The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-08-19
PROVO CITY. AUG. 10. is
REPUBLICAN ARGUMENTS.

We had hoped that the speakers at
the republican county convention at
Springville on Saturday last would
have presented some issue that would
merit discussion; but assuming that
the Tribune reports them correctly we
find no issue to discuss, hence we can
only review.
Chairman Graham excelled himself
in grsndiose exhuberant congratula-
tion on an increased republican vote
in Utah county and in acr0batic ideal
ity, which he seems to mistake for
logic, by saying "both parties went to
the constitutional convention pledged
to adopt equal suffrage, the republicans
had the power, despite the democrats,
to lay the motion on the table indifi-
nitely. but always true to their pledges
secured to the women of Utah, ETC., etc.
Possibly the majority of the democrats
in that convention also lacked that
inclination to lay the motion on the
table indefinitely, but certain it is,
they did not have the power to do SO"
There was spectacle presented for
men and angels. The leader Of his
party in the county congratulating his
hearers upon the fact that the party
did not perpetrate an outrage upon a
portion of our citizens when the op-
portunity to do SO was within its
graspl
In the light OF all the history of this
party with which we are familiar, we
are not certain but what the gentle
man was justified in felicitating in the
manner he did. Just now it is the
most notable instance we know of in
which that party failed to do wrong
when it had the power. But let US see,
forty odd republicans and five or six
democrats voted against providing for
suffrage in the constitution and forty
odd democrats and slim majority of
republicans voted for it and saved the
measure.
Ii band of highwaymen fifty or
sixty strong were prevented from per-
petrating robbery solely by the efforts
of a brave and gallant pand of officers
assited by a small number Of the high
wsymen, we think the world would be
inclined to accord some honor to the
officers for preventing the wrong rather
than bestow it all upon the highway
men themselves.
DIR. }. M. Tanner said there is the
great charge brought against the re-
publican party that ''it is for classes
and not for the Masses" and then an
swered that by saying the party that
brings that charge defended slavery
for thirty years, What a de-
tense for a lawyer, or student of
law to make when charged with
something to falsely accuse those who
make the charge with doing something
else. 1t is like the cuIprit who pleaded
guilty, my Lord, but the man who
has accused me lies." The reporter
says "the Speaker challenged his hear
ers to tell of asingIe home industry
that free trade have ever started We
challenge him to produce a blind
man who can see in the dark. Free
trade never existed in the United
States, but we dc say that democrats
always did, and always will do more to
"start" home Industries than republi-
cans, when the means comes out of
their own pockets; but we do not be-
lieye in the trick OF being generous
with other peoples money.
And now we hesitate, for we do
not wish to be ungallant, but truth
Compels us to do a little spice of
justice to the lady speakers. Mrs. Edna
L. Smith must excuse US in saying