The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-26
SAND LOT ORATORY
The Liberals Hold a Mass Meet
ing and try to Raise a Scare.
HALL SEES A CIVIL WAR AHEAD
Judge Bowman Wants to see the Country
Filled With Firstclass
Funerals.

The Liberal rally in front Of the Metro
politan hotel last evening was about half as
large as the Liberal meeting held at the
same place prior to the school election, ans
the enthusiasm about one-fourth as in
tense.
Judge BasKin and few other mossbacks
occupied the platform, and for the lack Of
other argument, chswed up all the endov-
ment robes they could get their teeth On,
and after the stock on hand was exhausted,
some of the speakers stared at the women
present as if they were responsible for the
lack of argument.
The speeches ran about as follows:
First Speaker-We can only Judge OF the
future by the past. Applause.
Second Speaker-We can only Judge OF
the future by the past. IGrest applause
Third Speaker-We can only Judge OF the
future by the past lCheers.1
Fourth Speaker-We can only judge of
the future by the past Prolonged cheers.
Fifth Speaker-We can only judge OF the
future by the Voices, I'VE heard
new"
Sixth Speaker-Twenty years ago and
so it went.
Judge Baskin presided over the twenty
years-ago meeting. His eyes fairly
snapped when he thought he heard the
bones crack; then he crunged his teeth
and went into spasms.
| Councilman Hall exclaimed in stentorian
voice that the question was statehood. He
smote his breast as he said that he and his
| little party were all that stood between this
great territory and the dark ages. He
closed with this bloodcurdling peoration:
unless you vote against statehood on the
Sd of August there may be civil war;"
| Judge Baskin sandwiched in layer OF
Baskinian philosophy between each of the
speeches. After Hall had closed his civil
war speech Baskin observed that If the
people were to vote for sucn men as Raw
Inns, Young, Williams, Benson, Chambers,
ct al, it would be a recognition that the
Mormons were becoming Americanized and
this would never do.
Colonel NJ. NJ. kaighn ran his fingers
through the atmosphere and then observed
that there was madness in the air. All the
Liberals who left the party were the riff
raff, and would soon come sneaking back.
"What induced them to leave U.s." he
asked.
| A Voice Money"
That's it' assented the speaker.
Property has deprecated 20 per cent
since it was proposed TO divide on party
| lines.n
Judge Baskin's interlude: "How many
Americans are now in the employ OF Nor
mons; is there one back Of their counters"
Judge Bowman thought it was impossi
BILE for the leopard to change his spots or
the Ethiopian his skin, but the leopard may
die and the Ethiopian may die. He did
not advise the Gentiles 10 go out and
massacre all the Mormons, but he
wanted 20 see great many tirst-class fun
erals. He took pains TO say he did not
mean this metaphorically, but absolutely
1.-THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE FILLED WITH
FIRsT-CLAss FUNERALS ABSOLUTELY" was
what he said.
After this blood-thirsty remark he said
he could give a hundred reasons why man
should vote the Liberal ticket The
speaker pointed TO the electric light as the
| first reason, but he did not say that Frank
Dyer was responsible for that reason. His
second reason was the street cart, but he
did not stop to tell his hearers that Nc
Cune * Chambers were responsible for
| that reason.
SEEING that he was making himself ridic-
ulous be did not give the other ninety eight
reasons.
Frank Hoffman opined that there was
not man who had been a very loyal Lib
eral among all those who had gone over TO
the Democrats and Republicans. 1t was
not until they saw offices in the Liberal
party that they joined ii, and failing to get
Office, they left it."
II. w. Lawrence made the only logical
argument, but it was based on the expert
| ence of twenty years ago.
Judge Hoge concluded the speecnifying
with q rampant harsngue of bad construc
ton.
All the speakers were listened to with
attention. but there was little il any en-
thusiasm. Halls effort fell fat, and the
wild predictions of civil war failed 10 elicit
the desired effect
THEY CRIED RATS.
Three young men, while crossing the
street, hearing sentiment by one of the
speakers which they did not relish, cried:
'Rati rats ratsr'
They had no sooner said ii than big
boulder was hurled at them and came near
striking some ladies who were seated in
| front OF the hotel.
The young disturbers were fortunate to
get off as easy as they did.
Apply Eureka Cream for sunburn and