The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-22

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peared in the doorway. He was es-
corted to the platform. where he shook
| hands with his newly formed col
league. while Chairman Bolitho in
formed the speaker that the committee
had discharged its duty and the mem
bers received their discharge. Speaker
Denny, addressing the house, then
said: Gentlemen. I have the pleasure
of introducing to you Mr. Arthur
Brown. Ole Of tie first United Stl.es
senators of Utah"
SENATOR BROWNS SPEECH.
Mr.. Brown stood and bowed while
his frie nds once more demonstrated
the satisfaction they felt. Then, in
his forceful style, he said:
Mr.. Speaker and gentlemen of the
house Of representatives of this state
or Utah: l come at your request to
return to you my heartfelt thanks for
the great honor that you have con-
/ ferred upon me by today passing a.
vote of a majority of your members
10 elect me to the Office of senator of
! the United States.
In doing this I remember also the
great responsibilities that this office
brings to me and [ undertake the Of
ice even as 1 address you with fear
and trembling. I know that before me
lies a path of difficulty and duty: I
know that you have placed your stand
ard high, and that you demand of me
It's performance. l may fail in it: I
may be unequal to the task, but. nv
friends, I shall be trying to serve YOU
whatever I do. (Applause1 I have
lived here among you long enough to
feel and [ think I know the needs and
the demands Of this state You will
want somebody there who will demand
the rights of the people of Utah and
the people Of the west. I may not be
able to accomplish it but I shall al
ways remember those things which I
know you are cherishing most in your
hearts
I shall try to remember at all times
and on all occasions the great need of
the west to make that which we pro-
duce here the life blood of the nation.
(Applause) Not merely by one act,
not merely by one outburst, not merely
by demanding that some particular
pet bill be passed, but I shall remem-
Der at all times and on all occasions,
in season and out of season, that it will
be my duty to do all I can to advance
the relative price of silver applause.
until finally the great goal is reached
which the ration really demands.
which the west alone is today voicing.
but which is for the good of US all.
the passage of such legislation as shall
make the free coinage of silver posi-
BILE at a ratio of 16 to l. This is a
thing of course which is first in the
hearts of all western people because
it will do good to the west and to the
nation alike. But I shall not forget
either the other needs to this state and
this nation I shall not forget her wool
the tariff on wool; ] shall try to serve
l was born 6, Henry Clay Wing and
as long as I live my motto will always
be the highest possible protection that
is practicable. (AppIause) [ shall
try to serve you by trying to increase
the tariff on wool, I shall try to serve
you by trying TO increase the tariff
on lead, that other great industry of
ours and such other things as may be
needed in this country.
Gentlemen, you say this fight shall
be on national issues. [ don't want to
forget the home needs the state of
Utah is demanding. There are many
that I cannot remember today that
You viii remind me of by letter and
resolution, but there are a few things
that I shall try to bear in mind of
which there has not been much said in
the campaign that we have passed
through. Either the personal cam
Peisru VI lllc pdlSn between the
parties. But 1 shall not forget that
one Of them is the duty of the Utah
senator to see that wrong
is righted. shall not forget
to see that it is the duty of both our
senators (and l believe my colleag que
viii concur with me) to see that the
property that was wrongfully taken
from one part of this people is restored
to them. (Applause)
Al shall not forget the need of this
great city for public buildings or the
need of the other great city to the
north for government building Ap-
any jealousy between Ogden and Salt
Lake. There ought not to be, for both
are deserving of a great deal.
Il believe 1 have nothing further to
say to you except TO thank you collec-
lively and individually for the kind and
generous work that you have done, and
the favor that you have shown me. I
don't wish it to be forgotten by myself
or by my friends that 1 am keeping
warm in my heart the friendship
which has been shown in this contro-
versy that has elected me, and keep
ing warm there those who stood by me
lumny and attack, under all circum-
stances. 1 thank them now, and shall
thank them forever. And in thanking
you, gentlemen. / believe you have ex-
pressed the public sentiment in this
state as we'll as elsewhere and while |
there has been personalities in this |
as there always must be. |
am proud that they have passed by |
with so little dissent as has occurred /
on this occasion. Gentlemen of the |
legislature, thank you again for the (