The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-24
SECOND WARD DEMOCRATS.
Enthusiastic Meeting at Thomas
BarnacIe Last Evening.

Enthusiastic Meeting at Thomas
BnrnacIe Last Evening.
A Democratic meeting was held last
evening in Thomas Barnacle in the
Second municipal ward o. W. NorreN
presided and the speakers were H. L.
Pickett S. A. Kenner and B. H. Har-
bour followed by a lesson on the Aus
tralian ballot system of voting by j.
R. Letcher.
Mr.. Picketr spoke on the national is
sues engaging the attention of the
voters at the present time, referred to
the principles enunciated by Jefferson
and jackson and then called attention
to the Janus-like utterances of McKin-
ley, who before Hanna got hold of him
was a declared free silver advocate
but was now the emblem OF the gold
and bondage contingent Mr. Pickett
then reverted to local issues and urged
The necessity Of supporting the hands
of Bryan by electing Democrat to
congress and a Democratic legislature
and to be consistent the only thing to
do was to vote the straight Democratic
ticket
s. A KENNER.
s. A. Kenner followed and referred
to Bryan as the most wonderful man
of the age, a. man whom even his BIT
terest enemies respected and who car
ried whatever he undertook to a sue
cessful issue, and would undoubtedly
be the next president of the United
States.
Mr.. Kenner advised the voters to
carefully consider the tickets put before
them and then vote for the one they
concluded the best, and if they did this
the straight Democratic ticket was the
one they couldlnot fail to select to re-
ceive their suffrage
The issues We're ciear-cut and we'll
defined. The Republicans had declared
that America must wait for the per-
mission of European nations before it
attempted or thought of establishing a.
financial system pleasing to the Amer
lean people. The Democrats declared
for independence and freedom and the
adoption of a financial policy suitable
to America, without caring whether
Europe liked. it or not. The
gold or undesirable element had been
cast out of the Democratic party; they
were still out and running a little fur
mace of their own. The patriotic Sec
ton of the Republican party had joined
with the Democrats and were working
in common cause. The speaker urged
the necessity of returning a house and
senate to Washington which would be
the platform laid down by the Democ-
racy. Without this, the election of
Bryan would be useless. The only safe
plan was to vote the Democratic ticket
from top to bottom.
BEN HARBOUR.
Ben Harbour made a very sensible
and argumentative address. He said
the American Federation of Labor and
he II, q
members, had repeatedly declared for
free silver and if left to exercise the
franchise without coercion would vote
for Bryan almost to a man. Coercion
was being used to make the laboring
people vote for this man from Canton,
but it would fail The farmers were
for Bryan also. For years they had
been buncoed by tariff talk, low tariff
and high tariff alternately, but this
year the people were not going to be
fooled, but would give Bryan the larg-
est majority ever known. He said, as
a Populist, that no tears would be shed
in his party if Judge King is elected
to congress. Mr.. Foster was running
on the Populist ticket, but if they
thought for moment that his running
would endanger the election of King
he would withdraw at once. His chief
object in running was TO determine
what the PopullSt vote in the state was
and not with any idea that he would
be elected. Mr.. Harbour scored SEN
ator Brown for his course in the senate
in regard to silver and warned the
people not to make any more mistakes
of that kind, but to be sure to select
a Democratic state legislature so that
a silver senator will go to Wash
ington.
Mr.. Letcher gave his talk on the bal
lot, and the meeting, which was quite
enthusiastic, adjourned.