The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-05
REPUBLICANS IN
GREATEST RALLY
OF THE CAMP IGN
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nerlenced captain should be on the
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Questions of Importance

of the individual and 10 the nation
mere Is the question OF the relation
Or the federal government 10 the gov
rruments OF the various states and how
10 adjust the differences in legislation
end 10 bring about with minimum OF
friction measures that viii be for the
greatest good OF ali the people Then.
there is the question OF conservation,
about which SO much has been said and
So Httie Is known the question OF rail-
way rates and that OF prohibition. and
score Of issues OF vital interest.
These are the questions that ought 10
rf settled By wisdom patience and
Thoughtful investigation instead OF By
anuse, SANDER and utilization. In
stead, the professional reformer is on
Ire stump in every corner demanding
that we go ahead. without knowing or
caring what may lie before Us OF Civ
ing thought whether IL be clear fields
or dangerous swamp.
Is "StandRatter."
IL have been called a 'standpatter,'
but ! avn not 'standpatter' unless
that means 1 am one because I am one
who wants 90 know where I am going
before j start. An engineer who PUSHES
blindly ahead without knowing what
may be before him and without instruc-
lions that the track rs clear may can
himself an Insurgent,' but when dis
aster comes. the wounded and MANNED
passengers can him something worse
than a fool
"a prefer 10 go with man who reads
and understands his train orders, and l
would far rather be a little late at
the right station than be little early
with my passengers al the hospital or
the cemetery. Ii Is so much easier 10
tear down shan to build up, and the
sc1unurel with dynamite can undo IN
an instant the work Of an army OF goOd
men, SO. while 10 is important that We
should make progress. DO IS also I'M
uortant that our progress should be IN
she right direction.
The Republican party has always
been for progress, ana i resent the at
tempt Of certain individuals 10 assert
themselves as me only progressive
men because the term progressive Is
one that belongs TO the Republican
party.
Taft Administration.
sNo more Important laws were ever
PASSED by session OF Congress than
have been passed by the last Congress.
and no miuistration in the history or
the United states has placed 50 many
laws of vital interest in turtherlng the
welfare of Ihr people OF any country
as have been passed under the admin
istration OF William Howard Taft.
There Is the railroad bill, which
marks even a greater step forward
than was marked by the passage OF the
interstate commerce bill. the bill pro-
yidiug Ter "a bureau OF mines, which
means SO much 10 this country; the
postal saVirEs banE bin and a score of
others ~ vital importance.
Promise aud Performance.
"The Democratic party in Utah has
decided fer statewide prohibition, and
ig ihis declaration the Democratic
party has promised that II 10 is sue
c-esful ia che present campaign, IL VIII
enact "a law that viii close every sa
loon IN rIe state OF Utah. DnfOrtu-
nafely for the Democrats, however.
there is e. vast difference between
promise and performance. as shown by
the record of thar party 1 am going
10 assume. however, that the Demo-
cratic party would put statewide pro-
hihltiou ia force.
elm this. III there are Democrats here
viii invite their attention 10 the in
tunlrOVerti fact that statewide pro-
dLal principles OF Democracy. The
1irsl is the doctrine OF local self-gov-
eminent The Democrats from the be-
shining OF their party, have taught the
.sht OF each locality 10 determine its
laws for itself
THE second principle Is the Demo
cratic doctrine which denies the right
Cf the government 20 pass sumptuary
.ratic doctrine II a man chooses TO
rink that is his affair; II a man
CHOOSES 10 get drunk, that 3 his az
fair. but III he becomes too drunk he
aay be arrested; not for drinking or
Getting drunk, but for disturbing the
peace
"The Democratic doctrine is that If a
nam wants to use tobacco, that Is his
business ana even II. in this day Of
extreme fashions. a woman wants 10
wear a hObble skirt fl Is undemOcratic
fo pass q law making her crimina
for wearing one.
The third Democratic principle viO-
lated by the statewide prohibition
proposition is the principle that the
people shall rule. Down at Provo the
Democrats put in the same platform
proposition for initiative and refer
cndum and then they voted down a
resolution providing that statewide