Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-07
TO THE FRONT.
Two ROusing Rallies Of
The People.
An UNPARALLELED SPECTACLE.
Largest Political Meeting; E,ef
Held in Utah.
AN HONEST ELECTION WILL GIVE
TIE PtoPLE VICTORY.
Illegal Voters Better Not Try Their
Game.
An UNPARALLELED SPECTACLE.
Illegal Voters Better Not Try Their
Game.

Never in the history Of Utah have
there been such enthusiastic and
well attended political assemblape,
as those at the Peoples rally last
evening. Long before the hour an.
nouneed for commencing, the The
atre was crowded from top to bot.
tom, every available standing space
being occupied and the stairways
damned. The thousands who were
unable to gain admission to the
Theatre turned to the outdosr meet
Ing where the marching clubs had
assembled, near the Social Hall. At
the hour for beginning the ezer-
cases over ten thousand people We're
present, and sent up cheer after
cheer, while the air was filled with
music from the bands.
The Theatre was Handsomely
decorated with the Stars and Stripes
and banners Of the Peoples clubs.
When the curtain rose there were
seated on the stage the members of
the Peoples Municipal Committee
and the nominees Of the ticket, who
were greeted with cheers.
Hon. +. S. Richards called the
meeting to order, and nominated
HEBER NJ. WELLS, ESQ.,,
as chairman. Mr.. Wells was en-
dOrsed with n cheer, and thanked
the convention for the honor. 1 am
always proud to serve the Peoples
Party. feel sure that will act as
chairman Of this meeting tonight,
and after Monday next | feel Just
as sure that | will act rs recorder.
The population OF this city a few
days ago was about 10000. With
THE Colorado contingent, the Iowa
contigent, the Nevada contingent
and the Kansas contingent and the
X. G.. w. contingent, il is now So
900. Applause To the strangers
who have come the past few days, l
say We welcome you to view our
city, TO gaze upon the grandeur Of
the western metropolis, but don't
you dare to vote, for if you do, !
you'll get into trouble. YOU'LL
get into the courts, and II we can't
get justice in the courts in Utah
we may in the United States Su-
preme Court: and as an aged gen
tleman said the other day, if we
can't get justice there we willappeal |
to the registrars. ICheers.l
HON. E. q. wooLLEY
was introduced. He was proud Of |
his membership in the Peoples |
Party. He had always been men,
Der and expected to always be one.
He was prepared to do his part in
protecting the rights Of the people
OF this Territory. In the parade to-
day | saw 'contingents" from |
nearly all the surrounding States
and Territories. That was
proper, They expect to get
their votes there. We don't /
propose TO let them il we can helm
it. AS that parade passed the Tenn
pie, one "voter' asked, s'What Is
that fine building" These are the
kind Of ''voters" who are expected
to vote the "Liberals" into power.
1 say God save our Territory from
such liberalism. A Liberal, told 1
me he had expected 500 majority,
but since the United States Supreme
Court decision in the Idaho case he
expected 1000 majority. He thought
the decision would cause us to stay
ut home; but | told him he was
mistaken, for on election day every
Peoples Party man would be out
and do his whole duty. The "Liber-
als' doubtless know how many they
have on the registration lists; but
they do not know how many will be
challenged. fonly those vote who
have right TO do so, we will carry
the city by large majority. Zap
plause.
Held & Johnson's band played
"Hail Columbia.
L. q. HARDY, ESQ,
was the next speaker. He came to
this country, he was told, when he
was quite small. He WAS then a
member Of the Peoples Party and
was still solid. The most Of the party
are Of the same class. We were
bred in Utah and don't propose to be
run out. [Cheers. The right of
voting is dear to every American
citizen. II we are given n fair
chance on Monday, We will show
the floating population that has
come here the last two or three
weeks what We can do. |
Under the Peoples Party, the
revenue Of the Territory for 1856
was SIZE, 900. Ofthis amount which
was charged up to the collectors. it
was all collected within si09. There
is not another State or Territory in
this Union that can make such a
showing Of honest taxpayers. The
revenue for 1887 was SIG, 600, aud
all this was collected within
Sll00. The reason this latter sum
was not collected was because it was
assessed upon mortgages belonging
to nOn-residents, and hence not col
lectible. In 1855 the revenue was
SO, 900, showing that we are steadi-
ly but surely increasing on foun-
dation which proves US to be a pros
porous people. Applause. The
revenue for the past year, 1859, was
s2SS, 900 This is an excellent show
ing. When l compare our growing
wealth and conditions with those OF
the opposing party, / find that we
have more Industries than they can
show, three or four 10 one. The
Peoples Party came 10 this country
when a"Liberal'' could notlive here.
because the greater part of the lat
ter are OF too lazy a nature to till the |
soil as we did. The Peoples Party
are the bone and sinew Of this mart
Of the country, and we propose to
in maintaining It. Loud
The drum corps played reville.
HON. c. c. RICHARDS,
" Ogden, was introduced as one
who had had experience in fighting
Liberals" Mr.. Richards said that ,
he was a Salt Lake boy, having ,
)een born here about thirty years i
lbO- Alc was n ucIlUcE OI the REQ
lle's Party then and today. He
vas of that party, for tina. Party and t
tagin" the Liberals" l am told v
am to represent young Utah, old I
Utah and fallen city. My city $
las gone into the hands OF 1
he rascals, but it is al n
,ood city yet. To young Utah c
would say that older Utah came n
lere and made Utah what it is, h
enderiDg it possible for the nine /
zenith century civilization to forge e
They have n thousand a
lines greater right TO vote than the Il
we saw in line on o
he streets today. Cheers.l They v
re the people who have a right TO h
i've expression Of their choice who G