The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-11-04

seIfI worthy of our sutfrageY has ne
,ot filed every local Office to winch ne
has been appointed with honor? ana mas
he not eyinced great ability IN the nalls
of Congress and succeeded IN wardlng
off legislation inimical TO the people u
This Territory? Will he not be as true
in the future as in the pastF thlhk ne
will. The lady honored those men VINO
conferred the ballot upon the
women of Utah, and she re-
undated the actions of those VINO
sought to take it away again. Our chll-
dren have inhaled the breath OF iree-
dom from their very birth ana they
cannot bear to be deprived OF their
RIGHTS any more than the New England
Puritans. Herxfirm opinion was that
some day there would be as many des-
cendants of New England in the Rocky
Mountains rs there were in the States.
Hon. FRANKLIN S. RICHARDS was next
introduced and received q warm wei
come at the hands of the people pres
emit. He made weighty legal argument
against the outrage of a Legislative
Commission and now and again the
patriotism which it was evident he felt,
broke forth in fights OF oratOry which
moved the audience to ordinations OF
enthusiasm. He compared the govern
ment of surrounding States with that OF
Utah, showing how they were
allowed to choose their officials from
the chief Justice down to the lowest
Office of their municipalities. How Is
it i'm Utah? Here it seems we have so
many blessings they must take some OF
! them away. Referring to the legislative
power here he said that we had legls-
| iature only in name. The moment that
| body passed law which did not meet
! the approval OF the executive, he could
brush it away with the veto power.
| Congress also has taken the power TO
itself of legislating specially for this
Territory. The legislative arm OF Utah,
he said, was already paralyZed. a
legislative commission would sever the
disabled member entirely. The judi
ciary was composed of men sent here
from abroad. We had no voice in their
selection, we must take them as they
come. The speaker then drew a strik-
ing contrast between the conditions
here and elsewhere in the United States.
He asked if there was anyone within
the sound of his voice who was I'M
sophisticated enough to believe that ii
was on account of polygamy they
desired the hostile legislation. Their
object was plumber; they would like to
fill the offices here with men who have
no interests In common with the people
He said 40 per cent. of the population
were native born citizens OF this ie-
public and the other 30 per cent. were
people who have come here by theiI
own election. having signalled out this
country as the grandeSt and best III the
world. He denied that the people here
were aliens and said they had rights
which with the help of God they would
maintain. They ask us to forge the
very letters with which they would
bind us. Further he denounced the
Edmunds law as Il blot on the nation
history.
MRS. n. ISABELLA HORNE.
made one of the best points of the even
ing. She protested against legislativ,
commission and referred to the hard
ships the people had endured. She oh
iected TO having women taken int
court and forced to disclose the secret
: OF the family circle. How would thu
: judges and the rest OF these officers sen
| to us like to have their wives brough
2 into court to testify against them
, Though" she added, ~ guess the.
z could tell enough ifthey wanted to-"
HON. GEoEGEQ. CANNON
l Was the last speaker. We was greeted
4 with perfect tornado of applause an
+ made a neat, unpromptu speech {
: which quite a synopsis was taken an
= will be published hereafter; want {
. space only rendering it impossible TIN
o morning.
+ The Secretary read the following rest
), luton: Resolved that the represent;
i tives of the Peoples party in ma,
= meeting assembled re-afffrm the prime
= pies of the Peoples platform adopte
4 two years ago, and ratify the nomini
Is ton of Hon. John T. Caine for delegat
n from this territory to the Forty-nint
~ Congress of the United States"
q The AYE" which went forth whe
Ia the question was put to vote might ha'
20 been heard in Ogden.
The chairman then announced tn
the meeting would adjourn till t
day, to meet at the polls, and the pc
70 pie dispersed to the inspiriting strait
= OF music by the Sixteenth Ward ban