The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-21
DEFEAT WAS INVITED.

DEFEAT WAS INVITED.
The defeat of George W. Aldridge Tor
representative in Congress from inc
Thirty-second district in New AorA
was inevitable from the time the hoiiii-
nation was made Aldridge hao
touched pitch and become detieo- On
like the Democrats, patriotic Repuoh-
cans will not vote for man WHOSE
skirts are not clean merely because ne
hannens TO secure the nomination ana
is nlaced upon their ticket. In New
York. under the leadership OF Governor
Hughes, the Republicans are engaged
in housecleaning, and the ofhclal acts
of members of the party are peihs
scrutinized. Democrats have not es-
caped their share Of the ignomy ana
disgrace During the investigation at
Albany it was shown that Aldridge hao
received a check for $1,000 from an
agent of the fire insurance companies
He claimed to have spent the money
for the good of the party in political
camnaigns. and not for his own per-
sonal benefit. What became OF the
money did not interest the Republicans
Of the Thirty-second New York dls-
trict. The fact that Aldridge acknowl-
edged its receipt was enough, and ne
was mercilsssly scratched, not on ae-
count of dissatisfaction with the tarln
or any other of the well-establlsheo
principles of the Republican party out
because the Republicans felt that they
could not endorse the record OF such
man with their votes.
That is the real and only reason LOT
the defeat of George w. Aldridge. That
the Democrats will make much out OF
This latest victory is TO be expected.
Having been hammered at the polls tof
so many years, even the most Trivial
success throws them into paroXysnns OF
iov. and in their delirium they give
vent to their long pent up feelings. VI
course. the Democrats, from bryan
down to "Fingy" ConnOrs, attribute
the result to the tariff, passing over the
moral issue involved. They did the
same thing when Foss was elected IN
the Fourteenth district of Massaehu-
sets. where an attempt had been mace
10 foist another weak sister upon the
Republican party. The man who went
down to defeat in the Old Bay state
had boIted his party and aided in the
election of the shoe man. w. L. Doug
las. a Democrat, to the office OF gov
ernor. More than that, he was cam
paign manager for Douglas and be-
came his secretary during his one-year
term. The old-line Republicans saw to
IL that buchanan was left at home
when they got a chance at him. In
view Of these two elections, the DEM
ocrats profess to see tidal wave COM
Ing, which they hope and pray will
overwhelm the protective tariff sys-
tenn and establish free trade in this
country.
when Champ Clark was informed OF
the election of Mr.. Foss he sagely re-
marked that zone swallow, or even two
swallows, do not make a summer" SO
we have this high Democratic authori-
" for believing that the defeat of Blu
chanan in Massachusetts and Aldridge
in New York are not to be regarded as
indications of the result of the con-
gressional campaign this fall. Both Of
these contests were fought on personal
grounds, and the Republicans lost be-
cause they deserved to lose on account
of unwise and unfit nominations. 1t
may be said in this connection that
big Tim" Sullivan. who was shown
to have been engaged in the grating
at Albany. has not lost caste with the
Democratic party on account of the ex-
posures. big Tim" is a state senator
and when he comes up for reelection
will get the straight party vote and be
enabled to continue his financial ope-
rations in the state house. That is one
great point of difference between Re
publicans and Democrats. Aldridge is
punished by the former. while big
Tim" receives further honors at the
hands of the latter.
While the Democrats are rejoicing,
the Republicans viii pursue the even
tenor of their way and continue to ad-
minister the affairs Of the government
as usual. The Democrats have no part
or lot in that function save as captious
critics. and that has long since ceased
to annoy. If they car derive any COM
fort or consolation. or see a ray of hope
in the result of the election in the
Thirty-second New York district. let
their joy be unconfned. They have
been feeding on husEs for a long time
PROSPEROUS SALT LAKE.