The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-30
RAWLINs AT PROVO.
A GREAT MEETING AT THE GAR
DEN CITY.
The Delegate Enthusiastically. Re-
ceived-He Makes n Mastery Adj
dress-The Meeting Followed by
Il Banquet.

The Democratic campaign was open
ed last night at Provo with the Hon. j.
L. Rawlins as the central figure. The
meeting last night was given under the
auspices of the Timpanagos society,
which is a Democratic organization re-
Gently formed in Provo and corresponds
with the Tuscarora society of Salt
Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins arrived at $40
p. m. and were met at the depot by S.
R. Thurman, president. and many of
the members of the Timpanagos soci-
ETY. and the Provo Drum corps. Mr..
and Mrs. Rawlins Immediately pro-
ceeded in a carriage to the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. V. G. Halliday where
they dined.
THE GREAT MEETING.
The meeting in the opera house was
lcalled to order by S. r. Thurman, who
delivered a neat and appropriate
speech of welcome, concluding by in
Producing Mr.. Rawlins. The opera
house was crowded from pit to dome;
there was not even standing room and
many were turned away unable to gain
admittance. Mr.. Rawlins was received
with a perfect ovation, cheers upon
cheers and enthusiasm unbounded.
The speaker commenced his address
I by tracing the early history of the two
great parties, and afterwards dwelt at
length on the tariff question. He
showed how the Mckinley act had not
produced the prosperity it was claimed
by its trainers it would do, and revert
ed to the fact that the first two years
of the Mckinley as well as the latter
two had been characterized by labor
strikes, unprecedented business failures
and general loss of property to the
creditor class.
He compared the Mckinley and the
Wilson bills, showing the reduction
made by the latter in the duty on
wooden goods and stated in that i'm this
staple alone $16S, 900 annually would
be saved by the country, 100000 of
which would be felt in Utah territory
The Republicans promised, said the
speaker, that the Mckinley bill would
raise the price of farm produce and the
rate of wages, but it had done neither,
both of these having gone steadily
down since its passage.
Since the enactment of the Wilson bill
wages had advanced, prosperity had
again begun and the prospects for the
future were very bright from a bust
ness standpoint.
The fact that American farm ma
|chlnery is sold cheaper abroad than at
home was mentioned, and then Mr..
Rawlins touched on the silver question,
tracing the history of the white metal
for the past century in England, Am
erica and Germany, and showed how
the Republican party had always been
and was today silvers arch enemy
They demonetized it and set up the
gold standard and were now as impla-
cable enemies to free coinage as John
Sherman was in 1873, when ne and his
party passed the demonetizing act.
In speaking of the attitude of the
two parties towards Utah, it was point
ed out that the Republicans in thirty
years had never passed a single meas
ure for the benefit of this territory. hit
mad enacted laws for the oppression
and enslavement of her people whilst
the Democratic party in eighteen
months had rendered her full Justice
and crowned her with statehood
The Salt Lake Glee club rendered
several campaign songs in Their inimit-
able style and were loudly applauded,
pelng again and again recalled
JUDGE JUDD
made speech of about twenty min
utes duration in which he found ample
time to prove from the editorial utter
ances of the Tribune that the Republic
can party alone were responsible for
the hard times of the past few years.
JUDGE SMITH
also made a short speech, calling at
tention to the fact that under the Nc
Kinley bill wages had continued to go
down and staple goods also had fallen
in such way as to prove disastrous
to the people, concluding by asking
the question whether the people of
Utah would support party which had
brought such disaster on the country.
With three cheers and a tiger for
Rawlins the meeting adjourned.
A BANQUET
At the conclusion of the meeting Mr..
and Mrs. Rawlins were entertained at
a banquet by the ladies of the Demo-
cratic society in Southworth's hall.
The tables were arranged in the form
of cross, Judges Smith and Judd
facing each other and Hon. ]. L.
Rawlins and Judge King facing. The
tables and the hall were decorated
with flags, flowers and evergreens and
the menu was of the choicest.
Hon. a. d. Cash presided as toast
master, introducing Mrs. Clayton, of
Provo, who responded to the to7st,
"Our Guest and Delegate" presenting
Mr.. Rawlins with a badge of the So
ciety and an honorary membership
which was gracefully accepted by that
gentleman.
1.-THE President of the United States
was the next toast to which the Hon.
]. B. Miner responded in a character
istic Democratic speech.
Our Delegate to Congress-" was
responded to by the Hon. S. r. Thur
man, who traced the career of the Hon.
j. L. RawIins from the time he first
knew him twenty-one years ago, at
tending teachers institute in Salt
Lake; in 1885 he organized a Demo-
cratic club, in 1887 he was member of
the Denocratic convention at o rden;
in 1888 Sage Brush Democrat" in
1892 Delegate to Congress, and in 1894
was going to be again elected delegate.
Statehood for Utah" was responded
to by Hon. W. H. King who made
happy and appropr ate speech point
ing out the benefits of statehood and
the fact that j. L. Rawlins had obtain
ed it for this territory.
Hon. J. R. Letcher responded to the
toast of the "Tuscaroras'' in humor-
Gus and pleasing manner and D. A.
Swan spoke to the toast of 1.-THE
Ladies' Democratic society"
1.-THE Judiciary coupled with the
name of Judge Smith called out a few
happy remarks from the judge who
said there was no politics in the judi
ciary but that every individual had a
right to have his opinion in political
affairs and to express them on proper
occasions.
Hon. D. Evans, of Ogden, responded
to The Democracy of Utah. in a fit
ting manner and the banquet termi-
mated. 1t and the meetiny in the
opera house was one of the greatest
occasions Provo has ever known.
Mrs. Rawlins, Mrs. Judd and Mrs.
Letcher were the Salt Lake ladies who
accompanied their husbands They
will return to the capital today