The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-02
LAST WORDS
Spoken at the Meetings
Last Night.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
Liberal and Republican, too, Hold
Their Final POw-WOws.
DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT
This Practically Closes the Campaign and the
Voters Must Do the Rest at
the Polls.
DEMOCRATIC RALLY
DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT
This Practically Closes the Campaign and the
Voters Must Do the Rest at
the Polls.

The Democrats brought their campaign
to close in blaze of glory last night.
The Knutsford hotel was selected as the
rallying place. and the street in front OF
the building was fairly damned with en-
thusiastic Democrats. The addresses were
delivered from tie balcony, and at 80
GOVERNOR WEST
called the meeting to order and he an.
nounced that dispatch had been received
from MIR. Chambers, accepting the nomina-
ton and regretting that he could not be
ment was received with enthusiastic
cheers. The governor then denied the
statement that Wendell Benson had run
away.
The builder Of the magnificent knutsford
hotel had not run away. Applause. He
had Simply gone away in answer to a call
or duty, and his object was to bring into
the territory from a half to a million dol
lars, in addition to the large amount he had
himself invested here. Applause. Gov
ernor West then introduced the chairman,
COLONEL LETT,
who said:
am not expected TO talk to you to- night
al any great length, and regret that my
health has not permitted me to take more
active part in this campaign, but my heart
Is In this movement, because l believe il
presages the dawning of brighter day for
Utah. Applause. Ii has been my pleas
ure since / have resided here TO do what
could for the upbuilding of this city, which
is my home, and L think that Utah is des-
tined to become great Democratic state
1t has one OF the candidates on the Demo
cratic ticket who erected this great hotel
which stands as a monument to his energy.
brain and enterprise. | was one of the pill
grims who went out last fall to talk to the
people of this territory in favor of black
Republican. We told the people that we
did not come 70 fight religion, but to fight
the union OF church and state, and we told
them that when that was accomp-
lished the fight would be at
an end. The people have consented
10 this, and now some Of those men turn to
them and say; you are not sincere
say shame upon such men. Applause Now
want TO amend something that Col Mer-
rift has said about the free schools. The
Liberals have not done II all. happened to
be member of the school board when the
resolution to issue bonds for school pur-
poses was introduced. | stood out for an
increase in the amount from 800, 600 to
500, 900 in order that the 300 900 might
not go into The city treasury for a Liberal
administration to squander, and the man
who fought that proposition was one of the
editors OF the Tribune. Applause. Those
men are exercised about polygamy and the
things that have gone forever. / tell YOU
these people are in earnest and we will not
give up the fight until Utah is redeemed
and Democracy triumphs everywhere in
our beautiful territory. Applause. l now
take pleasure in introducing to you one of
iHora hn will hsa ala
day next.
MR.. P. L. WILLIAMS.
Mr.. Williams said: The condition.
which have prevailed here in the past have
been peculiar. l think that the political
parties existing elsewhere in the United
States should have been organized here
forty years ago. Applause But because
such organization has been deferred for
forty years, is that any reason why such a
movement should be postponed indefin-
itely. [Cries of 'NO, no,"l The Nor
mons have abandoned polygamy, and the
Peoples party has shut up its political
shop. The people are now seeking TO ally
themselves with the national parties, but
they are met with the charge that they are
insincere. Now, l want to say that if there
is anything of fraud in this movement il
will meet with an ignominious failure. I
nave simply TO say that the
INSISTS
the same old line of political discussion. I
have no fault to find if anyone wants to
recur to history, but if, by the acts and
words these people say that they were
wrong, and lay down their arms then, as
just men. we ought to say 1--WE will take
you by Me hand, and if you are Democrats
come with US. We will trust and try Won. y
Applause. If these people are conquered
shall we persist IN carrying on the war.
Cries of mo, No."l The Liberals saw
yes. They say there is some fraud in the
movement somewhere which they cannot
quite understand. The Liberal attitude is
TO continue in power party which would
never have had an existence but
for conditions which no longer exist. |
say it is keeping up its organization
for spoils and to arouse contention. lad
plause. What have we to show for our
million dollar city councils Laughter. /
Why before this party had been in power a
year it was charged by the Tribune with
being band OF beodlers. Laughter [
find that this editor made his apology for
that last night. Now you want TO ascer-
tain if there is not in the field party of
principles, party that accepts the changed
conditions here and is willing TO work for
the common good. Applause Being a
dyed in the wool Democrat, L appeal TO you
to vote the Democratic ticket. Applause. |
J. L. RAwLINs
was next introduced. He said 1t looks
to me when / look down upon this sea of
faces that there are some good and true
men here. Do you know that you are all
frauds. That your hearts are all black !.
That you cannot be trusted. That you
should be neither Democrats nor Republi-
cans, but serfs, Well, that is lust what
the organ of the Liberal faction says, and