The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-17

There was dn enthusiastic meeting of
Democrats at headquarters last evening,
at which Hon. Fisher Harris, Hon. W.
II. King and Mrs E. X La Bartl1e were
the speakers. Ut was an Intelligent au-
dience, and the speakers were warmly
appt0uded all along the line
Hon. Gustave l<roeger presided and
opened the meeting with neat llttle
speech. alter which he introduced Mr..
Harris.
FISHER HARRIS.
MIR Harris IS opposed TO non-parlEsam
nlelGlodS in politics and declared 1aat par
tlsanism WIS thle Inadlns OF furnishing
the best forms of government. Where
TWO ac't.ve and aggressive political Udr eS
exist, IA the effort to ATTAIN supremacy,
bhe beslt measures are ddOp-sd ana the
best men are nominated. Trle, there are
iscJA9sd exceptions to this rule cut as
general eLaaS this is Dhe case. r he cor
1uIniogl and mismaAag emeAt which occa-
SgcMally occur are due ITO the fact that
one element 1a5 a1 oVefWhe bnthGIy ldI ge
majority arDd1S enabled to maintain Its ST.
prenlacy by sheer forGo Of i imOerS. But
Inere always comes a time when Lhe peo-
ptc rev0tt and by aiding the opposition,
change the prevailing system. rneri lit is
THAT other elements arise, as IS the case
in SaM Lake City today, AMI strive TO
defeat TINE right by attempting 20 draw
she people away; have them Ioiicw s. me
oias,H created Nsa AMI divert their at
tentlCn from the main point at issue.
In Il-s ely eAe Republicans haze rad
control for a number of yeas Uncer II at
party abuses have crept IN. Ne are
forced to agree with THE Tribune that the
aftalus of tine city have been m1sEnanaged.
We ara also compelled ITO admit thJt the
statements made by the News are doubt
less true, although we do MT have evil
deElce enough to force a cO1vicliln IN the
ceGul; and We can cheerfdliy sag to both
that the people they elected did she work;
nliSma1aSed whatever affairs baNe been
rnisnanaGed and corrupted wlarevar h2s
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PROPOSES TO correct these evils. ana let
the very men who are responsible for the
existing condition OF affairs arse and say.
We have a better plan; follow US.
MIR. Harris alluded to the apparent de-
sire on C.h9 part OF the members of the
nor-partsaln aggregation TO belittle the
p-lJr man; the man vino OWNS ND large
holdings. 1T has been said, virtually,
shat unless a man is taxpayer he IS NOT
worthy to be trusted wJ.h the affairs of
goYernTn emit. This IS wrong. In the days
when the nat4lon was in trouble, II was
the poor man who fcugh'- it's battles and
when he presented himself ito enlist. the
question was not asked hiTn If he was a
taxpayer or nilIt. He WAS hustled into tine
whale tlle Taxpayers. the men with
means. stayed befliad and said. sic EN-"
The majOrlty Of the people OF mis- nation
are not Taxpayers. and the speaker be
lDev6d the majority of the voters of this
city were no.. taxpayers. But every one
of 'them was interested N good govern
ment To say otherwise is to insult t1a
intelligence of the people. All man are
nl,,. rogues, and there are as gc5d men N
1lla ranks of the common people as there
are in tine bakers dozen WHICH has GUuli-
Ci3Lisd d ticket; created a golden calf and
ordered the balance to DOW down 10 1T.
MIR. Harris made a very effective speech
and WAS succeeded by Congressman Klng
who. as usual, delivered an eloquent ad
dress.
He opened his remarks by stating ne
was nS. there as a ncn-part.san nor an
advocate of npn-partisan methods. He
came as a Democrat. ITO eXpOUnd die pr.n-
cip3eS of Democracy He believed in the
cause of par-isanism and panty discipline,
because all good measures of government
had originated in the confines of parties.
Ii was party organization which defeated
the power of the kings and the tyrauts
of Gid. and ever since the people lS,d
banded themselves together as parties,
The tyrannicaq power has attempted to
overthrSw them. AN power comes from
enc people. II is not conferred upon them.
1t originates with them.
'Iiaa democratic panty IS arrayed against
tle idea OF uon-DaTtisanism because 1T
represents no IDEAS; is responsible to no
ONE for It's actions, and is here one day
and gone the next. Parties nave pr.nci-
pies which are eternal. and men may
come and men may go. but fnre pr-rlciples
live cl forever.
The men who seek to thrust down the
Threats of the people of this city this
ticket which they have selected. aban-
the customs of AmericanfSm. ThCy
sought the seclusfon of back rooms and
thus said to the people: We do not be-
lieve you can be trusted to nominate men
or dictate policies we will do that for
you" The old parties seem to be good
enough for the nation; they are good
enough for the state. Then why are they
not good enough for the city? From the
statements which are being made. one
would imagine that ii requires more skill
and Intelligence to manage the affairs of
. In 1ffr han = r1a fQT mai
Judge King declared he was in favor
OF partisanism because better results
were obtained. When d man is elected to
It'll an office he knows if he does not fiji
ii 10 the satisfaction of the people who
comprise that party he will be called to
account and his party will be called TO
account. He knows, too, that faithful
service in the interest of the people Will
be rewarded by the communication of the
people, but with a non-partsan arrange
ment there is no one responsible for his
action: he ends his term and Joins another
non-partisan aggregation and all the
wrong doing he may have committed is
naught His responsibility ends with his
term of Office. To whom are the non
partisans responsible? "a voice: pat
Yes. Patrick Lannan. This non-partisan
crowd IS seeking to disorganiZe you and I
who fought together last fall in the bat
tie for silver We told the people of the
east who are now struggling in behalf of
humanity that we were with them and
would encourage them in their fight. And
now it is proposed to permit the non
partisan idea to divert us from the object
we sought to attain and have ithe informo-
ton flashed to the east on election day
that we have abandoned silver and have
elected a Mckinley man. What will be
the result II non partisaniSm prevails and
the Democratic and Republican parties
are disbanded? few schsmers who are
responsible to no one Will control and
divert all to their own selfish ends.
The Republican party born in travail
and distress raised up a man whom the
nation delights to honor whose name will
never be forgotten as long as the WOrld
rolls. Abraham Lincoln. The Democratic
party, born in the hour of distress and
struggle raised up a philosopher in the
person of Thomas Jefferson. THESE two
and many others nearly as great might
be mentioned, but what ilustrious name
have the on-partisans ever given us?
(Another voice: Pat Lannan)
minute ere Judge King could resume.
When he did he said; you who stood
by the Chicago platform last year, did
you believe It to be right? If Il was
clared there were correct they are today.
The fight we engaged in then is still on
and will be until il is finally settled in
1905 If you follow off this new idea and
your action results in the success of the
Republican party, it will initiate against
the cause of silver
MRS. LA BARTHE.
Mrs h X. La Barthe made a neat
speech in which she urged unity Of Demo-
cratic action The fight was, as Judge
King declared, for silver and all efforts
to lead Democrats away We're fathered by
those who want to see us disrupted in
order they may say, Utah has abandoned
the silver idea.
Mrs. La Barthe, abiding to the vapid
utteranees of the man who writes the
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