The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-21


New York, oct. 20.-Geueral Benja-
min F. Tracy. candidate Tor mayor.
Secretary OF the Interior Cornelius y.
Bis and Governor Frank \. Black adj
dressed an audience Of 1,J00 persons at
a Republican meeting held tonight in
the Lenox lyceum here. Secretary Bliss,
IN the course Of his remarks, said;
B There are Two candidates il this
town standing on the Chicago plat
form-one squareiy. The other not say
ing much about il, but standing there
Just the same.
There has been criticism about men
coming from Washington and ohio and
Nebraska and other places 70 speak TO
the people Il NeW York. u thought /
had q right as i citizen of This town
10 come I have seen senators Thurs
ton and Foraker come here before and
some OF our friends who now CRITICIZE
them for coming we're then glad 10
see them. They did not come TO tell
YOU what 10 do, but TO ind out what
you are going TO do.
The state OF Kansas is
RAISING MONEY
for GEORGES campaign. a fund TO elect
George IS being contributed by Kansas
people 1 can say that l hear from all
over the country what is New york
going 10 do2 They ask Are the PEG
pie of New York going back on what
fhev did last year2' That is the Ques-
lion. There is but one thing Tor the
great Republican party in this state.
II is get behind General B. r. Tracy,
elect him mayor of this great city and
have four years Of honest government
in every way and concurrence with the
country in honest money and the Kill
iiz 81 aAarehigI sid every lt.li1g tiiat
goes With the Chicago platform
Nhen. General Tracy rose he met WIN
an ovation but it WAS not as laStlnS
as the one he got when he entered
with Nr. Bliss. General Tracy IN ms
speech. aRelt largely on Brooklyn pom
ties and made an argument against the
Citizens union.
BLACKS SPEECH
Governor Black Of New York VAS the
rexr sneaker In the course 81 ms
speech he said.
"This is not the time for honest men
ia keen their faces from the light we
aro t,7st nm ernerSing from period so
critical that its fun significance VIII
moi BIZ. seen Cor many years We have
only passed the point where disaster
seemed almost certain; We are Slowly
gaining hut are Stlll Nlthln reach OF
that disaster. if through Indifference
1l1an n year ago the whole country was
engaged in z political contest, almost
the eravesU in its history. Men were
then aroused as only war had ever
aroused them before, The menace Ut
tAred al Chicago. in July. had before
November driven thousands from the
associations OF q lifetime and Ma
forced them with new alliances 70 meet
The peril impending. They had heard
an their lives of issues in pohucal
campaigns. but those Of last year we're
not questions of policies or OF men, as
they had been mainly heretofore out
issues that involved the permaneney OF
government. the safety OF society. ana
when these things are reached and
los1 1b,> tr13e friends of the republic
may we'll be fearful Of its fuiNfe- me
heregfes that we're loud and dehant last
year have rot been converted or suo-
dued They are active, hopeful and de-
4er1niued- and desertions from their
RANKS are few. Those Who are now
falling down or retiring from the ilshl
or irYe,-f,reting visions of their own,
como. mainly from the ranks OF those
l Uho then fought for order ana sopreJn-
acv of law II is a strange element in
human nature that oements together
those who pursue an evil object while
IND friends of a Just cause VIII soon
nroxC weak ana scatter. Contests noW
arr wagipg in many states and cues OF
this country. The same army that
threatened as last fall * again abroad,
under the same Commanders IA me
same cause with the same purposes.
Fi,t moving in smaller groups. Every
victory they win now, II separate COM
uzuies- every element Of strength You
permit them 70 acquire in aetachments,
VIII be used against you IN every con-
test hereafter, when their forces are
1.aassed again IN one complete and per-
chance victorious army. The issues
now are the issues OF iast year There
has been no attempt TO change them
and they are net even disS used by
phraseology. In every spot where the
fight g on il is waged on lines OF the
81. Louis and Chicago platforms So
cialis,n. anarchy, junk moLay and ev-
crv wiid-eyed hybrid that stared
through the Chicago platform of d year
ago viii gather in knots next month
around the polling places OF this repub-
lie. He who pretends that an
orc17v is dangerous only once IN four
years. that Reputation is dishonest
only IN national elections and is willing
al other times 90 keep them company,
is himself a dangerous citizen and I'M
worthy of his privileges You cannot
divorce a citizen from q state. q state
from a country, any more than you
can divorce a citizen from his com
ruunity. An are interviewer and de-
. Aan5anf A man who does not realize
his fundamental truth self evident
and 50 necessary 10 3ur presentation
aud our growth. docs, not understand
IN haeic of the government in which
we Eve. And yet in these times we
are told the political contests should
be fought upon non-political lines.
II utterly repudiate that declaration
7 believe ia the principles Of the Re
publican party, not fcF DAY or q year,
not with varying fidelity. but for all
time as the best expression of a politi-
cal creed ard as the safest guide to
those who enjoying the marvellous
RIGHTS to citizenship. would prepare
themselves to meet its grave demands.
I. believe IN partisanship always. for
Z When devoted to nopte purposes II AZ,
\ tains the plane of patriotism. Itlshoaid