The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-30

Logan, Sept 29.-[Special l-Logal
fairly rang with Democratic enthusiasm
tonight. The great meeting was per
haps the most notable political gather
ing ever held in Cache county, and i
will be long remembered. The address.
of the evening was delivered by Hon
o. w. Powers, who was at his best. HI
discussed the issues Of the day in &
mastery manner, and his burning elo-
quence awakened the widest enthusi
asm.
JUDGE POWERS SPEECH.
Judge Powers spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen-When
yielded to the urgent request of Chair
man John T. Game, of the Democratic
territorial committee to make three
o- four speeches in this campaign, !
desired that one of my appointments
should be here, in The beautiful city
Ct Logan, the metropolis of the fertile
and fruitful county of Cache. 1 knew
that here l would meet men and wo-
men devoted to the interests of Utah
and warmly interested in all that per-
Gains to the good of our common coun-
try And l nave come here to speak
my views upon questions of impor-
lance 10 US all and 10 urge the claims
of the party 10 which 1 bear faith l
shall talk TO you as man to man, and
! shall devote myself largely TO. Ques-
lions Of finance. Because all men and
all women are in these days inter-
ested in the grave question as to
where the money is to come from that
IS needed for the necessities OF life, to
meet the demands of the taXgatherer
and the interest on private debts, as
well as to provide the education which
all parents owe to their children.
Why does the Democracy desire sue
cess? Why do you, as Democrats,
hope that your party may win? You
are not Office seekers; you care but lit
tie as to who shall draw the salaries
attached TO a public office so long as
your servants are faithful and honest
But your support is given to certain
candidates because they stand for
certain principles. The voters of all
parties want good government. They
desire TO be protected in their rights
They want an economical government
for they work hard for a livelihood. And
all true Democrats demand stability
and honesty; equal and exact justice
TO all; equal rights 10 all. and special
privileges to none Democracy stands
for a government, simple in its details,
strong in its hold upon the affections
of the people, and one whose machin-
cry is controlled by the voters. In
other words, Democracy wants such a
government as the constitution guar
antees-the government OF the Demo-
crat jefferson, and not the government
OF the Republican Hamilton.
I mention these two names because
they represent two ideas in our polit-
ical life They stand for the principles
of the two contending parties today.
The one stands for simplicity in public
affairs. for home rule. for the reten-
ton of power in the hands of the peo-
pie. The othe~ is the father of that
creed which is preached by the Re-
pubhcans. that demands a strong con-
tralized government, and by means OF
which, legisla ton in these later years
has been constantly enacted in favor
OF the rich and the well born
THE TENDENCY TOWARDS CEN
TRALIZATTON.
The tendency Of power is to con-
etantly drift from the many to the
few. Wealth is wrung from the soil
by the producer, pounded out on the
anvil, or wrought in the workshop or
in the field by the laborer, and beyond
what is needed to buy the necessaries
of life drifts constantly into the cof-
fers of the millionaire. Power central
izes. wealth centralizes. and the indus
tries of the land drift to the control of
monopolies and trusts. This drift of
power, wealth and labor to the control
OF few. when unchecked by legisla-
ton. Of necessity makes the poor
poorer and the rich richer. But there
is another force constantly striving to
resist this Capitalization. 1t is exem-
pliiied by those who would give all
things to all men, scatter the boarded
W. IN, just as the leaves are whirled
by the wind, uproot all governments
and destroy the property of the rich.
When these two opposing forces are
controlled by checks and balances in
governmental affairs. as Democracy
demands. we find the people prosper
oiis. contented and happy. The first.
when left 10 itself. leads to a monarch
ial form of government, to despot-
ism. to a state of affairs where the
few ride in gilded chariots over the
rights Of the many and grind them in
10 The dust the second carries the
torch which burns our buildings. fills
TIE streets of cities with mobs and. in
reckless rage, glories in a reign of ter
ror
TIE POSITION OF THE TWO
GREAT PARTIES.
need not say to you that each is
dangerous. Grant this, and my task
OF convincing you that you cannot 'af-
ford TO support the Republican party
IS one-half accomplished, for the Re
publican party represents in this coun-
try the tendency to Capitalization.
Formed at the outset as a party Of
liberty. It has now become the aristo.
cratic party. AS early as 1866. James
A. Garfield said in the United States
Congress that He believed that the
fame of Jefferson was waning and the
fame of Hamilton waxing in the estf-