Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-27

most ardent ADMIRERS. Inc 0hchSOIudli
spoils system brought out his special en-
comium. and he hoped Cleveland would see
the error of allowing Republicans to remain
in Office under Democratic Admlnlstrat ton,
and fire out" every Republican holding
an Office under him. The Democratic party
is not the friend of monopoly, while 1t had
been the bone and sinew of the Republican
party, and had kept in power many
years after the country had clamored for a
change. He had not voted Democratic
ticket in over twenty years, and reJolced IN
the day being not far distant when he would
be able to cast one more vote for Democratic
candidates under Democratic Administra-
ton, and hoped all Territorial appointees
and the local government would soon be en-
tirely Democratic.
The next gentleman called upon was
Mr.. J. L. Rawlins, who delivered the
following speech. In justice to MIR. Raw
Inns, it should be said that his speech was
entirely impromptu, no previous init
nation having reached him that he would
that now read it shall notice any lack of
the finish that is always characteristic
of the speakers style, they will please re-
member the speech is published as de-
livered and without revision, having been
reported Stenograpnlcally.
SPEECH OF ]. L. RAwLINS, ESQ.
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:
feel very much tonight as if we were all
standing in the presence of Andrew Jackson.
We have heard of the sentiments which
actuated Andrew Jackson, which inspired
Thomas Jefferson, and we are told by one
who comes down to US from the ages that
are past, that that which to-day we seek in
Ill ~l<L
patriots who lived at the time of the Reyo-
luton which brought freedom to this coun-
try. No one to-day says of Thomas Jeffer-
son that when he uttered the sentiment and
put it into the political platform of the party
which he was instrumental in forming, that
all people possessed equal rights, should en-
dure equal burdens and have equal privi-
leges that all religious denominations
should stand precisely on the same ground,
no one an iota above the other-no one to-
day says that by reason of that
HE WAS TRAITOR AND REBEL,
But all classes of people say of him to-day
that he was one of the greatest advocates of
human rights that ever lived.
This is not a campaign in which the young
Democrats are alone benefcially interested,
but it is a campaign for old Democrats as
well. Indeed, see not why every citizen
who may be permitted to cast a vote at this
coming election, is not as much interested in
this election as any Democrat, old or young,
because it is equally the right and duty of
one, as of the other, to see that the govern
ment shall be in the interest of the people,
by their consent, and in trust for them, and
for no class, no sect-no favoritism of any
kind.
Gentlemen, it is expected of candidates
when they are nominated for an Office, that
they will declare in advance of the election
what their intentions are-what they will do
if elected. When | addressed a meeting at
this same place, one week ago tonight,
it was declared by some one in the crowd
that
WE WOULD get BEAUTIFULLY LEFT"
l have thought myself that it was most
probable this would happen. 1t should be
remembered that this is the first Democratic
campaign ever conducted In Utah, and with
the five short weeks of preparation that we
have had, it is not to be expected that the
ticket would be phenomenally successful.
But miracles have happened and miracles
may happen-who can tell? If we can reach
the intelligence of the fair-minded masses in
this district-and believe the majority of
them, if we can get to the bottom are such
l would have great faith that on the Sd of
August the majority of the suffrages would
be cast in favor of Democratic principles
and the Democratic ticket. Why should not
this happen? What reason on earth can a
single man put forth why, on the Sd of Aug
ust, the ticket which has been nominated
should not be successfully carried forward
and the candidates installed III the offices fol
which they have been nominated? If am
elected and those who are associated with
me on this ticket are elected,
WHAT WILL WE DO?
W. ,,,;n IDa Of tho ~
Utah. 1t is not an honor that any one of us
Graves for the sake of the emoluments that
might possibly accrue, nor would we 60
there for the purpose of self-aggrandize-
ment. What would we do? |, for one.
would endeavor to procure the enactment of
such laws as would secure equal protection
to every citizen within the Territory of
Utah. l would enact such laws as would
render it impossible for money to have a
monopoly of influence in the halls of the
Legislature of the Territory of Utah.
would make itpossible, if 1 could, that these
iron-handed monopolies, which now to a
large extent control the prosperity of, or
cast adversely upon, the people, be put under
such legitimate restrictions as would give to
every citizen an equal voice in the affairs of
government-the rich man not one jot more
of inf1unece than the poor man-an equal
chance to all. 1 would not, without my
voice being raised in protest against it, per
NIT the acceptance by Legislators of invita-
tiOnS to participate IN Free gratis excursions
rendered to them for what?-in order that
such favors might preclude them from enact
ing such laws as would be proper to regulate
the affairs of such companies.
THE CRY HAS BEEN RAISED IN UTAH
That only certain class of offenders against
the chastity and virtue which should belong
to a people, could be punished under our
laws. Why is it so? 1t is because our leg
islators were afraid to enact law to punish
men who commit offenses which everywhere
else in these broad United States are pun
ishable by law, but not in Utah. because the
Territorial Legislature has enacted no law
upon the subject. We say that this state of
affairs Should no longer exist Only re-
Gently man IN a remote town committed
an lncestuous outrage and there was no law
to punish him, and the vile insinuation has
been made that that is the kind of liberty
which the Democrats desire. | would say to
them that so far as had the power, such a
man would not 60 UNPUBLISHED. These are
some of the things would do. That would
be to the interest and for
THE GOOD GOVERNMENT OF THE TERRITORY
And this district, and in which all the peo-
pie would be interested. AS a Democrat.
and elected upon a Democratic ticket, /
would regard myself as going from my con-
stituents to that Legislature, as amenable to
them for what / do; l would solicit no coun-
sci from anywhere else; [ would serve in
the interest of no particular sect or creed,
because that cannot be right or proper in
any country where there is a divorce of
Church and State.
In Utah there is no statute for the punish 4
ment of adultery-excuse me for again using
the word. The Legislature, when it enacted
the criminal code, struck out the statute
Furnishing adultery, because the members of
a certain creed might be made amenable
under the law. They would prefer that all
sorts of crime of that kind be permitted
rather than that law should be enacted
under whose provisions those men might be
punished. And yet the cry is raised that
Congress has enacted no law to punish this
sort of offense, while it has enacted law to
punish s1
AND WHAT is TERMED UNLAWFUL
COHABITATION.
The PEOPLES party now nronose To sand