The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-08


cred in this city. APPLAUSE followed APP
piause, and from all appearances, the
gathering appreciated every word of the
visitors speech.
Good music and excellent singing was
rendered by the Provo band and Provo
Glee club, and the hall was beautifully
decorated.
MIR. Evans, the first speaker deliv-
cred an able address on the finances of
Utah county, AND reviewed the bril-
liant record the Democratic officials
had made.
JUDGE POWERS SPEECH.
Judge Powers was next introduced.
He began by saying that he was graft
fed to be able to speak at the close of
| the political campaign to the people of
the Garden City Of the garden-valley of
Utah. He said this Democratic cam
paign has been remarkable from the
fact that no mans character has been
assaulted. Only principal has occupied
mems minds. And a campaign thus
fought is one the people may glory in.
Judge Powers delivered one of the
most singing philippics that an au-
dience in this. state has ever listened to.
His words fell with telling effect upon
the ears of his listeners as he told how
the Tribune and the leaders of the Re-
publican party had planned to defeat
the Democratic candidate for congress,
and how Friday night a compact was
brought into the full light Of day, when
the governor took a hand and the Re
publican party openly shouldered the
Tribune fight. He said, in part:
DENUNCIATION OF WELLS.
Clothed with the power and dignity
of governor, he appeared before the
public and assailed the foremost man
is, did he speak as q patriot or as
partisan? If he spoke as a, partisan.
his words are open to the condemnation
of every man, woman and child in this
state. However, let us see. First of all,
he took the last meeting held in the
capital. Would a patriot have waited
until his words would have a force to
defeat one candidate and elect another,
without giving the one a fair show for
defense? No, no. The patriot would
not have waited but it was the voice
of q partisan, who spoke for his party,
which he loves better than he loves
the good of his state, batter than he
loves prosperity; why, better than he
loves his peace. With all the adroit-
ness of politician, he referred to Rob-
erts' ancient stand on the suffrage
question. Under no circumstance could
ne support Roberts; under no circum-
stance could he help to send him to
congress.
His was the voice of the politician.
What terrible charge to bring against
the people from whom he was born
and bred! Governor Wells says Roberts
was not good enough to so to congress,
but he is good enough to eat the holy
sacrament. He is good enough to sit
with the high council of the church.
He is good enough to edit the Improve
ment Era and help mould the minds of
the young of this fair state. He says
this because he doesn't know what
congress would do if he were elected;
that his seat might be contested But
1 know he will be welcomed by con-
gress, and he will take his seat and
add his voice to the forces of silver.
COMPARED WITH ROBERTS.
who is helping business interests in
this state, b. H. Roberts or Governor
Wells, who, in q public speech, says the
laws are not executed? Are our bust
ness interests helped more by one who
goes before the people and enllghtens
them upon the great issues of the day,
or by one who pleads guilty to not en-
forcing the laws, and in his letter today
forcibly says he will not.
IF the governors speech of Friday
night be carried to a logical conclu-
sion, John Henry Smith, who sat on
the bench and heard every WORD or this,
listened to his own funeral Grafton.
"a vote for Smith is vote against
Utah, according to Governor Wells, for
his family relations are just as cenpli-
Gated as those Of Roberts"
WELLS DUPLICITY.
Judge Powers then read the govern
or's letter printed in The Herald this
morning, and after comparing each
statement with those contained in his
speech, asked: What do you think of
a man like that?" And a voice in the
audience answered, "A turncoat."
That speech was made to beat down
Democracy, to down silver, to build up
the gold standard. 3. II. Roberts Is
a brilliant successor to that worthy
son of your state, the Hon. w. H
King.
'R. n. Baskin, if elected, will not dis
eliminate between Mormon or gentle,
Catholic or Jew. He Will hold the
scales of justice with a hard as careful
and memorable as the hand of fate"
Before closing, Mr. Powers compli-
mented the Democrats on their efficient
party organization. He spoke in glow
ing terms of Chairman ]. FL. Moyle and
that great exponent of Democracy, The
Salt Lake Herald, and of the good work
done in Utah county by County Chair
man o. A. Smoot and the Utah county
Democrats.