The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-14

site party had succumbed to the inevits.
BILE with becoming grace, and let us
give them credit for it. congratulate
the Peoples party in their defeat, be-
cause to them it is blessing in disguise.
Tive years from now in Ogden there
will be no Peoples party, the next
election will be unanimous, or nearly
so. The present administration meats
progress and prosperity. There is
moral to this victory which / wish 10
call your attention to; that we wi |
carry Weber County next year. and ad-
ditional prosperity will surely follow
Salt Lake City will be carried at Its next
election and afterwards the whole Ter
ritory. Then and not until then will
Utah be fit for Statehood. and then and
not till then will Statehood come.
A voice in the background, three,
cheers for the 205."
HON. Z. P. FERRY,
of Park City, delivered short address
headed by a few lines of poetry and
followed with remarks that were lib
orally cheered. He said three We Ks
ago he was in Washington opposing
Statehood for Utah." Cheers. why 2
Because Utah was not fit for statehood,
because the majority were rot in sym
patty with the United States govern
ment and Constitution. You may be-
long to whatever church you please
but when your church urges upon you
practices that are not in harmony VITA
the general government, repudiate
that church and be citizens and men. !"
ITnGE poWERs
OF Salt Lake City. My fellow citizens:
This is a privilege that l did not ex
pect. AS look on the upturned faces
my mind refers back to the period of
1776. He alluded to former meeting
at this place when Moses Thatcher
one of the twelve, addressed the as
semblage and said the Declaration OF
Independence was . failure. But by
your votes last Monday you have made
Ogden free city. Salt Lake will take
her place next. and / am no revelator
either. The Liberals had placed the
speaker in the position of president of
the Territorial Liberal committee, and
no one in the Territory spoke the word
Liberal with a snser to-day. You will
give your city such an administration
City at the next election. The people
good substantial improvements, free
schools and happy homes. Our victory
in Ogden is greater to Us than the
victory of our Presidential election.
MAJOR BYEoE,
of Salt Lake City, said Judge Powers
said he was no prophet. 1 am. pro-
phesisd last Saturday that without any
pullse or any pushee you would get
there just the same. He said they were
explaining it in Salt Lake City how in
Ogden the young Mormons had gone to
the polls with the Liberal tickets deep
in their pockets.
YAooB CoHKH,
Of Park City, was the next speaker, and
spoke of the victories of Park City and
Summit County aud how the victory of
the Liberals would soon spread all over
the Territory.
REV. ]. WESLEY HILL.
We all voted, and these flags and
these banners and these transparsnoies
attest the victory. We met the enemy,
and although the enemy is not present,
he is ours He then started into his
favorite pastime = story telling and
amused the audience in q most
wonderful manner.
GENERAL ?. e. CoNNoR.
The General said be could not make
a speech. but he was authorized by the
conductor to announce that the train
on which they came would leave at IL
O'Clock, and that they would have to
leave ID about fifteen minutes. On be-
ing pressed, he announced to the au-
dlence that he was the father of the
cheers greeted the declaration.
Assistant United States Attorney
Evans, of Provo, was introduced but
did not occupy the floor but few
minutes. He thought the sage brush
had not been represented, but more
would be heard from them in The fu
ture.
MAJOR SILVA,
Of Ogden, delivered q short address to
the younger members of the Peoples
party if any were present. He then
read number of telegraph dlspatches
9 n to the Mavor-elect, from diferel
parts of The country, one of them from
New York City, all of congratulatory
nature. sent by admiring aud enthu-
siastic citizens from abroad.
The Publication over the outside
delegation rushed for their trains ano
the Ogdenites went 10 bed.
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