Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-18
kerr HARDIE HERE.
Will Stay Two Days In Salt Lake
City,
WHILE En- ROUTE TO lmg COAST.
Gives His Views Briefly on soclety and
Poliile,-Is Looking Tor James
Brown-frank smith His
Companion.

Shortly before O'Clock this morn.
ing tho Ayrshire labor leader and
socialist, kelr Hardie, aud flank
Smith, labor member Of tho London
county council, arrived IN this city Gu
route to tho Pacific COAT. They Will
tlPy two days, and N the weather 10
favorable Mt. Hardiu will make a pub.
lie nddtes, from the open air platform
at tho corner OF Third South anu West
Temple streets this evening nj 8
O'clock. IL the rain snould continue
IL Ia poRsible that arrangements will be
made for hall, since It would DO In.
toro,ting 10 listen TO him.
Mr. Hsrdlo is president Of the
Independent Labor party OF Crest
Britain, which polled In the last elsc-
ton $4,000 voter. representing I2i per
cent Of tho entire voting strength OF
the British itles. Twenty -eight con.
stituencles were contested, and tho
Indepeudonls defeated In oil. Even
Mr. Hardy was left by tho Tory sweep;
Ito held u seat In the last Parliament.
Mr.. Hatdio " n resident OF Ola
CummOok, Ayrshire, Scotland-a
plGc. tnat has furnished oom.
parstiveiy large numoor OF Utah
residents. In fact Mr.. Hardls's
mother, he Gays, Joined the Mormon
Church many years ago, aud In the
hities was about TO emlgrate 10 Utah.
Her passage was secured, and she was
getting ready 10 start, when her mother
intcriefod and prevented. The Ayr.
shifsmsn'a mother was then an
unmarried young woman.
Iu his present visit TO Salt Lake, Mr..
Hardie ~ searching for n former bOsOm
friend, who came 10 Utah as \ Nor.
mon IN 1873 or 1879. lila name Il
James Brown, aye ABOUT 20 yeaTs, Lud
he came from Quarter. near Hsmil.
ton, LAnArkshirc. II this po,ius meet.
hiG eye before Mr.. Hardis's departure
TOR ogden tomorrow night, the
Last named gpntlsmsn car bs
lousi at room 90 llcholleu
motel, corner Second South and rhlfd
East streets. Aitsr that tinis Me.
Hat would ike Mt. Blown or some
one who knows him 10 address Mf.
Hariip at the general delivery, San
Francisco.
Frank smith. Mt Harliss travelling
coHipani0p, is himselfR gentleman ~
netr. His hons II Al Chelsea, Ion
don, and he Ia a member oitho L9ndon
county council. lie IL also vice.
preeidrnt ~ the Independent Labor
party. For yeErs no was hesd OF the
American work OF tho Salvation
Army. Before then he was Baptist
ani later = Mathoii.t preacher, and Is
slll locking for religious satisfaction
Rnd progress In a practical application
OF the prinol pies Of real Christianity To
Ihs human family.
MI. HArdle says tina purpose Of HE
party Is 10 effect psaceablo reform In
the methods and form OF the British
government. In economics hs 10
socialist, aud la politics
an independent. He says the
trades unions In Great Britain nse
making rapid progress toward social.
Ian, aud predicts that soon there will
be remarkable changes there. The
liberal parry, he says, IL virtually
ihing Of the past. II served as step
ping stone to advanced cindi.
ilonp, bur Its days VI useful
ness are ended, and 1t win
control tho nation no more. lite sue.
oesspr IL To be tho Independent Labor
party. The aflslocTaoy anu plul0orsGy,
says Mr. Harlie, will combine Ia the
Tory organization, while the INDIE
pendents will Include the laboring and
progressive middle Glasses anu ovel-
wholm the othere, thus etier,iug by the
psAeesblo means Of tue ballot Won.
defiul transformation In British affairs
such Rs 10 not dreamed OF by many
people at present. Mir. HaTdle IL en-
lhusiastio In his RnticipsIiOns OF early
success for the party and principles no
roprcsspts. lie has no mole use for
ths various political parties IN this
country than for those In Britain, but
believes n new order u things must be
instituted by the labor classes here.