Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-04
THE REPUBLICANS RATIFY.
A ROusins Meeting Held by Them
Last Night.
THE FEDERAL COURT ROOM
FILLED.
sne,ches Made by Messrs. stephens,
wells, ". l.. Brown. Arthur
Brown. John Henry Smith
and Others.


large and enthuein tic one.
AtAfow minutes past O'Clock Mt.
=. ]. Kenyon assembled the rostrum
.nd called the meeting 10 order but was
,,mpelled 10 absent himself ON account
o,,lckness. Before doing 40, however,
ne introduced MIR. Joseph Gcoghegan,
the uiitlle Republican whale" as the
chairman OF the evening.
Inst gentleman came 10 the platform
and was given hearty round OF ap-
plausr. He said that tho Republicans
had put before the people the beet
municipal ticket ever nominated here.
fApplausc.) 1t should he supported by
the suffrage Of all cl,izens vino loved
god government. IL was headed by
man of unimgeachable character
Heber NJ. wellt--Wpplause), man
whom none knew but to honor and
respect. (Applsusc.) The speaker
closed with al EARNEST appeal to all
el,suns who admired Republican
principles, TO manifest 1t ~ the polls on
Monday next.
MIR. Y. u. stEriiENs
taid that only lew months had
passed since n little band Of earnest
aud patriotic Republicans had met In
that same room; there were some VINO
made light Of their labors, but y
nucleus was then formed 10 which
many have since been drawn. The
adyi.nbility Of organizing club was
talked ot and invurauly considered
Those men were staiwait aud though
they were Missed at ~ the anli'u'Vi-
sonisis, they accomplished their
rufpose and did u we'll. tApplauae.l
The audience to whom he was ihen
speaking ahowcd how tlu larty hnd
gathered strength. Renewed hpplause)'
lie was not Republican because ms
father mad been member OF tile grand
old party, nor because Abraham Lln-
coin Vas one, but ho was one Tor pfih.
ciples' sake. (Applautu.) He observed
that the IribmG nau discarded TWO ui
the men nominated on the liiurfal
ticket. (Laugh,rr) II that ticket
was electnd-whirh Gud fOrhid-nll Of
the officials would come IN for their
,hate III abu.e. lie WIS glad the time
had come when he could shake hands
with such u man rs Hrher NJ. Wells ~
candidate for mayOr uyOn the straight
Republican ticket.
ntBER ~. WILLS
wAs given an ovation NJ he took the
platform to tpeak. lie said the time
Of the Republicans Vt this city could
easily have been held IN a street car.
Today II was different; scarcely hall
10 the city was now large enough 10
Accommodate them. lie loved salt
Lake because II WAS his birth place
ana home. lie loved lis people be.
cause they were patriotic and loyal.
(,pplausej. The speaker then dwell
upon the evils OF the city and the
t,medie. which should be- applied, rad
closed by Gsking his Republican az
sociatts 10 stand ny their guns cnmr
what might gud lombard the citadel
n the enemy with logic and reason,
and Ia destruction was assured. zap
plause.)
W. L. BROWN
was the next sp ak,r. lie urged con.
cef,ed action and determined effort,
aud success would bo certain.
ABUnuR DROWN
was greeted with applause. He com
meuced by saying that "Republlcan
ism bfinseth all things good" Ifthuy
were victorious they would elect q man
who would indeed be- mayor. m,
laws provided TOT that otlicc. The lasi
two years IL had been vacant. (Laugh'
ter and APPLAUSE The Republican
ticket waA composed Of good men from
Mr., Wells dowr. The present mnyOI
and council were all right "a men
but they represented no principle. II
was true that instead OF being n littls
fraction here they should become part
ofthe great country, and Install Que OF
the two parties here, and Of
the two there was but one party
VI principle. When that waa don,
they could go home al night without
beiug afraid Of being held up by the
salt Lake policemen. applause Salt
Lake CITY was only n dot ON the map
nnd there was great future 70 worn
Tor. There was before them n grand
mud glorious statehood, which would
make Utah CLEAN like u jewel In TIT
galaxy Of States. (ApDlause.) Tn,
Democrats were tryingtO force upou
the Territory somesorl of n Home Rul,
affair. Utah didu't want 10. II III,
Republicans did their duty and voted
the Republican ticket, they would vel
send Republican to Congress In 1872
II In that slue year the nation chOs,
James q. Blaine, they may expect "a
seeA grand Pan-Amerlcan congress
held, and tho great prlnciDlc. of IN,
party carried OH 10 u glorious cOnsum
nation. (Cheors.) Tie Liberals SAID
they believed In 'countTy before par
~" What did they mean? laugh
teri The country was brought int,
existence by party, 1t was preserve,
by party and It would he redeemed bJ
party. lCheersl II wouldn't do To sAi
they couldn't carry this elecllo n
They could at least record "a vote fo
the right. tArplause)
JOHN HENRY SMITH
said that Tor mouths past de had labor
ed hard to spread the prInciples OF re-
publicanism throughout the Territory
lie believed In that party because o
iAprinCiplee. Ii was never afraid o
an enemy and never went back on
friend. lie was glad that divlsio
had come. He wanted 10 see the biz
terness Of the past so deeply buried be
meath the sod that II would never b,
resnrrected. lApplause)
Z. u. cRncnLow.
The only way thoy could ever have
hepublieau party Ia Utah was h,
puitng Republican ballots ln the bn,
now. Abraham Lincoln once -,