The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-22
AT PLEASANT GREEN.
a Big Rally of Enthusiastic and
Earnest Democrats.

a large gathering met at the meet
ing house in Pleasant Green, this coun-
ty, last evening, the occasion being a
rousing Democratic rally. Daniel
Whipple was elected chairman of the
meeting, and speakers from Salt Lake
We're present. They We're W. H. Cas-
ady and Scipio a. Kenner.
The chairman thanked the audience
for the honor conferred upon him, and
troduced as the speaker w. II. Cassidy.
In beginning his address, Mr.. Cassidy
said he hoped there were some Repub-
licans in the audience, as it was sin
ners he had come to save, not the
righteous; but if there were some of
his political opponents present, he de-
sired that they would not cOnstrue his
attitude as being against them person.
ally, but that it was simply the prin-
cipleS of that party he was opposing,
because he believed them 20 be wrong.
The speaker then took up the silver
question and recited the prominent
facts of the last great campaign when
ii was sought to have William j. Bryan
elected to the presidency of this nation.
In that campaign silver was arrayed
against gold, and he contended that
the people should not so far forget
themselves as to vote for or elect a
member of the Republican party, be-
cause that party was pledged to the
money-lenders of the country, who
would continue to depress the people,
should be made TO see that there was
no diminution of the silver sentiment
especially in this banner silver state.
1t was useless to talk about a silver
Republican: there was no such thing.
If the people who voted for Bryan two
years ago refuse to vote for men who
now stand for the same great princi-
pie, it would simply hurt the cause.
The Republican candidate for congress
from this state was a Mckinley Repub-
lican, a gold man and yet a straddler
on the silver question.
S. A. Kenner was then introduced.
He said he had been asked whether he
was going to speak about the twins
and nursing bottles. He was, he said.
most emphatically. and then proceeded
to do so. What was there in this life.
he asked. but the building up of the
family. the drawing Of tender lines
around the domestic fabric? On every
hand we see the evidences of progress
sion and succession. The founders Of
Utah bUi.ded better than we know. OF
course, the question may be brought up
as TO the conditions in which children
are born. 1t may be said that the
father was not living in accordance
with the laws of the land. The charge
can easily be matchmaking is easier
must prove it. The man charged must
stand as being innocent until proved
otherwise. There was no reason why
Mr.. Roberts should defend himself from
such a charge.
Utah has had her peculiar conditions
in the past Social institutions were
established that when the change to
statehood was made, family ties of
past standing were caused to be sun
dered; but il is q question whether all
such ties could be broken at once.
Whether this affected Mr.. Roberts or
not, however. Mr.. Kenner stated that
he did not know.
The political phase of the question
was then taken up. There was no evil
dence or charge that either Mr.. Rob-
erts or Mr.. Baskin was nominated in
the convention b. corruption or other
unfair means. They were the choice
of the COM ention, and the people are
asked to vote for them. As to Mr..
Roberts, the speaker said. there was
not a man in all this commonwealth
who could excel him as an orator or
in ability 10 so represent this state in
the councils of the nation And. fur
thermore, he was a Democrat
The candidature of Judge Baskin was
then taken up by Mr.. Kenner. and a. /
high tribute was paid the character I
and ability of that gentleman. Mr. /
Baskin vas an honest man. While he |
had formerly been a strong anti-Mor- |
mon, he now gives much credit to the
people of this commonwealth for the /
progress they have made in regulating I
their social system in accordance with /
the law and constitution in so short a /
time Mr.. Baskin also was a lawyer !
Of great attachments. 1t was also a /
good thing TO have a little politics in
the selection of men to the supreme |
bench under the present circumstances. |
The three members of the supreme /
court at present are all Republicans. /
Mr.. Baskin was Democrat, and il |
MAS a potent. reason why he should be