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

to announcement in Woods hall at
Sugar House last night, and, to express
it mildly, Dunbar literally wiped the
earth with his opponents. The audi
ence, very large one, was with the
Democrat from beginning to end, and
at times the applause was deafening.
The meeting, however, was to be void
of partisanship, and the chairman,
Nicol Hood, promptly but vainly tried
to check the outburstS of enthusiasm.
There were very few new facts brought
forth, but the arguments which have
figured in the campaign We're presented
in firSt-rate manner. Mont Fisher
was there, and at the mention of Trib-
une figures blushed like a, schoolgirl.
He also held a stop-watch on Mr.. Dun
bar and made copious notes for future
reference.
The terms of the discussion were that
Whittemore take 10 minutes first, Dun
bar 10 minutes to answer; Whittemore
15 minutes and Dunbar the same in
closing.
Mr.. Whittemore began with the
statement that the board of county
| commissioners of 1896 found an enor-
nous debt over the county upon enter
ing office. He spoke of the appropria-
tions of the same body amounting to
$3.50, ,470.02 and the bond issue of $3.50, 900
at per cent interest, made in order to
reduce the bonds of the previous ad
Dministration bearing 8 per cent interest.
He showed the total Indebtedness
which the Democratic board of 1897 met
upon assuming control to be something
! like S611 900. Just what point he wanted
to make by this he did not say. He
then told how much in bonds and war
rants the present administration had
issued, and claimed they had increased
! the debt $4,000 in round numbers. He
| quoted figures to show the condition of
| the county on June 30 last, and added
that the present administration would
fall behind from $4,000 to $4,000 again
! this year.
AS to the matter of taxation, Mr.
/ Whittemore showed that the levy had
/ been raised by the present administra-
! ton and declared the burden fell upon
the county and not the city; that the
Republicans had improved the roads
and bridges more than the Democrats;
that the Republicans had spent $4,000
| on the same, whereas the Democrats
had spent but $4,000.
On the question of warrants, he said
every warrant in McCornicks bank
today draws per cent interest. Then
he asserted in all solemnity that he saw
I the county treasurer coming out of the
bank with a bundle of 1897 warrants
! yesterday. In concluding his first
! spasm the speaker advised his listeners
to consult Lou Hills at the Deseret
bank before they voted tomorrow. Open
from 10 until o'clock.
A bevy of young ladies from Sugar
House sang Don't drive her away,
John" which was greatly appreciated,
after Mr.. Whittemore's effort
AN OVATION FOR DUNBAR.
Mr.. Dunbar received the first ovation
of the evening when he took the floor
The chairman was compelled to quiet
the audience, saying, I'VE won't have
any more of that and the audience
was left in doubt as to whether he
meant Fishers talk. Mr.. Dunbar re-
ferred to the preceding speakers state
ments, which at first he did not be-
lieve he had uttered in the campaign
Now, he had heard them himself from
Mr.. WhittemoTe and was convinced
that they had been uttered The
speaker demonstrated that a great deal