The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-16

Igo again with renewed vigor
1t was quite evident that Mr.. Raw
Inns was profoundly touched by the
great demonstration. His face showed
lit, and when he began to speak
he was full of emotion.
MR.. RAWLINS' SPEECH.
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
oyerwhelm me with kindness. l do not
know what to say. There are no words,
II know no phrase which is adequate to
describe my feelings at this moment.
lrApplause.) My highest ambition has
been that my public life should be sue
cessful and that I should honorably dis
lcharge my duty to which your suffrage
lcalled me to two years ago, and then
be at home with you. / expected my
lot to be eternally cast here in private
life and had formed the fixed purpose
mot again to accept a nomination to
public office again; but your kindness
has wrested from me my fixed purpose
has shattered my firmest resolution,
and mere am helpless, but not hope
less. applause and laughter.) I have
!. not sought this nomination, lor have 1
sought any other nomination, but COM
ing as 1T does from the representatives
lof true and honest people L. cannot re-
lJect 1t great applause), but take it up
|. land with the aid of the people we shall
elimination of glorious triumph Gap
plause.
Some of the gentlemen who have
Ibeen instrumental in bringing this about
The office appetite, ike
the opium habit, when it gets posses
sion OF mania voice: We will
make you senator yeti" Applause ard
icheers)-it is hard to get it loose.
have felt that 1 could quit without
breaking my heart, although this may
mot be true. Gaughter.)' But I give
you all notice that 1 shall expect you on
ELECTION day.
The eloquent and charming gentle
man nominated at Provo the other day
l(a Vo1ce-'Breckinridge Hisses) No.
mo! We are going to have a fair ana
Friendly campaign (applause), a contest
jtnat VIII deal equally with all classes.
j(Applause)
This gentleman, in accepting the
lnomlnatlon. inquired, so I read in the
loaily press whether the people were
GONG 10 vote for the honest son of toll
lor the dynamite bomb Now l don't
know which he claims to be- Voice.
lies a Cannon" Continued laughter
Whether ne is the honest son of toll or
Il can scarcely think he
meant to say that if not
elected he and his associates were going to
JON the latter, because they adopted a
resolution to exclude anarchists. TheT
a a,eo 1adI D protective plank and it
of oI bis " Unfair TO say that in the event
o III. ms nus ueieat my opponent and his asso-
GATES would build up a protected infant
ter) Nh1d'eisH-
1t seems that according to the press re-
ports OF his speech that some of Mr.. Can
IONS lois III trends. so he claims. We're not
ton. dau 81 get on the grass at Washing
1t is too late to make a. speech. (Cries
81 s[o Nm IN stopping a. moment in his
d bieeen a md I Rawns glanced oyer his au-
an honest man, and if / should happen to
MAKE q speech it might be in my own
Today I received a record from Wash
ingtcn containing list OF the bills intro
uGoed IN the last Congress with the names
Gins OF me men who offered them. Here it is
IIoiolng up a large book. 1t is official.
a ana %nlie | am going to refer to the
record am not going to read it unless
some sfsfe,n one challenges the truth of my
light thousand bills and 1000 resoIution ms.
were introduced into the House. which
~ rs, COZ composed fd of S5s members and four four
me Senate which makes al members Of
both houses, exclusive of delegates
op nie re we're passed during the special
toms regular of session so7 bills and resoiu-
f GlaItG 1q. ana introduced by the delegate
| IRON o,o1a Utah. Apportioning the others wonld
Ann eaen sey Us ten tenths of one bill apiece.
gates the standing is: Arizona / New,
MEXICO 2. and Oklahoma = I've"
e,, lie Rsepupllcan papers at Washington
| S SuiIhs OF the success of Delegate Flynr7 of
Okla homa, in the matter of secirin nsn +b pa
passage OF measures as the remarka HE
eV rd1t OF the age. One of these bills was
re1ef measure for the heirs of . nert ~
I Lrnan; another for permission to b11iId q
| utluge over certain stream: another an"
ttnofiEalng postmasters' of the fourth class
cants W pension appli-
,I speaking of the bills for Utah's benefit
tee On r,,Ian chairman of the commit
| from Utah as all being of national inter
70 While tbd not desiring to go into details as
money returned to its treasury to he i I,s cd
Tor itoi,, the purpose originally intended ISeI
U W1s l9 from 1ne th set aside my modety and
the committee. When the measure egE oeI I.,a
n rnsffduced in the House it met with o.
p I3,urrough; OF Michigan, both Republicans
~ passed and was sent to the Senate
R Ra3chal lds a as ward Hon. Franklin 3.
1lngton and advocated the measure great
~ assisting me- The bill passed and the
president approved It,
Inc Dill for the admission of Utah was
oraWn up by myself and referred to the
| commlttee on territories. CONGRESSMAN
s MihiN1eer OF Of al, Alabama also introduced
IN looking over his bill and mine I con-
GUIDED that the former did not contain
t the 1a avg a conditions mine did, and
land would have been coded to the s statli
IL AID not provide for the debt of SIPS 600
now charged against us. I took the bin
Of our position, laid it before the commit
tee and the conference concluded with
a,;+t favorq 1 bic report from the com
as personal favor, saying that thew did
not consider themselves bound to vote
a sore IL because Of their action Mr. Kill
ers, and the measure was accordingly
reported. e'-'
L came home to Utah and announced
and that would continue to fight td for the
measure. When I returned to Washing
ton enas ,,sr consulted ms i s Mr. Kjlgore and the
consideration. The Republicans si' u Under ier
the leadership Of Mr.. Dfngley, OF Maine.
resorted to obstruction tactics, by remain
quorum. So we had to wait, and pro
posed to make another attempt to consider
T rs on thea the Monday following Speaker
fought it farther a rule would be re-
ported covering the case I reported this
to Congressman Dingley, who agreed that
hat fi1 mon should ia be given for discussion
and 18th, would be acceptable.
The bill was taken up. Mr. Kilgore
spoke first, and Morse daughter and
cheers second. In replying to Mr. Morse,
| was questioned closely by Mr.. Dingley.
The next day many Republicans congrat-
the position 1 maintained. Mr.. Reed,
when the, time for consideration came,
went to Mr.. Wheeler and asked for a
| postponement. L called his attention to
the fact that we were working under an
agreement which, when corroborated by
Mr.. Burroughs, of Michigan, caused Mr.
Reed TO advise the Republicans to vote