The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-16
"THE LITTLE GIANT,
Frankie's Meeting at Spanish ForL
Dismal Failure.


Hon" F. j. Cannon would appear in orr
midst on the 18th, and every Republican
man, woman and child here has been
working day and night for the last week
70 make MS appearance here the occasion
f 4i grand show of Republican strength
Gawned fair and bright, not a cloud r.
mar the fair blue sky. Early in the
morning the Republican ladies and child
rem began to carry heavy laden basJ<ezs
10 the hall, designated for the reDasT
while the men were as busy as bees fit
uI,g about from place to place trying to
other necessary work that pertains to
such a grand 90 occasion AS the dav
passed Main street was alive with Repub-
means. An OBJECT that attracted universal
interest was the blackboard mentioned in
my last letter, on which was written the
Republican record on silver since 1873 and
MI cannon was asked to tell US where the
frIendlinesS of the Republican party for
silver came in. About p. m. a band of
GypSieS with seven bears appeared on
the streets. Some thought that they were
lican host, as they said they were Republi-
cans.
Frank appeared about 43O D. m. and the
bad boy began to get in his work From
non," Rats on Cannon Strangers be-
gan to pour in from Salem and Payson
and to wend their way to the r. G. W.
depot, as 1T was expected a large crowd
would be drawn on that train from Provo.
At S:15 the procession turned into Main
street from the depot, and candor COM
pelS me to say 1t was q fine procession.
They made q grand show, but it was a
county affair In the procession were
105 Spanish Fork people, men and boys,
by actual count, and it's a strange coin
cidence that Cannon got just 100 votes
here when he ran before. AS the process
sion passed the meeting house, where the
main meeting was held, and where large
crowds of Democrats were assembled, a
deafening cheer for Cannon went up and
an equally deafeninS one for Rawlins,
at which the ex-president of the Republic
can club here yelled out Rats on
That's the same man who was going to
tear the Stars and Stripes down here two
years ago. We leave your readers to
judge what kind of men run that party
here when they allow that kind of lam
guage.
In two minutes after the procession
passed the meeting house was packed.
quartette from Provo sang something
about Grow" 1 suppose that as they
had been dieting on that for the last two
years, that bird was the uppermost
thought in their minds. The chairman
appeared from the vestry followed by
frankie. Mr.. Chairman stepped to one
side and gave the cue for applause, Dut
alas it never came except from the gal
Iery, and a few scattered along the side
of the house. frankie turned red, and
the chairman ditto, and the audience
smiled. For strange TO say those pres
ent were almost all Democrats.
frankie started out by telling us ne
was glad to see so many attending the
meeting. that it was good sign, etc
Then he threw a little taffy to the ladies.
q presume he's used to that.l he told
us the whole country was looking to us
for help to redeem them from gatlfng
guns, etc. Then he branched Off in
glowing terms about CoXeytSm and Gov
ernOr West was Scorched. He tried hard
for applause but it didn't come, then he
stopped and they sent out for some ap-
plause and a few claquers crowded up
the aisles to help him out, (but they soon
got disguised and went outD He told
us about what a prophet he was two
years ago. How that in '92 there were
fewer unemployed men than ever before
More factories were erected that year
than any preceding one. He painted In
glowing terms about the smoke from the
chmneys curling up TO heaven and now
Cleveland had stopped it all. 1t was so
realistic that / expected everybody WOuld
purst out crying-but those wicked, hard
hearted Democrats just smiled. He got
on one of his dramatic attitudes ana
shook his finger at us and says, You
can sit there and laugh If you choose,
but it is all true" We didn't believe
him, so we smiled again. He told us that
for thirty years We were prosperous,
wages We're high. and that we, had those
kind of times right up until Harrison
went out of the White house; that Cleve-
land was sworn in on Saturday and that
two days after, on Monday, mighty
they prayed him to call Congress to-
gether to relieve their distress.
l wonder if he thought now that as
sertion sounded. In two days the peo-
pie of this whole country passed from
prosperity to poverty. suppose he
never heard of a man by the name of
Ananias.
He then told us how silver was de-
monetized and said only six men knew
of the trick; that even Grant didn
know of it. and the Republican party
didn't know it was demonetized until
six months after it was done
Now frankie, we want you to tell US
why in the name of heaven they did not
remonetize it? They had tWenty-one
years to do it in, but they didn't do it.
He said a gentleman in Spanish Fork
wanted him TO explain the. Republican
party's record on silver. (He is referring
to the blackboard spoken of above) His
explanation was little story about
child, and then he asked the gentleman
why the Democrats did not remonetize
it after they saw the Republicans made
q mistake. Little stories don't explain
grave question; and we insist he explain
as he said that they were the friends of
silver. l hope some bright Democrat in
every town he speaks in will ask him
that question. He said the Democrats
broke their promise when they repealed
the Sherman act Guess he never read
the national Democratic platform.) Then
he told us how the Republicans made
the Democrats give us statehood, and a
deserved any credit for it, for it was an
act of Providence. (Strange Providence
would find time to give us statehood and
could not find time to cause the Repub-
lican party to do something for silver in
twenty-one yearS.) He said Harrison,
Mckinley and Clarkson believed in sill
YER. Yes, 1 believe they do, at least |
think Garrison does: at least they all
did when they were frying the fat" out
of the manufacturer two years ago.
He explained how the Republican party
was welded to protection and free coin
age. but he did not tell us when the event
happened nor how soon they expected to
divorce the silver part Then he gave US
a little tariff talk, said Cleveland owned
how he knew Il thought Then he gave
us few "cheStnutS" on WOOL read Will
sons speech in London, or the part that
suited him; said Mckinley dared not go
Cleveland acted in regard TO the Haw-
allan affairs He told us that the bill TO
take part of the school money to pay
bounties was for the purpose of keeping
from raising taxes, and said he knew We
would do our duty; that the territory
was going Republican, the county was
going Republican, and he even had the
gall to say Spanish Fork would. He said
when thing started down hill it gener-
ally kept going. Q did not know whether
he was referring to the Republican party
or to individuals. in either case it was
applicable / preSume.) He said that
there was not q strike going on in the
land today; that men only struck when
the country was prosperous and wages
high, and lot of other stuff that would
do to talk to children.
Mr. Cannon may be bright he may
be an accomplished scholar he may be
''winsome," excuse me, Tribune for
using your language) but if he is he
failed to show it here. Using the gem
eraI vocabulary of the street today on
his speech, it was one Of the rottenest
ever made here. and the Democratic
party is richer in votes for his having
come here. If we can persuade Goodwin,
Thomas. Cannon and j. E. Booth to come
here again there won't be a corporaIs
guard of them left. Come again. boys;
the oftener you come the better We
Democrats will like YOU.