The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-06
Gaines Opening Address.

Gaines Opening Address.
Chairman John t. Game then de-
livered his opening address az fellews:
Ladies and Gentlemen eff the Con-
vention Fellow Democrats, as chair
man of the Democratic territorial COM
n1ittee I salute you and extend a most
cordial greeting. l recognize in this
magnificent convention the assembled
wisdom of the Democratic hosts of the
state of Utah. [ congratulate you
which we meet today. Since we last
assembled in this capacity wonder
fui change has taken place. (Applause)
Then business was depressed. labor
paralyzed and the whole country in
a state of co,lapse-the result Of over
thirty years OF vicious Republican
legislation. Now, business is prosper
Gus; the factories of the country are
re-epened and running on full time,
and under the benign influence of
Democratic tariff laws, the wages Of
the mechanics and laboring men in
the great manufacturing establish
ments are being increased, and that,
too, voluntarily-a thing never heard
of during the existence of the Nc
Kinley high tariff law (Applause)
Last year while the Democratic
party of Utah deserved success, be-
cause a Democratic Congress and
Democratic president had opened the
way for the territory to enter the
Union as a sovereign state (appIause);
While we hoped for success and brave
ly worked for it; while we were gall
lantly led by our noble champion, the
Hon. Joseph l.. Rawlins applause
and cheers the party went down in
defeat The hard times, for which the
party in power were unjustly held re-
sponsible, hit US harder knocks than
did the arguments of our opponents.
Notwithstanding all this the Demo
Gratis of Utah not only maintained
their voting strength, but added there
to nearly four thousand votes-some-
thing not done by any other state or
territory. (Cheers.)
Better This Year.
If we did so well under such adverse
circumstances, can we not this year,
under the improved conditions, wipe
OFT the slight majority which the
enemy gained over us and carry Utah
triumphantly into the Union a Dem
ocratic state? applause and cries of
Yes, yes.'')
The Democrats of this territory are
to be congratulated upon the good
work done by our representatives in
the constitutional convention. We are
proud of their achievements and honor
them for what they accomplished in
the face of an enemy flushed with vic
tory. Applause) The equal suffragists,
both men and women, owe them a
debt of gratitude for the enfranchise-
ment of women. (Applause) While we
regret that the ladies cannot vote at
the first state election, we are glad
to have them with us. We welcome
them to our councils, to
stand side by side with us
where our hearts can beat in unison
for Democratic success. (Applause)
Council of War.
Men and women of Utah, this assem-.
bly, is the council of war before the
battle. Today we plan the campaign.
we choose the captains who are to lead
us in the great conflict so near at
hand, Upon the result of our delibera-
tons, upon the choice of leaders which
we this day make, will largely depend
whether the conflict fer which the bu-
giles are already sounding shall ter
inmate for US in defeat or victory Let
us here and now declare it shall be vic
tory. To accomplish this our plans.