The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-28

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purpose of expressing approval of the
Mr.. W. w. Taylor. by the Republican
county convention for election to the
lower house of the state Legislature
There were probably at the outside
% colored voters present, the bulk of
the colored portion of the audience be-
ing soldiers from Fort Douglas, while
fair sprinkling of white people were
in attendance.
| The main object of the meeting, the
ratification of Mr.. Taylor, was in a
great measure lost sight of, the feature
being something in the nature of a
row between the Bryan and Mckinley
! factions of the Republican party, each
| of which contended for supremacy.
| THE CANDIDATE.
The candidate was there of course
and made himself useful in escorting
people to seats as they filed in. Mr..
| Taylor in this regard was politeness
! persOnified, and smiled and beamed
affably on his friends, colored and
otherwise. From these good offices he
desisted for a short period and mount
ing the restrum called the meeting to
order ana introduced P. w. Nelson as
plcoldtnt. hat SeUtleflldn IldQ6 a rev
! Introductory remarks and announcing
that speeches would be limited to five
minutes, called on Harry Joseph, who
said he came to glory in the fact that
the Republicans could rely on the
| colored people for their votes and ne
came also to pay tribute to the colored
candidate on the Republican ticket. 1t
had been said that it took 20 hours for
the Republican convention to nominate
the worst county ticket ever put before
the people of this county, but as a
matter of fact the reason it took so
long to make the nominations was that
the convention wanted to get the best
men the party afforded. Mr.. Taylor
was a leader among his people and the
colored people had always been at the
beck and call of the Republican party
and of course would be now when they
had been rewarded by the nomination
of Mr.. Taylor. Mr.. Joseph was launch
ing out to tell of the ills the Demo-
Gratis had brought on the country when
time was called and with the remark
that he was for harmony he sat down
and let it go at that.
REPUBLICAN GRATITUDE.
G. w. Meyer emphasized the fact
that the colored people as rule were
not bondholders but had to work for
living, but nevertheless the Republic
an party owed a great debt OF graft
tude' to them for the way they voted.
He thought it was most important that
the legislature be Republican, because
alter the money question was settled.
the people would need United States
senator who would stand for protection
against free trade. They would also
want a congressman who would take a
similar course. He thought it was pos
sible to find a Republican senator who
was as sound ON the silver question as
a Democrat. He favored good govern
ment and let it go at that
JAKE GREENEWALD.
Jake Greenewald was called for by
the chair at the instance of Billy
O'Meara and here the fun began, for
Jake is a goldbug and does not hest
tate to say that he is for Mckinley and
on this occasion maintained his repu-
tation. He started out by saying he
didn't want to talk for the reason that
the last speech he made was for the
Liberal party in the campaign when
that party met its Waterloo and he had
a forboding that he would prove
hoodoo for his party this time. The
audience insisted that he make
speech anyway and Jake said he knew
nothing but Republicanism straight
and would vote the ticket straight from
the eagle down and advised others to
do likewise. The beehive and the Is
to 1 he had no use for.
The Republicans didn't want no
foreign influence. didn't want no
kings" and that was why they nomi-
mated Holbrook for congress. He had
no use for Republicans who were going
to vote for the Bryan electors; they
would get fooled anyway as free silver
could only come from the Republican
party, the fountain of all good. We
wanted confidence more than free sill
yer and Mckinley had a corner on that
commodity. Jake said he was for the
woodchuck (whatever he meant by that
nobody knew but himself) and was
willing to let it go at that.
THE ANCIENT OF DAYS.
Then the ancient and venerable
Colonel Hawkins. of the Populist
beard, mounted the rostrum and told
how he owned IT'S colored people in
Alabama befo' de wa and gave them
all their freedom and 500 each in gold
and had been called goldbug ever
since. The colonel was greatly dis
gusted because there were no pictures
of Mckinley adjoining the walls
of the hall and after practically
calling for "a chrome of the
major, colored lady produced one and
threw in another of Hobart, which.
under the directions of the colonel, were
pinned on the wall and were greeted
with d faint cheer Thus fortified Mr..
Hawkins sailed right into the Bryan
Republicans and was getting along
swimmingly when time was called He
took no notice of the call and went
right ahead with the remark that no
Bryan man could cali him down; no in
deed! He wasn't built that way; moth
ing but the united strength of the col
ored people there could call him down.
He was wound up and had to run. He
had been a miner for 81 years and got
along very we'll without free silver;
anyway, silver would not go up in
price. even with free coinage, declared
the colonel
Thine was again sailed. but the
speaker declared he COULDN'T make
speech in five Or ten minutes
The Tribune had slurred him in a
recent article and any reporter that
would throw mud at an old soldier
ought to be rolled in the mud and if he
could only fina that reporter he would
give him what ne deserved.
shouted from all over, but the colonel
telling q story and after the candidate
had pointedly suggested that the chair
compel Mr. Hawkins to subside. he
called for three cheers for Mckinley
and sat down. The cheers were given
with some warmth and then Major |
Stanton from among the audience
called for three cheers for Bryan.
which was responded to with equal
rigor The colanpl was for rnl1S ond