The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23
(Special 10 The Herald.l

L
OGDEN, Aug. 22.-In point of at
tendance and noise. at least, the Re-
publican ratification meeting here to-
night was a great success. The opera
house was filed to OVERLOOKING, and the
speakers cheered and applauded
throughout
The meeting opened by Edwin Dix,
chairman Republican county commit
tee, VINO presented National Commit
teeman L. R. Rogers as chairman for
the evening.
Rogers was well received by the au-
dience, and introduced Hon. c. w.
Bennett, the first speaker, who said he
was merely present to identify himself
with the Mckinley party, and not to
make a speech, but he proceeded to
make one just the same.
Senator Brown was received with
great applause, and made a hot speech
on protection and bimetall1sm. He
charged the Democratic party with hid
ing the true issue of free trade with a
popular cry for free silver, and paid his
res ptClS Id Bryan anu lHt
of Utah in no uncertain terms.
Hon. Arthur L. Thomas was next in
troduced and caught the audience with
an ingenious combination of free silver
and protection. with pledges of the re-
monetization Of the white metal at the
ratio of 16 to in the event of Repubh-
can success in Utah. He arraigned the
Democratic platform fo~ broken prom
ises" in the past and predicted the
same thing in the future, but stated
that whether Bryan Or Mckinley was
elected, we would have an honest man,
an honest president once more in the
White house. There was no controversy
over candidates on the score Of honesty
or ability, but upon the platforms and
policies of the respective candidates
represented. He closed by urging Re
publicans of all degrees of faith to
unite against "tfer ancient enemy, the
Democracy and said every Repubn-
can found fighting for Bryan now.
would in the future be made to share
the fate of his companions in this cam
paign.
Chairman Rogers read the following
letter and kilograms from John Henry
Smith, Senator Shoup and Hon. Charles
Crane:
Salt Lake City, Aug. %.
Charles Meighan:
I regret my inability to attend your
meeting tonight. Important business
calls me to Cheyenne. All hail to the
grand old party and Mckinley as her
standard bearer.
Yours truly,
JOHN HENRY SMITH.
Boise, Ida, Aug. %.
Chairman Republican Ratification
Meeting, Ogden:
Previous engagements deprive Gov
ernor Mcconnell and myself the pleas
ure of being with you tonight. We
are with you in spirit, and predict that
a vigorous campaign will save Utah.
We are waging an aggressive cam
paign here and will keep this state in
the Republican column.
GEORGE L. SHOUP.
Centerville, Ida, Aug. %.
Chairman Republican Ratification
Meeting, Ogden:
Am surely with you in spirit tonight.
Because of traitors whom the Repub-
leans of Utah have honored the bat
ties of '92, '93 and '94 must again be
fought over. The Democratic party,
sinking into oblivion by the weight of
it's own mistakes, clutches wildly at
the Populist platform and, as in 1892,
seeks to ride into power by appealing
to the cupidity, avarice and ignorance
Of the masses. May the traitors within
our ranks who have sown the wind, be
made to reap the whirlwind by the ear
nest, honest Republicans of Utah.
CHARLES CRANE.
There was good music by the Big
Four and Ogden City quartettes and
the Ogden brass band The Osceola
gang, recognized by no party and rene
gades from all, made two or three at
tempts to break up the meeting, but
were soon smothered, to the general
satisfaction of Democrats, Republicans
and Populists alike who were present
The meeting as a whole has not shaken
the faith of the masses here in Bryan
and free silver one particle.