Show WCIGIIEU AND FOUND WANTING j The news that comes to The Herald I respecting the effect of the Interview published in this paper in which lion Lafdyette Holbrook Republican candidate 1 can-didate for congress defined tile sttltude on the issues of the campaign is to the effect that i has alienated from j I him the support of many who had intended in-tended to give him their assistance Nor i is this surprising Mr Holbrook has I expressed his views he has stated what he would do i elected and the voters I realize that toe does not measure up to j I the standard that the people of Utah I have established for him who shall secure I se-cure their suffrages in the election this I year I I will be interesting to again review vital Mr Holbrooks utterances on the points at issue as > the weakness of his position cannot be to forcibly emphasized empha-sized The nominee announced that he would go into the regular Republican caucus I When asked i he would be bound by its action he said he could not yet decide that point To make the matter clearer i The Heralds representative asked him i I he would bolt the action taken i the caucus were controlled by th gold I standard men To this the reply was I That is another question thju 1 cannot can-not an ver until i confronts me My action will be entirely governed by circumstances i cir-cumstances There we have Mr Holbrooks rcsi ion in a nutshell and it is not the ro r sltion of this people The people of I Utah have solemnly resolved that they will have nothing whatever to do with i the gold itandartl or anything dictated in its interest yet Mr Holorook while asking for their suffrages does not know whether or not he would Kit the action of a gold CAUCUS The Issue is sx clearly defined the demand of the people Is s plain and emphatic that no Dne can make f mistake mis-take and it is fully demonstrated that the mind of the Reoubllcan canliclate is under Influences that are a menace to the cause of bimetallism making his election to congress a dangerous experiment ex-periment that will not bo enterci upon by the voters of the state Aeain Mr Holbrook was aSKed if he would vote for silver under all circumstances circum-stances Hit reply at firs was that that was another hard question Then he said Yes I do not know in what shape it could be put that I would not vote for I There is i the hesitating spirit again The kind of a man that the people want and that they will have is one who knows absolutely that he shall always vote for silver if I he is elected and who does not admit the possibility of any conditions changing him in this respect Nor is Mr Holbrook sound on the proposition that silver legislation haH be secured in advance of the enactment of a tariff law When the five senators announcing that as their platform cbst their votes against consideration of the Dingley bill one grand chorus of approval ap-proval went up from Ufuh The popie approved the platform then they demand de-mand Us I maintenance now Mr Holbrook dodged whoa askfd if he approved Senator Browns iccord I and again avhen asked if he far dBrwns reelection Under ordinary circumstances circum-stances the people do not expect a candidate can-didate for the house to express a choice as between aspirants for sen Itrial honors hon-ors but this is one of thos extraotdl nary occasions when cOd tbns so far relax the rule that the peopK do expect ex-pect their candidates t Jet it ue known that they do not favor and will not countenance a candidacy that is pat tlcularly obnoxious to the spirit of the campaign The Republican candidate has been weighed and found wanting |