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Show "HEnO-WOR8HIP." Too much "hero-worship" Is n bad thing in politic-, mid this "one man" ulea Is never for the ilitereslK of all the Di'i.plo. i'rovo DumociiAT. May tie I lie above Is a rip at the adherents ad-herents of Senator Cannon. Tills writer is ono of them, to the extent of being in I'tilhtisluM, though hiving scarcely moru Hum a speaking iirquiitulnnci with the gentleman. It H not the nero, but the "paramount 'suo" he repieseniH nnd champions more than my other Individual In Utah, Hint we uphold. We Htaml s'qtuircly on the ji nund of two years nn, holding I hut ill political Issues tiro Insignificant compared with bimelallHiu. Tills was ho .slogan of silver Ropublleaiis In IK1I0, when they voted for William .). lir.van, and did not care a rap for his polities. We are a silver Rupuhlicau, mil hnvo seen no reason for whlidraw-lug whlidraw-lug our lenity to llrymi, or to Cannon. Let those who have Joined forces with the one lies of these leaders stand from under. Something Is going to iliop. Illnghr.iu liulletln. Tliu liiilleiln says It Is not the man, hut l lie "paramount Issuo" he represent!), repre-sent!), that It upholds. Now, Brother Graham, will you not admit t lint every Democrat who stands upon tliu Chicago platform represents that same "paramount "para-mount Issue" jus- !i much as Senator Cannon does or pan do? Wo have no light to make ngainst Senator Cannon. We honor mid respoct him for the stand he took in the St. Louis convention. conven-tion. Wo honor him for ills stand in Congress. Hut wc do think he Is out of place when ho persists In calling himself him-self n Republican, oven with tho "sll vet" prolix. Where ho properly belongs is In the Democratic party, tho party which stands squarely upon tho Chicago Chi-cago platform, which ho advocated In 1800, and upon which Bryan stood when Senator Cannon so ably supported support-ed him. When wo wrote tho item which appears at the head of this article, wo d mean the 'adherents of Senator Cannon," because wo believe that no man stands above the Interests of Hie people, and because wo know that the only end ami aim of "silver Republicans" like tho liulletln man Is tho election of Cannon or the defeat In Utuh of the people's cause The Democratic Dem-ocratic party of Utah Is for William J. Bryan and for all tho principles lie represents. On the other hand the Republican party of Utuh Is opposed to every ono of those principles, 'i'ho so-called so-called "silver RepulJIcuns." who stand lu tho middle, stand simply for ono man and if they cannot win him they tiro willing to sacrltlcn their principles. Tho Ueinoorutic party of Utuh Is not an enemy of Senator Cannon, Can-non, much less of Bryan, as the liullu-tly liullu-tly attempts to convey tliu Impression. But tho Democratic party or Utah has a right to demand of Senator Cannon and his frlenda. that If he recdves the support of that party, ho shall cist asldo that senseless title of "Republican," "Republi-can," and stand with and ondorse tho principles of pure Democracy. Wo long since adopted the udvleo of tho Rullcliit ami have "stood from under" and when "something drops" it will hit. those who are willing to aid in defeating de-feating a great principle simply for a possible chanco of electing one particular particu-lar man to ollleo. The course of tho Bulletin and kindred papers wc cannot but regard as simply "hero-worship," and u lUelf unworthy of success. |
