The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-17

his character. motives or private lie
no suspicion of any kind has ever aris-
en-. With no army of public ofaciais
ready at his beck and call to control
party machine. with no government de-
partments organized SO as to coerce
corporations and financial interests into
contributing to his campaign fund, MS
nomination has come as the spontane-
Gus response to the wish of the great
mass of his party and represents the
aspirations and hopes of the rank and
file of the Democracy throughout the
nation. Like Thomas Jefferson and An
drew Jackson. the great leaders of the
Democratic party in its early days, his
policies and his political motives have
been bitterly assailed by privileged in
terests whose supremacy is dangerous
to the institutions of our country. Like
Jefferson and Jackson, he has repealed
all the attacks made upon him and he
is stronger today than ever before in
the affections and confidence of the peo-
pie. Mr.. Bryan does not stand for an
attack upon honestly acquired wealth.
His election will restore the admins
tration of federal government to the
| ideas of the fathers and assure to the
| country safe. sound. stable, ecOnom-
| zeal and constitutional construction of
| the law.
mo greater praise can be given TO
Mr.. Kern and no less Is his due than
to say he is in every way worthy to be
Mr.. Bryan's associate on the national
ticket
New York Republicans Accused.
The Republican state administrations
since David b. Hills term as governor
are accused of gross wastefulness, and
it is demanded that the public expen
ditures shall be so safeguarded that
H. L
omy shall be practiced in every public
department, and that the business of
the people be transacted on the lines
on which successful private enterprise
are conducted
THE promises of reform upon which
| the present governor was elected" the
platform alleges, have not been kept.
We point as proof of this fact to the
expenditures of 1907, which are larger
than the extravagant sums expended
under the predecessors of Governor
Hughes. We charge him with the re-
sponsibility for this waste and with
giving his time and attention TO the
pursuit of spectacular methods and
| selling advertising issues, rather than
to the work of reform and retrenchment
| upon the promise of which he was
elected governor two years ago. We in
| sist that in this most important feature
of the administration he has been dere-
| lict and remiss. Instead of cutting off
the taxeaters from the list, he has
caused new ones to be added to it, and
in the two public commissions which
have been brought into service at his
suggestion and dictation he has created
officeholders who have woefully failed
to better the condition Of affairs con-
fided to their charge"
Policy of Capitalization.
I'VE believe" the platform further
says, that government of the state by
commissions is only another evidence
| of Republican policy of Capitalization,
and is in direct opposition to the prin-
| cfple of government by the people. 1t
wants less noise. less legislation on new
and untried lines and of doubtful con-
stitutionality and less interference with
| personal and economic liberty.
I'VE are opposed to all sumptuary
legislation, and we believe that the peo-
pie are the best governed who are least
governed.
I'VE favor the election of United
| States senator's by direct vote of the
people
THE dictation of the nomination of
| his successor and of the nominee for
governor of the state by the present
| federal chief executive we resent as a
| dangerous precedent.
| THE example of personal government
at the federal capital has been closely
followed at the state capital, and. the
vital question is shall the people ruler
and govern themselves?"
| On the call of the roll for nomina-
| tons for governor. the only name placed
before the delegates was that of Lieu
| tenant Governor Lewis Stuyyesant
Chanler of Duchess county. and his
nomination was made by reclamation.
John A. Dix of Washington county
was nominated without opposition for
lieutenant governor
Secretary os State John s. Whaien.
Comptroller Martin II. Glynn and State
Treasurer julius Hauser were renom-
/ mated by reclamation. George Palmer
of Schoharie county, for several years
minority leader in the lower branch of
the legislature, was nominated for at
torney general by acclamation
Albert Haight of Erie was nominated
for associate justice of the court of APP
peals. Judge Haight is also the Re-
publican nominee.
State Engineer and Surveyor-PhilIip
p Farley of Kings