS TO
HOT SPEECHES BY NOR.
MONS AND NoN-MoRMoNs.

Both Mormon and Gentle delegates
to the Democratic national convention
were bitter yesterday afternoon in their
meeting in denunciatiOn Of the church
organ for its editorial advocacy OF the
election Of Taft The editorial. which
was published Friday afternoon in the
News, was read in the meeting, and all
of the delegates had something to say
about ii. The opinion was general that
the News had placed in the hands Of
former Senator Dubois OF Idaho for use
at the Denver convention one OF
the strongest possible arguments in IA
vOr of his contention that the Mormon
church is taking an active hand in poll
ties. The editorial that aroused the an
ger of the Democrats was as follows:
Taft and Bryan.
Secretary Taft. if elected president,
as he in all probability will be, will
make an excellent chief executive. He
has Travelled a great deal and is fami-
liar with the conditions prevailing in
almost every part of the world. He
is personally known at some OF the
courts of Europe. He is in harmony
with the policy of his party and he en-
tiers upon his duties well equipped with
valuable experience obtained during
many years Of public service.
Mr. Taft was taken from the bench
and sent TO the Philippines. His task
was to reconcile the hostile Filipinos.
and he came back from that delicate
mission. having achieved all that was
hoped for. Then he was called To
Washington, and a new vista opened.
He was sent TO unraVel the Cuban
snarl, and he did. He had to bring or
der out of chaos i'm Panama. and he
did. Every step has been marked with
success, pronounced, undisputable.
Mr.. Taft has been eminently sue
cessful in whatever he has undertaken.
He has made few mistakes. He has de-
clared his adherence to the program OF
President Roosevelt. and vet no one
who knows him will call him a plag-
( iarist. The victory in the convention
is his own, and the victory at the polls
viii be his own. But viii he win?
Some close students OF the situation
feel certain Of that. Even with due
allowance for the effect of "hardtimes"
they believe Taft will be elected. They
say that Wall street is for Taft: that
the labor elements have come 10 under
stand him: that the Socialists are not
strong enough 10 oppose effectuaIy an
.
Republican ticket and may be depend
ed upon: and the great mass of citi-
zens believe in Taft. and they settle
the contest. These were for Roosevelt
and they are for Taft now. we are told.
first. because they believe Taft stands
for the same things, and second, be-
cause he is i'm and of himself a big man.
and, in the expressive VernacuIar of the
street, on the job. There is a quiet
! but certain feeling among the masses
that Taft is the best man for the COM
/ ing four years that the nation affords.
| that it would be better for the country
/ that he be in the presidency for the
next four years. rather than any other
man, even Roosevelt himself
The contest this year Will be be-
/ tween Taft and Bryan. The latter, &C
cOrding to announcements made has
enough delegates TO secure his nomina-
/ ton on the first ballot 1t was given
out a few DAYS ago that Bryan had
/ $50 delegates instructed for him and
/ 67 more committed by personal pledges,
making his total 672, so that he had,
I at that date. y votes 10 spare, not tax
1 ing into account any Of the numerous
unpledged and uninstTucted delegates.
who are supposed to be prepared TO give
/ him their votes.
so it viii in all probability be Taft
( ana Bryan"
Criticism of the News.
/ Il don't know whether or not the
editor of the News consulted with the
| church authorities before writing and
publishing that editorial" said one OF
I the Mormon Democratic delegates, but
/ the fact that it was printed as A lead
/ ing editorial is, 10 say the least, dis
! cQuraging to the Democratic cause The
! Deseret News is supposedly a non-par-
! tisan paper. but 1 have rarely seen in
party organ a stronger advocacy Of a
/ candidate. That editorial in my judg-
ment. makes certain the insertion OF
an anti-polygamy and anti-church in
/ fluence plank in the Democratic plat
/ form. Ii will be impossible. with such
material in the hands of Dubois. for
US TO fight against il. The editorial
will be taken, whether justly so or not,
as a straightOut declaration of the
/ church position in the coming cam
paign."
Another delegate declared the edito-
rial TO be the most high-handed, un-
warranted interference i'm politics he
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