The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-21

Bennett arose and briefly said: Allow me
to introduce to you, fellow citizens, Mr.
JOHN HENRY SMITH.
An absolute pail seemed to fall upon the
mousse as Mr.. Smith, one of the apostles of
the mormon church, came upon the stage
ana walked to the front. To say that the
audience was astonished would be to put
u mildly. 1t was simply paralyzed. When
IL mad recovered from it's momemtary spell
Of dumbness, it gave Mr.. Smith round of
applause as he opened his address. He was
most yehemently applauded during his
speech, and when he closed Colonel
onaugnnessy, Fred Simon, John M. Zane
ana Arthur Pratt warmly shook him by
the hands.
Mr.. Smith said: "Standing before you as
l 40 Tonight, realize that am, to a GER
tain extent a representative of the Peoples
party OF Utah. They have fought for re-
ngious Liberty, because they thought it was
flgnt. They were not satisfied by the pass
ing OF 1t by the supreme court in one case,
IN two cases nori in three. We have strug
gled Tor this principle honestly as we
understood it. AS freemen, loving our lib
critics, we have met you on the arena of
the court Of last resort Whatever may be
tue views deep down in my heart, we must
submit to that final arbiterment of the case
or the government will go to pieces. We
nave accepted these conditions and have
concluded to harmonic, but we would
nave You remember that we are not to be
regarded as slaves. nor as conquered peo
pie. From my youth have been Repub-
llcan and in favor Of protecting our indus
tries. We believe in strong government.
promise to try to educate them up to my
standard. | cannot pledge what my people
Will DO l know there are hundreds and
thousands Of Mormons in this territory
VINO are good Republicans. l believe there
! are questions Of vital Importance. l be-
lieved in the mission Of Abraham Lincoln.
| am not believer of the claiming Of the
human mind. 1 desire to see this territory
entered by the two parties deny that the
Mormon people have ever broken faith,
but we cannot consent to the abandonment
OF our children and no man in the sound of
my voice could respect me If I consigned
my children to infamy. Mr.. Dickson has
| thrown out that there is man that carries
the Mormon vote in his vest pocket.
When 1t comes to civil capacity l am as
free as Mr.. Dickson. Tremendous ap-
plause. No man ever dictated to John
Henry Smith, nor ever will. More ap-
plause.
II ask you to give me place among you.
Many Mormons are telling me on the right
and left that they will never again be held
by the Peoples party. The conditions
nave been such that the dearest thing on
earth, the home and family have been as
sailed. { ask you to consider these ques-
tons in the light of reason. All ask Is
that peace and quiet may come to our dis
tressed territory and we will help you
sustain them whatever may come. l want
my rights. want my place, want to
have chance to wave the old flag, and
wherever l have met it I have always
taken OF my hat to the grand emblem.
Let us not take the stand that these
men are ignorant. We can improve in the
conditions Of wealth This is our country
this is our flag, and we must sustain it in
every war with any foreign power.
should have taken part in the recent war
if it hadn't been for circumstances over
which 1 had no control. I was a mere
boy
What's your age," cried the rabble,
sneerlng at the idea of big robust man,
turning gray, excusing himself on the
grounds that he was too young.
II am forty one," replied the speaker,
much to the confusion of the good Republi-
cans that hooted him. lam younger than
l look"
FRANK CANNON,
OF Ogden, was introduced and in replying
to Dickson's remarks, said that If there
was anything dead enough to bury, let's
bury it now. The Democratic idea,'' he
said, "has been that all the trend OF opinion
in this territory was Democratic He in
sisted that the great undercurrent was Re-
publican. 1--WE have just one flag in
Weber county, not the black flag, not the
Mormon flag, but this f1ag," Mr.. Cannon
exclaimed. giving dramatic effect to the ex-
preston by waving diminutive school
boy edition OF the stars and stripes This
brought cheers, whether for Cannon or the
flag, was hard to decide. up in Ogden"
said the speaker, I'VE have an idea that we
IU1
have Republican party" More laughter
and applause
BEN E. RICH,
president of the Republican club Of Weber |
county, was introduced and said that when |
In Republican principles he told the bishop !
that he did. The bishop replied that he had |
nothing TO say. ~ told him." said Mr. |
Rich, "that was the wisest thing l ever |
heard bishop say. No odds what you pro- |
pose to have, we propose to have an Amerl- |
can party there" There were cries for
C. E. STANTON.
who said that If this movement succeeds. |
it means two Mormon Senators from Utah. |
When John Henry Smith says they can |
divide tue Mormon vote, when the time |
comes they cannot deliver the goods.
FRANK B. STEPHENS
bore hard on the Democratic party, by |
charging that it had coquetted with every
thing from the Farmers alliance to the |
Mormon church. 81 scorn with John |
Zane" he said, ''that any bargain has been
struck. Republicans are not made that |
way. Ten years from now Young Utah
will rise up and call the Republican party
blessed, because it put the OK at the root of |
the polygamy tree. Can we continue this
HIGHT 1ra,
each otherl We took the south in trust |
and we can do no more than take these
people on the same terms. l believe the |
time when we should have an American
state in Utah, is now. The best people
will be Republicans and the rag tags and
bob tails will go to the Democrats"
W. G. VAN HORNE
wanted to say that there was no man in
Utah that took more pride in the Republi-
can party than he. He, however, took ex-
ceptlon to this action without first submit
ting it to the rest of the territory.
JUDGE BAnTCH
stated that while 1t was claimed that there
were Democrats still in the Liberal party.
that 1t would turn out to be the old dodge
and when they were looked for they would
turn up missing, he would ask Il the
Democrats who are still staying in the
Liberal party are not doing it to catch
suckers. at does seem to me that even a
dozen men should be allowed to organize a
Republican or Democratic club without in
reference. l believe the time is here and
believe it more now than when entered
this threshold this evening"
The Judge was guyed and ieered at by the
ooters in the lobby
MIR. DOLIVER
was called to the front and said that as far
as he was able to judge the question he
wasn't in it". In the words of the late
amented Cleveland, it is a condition
and mt thEArx thnt |