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Show Vol No. 2, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, . APRIL Price 18, 1903 These ' conclusions are warranted by he reading of such eastern journals as '.print the actual news of the world. In disseminating these bits of information, this paper has no adverse feeling toward Mr. Bryan. It believes 'in private life he is a good man; that in public life he is well meaning, but. his principles- and his personality have been twice rejected by. the people of the nation and it is nothing but the policy of wisdom for his 'party to turn to something more popular in order to achieve success. ine '. with the administration that . we will have to put up barbed wire fences to keep them out. These sentiments seemed to meet with the. approbation of all; present and It was decided to begin work along the. lines indicated and td crystallize sentiment in that direction from now on until convention .. time. . : t ,1 S: . - - ei-Senat- d one-stringe- Henderson, Judge Imperialism. - or .that-.- he is, told his hearers about Jefferson and Hamilton and was instructive for the few true 'old' Democrat - spoke. Hon. W. E. said many pretty things. Hon. John T. Caine tried to. But no' one touched on any topics except those of the past. It was all ancient history excavated from the sod grown graves of a hundred years ago There was nothing of the future and :itS possibilities; nothing save the epitaphs engraved on the moss covered mausoleums of a century now dead. The1 nomination of candidates Dininny read '..was truly inspiring. B. Hill, which David about .something .sounded like a funeral; oration. Jackson-made-a lot of noise but that was ' all. , Priest .talked about Kentucky. minutes-h- e Ry--dalc- h of Provo, - -- -- ? , terest in the matter at all. Mr.1 Farr inr Mr. sists that Truth hasy attacked . misBryan. Mr. Farr labcp under a apprehension of the facts. It is not an attack upon a man to print what he has done,' what he is doing and what he is going to do and that is exactly what Truth has endeavored to; do. The daily press of the state makes no attempt to' enlighten its readers in relation to the political happenings of the day and this packer, having that peculiar field, endeavors to lay before its clientage,' the best information ob tainable. Both Mr. Farr and the Miner should possess their souls in patience for no newspaper will' ever read Mr. Bryan out of the Democratic He party. He will do that himself. will bolt the nomination in 1904 just as he did in 1902, when he voted for Weaver He will fail to engraft the lead issues he stood for in 1896 and in 1900 into the platform of 1904 and will withdraw from the convention. Bryan will not dominate the conveb tion one year from i this fall. The Democratic party is taring to fight its fid time enemy with po; Populism, Socialism or any other ism as a part if its principles. The eastern Democ-ac- y is in the saddle and will doml-iat- e in the party councils. The tariff Till be the issue; that is to say the irincipai issue. ' Mr. XBryans course ince the election has been lothing less than a dog in the manger xlicy. He has steadfastly abused and ualigned those who want to return o the issues upon which the .party von in 1884 and in 1892. He has resisted every overture made and has demonstrated that he is as good hater as any one. His letters to societies where he has been' invited to speak have been tinged with rancor He declares he would' like to speak concerning Grover Cleveland bolting the ticket in 1896. What license hai he to talk of bolting that Cleveland has not in relation to the actions of Bryan in 1892, when he abandoned the Democratic party and cast his vote and his influence with the Populists O&-190- -- 0 - - Jl - ; Jl If the proposition of several lead' ing Democrats of the "city is carried into 'effect; there wiir be very' little excitement in the city campaign this fall. Professing to believe that there is not a 'ghost of a show for the party to win, because of undue influence which is being and will be exercised of the church, these by the' authorities : gentlemen suggest that no active campaign be waged, no campaign committee be appointed, no assessments levied, no meetings ' held, no bands hired. An informal meeting was held on Wednesday last at which several prominent members- of the party were present, among theni being William H. Dale, J. R. Letcher; E. W. Wilson Nlcol Hood and one or two equally famous. One of these gentlemen suggested the following as the programme: Inasmuch as it is plainly apparent that George T. Odell has been set apart to run for mayor arid will doubt less rim and receive a majority of the votes; said one of those present, inasmuch as the city' counci will all be decided upon beforehand, ' : - l ; In the minds of sensible Democrats, William J. Bryan has been eliminated from all consideration' as a possible candidate for the presidency.' The next important move is to eliminate other disturbing factors in order that a sane bagis of for the be reached. This party may brings the discussion naturally to Grover Cleveland. At no time has Clevelands candidacy come within the realms of the possible. The' fact that he might enter the race has been used as a factoi; by Bryan and sombofthe ' smaller fry ito aid them in their schemes of retaining cohtrol'of the party organization. They feel that th& intense hatred that still ' exists against Cleveland, if properly used) would drive Democrats from the standard df what they are pleased' to dub the reorganizers, arid carry them if necessary over into the cariip of the Populists. Pure selfishness arid hot lovei of 'principle is at the bottom Ay of this scheme, and it will be surpris. , e Democrats ing Indeed if are carried away, by it,1; Those who are manipulating this. Campaign under the leadership of Bryan are simply playing upon the prejudice,' the love of revengo; and the cupidity Of Demo crate they make no appeal; whatever to their common sense.. While both . Cleveland and , Bryap must' be eliminated from, all consider ation as candidates' ..they , cannot .be ijgnored. Their ? advice and counsel must for many years . have a marked influence on the history of the. party,and for this reason it, is. much.. to be regretted that there is such bitter antagonism between the two men.' But; in estimating the influence that each,, man is to exert, the fact will nbt be; ignored that one of them led twice: to victory, while the other led 'thrice to defeat. History tells us that fromi the time, he left the White House to the hour of his death, a span of seven- -' teen years, Jefferson continued to be the mentor of his party leaders. The1 same story is told us of Jackson; but" in no placo in the history of sensible, party politics do wp find that a discredited candidate even attempted to dictate his partys policy ; after his defeat till William J. Bryan essayed that role. wide-awak- together with the treasurer, recorder city attorney and auditor, it seems to me that all we should do is to preserve our partys identity; Let us meet in convention and declare that until the politics of the nation changes there is no use in the Democrats putting up a ticket But as we owe to every Democrat who wants to vote his party ticket, the opportunity to so vote, we believe in nominating such a ticket, but that we will1 no make any effort to elect it; that we will not assess a candidate a dollar or ask him to contribute to any func whatsoever. Then let us nominate the very best man we can find in our party for mayor. Let the Select the very best men o our party for the city council. Nomi nate the very best men for the other offices. Then leave it to the judgmen of the people. If they want to vote the Democratic ticket, let them; if no; they can do as they please. But le us not deceive ourselves and our friends any longer with the hope tha we have a chance of winning in this city, or even in this state, until such , We are still too near the scene of time as the United States go Demo- battle in which the Democratic party cratic, when, as all of us know, there was disrupted to' pass' im' impartial - her distilleries and Letcher de- claimed a few things about Missouri mules. If it is possible for the shades of the great departed to return from Jl Jl the. voiceless clime to listen to words . said; pf themTruth thinks that' an' eastern man by the living and the shade- - of Jefferson happened around will be nominated by the Democrats the - Commercial club - last Monday on a platform such as it has outlined. must have marveled much evening,--iThat Bryan will bolt. That he will at the degeneracy of Democracy. have some followers, perhaps enough Jl Jl Mr.r:EliJah Farr,1 of Ogden, and the to defeat his party, which may have : Tintic Miner take Truth to task for a chance, although' somewhat remote ' from of the of out of Mr. present view, point to read Bryan attempting' the Democratic party: 'A communica- winning. If he does he will go' down tion" from the former will be found in the years into forgetfulness, except another' column of this paper. Both are as the writer of' The First Battle. mistaken. Truth does not care wheth- For no bolter has ever achieved sucer he leaves'it or not. 'Truth has-n- in cess in the latter days of this republic. and- - - . , . Cents will be such a flopping over to get in po-itic- al The attendance at the Democratic banquet on Monday evening last was not as large as it might have been,' still it was a. fairly good sized crowd.1 It was by no means as enthusiastic as it might have been, but that wasnt the chairniaris fault. Hon. Simon Bamberger,, who presided, did all that he : could to ' liven up matters. The speeches were by, no means what was expected. We looked for some Democratic Moses to say something indicative of the policy the party, should pursue in future. Judge Varian came neatest to it' and in a masterly address discussed the mbrals of politics, 'but for .the most part, his words .fell on .'ears which, were deaf.' It was too deep 'for the diners and even the intelligent reporters for the daily papers found themselves floundering in an attempt to catch the gist of a political- speech which was minus the ring of 'cold and the buncombe of the average "address'. 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