The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-22
SNAP SHOT AT AN ELDREDGE MEETING.

! Alma Eldredge and John Henry Smith,
/ who are dubbed The Big Three" in
the reports which Mr. Meakin sends of
the meetings to the Tribune. completed
their tour OF Sanpete county today, the
last meeting Of the series being held
! here this morning.
| The effect of the appearance Of the
/ illustriouS trio in this county has been
| threefold in character People have be-
! come Interested in the study of elocu-
ton. have formed a very favorable
opinion Of the talent possessed by John
Henry Smith for clothing weak ar
guments in plausible garb, and have
also came to the conclusion that ii
would be a calamity to elect Eldredge.
As has been stated. Meahin is the
whole show, so far as scenic effects are
concerned He can tell when the aud
fence is bored. and he takes the reins
in his own hands and runs the machine
/ himself He calls time on Alma and
John Henry with as much right as
would the referee at q fight with gloves.
And the candidate and his main SUD
porter obey John, too Tariff, reci-
Drocity and protection all take a back
seat when Meal1in gets ready to recite
"Papa's Teeth Are Plugged With Zinc"
The meeting at Manti this morn
ing was no better attended than
We're the others: in fact, not so well.
1t was billed for 10, and we all went
down together. The Manti band was
out, seven pieces. including the bass
drum, trying to get a crowd together.
It's a good little band, and as Meakin
came uD the street it played Hail to
the Chief" Eldredge did not get on
the ground until a few moments later.
BY that time the band had changed its
tune. and the notes OF Down Went
McGinty" were dancing on the crisp
morning air. The band stayed until
John Henry came. later, and the 81
people filed inside. That constituted
the attendance. Just 81, including the
visitors from the outside.
John Lowry, an eminent member of
the gold standard element, presided,
and introduced Mr.. Meakin first. He
recited 1T Is the Banner of the Free,
the Glorious Flower of Liberteeeeee,'
and was aDplauded. Lowry then in
troduced the Honorable Ira Eldredge,
the candidate for congress; a man well
known, or one who ought to be" The
chairman added that he knew IRA"
well, and was acquainted with his
family.
Alma plunged into the silver ques-
ton by announcing that his distin-
guished opponent had asserted, and
Fisher Harris had corroborated, that
the silver issue was the single issue
of this campaign. he was there to tell
the people that his distinguished oppO-
nent was mistaken. The silver issue
was not the only issue. There was the
issue of tariff and reciprocity. Alma
then pulled the record" and read all
the silver declarations from the Re-
publican platforms of this state from
1891 to the present time. Then ii was
that he made this declaI alton: Il believe
the Republican party wants to restore
silver TO the position which it occupied
before 1873. But life is too short to
discuss silver. Why waste time when
there are so many issues which are of
so much more Importance to the people
Of Utah than the silver issue that We
viii pass it with what has been said"
There is Mr.. Eldredges position on
silver. The balance OF his speech was
devoted 10 tariff, and he used COW
story belonging to John Henry Smith.
Eldredge apparently recognizes the
ability OF his distinguished opponent
At Murray the other evening, Hon. 3.
Il. Roberts made this remark: "Oh,
that the statesmen Of America were as
active in the interest of this nation as
are the statesmen of England. Then we
should be happier and more prosper
Gus" Today, at Manti, Alma came
TO a sort of peroration period. He lift
ed up his arms and asserted: "Oh, that
the statesmen of America were as act
i've in the interest of this nation as are
the statesmen of England. Then we
should be happier and more prosper
Gus Those two statements sound /