Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-01-19 | Page 6 | Democratic Jubilation

DEMOCRATIC JUBILATION. The great, leaders of the Democratic parly had a joyous time of it in their feast, at Baltimore on Tuesday .night. They gave vent to their joy at the No-rcnibcr' No-rcnibcr' election; but their ' jubilation was moderated b' the reflection, as expressed and consented lo by all, that the Democratic, triumph of last November Novem-ber was not, in fact, so much of a triumph tri-umph for Democracy as it was a rebuke to the Republican leaders, the standpatters stand-patters who refused to carry out tho pledges of tho Republican National platform. This is undoubtedly the case, und this cause was sufficient. The warning ought to tic ample all the time to make the Democratic, leaders cautious und conservative in what thoy do if they would leave for themselves any hope of success in Ihc Presidential election next year. Naturally, the bunko tariff law came in for most of lho excoriation administered adminis-tered by lho Democratic speakers. And here, too, there seemed lo bo for the most part a sentiment that it. would bo well not to press things too hard; but. that what is done by the way of revision should be done moderately. And the sentiment seems to prevail that it would bo the best plan lo begiu revision on the worst, parts of the law. Senator Bailey proposed a complete new tariff revision, but this did not sconi to strike the banqueters with favor. fa-vor. Kevision schedule by schedule was evidently tho prevalent idea. Chump Clark made a great hit when he attacked Apostlo Smoot, saying that he hyphenated Smoot last of the three names with Payne and Aldrich; for. said he, "I put. Smoot in because I. be Move in giving the devil his due; for Smoot of Utah, one of the twelve npos-tlcii, npos-tlcii, had more to do with cooking up that bill than any other man, aave Aid-rich." Aid-rich." This brought forth -ton-iv applause. Ami the" fitness of the allu-aion allu-aion was universally recognized. The, "Now Nationalism" df Prosi-t' Prosi-t' it Roosevelt, came in for denunciation denuncia-tion a little.1 Into, it must be confessed, since Mr. Roosevelt has changed the phrase to "Progressive, Nationalism, without at the same time explaining how Nationalism can progress without a n modeling of our form of government. govern-ment. Under whatever name it in called, however, the Democrats abhor and do formed a great, part of the political fireworks of the evening. In thus coining boforo the public again for a lashing, Smoot resumes his position, assigned him by the Kasteru j press during the time when lho Aid-rich Aid-rich bill was being discussed in the Senate. At, that time Smoot. was put forward lo catch (he tongue-lashings of tho opposition that would otherwise have fallen upon Senator Aldrich. And so, ho was appropriately styled tho "whipping boy." lie took for Aldrich tho whippings that the lihodc Island Senator would otherwise havo received; and his resumption now of that role is as significant as it is appropriate.