The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27
POLITICAL PARAGRAF HIS.


Preparations are under way for a
grand Democratic rally to be held ait
Taylorsville next Thursday evening.
The meeting will be the informal open
ing of the county campaign and Judge
H. P. Henderson, one of the best cam
paigners in the state, will give the Re-
publicans a sample Of the kind of ar
guament they will have to meet. The
meeting will be for West Jordan and
Granger as we'll as Taylorsville and a
big turnout is expected.
It turns out that the report to the
effect that Ben Harbour the Populist
candidate for the state senate on the
Democratic legislative ticket, had not
been resident of Utah sufficiently
long to enable him to ST, as a legisla-
tor under the constitution, is unau-
thentic. Mr. Harbour satisfied the
Democratic county committee enlin-
emily to their satisfaction, yesterday,
that his citizenship in Utah extends
over the prescribed period, by produc-
ing several affidavits to that effect
which cannot be questioned. The re-
port came to The Herald through a.
Democrat who previously was sup
posed to know what he was talking
about.
Chairman Ben T. Lloyd, of the Demo-
cratic county committee, appointed his
executive committee yes erday. 1t is
composed OF the following named:
John Z. Hansen, George B. Blakely,
J. B. Timmony, Fisher S. Harris,
Joseph e. Game, r. p. Morris, G. L.
Harte and H. G. Whitney.
Arthur R. Bowen received a letter
from his brother ]. G. Bowen, of Allen
town, Penn, Yesterday which contains
some very encouraging information
concerning the outlook for the silver
cause in Pennsylvania. THE writer
AYERS that Pennsylvania is not lost to
the Democracy by long way as yet.
81 expect to see w. J. Bryan carry
Ohio by a. majority of $4,000"
So said A j. Kerr, a prominent at
torney from McKinley's home stase e.,
who IS at present paying a visit to Salt
Lake on legal business. Mr.. Kerr is
one of Ohio leading lawyers, a. con-
sentative man with q political eX-
perience extending over period of
twenty years and is probably as we'll
posted on the situation in his native
state as any close observer can be.
And Mr.. Kerr does NOT base his de-
claration upon mere empty assump-
tions. He gives good reasons for his
belief that Ohio will register for Bryan
and free silver on November 9.
THE farmers of Ohio have been
standing by the Republican party for
years." said Mr. Kerr. They have
been promised good times and better
prices for their products. They have
been disappointed in these promises
and the result is THAT the farmers of
Ohio today are for free silver. Then
the great mass of la boring men in SEN
eral are for Bryan, and le'. me tell you
the recent strikes in Cleveland and
the coal districts have not added to Re-
publican success.
Il am speaking now from personal
observation. My own county, Miami
has been rolling up Republican ma
| joritieS averaging 1900 every election,
! Now I know three townships Within
the county which give upwards of 300
Republican majority. In one of those
| townships a Bryan silver club was
organized with 11S members, Oh Re
| publicans. And so on down the line
Silver clubs are being orga nized every
where and the interest is growing. In
Dayton all labor organizations en-
! dOrSed Bryan irrespective of former
party affiliations.
Then there is another factor in the
! Ohio campaign which will initiate
against McKinley's success. The A
| P. AS are against him. It's member
ship IS made up largely of Republicans
who are opposed to his election. It was
determined that while Mckinley was
governor he appointed more Catholics
to posi-. ions than members of any ether
denominations and while Hanna has
made a desperate effort to bridge ovel
| the chasm between his man and ths
organization he has not succeeded
! linen you know that Foraker is not am
too enthusiastic for Mckinley. The
fact is, Mr. Foraker does not exert him
self in the Cantonite's behalf any NOR,
than he absolutely has to. Mr.. Cox
the great political boss Of southern
| Ohio, is about the same as Senator
aker-ostensibly working for the
Republican nominee while at hear
against him. But Hanna, himself, is
the milestone around McKinley's necl
and the latter knows it. Money is be
| ing used freely and for corrupt pur
poses and you know that will prove
detrimental in the long run. An sort
of schemes to coerce la.boring men int
voting for the Canton Napoleon ar
resorted to. AT Troy the railroad
laborers were required to sign slip;
promising to cast their votes for Nc
Kfnley; but all these things avail moth
ing and the fact remains that the mass
of men who earn their bread by the
| sweat of their brow are for the Chicago
platform and the candidates standing
squarely upon it Taking all these
things into consideration 1 shall not b'
surprised to see old Buckeye go Demo.
cratic by upwards of $4,000 majority"
Clean Conscience
and clean linen go hand in hand Oul