The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-28

ditor, then proceeded to make the great
hit of the night
a whole lot of people fed when
George arose to speak, but they will
never know what they missed. It was
bowling. screaming farce comedy
Here's Georges speech, delivered for
tissimo. with the left hand stop pulled
cut full length:
Ladies and gentlemen"
II am here before you" (Cheers.)
when L went into the Republic
INVENTION my friends said, 'Georg,
you have YalkoYer.'
Bat 1 lad to go down before the Il
dies like gr-T-f-e- G-3-S-S before a
mower" (Cheers and laugneErl
Another friend of mine said, Why,
George. the ladies want your office"
Long pause. during which George
scratched his head and smiled like an
anable chimpanzee.
What could l do?"
my respected friend. Major Hill,
came to me"
What could [ DOR
I ask you"
"Why. | went down like grass before
the mower" cloud laughter, cat
calls and hoWls from the gallery-)
I read one night in one of those pc
euliar papers where some spooney roos-
ter said something about bald heads.
What could L do?"
I went down like grass before the
mower" More Iaughter3
'NoW. ladies and gentlemen. l am
here on my merits. II you don't think
l have worked morning, noon and
night, aye, Sundays, holidays and
nights; don't work for me. for I went
down like grass before d mower -
CVoice, We didn't want you-)
Then don't vote for me-"
What could l do? l went down like
grass before mower"
There 1 am
There's where I am"
Il went down like grass before a
mower"
Then George retired to his chair, sat
down and went TO sleep.
FARLEY L. WILLIAMS.
A loud burst of melody from the band
came after Georges effort, like spon-
taneous gust of applause. and then
Farley L. Williams explained why non
partiSanism was the whole thing. Judge
Goodwin introduced the candidate tor
city attorney as a man who had con-
scented to stoop down to an ONCE IN
stead of reaching for it. Mr.. Williams
congratulated the audience for coming
TO hear something genuine TO the sub
| ject of municipal affairs. He believed
it to be idle to discuss questions which
could only be settled by bodies having
to do with municipal affairs. People
were here to discuss the administering
Of municipal affairs and not to fix the
ration of silver at the ratio of 16 to /.
The municipal ticket would be elected
to attend TO the water works and other
business of that nature.
People, he said, should leave national
issues alone until the time comes for the
election of congressman or senators.
He considered that when men advised
the people to cling to parties, it meant
they did not trust the people These
men feared that the people would break
from their guardianship. and might fail
to elect them to office when they
wanted it The only way to select men
/ intelligently for government was to
disregard question of silver or the an
ne1ation of Hawaii.
He concluded his speech at
this point by saying he was
too tired to speak long. as he had been
busy all day getting ready for the
job, the people we're going to hand out
to him. Heretofore he had been a hoo
doc, but now he was going to be elected.
He believed he would be able to per
form the duties of the office with more
or less creQlt, ana with GOOu OHlclalS
like Mr.. Clark and the non-partisan
council felt sure the duties would be
light Besides the president of the
council was not going TO be arrested for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
Mr.. Williams did not want the people
to be diverted by Mr.. Kings cry Of
silver issue" or RaWlins' dissertations
on why he voted for a tariff on lumber
He desired also TO call attention TO the
vacant chair in Mr.. Dunbars office.
No apologies, he said. had to be made
for the methods used in nominating the
ticket. The ticket should be taken for
what it was worth. If elected. the peo-
pie could be assured that the reformers
would go into office without having
made single promise OF an appoint
ment.
The band interviewed here with a Sc
lection and the crowd dispersed.