The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-14
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS.

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prevails in every convention held by
the untcrrifcd There appears to he
| an assumption this year that the pow
ers that be will not put frost upon
this budding flower Of hope. The tone
evidently is that the fight will not
be as heretofore, "WiI thou, and
cit ,wilted. -
The county ticket put in nomlna'
| tion by the Democrats here on Thurs
| day is a good average ticket, partlc-
ularly strong in some particulars, as
in the nomination OF Mr.. Simon Bam-
berger to the Senate and Mr.. John
B. Burbidec for Sheriff; otherwise
there is no special pre-emiucnce in
the ticket as named. The persons
are fair average people without emf
lnont fitness for their places, but prob
ably competent enough if they should
be elected.
The hopefulness Of the Democracy
this year occasionally bursts forth into
enthusiasm, and this was especially
noteworthy in the ''keyuote speech -
OF the temporary chairman of the con
vcntion, Mr.. G.. Il. Olson. But, of
course, the keynote is always liable
TO be out of tune when election day
comes.
The platform adopted is one of good
will and of fair promise to the peo"
pie. The most important part of 1T
is that which pledges the candidates
to Cooperate with the officials of
the State. and city in the interests OF
peace, development, and the enforce
ment of law" The platform here
touches upon point which has been
sore spot in the administration Of
Justice in this community for a good
many years past. The county has dis
tinctly and specifically arrayed itself
against the city, and has undertaken
hot only to tbwart the efforts of the
city administration to good and faith
full government and the administra
tion OF the laws, but has done its ut
most to discredit The city admins
trations and TO take away so far as
possible the confidence OF the commu-
nifty in its representatives In the city
administration. This was the worst
kind of vindictiveness on the part OF
the county otficialdom, evil thoroughly
and scandalous beyond degree. The
sheriff 8 Office and the office Of the
county attorney IN Salt Lake county
nave been prostituted TO the evil ma.
chinations Of the Federal bunch to
most extraordinary degree, especially
since the ousting Of Mr.. Job P. Lyon,
who was defeated TWO years ago for
no other reason than his proper zeal
IN the enforcement of the law. But
that the Federal bunch desired, de-
clining to favor their own scoundrels,
and was not amenable to the discipline
of the boss. So he was marked for
retirement, and In packed aud fraud
ulent convention he was defeated for
the denomination which was his due,
All through the successive admins
ttratIons the same war upon rhe city
has been made by the Federal bunch
and its tools in the county offices i'm
this county, If the Democracy shall
| be able to ouSt the old gang here and
substitute clean. minded, fair-acting Of
| hcials, Jealous for and cooperating in
the enforcement Of the law, the Dem
ocratic party will have locally done a
great service TO this city and county,
Another distinct hit is made in the
platform where the pledge is made or
an economical administration Of county
affairs Fand a distribution Of public
Improvements so that their benefits
will not all cluster about the hold
ings Of some favored official The
point Of this is obvious 10 those who
know the facts and comprehend the
aumus that has dictated heretofore in
the selfish application of the county
money TO public Improvements 1t is
often remarked that anyone leaving the
city for drive through the county
can make no mistake in arriving at
the homes Of certain county officials
il he takes the best road. Whether
the best road VIII continue after the
house Of the official is reached is an.
other thing altogether. This only il
mstrates the point Of the Democratic
platform declaration. Through the
whole Of the expenditure Of public
money for county Improvements the
same selfish, personal aim has been
kept in view, and this scandal two
wears ago was so open and notorious
that commissioner who was charged
especially with this sort OF selfish fa.
voritism for himself ran nearly n thou
sand votes behind his ticket
Altogether there is much hope thic
year Of dsIodging he old gang from
its selfish. arrogant and usurping con
troll in this county. a control which
hal done more than any other thing
10 injure Salt Lake City and 90 bring
in here with the help and concurrence
Of the newspapers which the machine