The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-03

In this campaign. 1t 1urnlShed three
remarkable incidents and speeches,
which will have a bearing on the re-
suit. In Salt Lake B. H. Roberts stat
ed his position on church and state in
a remarkable speech. In a speech no
less remarkable Judge Powers met the
remarks made in Brigham City by
b George Q. Cannon. and not less remark
! able was the speech made in Logan by
Moses Thatcher, nominee for senator,
in which he declared himself an Ameri-
can citizen. said there was no presi-
dents or apostles in politics and de-
clared against church and state. He
left nothing to be said. His position
vas clean cut and lays down what
must prevail in Utah. He also defied
any one to point to any act Of church
influence by Democrats.
The news that Moses Thatcher had
So far recovered as to be able 20 again
ID peak to the public, has been grateful
60 the Democrats and the announce
ment that he and Mr. Rawlins had
spoken from the same platform was re-
ceived with smiles. MI RaWlins, who
returned last night. was warm in his
praise of Mr.. Thatchers speech and of
the meeting. 1T was one CT the great
est 1 ever saw he said. Mr.. That
chers speech was reported verbatim by
a. w. Hart, and is given.
Logan, Nov. 2.-One of The greatest
meetings ever held in Cache county
was the one held last night IN Parts
of the county was represented. Il was
q county demonstration and When it
was announced that Hon. Joseph L.
Rawlins and Hon. Moses Thatcher
would speak in the evening men and
women poured into the city from morn
Sing until night.
The great parade commenced at
o'clock Voters from nearly every pre-
cinct in the county were present. carry
ing torches and banners, setting OFF red
fireworks. beating drums, blowing
horns and shouting for ''Rawlins,"
Thatcher" Roberts,, Game" and
Harris" The ladies department was
immense. The float representing equal
justice was pretty. Several brass bands
from the county were in attendance.
At 8 o'clock Chairman Monsoon step
ped forth and introduced as our next
senator Hon. Moses Thatcher. The APP
plause commenced at this and did not
die away until the audience arose as
one man and gave three cheers for
Thatcher and RawlinS. Mr.. Thatcher
said:
Thatcker's Great Speech.
I feel perfectly grateful for the honor
conferred upon me by the action Of
the late territorial convention at Og-
-5-l, f,-;r
the Hon. Joseph /. Rawlins, | was
named as possible candidate for the
<cCnited States senatorship, and / have
Il ever since been ready to acknowledge
= it as a distinguished honor to be named
as a fitting running companion by the
side of that distinguished citizen and
statesman, Joseph L. Rawlins. loud
applause) He has demonstrated in
private life and in public act his abil-
fly. and shown himself 20 pe q true
friend to the people of Utah. Honest,
upright and truthful, he bounded with
one effort into the front rank with the
statesmen of this nation (Applause)
And proved in doing so his capacity in
the legislative halls of Congress. We
shall prove on The fifth day of the
present month our appreciation of his
merit And we viii reward him for
the labor he has accomplished in be-
half of this tract of Utah.
i say again that ] esteem it one of
the greatest honorS ever conferred upon
me to be named as in any sense COM
panion to him in the great political
struggle before us, and ] desire here to-
night to announce to you that while l
am thankful from the bottom of my
heart for the honor which you have
conferred upon me, yet in that particu-
lar / have at least been able to coin
eide with the declaration recently pub
lished in the Salt Lake Tribune, that
there is a score of men in the Demo-
cratic party of this territory who are
.~Aetter qualified and in every way more
Z able to represent you than l shall hope
\ 10 do. Cries of mol MOI Nor') Thus
[ am in accord with that declaration
and / think I have used the same ar
gument among my friends in public
and in private.
VIII yindicatc Themselves.
But Of one thing you may rest as
sured. If you shall be successful in
electing a majority Of Democrats to the
state legislature, and they shall in ODE
dience to previous request of the party.
appoint or elect me as member of
that august body of statesmen. / shall
only ask to guage my future efforts
by nv past walk and conversation.
fADplause.) From the beginning have
esteemed the citizens of this territory
as honest and upright and honorable
! and have expected that they would yet
yindicate before this whole world,
their loyalty to the national govern
ment.
we are now making history: we are
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