Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-07-31
MAJ. MOUNTAINS TALK.
The Band Plays, the Major Speaks
and the People Listen.
The Principle of Free Speech, With
Mention Of the Local Issues.
AgramOnte Introduces 90 Prof" Mckee,
Who Winds Up Democracy and
the Meeting, Too.

! the opening OF the meeting had been
! driven around the city in drag, dis
coursing patriotic airs and thus drumming
up the populace, occupied position on
the balcony and rendered some fine mu-
! sic.
! At about $50 o'clock Major Nounnan.
who for fifteen minutes previously had
/ been seated in a chair on the balcony,
wrapped in his summer clothes and a
brown study, was aroused from his rev.
erie by frequent wells from the immense
crowd below for his appearance, and
without waiting for the election of any
chairman or secretary, strobe to the front
and commenced to address his auditors.
His speech, taken verbatim by DEMO
Graf reporter, was as follows:
MAJOR MOUNTAINS SPEECH.
FetioU- Citizens-This is simply a rebuke
to the abridgment of free speech. This is
not a movement of my own seeking; | am
not IN the habit of speaking publicly, and
uniformly avoid doing so, and l don't wish
to thrust my thoughts upon other people
when they don't want them.
On last Saturday night l visited a Demo-
cratic meeting and was called upon by the
populace to speak on that occasion. Mr..
Bamberger, who is a member of the Demo-
cratic County Committee, as well as a mem
Der of the Democratic club, refused to suffer
me to speak after having taken the stand
andlald down a proposition of the issues that
are pending here. Now, our election is
rapidly approaching, and it is necessary we
should be energetic and thoroughly under
stand the propositions involved in it.
The abridgment of free speech is one
that moves the pulse of every Amer
lean. Free speech, free thought and free
press are the great levers of American lib
erty, and wherever it is in the least abridged
it tells badly for our civilization. AS for my
Democracy, no man doubts it; and Mr.. Bam-
berger should have made proper apologies
for his conduct on that occasion, not only to
me, but TO his party. | waited for three
days and no apology came. l then solicited
this meeting. The next day Mr.. Bamberger
made all apology to me personally; and be-
tween him and myself there is no personal
difference, but he thinks that he didn't in
suit the party that he then and there repre-
sented. He should make public apology to |
the party.
Now, the Democratic party has for the |
first time in the history of Utah placed in |
the field Democratic ticket-a straight |
Democratic ticket-composed of good men, |
good, pure and true men, who are thoroughly !
identified with the country One of the men
at the head of that list, r. G. Chambers. is
a man who has expended as much money
and Is giving employment to more men to-
day than any fifty men in the Peoples party,
and IS continuing to do 1t, i'll the develop
ment OF the resources of our country and
the building of railroads. He has been in
the country some fifteen years. Bolivar
Roberts is another. He has been a citizen
here for thirty years, and is thoroughly iden-
titled with the country. These men | would
uphold and encourage, for they deserve the
support of every loyal American i'll this
county and Territory. On the other hand,
our only known opponent is the Peoples
party They have, with one exception
we'll, there is one man on that ticket that is
4 good man, if he was not in that party; but
he Peoples party Is really governed and
controlled by priesthood uniting in their
body all the elements of Church and State
This Is contrary, not only contrary, but it
S subversive of the liberties of the American
people. 1t is proposition that is offensive
% any American. Nov, there are thousands
II men IN the Peoples party who should
lot be there. They should take and read
or themselves, take the Democratic plat
orm and the Constitution of the United
states, take them home and read those .
hlngs: and l commend to them, also, the
bill. Laughter and applause ,
md they should get those off by heart.
Vow, how many men and women are
here in the Peoples party that have s
yer read the Constitution of the United {
states! Not one hardly in thousand is q
amiliar with the Constitution of our country @
nd its laws. Now, have been here long s
lme, some eighteen years a resident of this !
'errltory, and know, just as well as you all
now, that there is no comparison between V
nese parties. One is purely American in all v
s elements and there should be no division q
mong the Americans in this Territory
very man who is lover of his country
lould stand firm and true to the party and
} the country here The Peoples party are
eally so much in the hands of the priest
GOD that they are not permitted to think
n themselves nor act for themselves, and
hen the truth is told they contradict it, and
zen after admitting the truth sometimes
leir journals will deny it.
Now, was struck with an article in last IL
,ening S DeSeret NelUS abiding to the speech N
Mr.. Rawlins, criticiZing the conduct of -.
lie Legislature here III not passing laws u
yalnst immoral conduct. The DeSeret Ne,cS L
limited the fact, and gave as a reason for i,
that the Legislature might get a great '"
any of their own people who were living d
polygamy, into trouble, including men, 81
rs of the Legislature themselves. who were X
'lygamists. Well, they have been unfaith- al
/ to the interests of the country-their FIR
legislatures and i'll almost every official orr
paclty. The statutes of this Territory are q
st simply an evidence of the imbecility VI.
d lncompetency of our former representa- WI
yes. Oc
Now, what we want is. to stand shoulder pr
shoulder IN this country. Every man who eli
!, lover OF ms country should stand firm de
tn the Democratic party here in Salt
ke. The principles of Democracy are
lther clrcumscribed nor circumcised The
platform is broad enough it is
lg enough, it is high enough for any M;
1erican to stand on. LII
his is turnout, gentlemen, that l had erl
idea of. You don't know how grateful fro
to you, gentlemen, to see you here. but | q,
uld not have requested this meeting if | W
1 postponed the notice of it for one dav GEL
ger; but my friends all over town took MI
Up, and just simply because it is princi- a
that is dear to every American. Gel
thank you, gentlemen very much. Good ING
hit. 4. s
1t the conclusion of Major Nounnan's cry
ech the band played "The Star Span anC
d Banner" and at the finish there
re cries for Doctor McKee-the colored
nocrat-to make an address. After Bee
siderable solicitation on the part of
crowd and those on the speakers
nd, the band having rendered CYAN !
Doodle" meanwhile, he was brought No.
ward by General Agramonte, who in sire
luced him as follows: clue
,,,ias and coa,,.,. ,D til t
in the wool bnt Him. 80 hh ed the
locratic speech, will now. by request. lerl'
oduce to you a Democrat. Doctor or Pro, the
or Mckee. While | may not indorse 10 b
I DIR. Mckee may say, l like to hear a
Democratic speech in Utah as we'll AS "
body: II is so rare we find good Dem
OF his color that think he will be a
oriS to the whole of you. IN
DOCTOR M'KEE, Bins
l became fairly launched in the intrica- ON 4
OF political speech, and showed that m.
gh having an ebony skin, he possessed In
art that beat with true Democratic So,,t
'r. He said that he was Democrat. lot -
and body. and that in his mind oil L. L. y