The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-11
HON. cHAUNoEY F. BLACK,
he now introduced. Loud and long ap-
plause marked the appearance of the gen

tleman, who said:
Mr. Chairman and fellow Democrats of Utah:
hardly know how to express my feelings for
the very cordial greeting you extend me. am
here where 1 have so long desired to
be- but am not nj to perform the duly i'm
posed. "lhy narves are so harvey that they fail
me" am only an advisor, only a high private.
and never held but one Office and that by a
scratch. have been voting all my life in the
minority The only TICKET scra ched was when
! l ran myself. When 1 have been about with
! these wel-known men who accompany me,
have felt like keeping in the back ground and
now feel like addressing you with u little i. We
have no come here il order TO promote the can
| didacy OF anv man Tor office We are here as
| willing guests by your kindly Invita- on. We
are not come to support any Individual candi-
dacy, but for defending and eXpounding the
| glorious and perpetual principles of the d emo
cratic party, and to guarantee support for it's
next candidate for the presidency. We are not
here TO abuse our Republican friends; we hope
| to convert them. The fact is, If we do not sue
! coed in converting a number of Them our organ
| iZatonS are OF no use.
or this great system of societies. there is no
| place they are more needed than here in Utah
where the people are so misunderstood and
| maligned. There is need for on organization
which can speak for them one with
hands Joined on both sides to friendly hands,
whose poSsesSorS shall be informed of the trr h
Long enough you have been cut off and suffered
the evils OF such Isolation. But how can you
expect to be understood without such system?
| There is system OF Republican leagues here
unrecogniZed by their national order No such
difficulty will be had on our SIDE You have
suffered from the weight OF oppression, from a
too distant government and court, and till
you become state will not enjoy a better
situation. You have been the victims
of an agency, and must appreciate the
opportunities OF home III e, which is
| the fundamental principle of Democracy
Applause. These societies rest upon the
rock of Jefferson" and on this we build a
structure for the shelter of our liberties, The
only tests we make are fealty to the principles
taught by Jefferson. Applause The Repub.
| llcans tells us are not Jeffersonian but we pro-
| fes to be and found national organization
which is the same in every state and TERRITORY.
With supreme pride have seen the same ar
ticles of faith adopted by oil from New Jersey
TO California. There shall be no M rs divis-
ions in our psrty and the doctrine you have
adopted can be approved by any and all Demo
Gratis Of the land. The moment our people for
get these, our constitution and our country are
gone. When there is society every pre-
cinct to teach these doctrines all the Republi
cans even will understand them.
| The first Democratic societies " ere formed
| by that party against the Federalists ia 1870
and they accomplished the election of jefferson
although they tried TO count him out. The
/! first state Democratic society was that organ