The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-20
THE REFORM FALL ACY
GRAPE SHOT GREETING SENT
TO NoN-PARTISAN EGoIIsTs.
Mr.. King Tells Why Democrats
Should Stay With the Party
Brief Speeches by Just Mar
gets, Backman and Eet stton-
Crowd Large and Enthus .-sttc.

The leading address was made by Con-
gresham w. II. King, who kept the
large crowd enthused with his spark
ling eloquence.
The hal! was filed long before the
rally began, and when Moroni Giles
pie, in the capacity of chairman, an
nounced that he had some one to in
troduce, long rows of Democrats were
standing in the aisles and around the
doorway. J. H. Moyle and Mrs La
Barthe, who were billed to make adj
dresses. we're unable to attend, and
Justice Frank Margetts was introduced
as the first speaker.
Mr. Margetts said, in opening, that
the questions involved in the coming
campaign were greater than most peo-
pie realized. Last year the Democrats
stood together to wage war for silver.
but now the field of battle had changed
and they We're lighting "a larger array
of enemies.
It was proper. he said to speak first
of the Republicans, before dealing with
that illegiumate offspring of politics,
the Citizens Reform party" He con-
sidered the Republicans to be at a fork
of the roads. They had either repudi-
ated the st. Louis platform, or if not
they had nothing to offer the people.
Failing TO stand on national issues.
they would have to turn to what they
had done for the municipality. In this
connection" he said. lit Will only be
necessary to point to the record OF the
present city government. They will
have to explain the use made of the
contingent fund, created for the poor,
and say whether it has not been spent
in duck shooting and champagne"
Referring to the non-partisans Mr..
Margetts said that if their opinions pre-
vailed there could logically be only one
ticket in the field. The non partisans
argued that their candidates should be
elected so that political debts would not
have to be paid by officials. Since J0-
hanna Sprague had been in a city
Office. she must. according to their ar
gument. have been there in payment
of a political debt, and so, in her case,
they had been inconsistent in making
a choice of candidates. "The non-par-
tiSanS," he concluded. believe in home
rule and SO do the Irish. but it is q diff
ferent kind. The Irish believe in home
rule because it means freedom. but the
non partiSans believe in it because. in
putting members of their family in Of
flee, they keep the money at home,
(Applause.}
Mr.. 3. j. Haddock sang and then +.
D II GTHSlEOIl, uOuIi4Ce IOI COuuCiA4lAellA
made a brief speech. He condemned
the on-partisans for doing away with
primaries. and wanted everyone to
place an X by the rooster on election
day.
G. H. Backman appeared at this
point AID was rushed to the platform.
He said that defeat for the Democrats.
which he considered an unlikely calam-
ity, would mean in the east that the
al 1T, H. s..,t-I
the methods of the non-partisanS were
un-American and believed that Repuh.
lcan municipal corruption should eff
fectuaIiy dabar them from victory in
the coming election.
CONGRESSMAN KING.
4 gust of applause at this point sig
nalized the appearance of Congressman
w. II. King. who was promptly intro
duced by Mr. Gillespie. Mr.. Kings
speech was an eloquent effort and the
applause with which his oratory was
greeted was loud and frequent. He
said he had not come to criticise any
man in his beliefs, as he had a sincere
admiration Of a man who chung to his
political convictions. Any man was
right in voting for the ticket which
he thought would place the city on the
highway to prosperity, whether il was
san. That" he said. lis the kind Of
politics l believe in, and that is why
l am a Democrat and why ! am going
to vote the Democratic ticket and vote
it straight. My opinion is that men
should adhere TO their convictions and
not be easily shifted in their views,
and it is wrong when people hold to
their conscientious political beliefs for
any man to say that they are ward
heelers and enemies to the interests of
the people and good government" CAP
plause}.
The non-p artisans. said Mr. King,
advocated the breaking away from the
cid politics, but offered no adequate
substitute. The Democracy had
platform as old as human liberty. The
Republicans advocated theories as old
as human governments were old If
either gain official control of the city it
would be easy to foreteIi What the
general policy would be if he honestly
followed the tencts OF his party. But
nou-partisanism was built upon no pri-
mary or fundamental principle. It
was a temporary expectancy and its
candidates. if elected, would be re-
sponsible to no person or no great prin-
clplp.
Mr.. King claimed that the existence
of two great parties was necessary in
order to keep the fires of liberty burn
ing, and that the eXtinguishInent of
these or either one of them would pro-
mote corruption. aTistocratic control OF
power and general disaster TO the best
interests of the people. In endorsing
-partisanism." he continued. eve
strike down political parties and en-
d6rSe few mem in controlling the gov
eminent II they can dispense with
primaries, which have always been
the defense Of liberty, why can they
not dispense with the ballet box? If
it IS good to trust them with the con-
troll of primaries they may as we'll be
trusted with elections. If they are IN
f!s 10 select the men who are to rep
resent them, they are unfit to go To
the ballot box and vote for their serV-
ants" (ApplaUsa).
-partisarism he considered Rad
never accomplished anything and
however honorable the intentions of
the promoters of the movement might
be towards the people. the methods
they adopted were deplorable Even
if they were successful their party
could not be perpetuated. How could
this be possible?" he asked. viii Mr..
Ritter, whose name is merely used fer
convenience, or someone else upon
whom his mantle of authority has fall
len, called the committee together
again after the term of Office, should
obey be successful. has expired? 1t is
probable there would be jealousy in
the camp and instead of having %
they might fix it SO as to have only six.
Further strife and jealousy might in
II the next year a quarrel should arise
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