The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-07-29
ATSPANISH FORK
ScandinaVians There Nearly All
Democrats.
They Are Visited by Leading Men From
Provo, Who Give Them Some
Good Talk.

y Democratic Scandinavian rally was
held at Spanish Fork on Saturday
night, at which Messrs. Theo. NJ. Sam
uelson, o. H. Berg and H. H Berg
were the speakers. The schoOlhouse
was crowded with people who were, by
birth, Scandinavians, but who, from
choice, had become American citizens. |
They were all anxious to hear the doe
trlnes OF Democracy eXpounded to J.
them in their native tongue.
TheO. M. Samuelson traced th.eo,;..
and aim of the two loca; N
namely the Liberal and r. rartleS,
party, and said the - 1t Peoples
natural out""-- yresent move was a
ditto ,ovth of the changed con-
MS in the territory Many respee-
i table citizens had OF late come here
faln other states who were either
7 ID DEnucrats or Rvputlicans, but sYho did,
not desire to join either of the old local
Darties here. And as the practice OF
polypamy was abandoned, and the
PEOPLES party had dissolved, it was pos
sible for all classes to join on national
lines of politics, and hence it became
our duty to Investigate and study the
platforms and aims OF both
parties. The speaker had long
been convinced that the principles
of Democracy meant the greatest good
: to the greatest number. The cause of
free government was progressing all
over the world and we ought not to
retrograde but press forward to more
freedom and self-gOvernment.
O. Fl. Berg said he had just returned
I from a two and a half years trip to
Europe. He had seen the effect of the
, Capitalization of power, and had wit
messed the peoples struggle to regain
their lost liberties. The Democratic
, and Republican parties existed also in
Scandinavia, only under different
, names. The Democratic party
there was composed of the smaller
land d-owners, tradesmen and the
working classes in general ;
, while the Republican party was com
posed of royalty, the 0tfice-holders, in
: Guiding the clergy and the rich land
y owners. While he did not claim to be
politician, he was certainly a Demo
crat and should use his influence for
the advancement OF this cause. Ap-
plause.
H. H. Berg said that in his trade as
locksmith he had seen the effect OF
protection versus free trade. In Nor
way some twenty years ago a good
workman could make lock in a day
, which would cost from two to three
dollars and but very few people in those
davs could afford lock for
+ their door; the duties on locks
was removed by the government and
! locks were imported from Germany
! which sold for one-fouTth. Now what
, was the consequence? Did all the
! Norwegian locksmiths close up shop
! and 90 out of the business? Not much.
Some enterprjsing iourneymen went to
= Germany and investigated their method
of working and their machinery, and
! when they came back they could make
fonr locks days instead of one. Com
petition had stimulated their enter
= prise and given the industry an impe-
| tus; which it might not have had foI
years under the protective system.
A unanimous vote of thanks was
given to the speakers with the request
that they would repeat the visit at an
f early date.
The chairman, Mr.. W. o. Greer
said that the Scandinayians were an in
dustrious, reliable class of citizens. II
was, he was happy to say, his Convic
: ton that they nearly all would make
J good Democrats. [Applausy.l