The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-31
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: FRIDAY. July 81. 1891.

At the conclusion Of Mr.. Timmoney's ad-
dress the applause was SO tremendous and
prolonged that the speaker had to bow his
! acknowledgements before the audience was
satisfied.
p. L. Williams was next introduced, and
he gave the Liberals a terrific scorching.
| Mr.. Williams said: My earliest recollec-
tions of politics Is about the time of the go
ing 70 pieces of the old Wing party and the
coming into existence of the Republican
party shortly after that. ] became q
Democrat and l have remained one
wherever l have been. On coming to
Utah, found here . party that believed
was dominated by the church and l Joined
| the Liberal party to oppose il. l disliked
| the conditions and things found here, but
never allowed my hatred of principles to
grow into hatred of the people. Now GER
tain persons say il is un-American to join
the great Democratic party in Utan. Why,
the Democratic party is the very essence
of Americauism. As q Democrat, l said
that when the people would say and
prove by their acts that they had actually
abandoned those Objectionable things
would meet them on the platform OF De-
mocracy. For one, as Democrat and an
ex-Liberal, / know OF no reason why
we should not welcome them. think there
are q good many honest men in the Liberal
party and know there ara u lot OF knaves.
in il. This question of statehood is not an
issue. 1t is false cry made to scare the
people. and there is not writer on the
Tribune who don't know it. II the Liberals
would only work to educate the people
politically they would be all right There
is nothing to fear. l believe the Mormon
people are sincere, but l wish to say can
didly that If they are not, then they are
making the worst mistake Of all the
mistakes they have ever made. II should
find that they are practicing fraud
/ shall openly denounce it and help to smoke
the deceivers out and bring them to shame,
They cannot expect to hoodwink the whole
community. 1 tell you they have burned
the bridges. Applause. The Peoples
party is so dead that the breath Of life can
never be breathed into il. The Liberal
party's lease Of life will be short. 1t is
up its political shop. When il comes TO
administration, l ask the people to say
whether or not it has commended itself to
them! Cries Of ''Nol No."l You have
heard the statement of the ex city attor-
ney. The party came in . year and
q half ago, and it has accomplished
q good deal, but when you come TO COM
pare what mas been done with what IL has
cost, it is Q question IL il hasn't done less
than any other administration we have
ever had. 1t 10 billion dollar congress on
smaller scale. Laughter and applause.
The methods Of the party have been dis
covered In measure already. Inc
Peoples party was party which could not
survive one defeat. The Liberal party has
proved itself unworthy TO survive one sue
cess. Its methods have brought the blush
of shame to every honorable man in the
party. l myself have been the victim OF
its Vaccinations. A year ago, by its
schemes, 1 was declared elected q school
trustee. On receiving my certificate from
that great body of statesmen who work
half al hour each year and get 5000 and
expenses therefor Laughter 1 said 1
would set down and let the matter be in
vestiS ated. 1t Is shown that the tickets Of
men who voted were changed. and when
the court made its decision, l at once de-
cided that didn't want an office won in
that way and il was vastly more agreeable
for me to step out than it was to step in l
heard shortly after that fellow named
Harry McCallum [hissesl wanted TO know
if was going to appeal, and when it was
learned that / was not, he feared / was
going back on the Liberal party.
Then it was proposed that the
Liberal party should pay the expenses
Of an appeal, but 1 said There
will be no appeal" Applause. There
are others who obtained certificates in
August under such circumstances that no
honest man could receive them. II you
will read the castigation which the supreme
court gave G. E. Allen, who Is enjoying the
emoluments Of the office Of county clerk,
the extent Of the wrong will be seen. 1t
was grievous wrong, and yet the law,
while condeming the fraud, provided no
remedy. 1 say out upon such methods.
| Applause. Let US have clean elections.
Let US see that the lists are correct ana
| that dead men do not vote. Prolonged
applause Let US see that the infamy
that elected c. E. Allen doesn't sue
coed again. Applause.l 1 ask you
to 20 to the polls on Monday and vote the
Democratic ticket from top to bottom.
While / will not invite any Republican to
vote our ticket, to all who are in doubt as
! to which ticket they should vote, / will say
you will make no mistake if on this occa-
sion you vote the Democratic ticket.
Wendell Benson was next introduced.
| He said that when he came here two years
ago he was invited to Join the Liberal
party, but declined to do so because the
principles taught in the good old Republi-
can state of Maine would not permit him to
Join anything but his own party. The Lib
eral party had made q record here, and it
was record of extravaganza and broken
promises. In year and q half IL had
drained the treasury, and what was there
to show for it, They had not shown them
selves to be the friends Of the people, and
the people would repudiste them.
Governor West, fresh from another meet
ing, was then introduced. He said: / con-
graduate the Democrats on this magnif-
cent meeting The Democratic party has
been ever in the fire front OF the fight,
battling for the right and for justice. 1t
will keep the pledges made to the people Of
Utah. There is another party that is trying
to keep alive the old hates, but il will
only last little while longer. The butter
fly can live in the summer, but IL dies in
the winter, and this butterfly party will
die when the storms come. Next year the
national parties will be in the field here,
and the Liberals will be almost forgotten.
l urge every man present 20 appoint him
O committee of one 10 see that he votes and
| that his neighbor votes. Each man should
feel as though the whole fight rests on his
shoulders and then the result Will be a
glorious triumph, in the redemption of
Utah, the freedom and happiness OF the
whole people. Prolonged applausel.
Mr.. Dyer stepped forward to say that
the meeting was at an end, but cries for
Moses Thatcher resounded from all parts
of the house, and Mr.. Thatcher finally
which think sufficient 1 have taken no
active part in this campaign, not because /
was not in sympathy with the grand old
Democratic party, but because there arc
many people in Utah and throughout the
length and breadth of the land who believe
that the church dominates the state in
Utah. Because Of the ecclesiastical
position which occupy, l de-
the educating of the people. A great hero
of many battles who had seen shot and
shell tear up the ground at his feet, who
had seen the blood Of those VINO wore the
blue and the gray flow in streams, said to
Lee when the latter surrendered aud