The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-30

only when the Liberal drum corps came in
playing martial music that any enthusiasm
worth mentioning was infused into the as
sembly.
Mr.. Powers in the course of his speeches
introduced Captain Janney to the audience
who made his bow and he was the only one
of ali the candidates who was cheered by
the audience. Mr.. Powers concluded his
speech by calling on Judge Hoge to take
the chair for the evening.
JUDGE HoGE
addressed the meeting and urged all those
who had supported other candidates. than
those nominated TO drop them now and go
in wholesale and with all enthusiasm
for the ticket as nominated yesterday, w.
ID. Ryan, he said, although a candidate for
the marshalship yesterday, was now a
whole souled Janney man.
C. B. GLENN,
the quasi silver tongued orator from
Virginia, made some very bad puns on the
names OF those on the ticket and denounced
the Faulkner bill in "ludicrous attempt
to be funny"
SORRY CHEERS FOR THOMAS.
The chairman announced that the gov
ernor had knocked the spots out OF the
election bill and called for three cheers for
Thomas which were given with indiffer-
ence.
JUDGE LooFBoURow
said the Liberal party was surrounded by
woods, pitfalls, thickets, and multitude
of hidden dangers to guard against and it
had to be very careful
C. E. ALLEN
said he was sick, but had come there from
a n HI1r 10 hot
had assem- bled TO ratify was the best ever
nominated in Salt Lake city. The orator
stormed and mouthed aud built up an
imaginary foe and then knocked him down
tearing his passion TO tatters." He COM
planned that a hostile press had slan6ered
and viliied the good, honest, pure and
efficient officers who had been in power in
this city for the past two years. The
lire department was the best In any
city OF the size OF Salt Lake in the country
The police department was not much good,
but he promised that if the liberals were
continued in power, that that department
would be made all right.
W. G. VAN HORN
said harmony now prevailed. for w. H.
Ryan had said he would work harder for
Janney than he would have done for him
self There was no change IN the political
situation in Utah. Things were Just the
same now as they were in years gone by.
The Mormons were more Mormon than
ever, and the division on party lines was
nothing but an 'irridescent dream"
j. B. ANDERSON
went over the stereotyped form of eulogy
on the candidates. He called Oh the ladies
TO assist the Liberals. He thought their
influence was great and would be needed
to help win the election on FebruaryS.
he went over the old church and state
rubbish and told a few anecdotes and as
sured the Liberal portion Of the audience
Uhat ne would rather go TO hell with it than
go to heaven with any other party
MADE a SHOW OF THEMSELVES.
At this point the candidates stood I'D in
response to call from the chair, to give
the ladies' an opportunity of admiring
them.
B. CLARK WHEELER,
resident of Aspen, said he had not been
properly introduced and proceeded to tell
the people that he was the Hon. b. Clark
Wheeler from Colorado, and owner of a
paper in Salt Lake, He had also estab-
hshed paper in Aspen. He had staked
out the town of Aspen in the first instance
and called it his little town. In Aspen he
ran everything his own way There he
said, he was the great 81 ann but when he
bought controlling interest in his Salt
Lake organ he did not run the paper. He
only put man there 10 run it for him. The
paper had gone in debt, but he had SQUARED
that. Now he is the man who directs hi 8
organ personally and guides it's policy. He
has 81, GOO worth of property in Salt Lake
ard altogether is a big man. His ORGAN
was a Dig paper. 1t was not power in the
land, he admitted, but what influence it had
IL would throw WI h NO 7
JAKE MoRGTz
from the Third precinct made few re-
remarks.
JUDGE BASKIN
said he had served the Liberal party for
twenty five years, until he was now >
monomaniac on the subject Of Mormonism,
He was fighting to-day as hard as he had
done twenty-five years ago; circumstances
were not changed now from then, and nc
man knew when they would change
MAJ be it would be ten years
before Utah was fiji to he
ruled on party lines He was reported in
The HERALD as having said in his speech
in the legislature against the passage OF
the election bill, that the present city gov
eminent of Salt Lake was incompetent and
thoroughly bad. He now denied havinp
ever meant to say any such thing. He
Thought the present othcials were very ex-
ceiient in all respects and had been out
rageously slandered. He had the good of
the city and the territory at heart and
would do all in his power TO further the
inter OF Utah, as all his property was
in this territory. The dream of statehood
was q very old one on the part of the
Mormons, and one to which he was op-
posed. being Mormon monomaniac.
z. Z: Allen proposed three cheers for
''Old Baskip."
HoGE's DEMOCRACY.
Judge Hoge addressed the meeting. he
said he was born in a Democratic hog
trough but prayed for protection from the
Democratic party OF Utah.
c. E. STANTON
said the Liberal people was a moral party
that liked to get home early. He wanted
to speak word in praise of Governor
Thomas for placing his veto on the election
bill. The speaker declared he was not
proud, although he had been nominated
for Office. He loved TO think of the dear
people as his masters, and would eve,
hnmbly serve them if he got the chance.
ADJOURNED THROUGH NECESSITY.
BY this time the audience had dwipdle6
down to half its original proportion. auG
at 10 o'clock the meeting adjourned.
BUSINESS BRIEFS.