The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-28
REDS hot SHOT.
The Holes Made by Him in the
Enemy's Fort.
THE POSITION OF THE DEMOCRATS
An Array of Facts Against Weak Assertion
Sweet Shows His True Colors as Crank
and Demagogue.

DolSE OlTf, Sepb. -IOpeCldl CorreS |
pondence of THE HERALD On Tuesday |
night last there occurred in this city the |
largest and most imposing political demon
stration ever witnessed in Idaho. Hon. j.
W. Reid, of Lewiston, had been announced
to speak. AS the gentleman had delivered
the Fourth of July Grafton in this city last
year, and his ability had become apparent
during the session of the constitutional
convention, there was evinced very gen
eral desire upon the part of the people to
hear him at this time. Mr.. Reid has been
for two terms member of Congress from
North Carolina, and four years ago
migrated to Lewiston in the north
east part of the state. Besides this, it was
understood that several candidates upon
the state ticket would be present and de-
liver short addresses to the assemblage.
Sonna's opera house was the place of meet
ing.
At 7:30 the Democratic brass piece COM
menced belching its fire, smoke and minia
ture thunder. II torchlight procession,
carrying one hundred and forty torches,
was formed near tteDemocratic headquart-
ers, which, preceded by the Governors
Guards band, moved down Main street
towards the opera house. Besides the
torch bearers in the procession there were
those who carried rockets and Roman
candles. The rockets whiZzed and broke, the
candles blazed and shot, red fire was pro-
duced as the procession moved along while
ever and anon the cannon spoke in loud tones
and It's echoes died among the hills. The
sidewalks along the line of march were full
of men, women and children. Men cheered,
women waved their handkerchiefs and
THE Widest ENTHUSIASM PREVAILED.
60,
a time the torchlights were put away and
the band played several pieces in front of
the opera house. At $40 O'Clock they
marched into the hall, followed by the
crowd that had been listening to the music.
Immediately after them came Hon. j. w.
Reid, Hon. Ben Wilson, candidate for gov
ernor; Hon. James H. Wickersham, ex
Chief Justice II. w. Wier, S. H. Hays,
son OF the late chief justice; Hon. George
Ainslie, a. E. Sherwin, candidate for secre
tary of state, who took their
places upon the stage. Two beautiful
! little girls were placed upon either side of
the stage who held large bouquets of flow
ers. BY this time boJh gallery and par
quette were tilled-even standing room
| being in demand.
Chairman Ainslie called the meeting to
order and announced that there were sew
eral candidates for state Offices present He
then introduced Mr.. A. E. Sh9rwin, of the
Panhandle, candidate for TIE Office of sec
rotary of state. Mr.. Sherwin said he had
not come to make speech, but TO introduce
himself. If elected, he would endeavor to
perform the duties of the office as well as
had been done by the present secretary and
il possible, make Improvement.
HON. BEN WILSON
'Nas next announced. Here one of the
little girls alluded to, Louie Orr,
advanced and said: 81 present the next
governor OF Idaho with this bouquet of
flowers" Mr.. Wilson then proceeded to
say that ne had visited North Idaho and
was much pleased with the outlook. The
Panhandle would give good account of
itself and come south of the Salmon river
range with a solid majority. He did not
desire to occupy any time because he
wished Mr.. Reid to have plenty in which
to complete his argument
Chairman Anslie then introduced the
HON. j. W. REID,
of Nez Perez county. Little Mary
Wagner advanced and presented Mr..
Reid with two beautiful bouquets
saying, 81 am young, but for
Reid remarked that poet had once said
that Idaho was a land where the flowers
had no perfume and the birds no songs.
Surely he could never have visited Boise,
=! the Beautiful" The speaker then went on
to state that the north would give a large
Democratic majority During the present
campaign the only points at issue made by
the Republicans were that the Democrats
! opposed admission; that they sympathized
with the Mormons and had been opposed tC
I the admission of Idaho. If they had made
any other points ne was DESTROYS OF know
ing what they were, for he had not heard OF
, them. He did not desire to discuss deaC
, issues or matters tending to prejudice, but
questions of vital interest to the people
of Idaho, both state and national. The
} speaker then went ON to show
that there would have been NJ
Idaho to make a stnte of were it not for the
efforts of Governor Stevenson seconded by
, President Cleveland. After it had beer
: preserved Governor Stevenson in his mes
to the fifteenth session of its legisla
ture recommended q movement in that di
rection by its members and although Their,
were but three Democrats in the house no
the slightest notice was taken by the ma
iority in the direction indicated. The only
opposition he had heard of as coming fro q
the national Democracy was facetious re
I marks coming from Senator Vance, o
: North Carolina, who had directed his wi
/ as against the outrageously unfair appor
4 tionment wherein disfranchlsement of tn
e citizens of various parts of the state wa
effected. The speaker then went on t
: show that the
t DEMOCRATS WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO STATE
@ HOOD
= in the constitutional convention an
s stood to their posts, Notwithstanding tn
a unfair treatment they had received from tn
q majority He then went on to show tn
a absurdity of Furnishing the Democratic par
. ty of Idaho because Senator Vance Ia
aimed his satire at the injustice practice
; by Idaho Republicans.
: The speaker next took up the tart
/ issue, which he handled with masterl
o hand. Arrayed with statistical facts an
g figures to back up his assertions he Shove
q that as amatter of wages, those of the Pre-
: tected industries of Illinois had decrease
IS per cent, while the unprotected indu:
tries had increased. The speaker then too
up the Mckinley bill and showed how Ell
fectually it would prove to be the ruin c
y the farmers of the country, and how il
d long continuance would end in a system {
h tenantry in the United States as o.
4 pressive as that existing in Irelan(
y. Mr. Blaine wants reciprocity with Mexic
= and South America, Sherman with Canadi
u II the principle be good, why not add tn
l. rest of the world! The revenues of til
5, United States amounted to over one millio
g dollars per day. If the population be sixt
# millions, this would give more than SIX do
e lars taxation per year to every man, Woma
: and child in the land, Indian, black
= white. The population of Ada county
!. placed at over eight thousand, as a cons
1t ouence her people would be taxed owe
% fifty thousand dollars per year by
THIS INDIRECT TAX
p for the support of the general government
; The speaker would like to see Idaho grit
= ironed with railroads, like Illinois, but
! will not be under the provisions of the M
W Kinley bill, which so increases the tax c