The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-27

the Democratic meeting last night at
the city headquarters on State street.
The beginning Of the meeting was
somewhat belated, on account of the
detention of Fisher Harris. but the
audience was patient and when the
speakers finally arrived there was no
lack Of appreciation.
D. C. DUNBAR.
Chairman Dunbar made the first ad-
dress. which was devoted to an e1pla
nation oe what constituted the chief
issues of the campaign. The claim of
the -partisans. he said was that
nothing but a business proposition was
to be considered. The Democrats be-
lieve also in a business administration,
and were prepared to meet any OF the
parties on this ground.
The Republicans had had control and
had demonstrated that in this respect
they were a disastrous failure. and had
not the -partisans put forth ex-
traneous questions TO obscure the real
ones, the Republicans would almost
have been ashamed to put up a ticket.
The non-partisans put forth the false
pretense that taxation had been in
creased, and that by voting for them
the people could set relief. This was
a fallacy. for there had been. no ap-
preciable increase in taxation since 1889
No relief could be given by nonparti-
sans if they were elected It was alb
surd to think that a mayor and city
council could lower state and school
taxes.
It was true, said Mr.. Dunbar. that a
city council, if acuated by the same
spirit that governs the present county
board, could put down expenses, yet
there could be no great reduction in the
city tax. The present county court.
through a business administration. had
reduced expenses more than one-third-
They had incurred no expenses which
were not covered by the revenues. This
was a demonstration that Democrats
could give an economical administra-
ton, and no excuse could be furnished
for members of the party to go over to
the non-partisans. Republicans" he
concluded, might logically support the
bipartisan ticket IN view of the in
competency and extravaganza of their
own 9arty. but Democrats. in view of
the splendid and economical admins
tration Of county affairs, should remain
strong in their adherence to the party.
Besides this. people owe it to the Dem
ocratic party to show by their votes
that they appreciate what the party
has done for the silver cause" Gap
plause.)
S. p. ARMSTRONG
6. P. Armstrong explained that when
the Democrats came out for silver, he
considered himself too good a bimetal-
list to give half-hearted support to the
Republicans If he had been money
Ioaner he would be gold bug, but as
he was a money Garner, he would re
main with the Democrats and the issue
of free silver.
Mr.. Armstrong believed the Demo-
cratic ticket was stronger than the
other two. and could not see why it
should not receive support from all
advocates of silver There was no rea-
son Why national politics should not en-
ter into municipal affairs. The only
way to fight for silver was to be united
and have but one party, the Demo-
cratic, in the state
He believed that the main object in
launching -partiSanism was to send
a gold bug to the senate. The only
way the local gold bugs hoped for vic
tory vas 80 organize q non-partisan
ticket in all the cities of the state.
Democrats should not allow themselves
to fall into that kind of a trap.
FISHER HARRIS
Hon. Fisher Harris followed. and his
speech was in his happiest vein. He
was Gratified to hear the remarks OF
a convinced Republican. He wondered
how Senator Brown was explaining to
his audience in the theatre why he was
recreant to his trust. The senator had
fallen down before the golden calf and
worshipped Hanna. His reward was
received at the point where the guillo-
tine is supposed to reach its victims.
and he was robbed of even the coveted
privilege of controlling the Utah pat
ronage ut is laughable." said Mr..
Harris. Ito see men like Senator Brown
and Mr.. Dorennus come before the peo-
pie who are pledged to silver, and eX-
pect to receive anything from them but
deportation into another country.
The people spoke last fall and their
verdict was that no man whose silver
record was tainted, should hold office
in the city. People knew that with free
silver there would be no idle men and
hungry children, and having put their
hands upon the plow they were not now
going to turn back. If free silver was
not an issue in Salt Lake, as claimed
by the non-partisans, why was it an
issue in New York and Chicago?
MIR. Harris referred to the days when
the Democratic party accorded Utah
justice and gave her statehood, and be-
lieved that the people would not nov
desert its banners for the chimera Of
nom partisanisnl.
Mr. Harris made 4 sarcastic reference
to the statement of John T. Game that
the reason they did not call q mass
meeting was that they were afraid that
the ward heelers would be there and
nominate bad men. "Ir. Caine,' he
said. was in convention of very bad
men at Ogden not long aso. and they
acted favorably on his request for the
nomination as governor. As they were
bad men Mr.. Game should not have
accepted that. At another aggregation
/ of bad men, Mr.. Game solicited another
nomination, that of state senator. and
he did not seem to suffer any moral
compunction when he was elected, Cap
plause.) But Mr.. Gaines heart, he be
lieved, was not in the movement.
Mt Williams had been put on the
ticket as horrible example. IN his
ayowed attitude as gold bug, he was g
bottle of ink which would spoil the
most lucid and crystalline waters. He
! belonged to the immortal eight whose
names were written In mud on the
scroll Of fame, as the only men in Utah
who voted the Palmer Buckner ticket
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