The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-23

70 obed of their heritage that the RepuD-
liean party might retain power. And the
WlckednesS of il all is so great that one
would think that cry would go up from
the people that this revel of sin must
stop.
THE Democratic party declares that the
light shall be turned on; that there shall
be published to the world the source of
all funds gathered for political uses, and
it declares that this must be done before
the votes are cast, and not after the evil
has been accomplished. as the Republican
candidate for president advocates. The
Democratic party declares for publicity
In campaign contributions, so that all may
know who is shoveling wealth in the po-
litical hopper, and thereafter the votes
be cast understandingly.
Question for Workingmen.
II have often wondered why the men
who sweat and toll at the anvil, or IN
the heat and smoke of great factories:
why the men who follow the ploW; why
the country merchant and the clerks and
toilers of this nation. do not ask them
selves this question: Why do the own
ers of the swollen fortunes concerning
which President Roosevelt has spoken;
why do the men who have gained finan-
cial success by devious ways; why do all
the great criminal trusts and all the fed
erations of wealth. whose power has been
obtained by unjust legislation. desire the
success of the Republican party, and fear
the success of the Democratic party? Are
the common people OF the land so blind
to that which is obvious that they cannot
see where their interests lie?
"If all the burglars We're federated to-
gether and were contributing from the
results of their midnight prowling vast
sums to elect the Republican candidates,
would you be long in concluding that the
reason was obvious, that they expected
in return protection for themselves in the
pursuit of their nefarious calling? And
when you find the men who buy and sell
and common councils. who
profit from laws which grind the CON
sumner down. who riander the many that
the few may loll in luxury, sustaining the
Republican party. is IL not plain that
honest Republicans should shun the par
ty organization that receives such sup
port2
Tariff and the Trusts.
For long years the tariff laws of the
Republican party have been the bulwark
that has protected predatory wealth and
enabled it to secure unrighteous gains.
And now we find the Republican candi-
date for president admits that these laws
must be revised the cry goes up that
they must be revised by their friends. To
allow our tariff laws to be revised by
the Republican party is TO say that the
paid attorneys and the paid lobbyists of
special interests and all unlawful trusts
shall gather once more and manipulate
legislation so that the unjust gains of ia
vored interests may be increased If the
party, do you suppose that they would
be revised in the interest of the sheep
herder upon the plains of Wyoming or
in the valleys of Utah? Do you think
they will be revised in the interest of
the lead miners in our hills or of the la
borers in our smelters and mines? If
you do, your innocence is so great that
you should have provided for you at
once a guardian ad Item, who will look
after your interests in the great court
of the people with more wisdom and cir
cumspection than you are capable of
yourself The position of the Republican
party. as expressed in its platform and
as declared by its speakers. upon this
subject of the rectification of the tariff
Is not in the interest of the great body of
common people of the land.
Huge Tariff Graft.
Discussing this question. the Saturday
Evening Post of Sept 49, paper that
is entirely Independent politically. and
that discusses national questions from the
standpoint of non-partisan. says that If
MI Bryan could manage to focus public
he would get as great a hearing as he
had for the silver question in 1896. and
that his chance of winning would i'm
prove. and then this paper says:
When the necessity bred of war had
passed, the tariff, as we now know IL,
FAINT Industries. They foStered amazing
ly and presently became the greatest in
the world. We still need the tariff. il
was then alleged, to insure good wages
our labor cost in some lines was lower
than in England. and sworkmen in nom
protected callings, comprising the great
ma jority, got as high or higher wages
than workmen in protected Industries.
Approachinu the Truth