The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-31
LIBERAL sPLUTTERs.
The Most Shiny Attended Political Meet
ings Ever Held Here.

AS the Liberals have looked at the
immense crowds drawn by the meet
ings of the Citizens, their hearts
have grown heavy and their spirits
depressed through the conviction that
their party is to sustain a waterloo
at the polls. If anything was needed
to completely dispel any lingering
doubts they may have had in their
minds as to that most happy consuma-
ton that thing turned up in the meet
| ngs Of last night. While the theatre
was overcrowded by the adherants
of the party of reform, the various
halls that had been chartered for the
grand precinct rallies of the Lib
erals contained only a few who could
the candidates speakers, a few de-
cent men and the ragtag of the
streets.
This was particularly noticeable at
the Fifth precinct ralley, called for
the Wasatch hall. Because the Fifth
was the banner Liberal precinct of the
city it was supposed that an uproar-
Gus and large turnout would be on
hand, and consequently the grand
sachem of the Tuscaroras and head
boss Of the Liberals, the doomed can
didate for mayor and marshal, the re-
doubtabie but somewhat obscure j.
Lu Taylor and host of lesser can
didates were told to be on hand to.
speak to the assembled crowd.
Eight o'clock, the appointed hour for
meeting, came around and Mr. Powers
and few others marched into the hall.
Messrs. Powers, Conklin and TAYLOR
took seats on the stand by the side of
Louis Cohn, the chairman. and then
looked in front of them to see row
upon row of staring empty benches. 1t
is true the negro trio broke the mo-
notony of the vast expanse of solitude.
but nowhere on any side could be seen
the FESTIVE voters whose ears were to
be filled by the outpouring of the
stream of words. The men on the stand
looked at each other sadly and thought
fully murmured, Have we came to the
right place."
Just as the boss face assumed an ex-
preston that would have made him
Mt subject for masterpiece to be en-
tltled, Alone, and the features of his
companions had begun to assume An
utterly hopeless cast, some cheer was
brought to them by hearing the Flam-
Deau cluD. and drum corps coming into
the nall. Here at least was the nrorn-
lsed crowd, was the thought which
mashed through the brain of each. Rut
alas, that human hopes should he 50
onghteo, only few stra gglers came in
and seated themselves. One or two of
them We're stalwarts who have 6one
woman service" for the party. They
dldn want to stay but were ashamed
20 desert in such dire emergency
But this crowd was not large eno,,ob |
On "Hlcn 10 pour out the torrents of |
tne BOSS eloquence. So he sent ont |
the orum corps and torch bearers to |
bring in some one, dead or alive mr.
ing the interval the bob-tailed o,,er-
tette, with the squeaky tenor. was
pressed into service, and one J. LII
Iaylor was started to talking. Aftar
he had conducted a long-winded har- |
angue for some time, a few men wan
dered into the hall and sat down. Then |
came Chief Justice Lochrie. council !
manic candidate Lynn. ey-Comy7o;r- |
sioner Booth, and some other staI- |
warts who had been pressed into SER
vice to secure a acrowd, followed nv q |
few OF their henchmen. BY 3 o'clock
about 100 had been assembled. and not |
more than six consecutive seats were |
empty in any part of the hall when the
BOSS called down Taylor and told him !
to sit still while he ratified off q sneacb |
in which he disguised what he meant |
to say by a. jugglery OF quotations and |
illusions, inapt and apt At $50. Sc |
lectman Morris. County Clerk Mellow |
Twenty-Five Colborn. J. w. Greenman
Mike fitzgerald. Sam Ewing, Mr.. Pet
tingill and S. P. Armstrong had been
rounded up from the streets. The boss |
was still sending forth a river of words |
and rivulet of ideas when he saw
these enter. and he said he knew the /
crowd would come. After the boss
had quit speaking and set the
trio to work again. several
of the Disguised left the hall and went |
to see how the other fizzIes were get
ting on. However, there was to he
no let UP and Mr.. PettingiII was SET
to work. After him came the deluge,
and when the last sleepy auditor left |
the rooms his brain was confused bv
a mass of Illogical statements awll-
wardly patched together.
Liberal looked at the crowd and
asked where Powers expected to get I
his majority if he couldn't draw
bigger crowd than that. while the as
sembled candidates looked pale and
worried In their faces was the gloom
Of impending defeat; while they looked
back into the past and saw before
them the mighty crowds of wore
Then in voices of subdued hopeless
ness they freshly assured each other
of victory.