The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-31

cesss [Cries Of mo, no"l 1 was con-
nected with this administration for short
time, until the Lord afflicted me and re-
signed. Laughter. What kind of an
administration are they giving us. Why,
it isn't safe for man to go two blocks from
Main street unless he is armed. Now the
Liberal party was organized as an opposi-
ton party. 1t was opposed 70 the
Peoples party, because it was
claimed that the party was controlled
7 by the church. Now everything that the
/ Liberals demanded has been conceded.
| Polygamy is dead and the Peoples party ID
no more. These concessions have been
made IN good faith. The heads Of the
church have said that they would not in
terfere with the political action OF the peo-
pie; and after all these, would we not be
false to ourselves il we spurned these peo-
pie! The Liberal party is contending for
whatl Why, they want to handle the funds
of the city. It isn't so much for this cleo
ton they are fighting as for the election In
February. 1t is for the people of this city
TO say whether or not they will continue
these men In power or put others in their
places. The liberals have some strength
IN this city and in Summit county
and little in Ogden, but
outside of that they don't amount to hill
of beans. They krow they can never con-
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local supremacy they are working for. Now
l ask yo1 all TO 20 TO the polls early and
work honestly. See to If that no man VINO
Is not entitled to vote puts in his ballot.
Applause.
NJ. b. Sowles was the next speaker. He
said that he came to listen, not TO talk. He
would say, however, that this cause was
one which affected the welfare OF the
people Of the territory, and he believed
that II they all did their duty on Monday
the victory would be theirs Applause.
F.S. Richards was then introduced and he
was greeted with prolonged applause. Mr.:
Richards said: MANY times in the past
have discussed from the platform the po-
Etical issues Of the hour, but never have
appeared before you under such suspicious
circumstances as surround US tonight
The issues Of the past are dead, and dis
tinguished gentlemen who in the past have
worked with the Liberal party are to-
night advocating the cause Of Democracy.
Applause. The Liberal party, hyena-
like, is trying to dig from The grave the
corpse of hate to rsnd sjar the hearts OF
the people and blast their hopes. They
will not succeed. Applause. Tie day
Of prescription and disfranchisement in
Utah has gone. Applause The finger
of reproach which has been pointed at this
territory In the past has been turned away.
We have In the territory to-day what re-
mains Of the Liberal party. We have also
the Democratic and Republican parties.
There are three tickets in the field, but L
need not tell you what ticket vote, be-
cause recognize that this is Democratic
audience, and Democrats always know how
to vote. A vote for this great party means
that you desire not only free government
in the fullest sense, but that you deny the
right Of the government to unlustly tax
you. 1t was said from this platform by q
had yhn In
here from abroad that the tariff was
not a tax. The speaker then briefly
discussed the tariff question and proceeded
TO puncture some OF Harris fallacies with
the lance of logic, while the fine vein Of
sarcasm which ran through his clear argu-
ment provoked no little mirth. In closing,
MIR. Richards said: "If you want to see
U tab take her place amid the sisterhood Of
states and thrive, the brightest jewel in
Columbis's 6iadem, vote the Democratic
ticket next Monday" prolonged ap-
plause.
Mr. Dyer then introduced that clear
headed son of the Emerald Isle, William
Burke, who said: 81 am not a very good
talker but 1 am q first-class Democrat.
Applause. / first voted the Democratic
ticket when l voted for Stephen A. Doug
las, and continued to vote it until came
here and Joined the Liberals. Now that
that party has accomplished every thing for
which il was organized, l am glad to
leave it and come back to my first love.
The..Liberal Republicans oppose this move
ment because they say the young Mormons
by becoming Republicans before there
should be division. Applause. The
speaker then referred to the election frauds
in Montana, and coming to Idaho he said
I'm Idaho the Democrats turned out snd
elected Honest John HALEY TO Congress.
When the Republicans found this OUT, they
disfranchised every Mormon in the state.
and then disfranchised all Gentiles who
voted the Democratic ticket on the ground
! that they were Mormons too. Laughter.
Having done this, the RepuD-
licans came to the conclusion that
it was time to divide on party lines. 1t
was done, and of course they took Idaho
into the Union as good Republican state.
Laughter. Now they say here that the
time to divide has not yet arrived, and the
whole trouble Is that these Mormons in
sist on voting the Democratic ticket You
know that for twenty years after the war
the Republicans insisted that a Democrat,
even though he had fought in the union
army, was a seceder. Now If they are
waiting for the Mormons to vote the Re-
publican ticket before dividing, they had
better give it up, because life is too short
| Laughter. There is no longer any
excuse for Democrat remaining
in the Liberal party. The Democratic
party is here and its ticket is In the field.
Some of these men on this stand, like Z. S.
Richards, are Mormons, but they are all
good men. of whom we can well feel proud.
II we had a thousand like them we would
be that much better OF. Tue day viii
never come when those fellows can get
Utah into the union as 3 Republican state
there are too many Democrats here. GAp-
plause. Now want 70 say to my Demo-
cratic friends who are still hanging on to
the skirts of the Liberal party: You had
better drop of right now. Your time is
getting short There will only be a few
of you left after August Laughter, !
There isn't the shadow of a reason why
you should not vote the ticket of your own
party, and if you do SO. you will always be
proud of the act. Applsusel.
MIR. Dyer then introduced another Demo-
crat of the Emerald Isle, j. b. Timmoney,
who made speech which aroused the
widest enthusiasm. Mr.. Timmonsy said
As a working man in Salt Lake, L am
naturally interested in this city, and during
the past fSrty-eight hours l nave seen on
every dead wall in town posters offering q
reward of SIS for the arrest of any
illegal voter next Monday and other
posters making an appeal to working
men. They IRE both put up
by the Liberal party, Q party which has
terity. Laughter. Now 1 went out to
Parley's canon today and spoke to some OF
the teamsters who are residents here. l
asked them if those laborers lived here ana
they laughed at me and told me those men
were hobos from Denver and Omaha. DO
you remember when the Liberal party
went all over the city, crying ''Salt Lake
work for Salt Lake workmenl" Laugh
ter have always said that when fell
low fools me once, that's his fault, but