The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-10-22
D. POWERS.

Hon o. ". Powers OF Salt Lake, as
delivered by that gentleman at the
Provo opera house on Saturday even
ng, October 20th, 1894,
The speech was delivered with
skill and it was freely
punctuated with hearty and loud ap-
plause from the vast audience.
MIR. Powers said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen-
In this the Garden city of Utah, with
It's valley OF fruits and flowers and its
clear crystal lake, one ought not to be
compelled to argue to any extent, in
behalf Of the party of the people and
against the tory party of these latter
DAYS. Because you ale people OF
homea, and The democratic party is
home loving party; it believes in ''home
rule" it is opposed to special privileges
and to the rule either of kings or of
aristocrats. | always feel at home
among you, and you always seem to
me my neighbors. When 1 lived here,
[ learned to like you and to like your
town and [ have never taken from my
heart the flowers of memory which took
root whe wen daily met.
Ii ie also a pleasure for me to address
you, because the Timpanogos tribe of the
emocratlc party OF your city has
joined hands with the Tuscaroras and
unite thie evening to do battle against
our common enemy under the leader
ship of Rswlins, who has honored The
democracy by acc pting its nomination
for congress-. When | say that the
democratic party has been honored by
his acceptance, | speak advlsedly.
RAwLINs THE MAN FOR THE EMER-
GENCY.
His record IN congress is such, that
he ranks among the leading men OF the
land. His services have been euch,
that he is recognized as q statesman.
His sterling integrity and rigid adhef-
ence to what is right, independent OF
party eXpediency, mark him as leader
of men. His name adds lustre 10 The
democratic banner and with him as our
candidate we need no platform. Those
who have observed his stralghfor
course, even though they disagree with
him politically are obliged to recognize
his worth and they are only able to adj
vance The argument that he is demo-
crat as reason for voting against him,
He has advanced himself to that posi-
tion that the strongest words that his
opponents Can say is, that he Is better
than he party he represents, That is
the kind of man whom the democrats
have nominated, and firmly believe
that he vii! lead the democratic hosts
to a great and lasting victory. His
defeat would mean the defeat of the
peoples cause, 1t would mean that the
voice Or one OF the gblest and bravest
advocates OF silver would not be heard
IN It's behalf. 1t would mean that one
Of tne iTuest Of Utah's public servants
u uid be discharged in order that a
republican partisan might gain. 1t
would mean thai III Utah man who
is brave enough to battle for the right,
no matter what the consequences, IS
not appreciated by those whom he
faithfully served. We may grant ali
the arguments Of the republicans to be
true, when they loudly declaim against
The democratic party, and yet RaWllns
is worthy OF your votes for republicans
say thai he is better than his party and
that they admit that he has never worn
brass collar about his neck claiming
nin to the advocacy OF anything tend
ing to the injury of his people. In his
public Life he has been actuated by no
mean nor unworthy motives. He has
pursued the right as he has been en-
aUled to see the right and ue has not
knowingly permitted any injustice to be
done even to the least influential and
the loWliest Of our people. lie has
been the servant of republicans, popu-
llsLs and democrats. lie has not 1av-
Ored the Catholic nor the AmOrine; he
has not Disseminated between the
Mormon and the gentle. He has been
without fear and above reprOach seek
ing only 90 auYance the interests OF
Utah and all her people.
OUR FIGHT AGAINST EUROPE's MONEY
CHANGERS.
Such a man is needed in these trying
times In the congress as our representa-
i've. The great issue before the Ameri-
can people today ,and one that must be
settled before We can have perfect and
lasting prosperity is tie financial queS-
tion. Under our present laws We are
chained, gagged, bound hand and foot
by merciless Shylock. Back of the
thrones Of Europe, back of our inan-
clers and Legislators sits the moEey
cover debating terms and cracking
its whip over the heads Of the enslaved
masses. The gilded coach of Dives,
every day rides over Lazarus. Every
Ennnnhnn h,.Iy
ing the working people nearer to the
condition Of peonage toward which we
are tending, The concentrated forces
of capital, which were modified behind
the entertainments furnished by the re-
publican tariff policy, are constantly
deyislng means to make the people
their abject slaves. What England
could not do with shot and shell, she is
accomplishing by means of the money
power and is making of America de-
tendency to Lombard street. Taking
advantage of the cunningly devised
protection laws, she has invested in our
stocks and controls many of our lead
ing industries. She has enslaved us
with debt. She has purchased our
securities until we are compelled to pay
her each year 5000 ,000,000 in interest, |
and through the craven policy of the
east, she has been enabled to compel |
its payment in gold. Our capitalists at
nome, united by the cohesive power of
public plunder, have, by means of our
,aTiff laws, created gigantic trusts and
that have the industries of
he land by the throat and which sow
he seeds of poverty among the masses.
The first ray of light that has greeted
he people for years, shot through the
ark clouds when the Wileon bill,
rippled although it was. by the senate,
ecame the law of the land, 1t came
0 the people like rainbow of promise
ainted upon the heavens by the hand
+ divinity. 1t brought home to all the
lad truth that the outer works of the
nemy had been captured. Like a
berty bell it rang OUT the tidings that i
le hosts of greed and Of mammon,
ith their money, their lobby, their in &
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