The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-25

safety and greatness"
That message made. the United
States a world power. Great Britain
that she had been altogether misunder-
stood. The boundary dispute was set
tied without trouble and without the
acquisition of additional territory by
British Guiana. And there has never
been the slightest friction between the
United States and Great Britain since
At the same time notice was served on
the nations of the world that the Unit
ed States was abundantly able TO look
after its own interests.
Grover Cleveland was the promui-
gator of the then curious doctrine that
"a public Office is a public trust" and
it was the guiding star of his official
career. He never for a moment lost
sight of the interests of the people, re-
garding himself always as their SER
want. In a letter he wrote to his
governor of New York, Mr. Cleveland
said that he would make the matter
(Of his election) a business engagement
between the people of the state and
myself, In which the obligation on my
side is To perform the duties assigned
me with an eye single to the interests
of my employers" That policy he
faithfully carried out.
Some misinformed people are under
the impression that President Roose-
welt discovered the trust evil In
Grover Cleveland's second inaugural
address we find this statement:
THE existence of immense aggrega-
tons of kindred enterprises and com
binations of business interests formed
for the purpose of limiting production
and fixing prices is inconsistent with
the fair field which ought to be open
to every Independent activity. Legiti-
mate strife in business should not be
superseded by an enforced concession
have the power to destroy, nor should
the people TO be served lose the benefit
of cheapness which usually results
from wholesale competition. These ag-
gregations and combinations frequently
constitute conspiracies against the in
terests of the people. and in all their
phases they are unnatural and opposed
to our American sense of fairness To
the extent that they can be reached
and restrained by federal power the
general government should relieve our
citizens from their interference and
eXactiOns"
II has been charged that Grover
Cleveland wrecked the Democrats
party. Many Democrats believe that
if he had supported Bryan in 1896
Bryan would have been elected. How
ever that may be. Mr.. Cleveland must
be given credit for honesty of purpose
and for a sincere desire to advance the
country's welfare. He supported Bryan
in 1900 and Parker in 1904. He would
certainly have supported Bryan this
year.
Mr.. Cleveland is beyond criticism
now, Henry Cabot Lodge said of
Roosevelt that he was the most widely
loved and the best hated man of his
day. That saying applies with far
more force TO Grover Cleveland. I'VE
love him for the enemies he has made"
said a Democratic orator in the st.
Louis convention in 1883. when Cleve-
land was renominated for the presi-
dency. 1t was said of him again in
1892. in Chicago. when the people
forced his nomination over the pro-
tests of the politicians.
And il must have been a satisfaction
to him to know, as the shadows closed
about him. that in the afternoon of his
life he was better understood, better
loved. more highly respected than in
the troubled years of his last term or
the years Immediately following. In
his passing the nation loses one of the
greatest citizens it ever developed