The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-10
Rannh,Ican Meetiug at North Ogden.

The Republican meeting at North Ogden,
held few evenings ago, was not wnat
some of the G. o. p. followers expected
Tie Republicans were quite jubilant before
the time for the meeting over the pros
poets they entertained of having an oppor-
Iunity of hearing John Henry Smith, anu
during the afternoon of that day they De-
gan firing anvils, and person nearing
them would have almost beleyed that
celebration greater than the people OF Og-
den enjoyed on the Fourth was ABOUT 10
come off, The village brass band was out
and did their best to make success OF IT,
The noise of the blacksmlth's anvils,
mingled with sweet strains OF the oano,
prepared the citizens for the event.
Shortly after o'clock the meeting was
called to order One of the members OF the
club arose and lamented over the fact that
no one had yet arrived to interest them,
but he said if the audience would be con-
tent for awhile he would make an attempt
at delivering political speech. lie began
first by saying some little things which he
thought were cute about THE HERALD. He
thought il was good paper, but 1t was Inc
organ of the Utah Democracy. The man
with the oratorical inciinatlons then under
took to handle the tariff question. He gave
meagre description of how the tariff BEN
Gifted all the men In North Ogden who
were lying idle. 1t seemed very strange 10
him that the Democratic party was stllI
hanging together, as he believed they had
outiived their day. He forgot TO say any
thing about the tidal wave of Democracy
that swept the entire country last Novem-
Der. but no doubt he is excusable, as
he probably has not heard OF 1t. de
thought the tradesmen realized twica as
much in this country as In England,
but he did not know that the tradesmen In
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than in the protected industries. He
though the President of the United States
: should be vested with more power, but he
was imbued with the foolish idea that 1t
was the Democratic party that separated
the Union at the time OF the rebellion. be
had hardly finished the sentence when a
Republican who had been through the war,
and experienced many thrilling hardships,
arose and said, THAT any one who said 1t
was those who belonged to the Democratic
who were secessionlSts was not only liar
and fool. but was going crazy The
speaker thought the American people have
SO many advantages over other people that
we can afford TO pay more for our clothing
and few things we use. The subject IN
his mind was broad and he believed that if
the Democrats were allowed to manipulate
the reins of government our homes
would be destroyed, and the men
IN them would be driven to
peddllng for living. he SAID ne Dad nearo
that Thomas Jefferson and all the great men
of mis- day believed in a tariff, and wanted to
know why it wouldn't be GOOD thing now
if it was then. But he didn't remember a
per cent tariff existed then and a per
per cent tariff now. The speaker closed
his remarks by saying that he believed
people were Democrats because they had
better chances to get into office, and be-
cause he didn't want any Office he was a
Republican.
The president of the club made few
weak apologies for not having John Henry
Smith with them on the occasion, and made
the announcement that another good man
would favor them with something and in
the meantime about twenty-five people
actually left the hall. A couple of others
followed him and the meeting was forced 70
q close A few more meetings like this one
will completely thin out the g. O. p. ranks in
the northern city.