The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-28
THE REPUBLICAN, RALLY.

Thcatcr on Saturday night was good,
live political demonstration. Senator
Sutherland appeared ut his best, and
| had less of his ordinary pettiness than
accomranics his usual demonstrations
here AS he announced, the speaker
OF tho evening was former Attorney
General Hicks of Wisconsin, and Sena-
tor Sutherland stated that he was
himself only the .'curtain raiser for
Mr.. Hicks, but as such the Senator got
in some very good talk. especially about
Mexico lie would have done better.
however. if he had not confined his
illustration OF the situation 10 Indian
raids. although those in a way were
also appropriate. but the real compari-
son is with our own troubled times
when the Nation had the war of the
Rebellion on its hands aud was abso-
lutely unable to enforce peace and or
der in the territory IN rebellion. This
we have pointed ont many times; and
undoubtedly this similarity of copdl-
lions has given the administration the
key to its action. For. as foreign ma
tions did not insist upon the United
States doing the impossible by way of
enforcing peace and order in districts
of the country beyond its control, SC
we should not insist upon the Govern
ment of Mexico instantly and thorough
" enforcing peace and order within
the districts oveTrun by the insur-
rectos.
General Hicks. the chief speaker,
was witty, logical, eloquent, and con-
vincing. He spoke solely for Taft,
and not for the base control of the
bogus Republican party IN Utah. With
local conditions, of course, he had noth-
ing to do, but speaking on the National
issues, his speech was one of the finest
ever heard in Salt Lake He was ready,
apt, and showed himself to be an
excellent campaigncr, for when inter
ruptcd he invariably got the laugh on
the man who intcrposod.
ii is. always necessary to make a
sharp distinction hero between the vile
boss control of the alleged Republican
party by the Federal bunch, and tho
National Republican party and senti.
mcnt which supports President Taft
The bosses in control of the local Re.
publican machine were bolters. from the
regular party nominations in Salt Lake
City, and wcro given their position of
control in the party of the State by
the church influence, which had no
right to interfere. a control which they
could by no means have obtained on
their merits as individuals or politl-
clans, or on the rightfulness OF THEN
cause. So far as President. Taft is
concerned, it required a right sharT
prod TO make them indorse him at all
and some OF them absolutely refused
to 10 so, as State Chairman Ed Loose
who did everything that he could as
member Of tho National Committee Ia
pack the convention against President
Taft while appearing in Chicago as a
delegate pledged TO support him
1t was only the sentiment which was
active and lively in this State in favor
of President Taft, and that surely
would have sent Taft delegation
to Chicago if tho bunch had refused
to 90 so, that compelled the Fedora
bunch to toe the mark and send Taft
delegation; otherwise tho bosses would
have been likely to dodge the issue and
Let tho delegates 90 uninstructed, mean
ing that they could support Roosevelt
If they wished 10 do so; and even after
the pledge Of support TO President Ia
was expressly made, large number.
Of the bunch and their supporters pro
tested that the convention had not civer
instructions for President Taft. Tht
disreputable Federal bunch is as scan
I dalous a gang of political rufiana anc
loeches as ever betrayed a party o,
swindled community.
Mr. Hicks is to be congratulated OIL
his fine effort in this city at that meet
ing, and we think there is no question
but that Utah is safe for Presiden
Taft. But at the same time the locs
revolt against the boss machine which
claims the namo Of Republican is fa
stronger than any actual Roosevelt sen
timent in this State outside of tn,
ranks Of the bosses themselves man,
Of whom are secretly for Roosevelt, an,
would be glad TO sec him elected.
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