The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-27

| cupied. A very conservative estimate
gives the census of the audience at
| 500, and the gathering was particularly
| demonstratiVe.
JUDGE POWERS.
Judge Powers was the first speaker
His wltticisms were rich and more than
| delighted the audience. He, as wei,
pronounced an eloquent argument Tor
the silver cause. He scored the Repub-
lican party for lodging the real issues
of the campaign, for attempting TO
blind the eyes of the voters with the
tariff question.
He denounced those who, pretending
to be friends of Bryan, declared their
intention to vote for Warren Foster IN
preference to Mr.. Roberts, especially
when Foster, through his paper snort
time ago, said Mr.. Bryan was as lSnor-
ant as a pig. There has been nothing
/ urged against Mr.. Roberts, he sald,
Ito warrant friends of the cause turn
ing away from him. He IS Tor silver
always, and if the caucus of Democrats
in congress should. through any mis-
chance, be controlled by gold men, Rop-
erts would bolt that caucus and be true
to the people of this state. This mucn
cannot be said of Eldredge, as ne
stands in his party. / want 10 say that
| never was more enthusiastic over the
election of a Democratic ticket than
am over the one now before US, ana
was never firmer in Democracy than
today l urge you one and all to SUD
port our ticket from top to bottom.
Judge Powers did not Drolong his
remarks, owing TO a pressing engage
ment in another part of the city.
The Ladies Glee club sang Bonnie
Marcus Hanna" and was heartily en-
cored.
]. F. HOWELLS.
John F. Howells thanked the precinct
for the support it had given him IN the
county convention, and referred briefly
to his candidacy.
After another selection by the Glee
club, Mr.. ]. G. Bywater. candidate for
the legislature, was introduced by
Chairman HaSlam. He confined hlm-
self to the local issues, of course ad-
vocating the election of Democratic
legislature, who would send sound
silver man to congress with Mr. Rod
erts.
Mr.. Bywater regretted that Lewis
had been led astray, and censured MS
friends, or, rather, enemies, who had
urged him to make such a foolish play
He hoped that in time Lewis would see
the error of his ways and become the
good man in the party he once was:
Having been personally acquainted
speaker could heartily endorse his can
didacy and ask for him the suffrage OF
the voters.
RECORDER James c. Jensen spoke
briefly He branded as a lie the re-
port that county warrants were selling
below par value, and assured the popu-
lace that they were being purchased at
the banks every day for 100 cents
(gold, if wanted) on the dollar. He also
related the history of the income tax
law.
o. F. WHITNEY.
Hon. Orson F. Whitney was the last
speaker.
said:
Il want to say a word for the Demo-
cratic ticket. l shall vote that ticket
straight, from top to bottom, without
a scratch. Not so much for the men
who are upon it, good men though they
are, as for the principles they repre-
sent Men may come and men may go,
but principles, like Tennyson's brook,
go on forever. l have something to say
of these men, however. L shall vote for
B. H. Roberts. He is a clean man,
moral man. 1 don't know how many
wives he has; 1 don't know how many
children he has; but I'll stake my repu
tation upon this, that he never lived
with a woman who was not his wife,
and that he never had a child he was
ashamed to father. He is a man who
would stand u and be shot to death
before he would commit an immoral
act He is a moral man, an able man,
and I shall vote for him because he
correct principles of govern
ment.
Il shall vote for Judge Baskin, an
other good man, an able, fearless and
impartial man; a man to be depended
upon. for you always know where to
find him. Upon the bench he will dis
pense equal and exact justice to all
men, without fear or favor. 1 shall |
vote for all these men, not because they
are perfect men. but because they rep |
resent perfect principles, the eternal |
principles of Democracy"
He ended with this peroratiOn: "Clcse |
your ranks, Democrats, and prepare |
for battle; and when the word comes |
for you to storm the heights of this |
political San Juan, don't stop to ask |
yourselves whether your troops are |
black or white, but charge the enemy, |
sweep up the hill, capture the block |
house and plant the banner of freedom |
and equal rights, the banner of De-
mocracy. upon the deserted trenches of !
the frightened and vanquished foe. |
Great applause). TIE CerveIas IF Re |
publicanism are about to sail out from |
the harbor They go, like that other !
-ervera, to their doom. The warlike |
feet of Democracy blockades the mouth !
IF the harbor and is calmly, but ter
IDLY, preparing to receive them"
An ovation seldom rendered a speak
ar followed Mr.. Whitney's stirring ora
ion, and the audience voted the meet
ng the best ever held in the Third pre-
einct
The house was profusely decorated
with flags and banners.
Political Notes.
Hon. Frank j. Cannon has achieved |
anne by the publication of his portrair