The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-14
"SUNNY JIM'S'' OPTIMISM,

y very interesting tradition has
come down from antiquity to the effect
that when the first rain of the food
came, Noah's neighbors did not think
1T was going to be much of shower
From time to time IN the history Of the
world, there have been people who
wished to minimize or stamp out pro-
gressive movements as they came
| along; they done think that what is
coming Will amount to much. The lat
est instance of this is in the case of
Vice-President Sherman. who, return
ing TO his home in New York from what
he calls a tour of the West, extending
even so far as Wisconsin and perhaps
even as far as to the eastern border
of Iowa, concludes that ''the West"
is solid for the new tariff bill and that
insurgency" ism 't going to amount TO
much after all.
Mr. Sherman as certainly an optimis-
tic person from the "stand-pat" side.
He has seen "regularp Republican
defeated for reelection in the sup
posedlY invincible cold Colony dis
trict in Massachusetts. He has seen
tho enormous Republican majority in
the Congressional district comprising
Monroe County in his own State alb
solutely wiped out and an adverse ma
lority of some 5000 substituted in
its place. He has seen the "insur-
gents win the nominations in eight Of
the eleven Representative districts in
Iowa. And still, in the face of all this,
he thinks "stand -patism" is the true
doctrine, and that the "iusurgent
movement is subsiding.
All Of which shows that "Sunny
JIM has not lost one particle of his
optimism, even though that optimism
is bitched to a bad cause
"The regulars were successful in
every district in Iowa where there was
a contest, save oue,' says Mr.. She--
man. That is, the "regullrs" could not
pluck up courage even to make con-
test IN seven districts, and this is made
a matter of congratulation by Mr.. Sher-
man. Truly, the man who has the
stereotyped smile finds it hard work
to rub it off.
In the meantime, it must have been |
pretty hard for Mr.. Sherman to keep
up that smile when he read the returns |
from the Thirtieth district of Pennsyl- |
vapla, comprising portion of the city |
Of Pittsburg and outlying poroughs,
where John Dalzell, the present MEM
Der, succeeded in getting his ronomi
nation in the Republican primaries by
,he beggarly majority ,,of 432. Dal
.ell was elected in 1905 by a majority
If S062; and yet the Republicans of
lis own district came so near defeating
Tim for denomination this year that he
sets his nomination from his own party
,y only 432 votes. His district is sup
posed TO be one of the most invinciblc
Republican districts in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Dalzell was q prominent ngure in
he framing of the new tariff law, and
or it he came so near to his defeat IN
hat rockribbed Republican district
lie will probably be reelected to Con-
.ress, but it is not in the least likely
hat his majority will be anything to
,oast of in comparison. when he thinks
# his upwards of 5000 majority two
ears ago. In the meantime, applying
he Republican vote in his district as
he verdict of the party on the new
ariff law, Mr.. Dalzcll must find - dbs-
ouraging indeed. He will probably let
Ir. Sherman smile for him.