The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-29

Joseph Smith Hyde, life long Dem-
ocrat-for principle and not for Of
fee only-was in our city yesterday,
having come to Logan to get his
mother who has been visiting here.
Mr.. Hyde says that High ground is
the natural home of Democracy and
/ solemnly protest against the lower
ing of its standard In Utah." Mr..
Hyde is reported to have met Candi-
date James H. Moyle in Salt Lake
City few days ago, when Mr.. Moyle
said: "Joe you and few others
seem to think you are the only Simon
pure Democrats in the State" where
upon Mr.. Hyde replied: Jim I don't
think any such thing, know d-m
we'll we are" In the light Of recent
events that little retort of Mr.. Hyde's
10 significant. At recent meeting
at a Y. M. c. A. celebration at Pitts
burg, President Woodrow Wilson Is
reported to have said:
How tired I am of the men whose
virtue Is selfish because 1t is self
protective. hate the moral coward
and I despise him as we'll. wish the
towards would stay on the side lines
and let others do the things to be
done"
Can 1t be that President Wilson
was thinking Of the stand taken by
Joseph Smith Hyde wherein he pro-
tests against the bargain and sale
of the Democratic party Of Utah. Re-
ally the writings and speeches of the
two gentlemen - Democrats - read
very much alike. Above are the
statements OF the President, and Mr.
Hyde writes as follows:
To My Fellow Democrats:
| A Democrat from principle. believ'
ing in the integrity OF my party,
have determined to do all can to
lift the Democratic party out Of the
sloughs of despond 1t has been dump.
ed into by self constituted commit
tee Of Democrats, who. in secrecy
sold out our Democratic birthright to
a few Progressive sidelights.
Believing the integrity of the party
to be of greater consideration than
the whims and wishes of this sell
constituted committee who sold us
out, and believing that the integrity
and political honesty of the Democrat
ic party of Utah to be greater than
two or three offices, and still further
believing that the betrayal Of the
Democratic party in Utah to the Pro
gressive party supporters and uphold
ers of Theodore Roosevelt, the CHIEF
slanderer Of the Democratic party, its
principles, its President and his adj
visers, is a political crime, have had
collated my letters in opposition tc
the fusion program, and enclose q
copy of the same to you, with the
best wishes OF Democrat from prin
ciple, not for Office. and In the hope
that you will be made to think as
do, and that you will. be induced Il
do your share in bringing about thu
Regeneration Of our party by killing
the fusion proposition so dead tina
time, hell nor the self-constitutet
committee can never resurrect It.
Yours for straight Democrat,
ticket. JOSEPH s. HYDE
Clippings from some Of his letter
follow:
VIII Not Be Sound
"As one of your precinct chairmer
this letter Is written to serve motto
upon the county committee Of m
county that there is one Democrat 4
Utah who will not be bound by thi
proposed fusion arrangement; tina
there is one Democrat in Utah who
II Democrats are to be asked to vot
for Republicans under whatever nam
they are called proposes to select 70
. himself the Republicans he will vot
for II such must be done. believin
his political judgment in such sele,
} ton to be as good as the judgment {
the self constituted Democratic con
mittee.
"And my reasons for such a cours
are that l am Democrat from col
viction and not for Office; that al
a Democrat from principle. who SUI
4 ports his party to see It win. not 70
a the purpose Of defeating some on
p that the so called Progressive Repul
e leans have a grudge against. an
I certainly not to help elect men
l. Office who will oppose its long che
!, ished principles.
s "If the Democratic party of Uta
II has reached that point In its caree