The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-13

Saturday will be Democracy's day in
Salt Lake. The Democrats will literal
ly own the town and will paint it in
rich, bright vermillion before they are
through. They will have judicial con-
vention in the morning and afternoon.
and in the evening will come one of
the events of the year-the great rati-
fication meeting, when Democrats will
have a chance to show their enthusi-
asm for the candidates that have been
put before them.
Think of what a matchless aggrega-'
ton of orators there will be. o. W.
Powers, j. l.. Rawlins. Moses Thatch-
er, John T. Caine, b. H. Roberts,
Thomas Maloney Richard w. Young,
S. r. Thurman, Fisher S. Harris, a. j.
Weber. Alma Greenwood Guy c. Will
son, Governor C. w. West. F. S. Rich
ards, II. 2. Henderson, Farley L. Will
hams, c. W Penrose, and Joseph b..
Taylor have been invited to make adj
dresses of five minutes each.
They are representative men and
are noted as being excellent speakers,
who can while away the time with q
flow of thought well worth consider
alton. There was no scarcity Of good
speakers for the evening. Three times
as many as have been invited could
have been picked from the Democrats
of the territory The trouble was to
make choice from the wealth Of
good material at command. As it is a
very happy selection has been made.
Great Gathering.
All the Democratic clubs and socie-
ties in this city have joined in an ef-
fort to make the affair a success. They
will come to the meeting with heavy
delegations. The railroad companies
have agreed to make an excursion rate
of one fare for the round trip from all
points in the territory and good dele
cations will come from north and
south to swell the enthusiastic crowd.
Reports from Ogden say that the
town is awakened over the project,
and that strong delegation viii
come down. Provo also expects to send
a good representation.
Held's band has been Engaged for
the occasion and will enltVen the pro-
ceedings with stirring music. There
will be a full attendance of the best
musicians The hall will he decorated
in the best possible manner by D. L.
Levey and a. E. D. Barnett. who
have already gone to work to make
the appearance inside as beautiful as
possible
The stage. the boxes and stalls will
be filled with representative Demo-
Gratis of the city. VINO will be invited
to be present. Ushers will be prOvid-
ed for the rest of the house and every
thing will be arranged so that the null
titude may be handled as smoothly as
possible.
Tuscaroras With Canes.s
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their hatchets for the occasion. on
Saturday evening at 7:3O the members
of the society, with badges and pins.
will assemble at the Knutsford hotel.
Every man will be provided with a
cane to show his interest in the head
of the ticket while some of the most
earnest supporters of Fisher Harris
will carry fishing poles proudly
After these have assembled they
will be headed by Held's band and will
march via Third South to Main, up to
First South and to the theatre. or
farther around town if desira BILE. Be.
hind them will come members of other
clubs and various Democrats who
want to help in the demonstration.
These are some of the features of the
evening. Judge Powers d. c. Dunbar.
and other prominent Democrats are
taking an interest in the affair and
are pushing it through. They are de-
termined to show the Republicans that
the Democrats are awake and that
they are solid for the ticket.
An Important Day.
Taken all in all Saturday will be a
very important day for the Democracy
of Utah On that day the three judges
who are to oppose the weak Republic
can nominees will be nominated. on
that day the grand ratification meet
ing will be held. On that day the
state committee will hold its meeting
and Judge Powers will finally decide
whether or not he will conduct this
campaign for the party The candi-
dates and members of the state COM
mittee will all be here. With them
will come their friends Then the laity
of the party will be in from all over the
surrounding country. 1t will be a
grand Democratic feast day fraught
with important bearing on the future
of the party. 1t will put the party
right in line for the greatest campaign
to be fought in the state of Utah. 1t
may prove the day that shall mark the
beginning of Democratic certainty of
a victory in the fall.
Not Anxious to Meet.
Immediately after the Democratic
convention at Ogden had nominated
the strong ticket the esteemed Tribune,
organ Of George NJ. Cannon and Re-
publican flute, made the boast that G.
E. Allen would be able to beat B. Fl.
Roberts if they came together On the
platform In fact it seemed to be very
anxious to have Allen meet his great
opponent.
But that was only for appearances
sake. 1t has not been doubted for an
instant that the heads of the Tribune.
like other Republicans who have had an