Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-08-18 | Page 10 | Doom of the Standpatter

DOOM OF THE STANDPATTER I The movement mO In tho the west that thal M Is re retiring ro- ro tiring certain Republican United State senators the Now ow C York World thinks Is IsIf If Inspired moro more b by honesty honest than thin radicalism and more b by true conservatism than nn any other sentiment It tho thu standpatter standpatter stand sand patter palter and holds that the west I st has hns vot voted j for tor or him more than once only as a 3 choice o of oC evils lIs It says sas It II Is a mistake to describe tho the existing aversion I. to the as radicalism The made mado a sordid plea In effect thoy told Americans who had afew n n. few tew coins In their pockets pocket and knew where hert their next dinner was tas to bo be had that they must thank God that power arid and privilege liege had spared them 00 so much Under that t false o cry wrongs almost unimaginable able able- were Inflicted upon the P people In response to that two also cry CAmo came the tho frenzied Iron fren led financiers the tho Insurance looters te nr tho the railroad exploiters nl tho the eager of or orthe the tart tariff and the the- hordes of or Jingoes and spendthrift The Republican senators who willingly lent themselves to tho the degrading of ot selfish interests Interest have o only themselves to blame for Cor the disfavor die dis favor which has been visited on them