The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-24
FIRST REPUBLICAN GUN.
Some Old Ante BeIIum and High
Tariff Talks.


The local campaign was opened last
night at the Wasatch block by the Re-
publicans. About 200 people occupied
the poorly-heated apartment, and at
the close of, each speech the numbers
were rapidly diminished.
Wiley Brown-the Interrogation point
of the party-was made chairman and
the first speaker was C. G. Goodwin,
who simply appeared to recite a few of
his former editorials, revive war mem
cries, explode a few jokes and throw
his personality into the campaign.
The next speaker was Hon. G. S.
Varian, the nominee for the legislature,
who was not 'at himself on the
stump-not even up to his average
jury effort. After a lengthy exposition
on the tariff, in which he vainly sought
to couple his theory of protection with
bimetallism, he gave what he claimed
to be the true history of the demone-
tization of silver in 1873 asserting that
the dollar of our daddies had been left
out by mere accident. Needless to say
that he did not explain why the Re
publican party has. so persistently re-
fused to correct the miStake(D, al
though the time has been ample and
opportunities frequent. On local mat
tiers he reduced his remarks to few
heterogeneous which he expects the
Democratic candidate to answer, such
as-''Where does Mr.. Hall stand on
local bounties, on the silver question,
and how can he explain the inconsis-
tencieS of the national and local Dem
ocratic platforms prs
After paying his respects to the pres
ldent and the Hawaiian question, he
declared himself as having been in
favor of statehood for a whole year
lest past,
He yielded the floor to Heber NJ.
Wells who talked briefly and to the
point in all he had to say He claimed
that the people of Utah took naturally
to Republicanism. for in all the years
since this territory was founded moth
ing but the doctrines of the Republican
party had been dinned into the ears
of the people by their. old leaders He
advocated protection in its fullest and
broadcast sense, and, congratulated his
party on having a majority in the next
legiSlatu re.
The next speaker was introduced as
the young man not afraid of his
horses" the Hon. c. W. Bennett. whose
entire dissertation was filed with self
congratulations on supposed party SUI
prenlacy in Utah and am urgent ap-
peal for full party vote on the 4th
OF January. Touching upon statehood
ne congratulated the people on its near
approach and warned them to see to
II that no such man as Joseph L. Raw
ms, VINO had dared to ask the CUES
ton. Who is afraid of free trade be
sent to the United States Senate Obut
for rhyme-send G. w. Bennett.
Not to be lett out Of the programme
the late Ex-Governor A. L. Thomas.
was introduced and devoted his arsu
inents to talk on sugar Mr. Thomas
Pt00n 1T I.
sent single argument which had not
been stated and refuted on every
of 1892 - ~--0 N''ii' pa Il
The slfant 60 industry at Lehi was
the burden Of his story, but with this
all are familiar.
Inc striking characteristic of the
evening was the predonlinance of new
Republicans, the large amount of an
Gent history quoted by the speakers.
and the total failure to evolve a single
new idea or answer any of the old
Democratic Summers which were
successfully fired at the Republican
Iship in years past
In their visions they still follow the
hosts of Grant and Sherman. and don't
know that there We're more Democrats
among them than Republicans In a
spirit of utter unfairness they claimed
that the simple threat to pass the Will
son bill has produced all the hard
times, and they forgot to state that in
the late fight on silver less than 10 per
cent. of the Republicans stood by the
white metal.
While criticising the president now
in Office they failed to admit that the
| little fellow who recently vacated the
chair was more unfriendly to the west
era interests than his successor, and
all the cheers which seemed at all
lhearty came forth when the picture of
Republican statehood was hung before
their eyes.
HEADQUARTERS.
The Democratic campaign commit
tee have established headquarters in
the Alta block opposite the Cullen
hotel on Second South, and viii be in
full possession after tomorrow. The
committee are D: C. Dunbar, D. H.
Griffin, j. r. Letcher, o. w Powers,
J. W. Whitehead, H. Bamberger and
with j. 3. Toronto, chairman of the
general committee, will push the fight
to it's fullest extent
The work of the canvass progresses
satisfactorily Meetings are being ar
ranged and the battle will rage all
along the line
OUR KINDERGARTEN.