Show STRAIGHT DEMOCRACY it has been intimated more than once ill these columns that the democrats of utah do not tet a clear apprehension of the attitude of their party from local newspaper such as the salt lake herald in order to understand their party they must look into newspapers from regions outside of utah the reason of all this if utah is a little outside satrapy that president clerc and has civen over into the hands of secretary carlisle to manipulate the secretary has a sub secretary in the person of hon richards Kic hards whose duty it is to utah to the best of his ability provided always that he carry out the special policy of the administration and manipulate the politics of utah so that two united slates senators with goldbug proclivities shall eventually represent the forthcoming state it is true that secretary carlisle has bad appointed a gentleman friend of bis by name of west to be the recipient of a certain salary with the honorary title of governor appends appen dd but it must be remembered that mr west was in needy circumstances the matter of first importance was the replenishment of ats commissary department and after that he would be useful in many davs as an adviser and assistant of secretary ellch erds notwithstanding the persistent ap leal the sail lake tribano mr ilich ards still holds on to the chairmanship of the utah democratic party and we can hut admire his pluck and gall we hope that be will continue faithful to the record that be has made as the most persistent odice holder that utah has yet produced for it seems likely that th e has borne little job to carry out in connection with democracy that would standa chance to be thwarted if eichardt Eich ards would let go bis death grip in tho next place mr richards shows the kind of heroism that la exhibited by the steamboat captain who in dorfler to beat his adversary sits flat upon the safety valve to boom hi vessel through the race the boiler la sure to burst eventually and when mr richards eathela up his pieces he will fled that ho has done good bervice for once in his life by contributing to the supremacy of the republican party in utah ills thus that the wrath of man is overruled under a kind providence to the betterment of human attains atT airs we dont have any idea that utah will come into statehood if governor richards lieutenant governor west and assistant governor judd can prevent it they know a good thine when they have it in possession and they are not going to take back seals in the utah playhouse now that they are marching next the band wagon any man who goes to washington and studies the situation will and this diagnosis to be correct but utah democrats will want to know why we thus find fault with their home party it is because the democratic party it utah s placed in an attitude of comparative hostility to the hulk of the party in the united slates it if held in at unholy anil unnatural alliance with the of the money monopoly of the country coi at least three fourths of the democrats of the country are hostile to the cleveland policy but utah ie held in line because she 1 depin lency of the administration there is only one democratic paper in utah that is speaking out n accordance ath the sentiments of three fourths of tho party and that is the provo dispatch which seems to have inac As a the tone of most democratic papers of the country from one of our ablest daily american of nashville tenn it is the duty of the democratic press to both party and people to fearlessly defend the promises and honor of the party whenever and wherever they may be aaa ild NO political party was ever aided by a elleni to a violation of promises by those to whom it lias caven commissions to execute ite pledge the democratic masses want above all things frankness and truth and freedom of expression in the press and among party leaders and they will be exceedingly quick to resent a lack of it president cleveland has yet nearly three years n the presidential office A quiet acquiescence in his striking down the great pillars of the democratic platform upon the faith of which be people invested him with the exalted position of chief magistrate would in addition to biving aliu to persist in disregard of the policies and wishes of ih democratic party convey the impression to the masses that the democratic party itself cannot be relied upon this is no time for timidity or a cisine or mancine policy in the press or among the democratic parta leaders the condition of the country is euch that the people want straight action and straight talk the evil which might result to the party from animadverting upon president attitude would not be a drop in the bucket as compared with that which would follow the wake of pursuing a policy of acquiescence silence and deception |