The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-25
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: TUESDAY. OCTOBER % 1898

fair dealing to all. and fully acknowledg-
ing my obligations to the great party
which has honored ne with this nomina-
ton, while recognizing. my duty to the
| whole people as q public officer.
I'm the discharge OF its duties ! viii
exert all the care, energy and industry
| nature has endowed me with, guided by
! that quality which Governor Brigham
| Young valued so highly when he said, "A
| handful of common sense is worth
bushel of knowledge.
Recorder James C. Jensen was the
third speaker. Figures cannot lie is
/ an old adage," he began, but some
| times those who compile them are not
| so careful as the figures themselves. L
want to point out TO you the unreliable
| figures of the Tribune. II published,
yesterday morning, an alleged compila-
ton of statistics tending to show the
present county administration in a
careless and wasteful light. 1t says:
! The 1897 warrant register only shows
s7,576.SS charged back to 1896, and this
was all they could find any excuse for
charging back
Now, the fact is that an appropria-
| ton of $4,000 was made Jan. 4, 1898,
covering certain expenses which prop
erly belonged to the expenses of 1886.
This, the article fails to take into con-
sideration.
But this lie in the figures is no worse
than that uttered by the same organ
JAN u, 1898. 1t makes q comparative
statement of expenses of conducting
the the county recorders office for 1895
and 1897, conveying the impression that
the figures are stated for each full year
The salaries shown to have been paid
for 1896 amounted to 1891, whereas that
amount represents only the salary OF
the recorder for three months of the
year and the salaries of the employees
of the office for six months. The ac-
tual salaries paid for 1896 current work
was IS, 257.2O. and the actual salaries
for current work for the year 1897 was
$6,32S.07, while the receipts of the Of
flee exceeding those of 1896 by $955-55.
CONGRESSMAN KING.
Congressman King was the orator of
the evening. He spoke of the import
ance of the campaign and the issues
now confronting us, which involve the
veal or woe of this nation. There are
those who would make us believe the
government is not menaced, but be-
warei The only way in which we can
preserve it is by the utmost vigilance
in national affairs. Do not allow your
selves to be blinded to the issues OF this
campaign. Tariff is not an issue, but
financial reform is the problem facing
us today. In 1895, when Mr.. Allen ran
for congress, he opened the campaign
with just a declaration that all other
questions must be relegated to the rear
until the financial reform question
should be settled. 1t was the issue
then, it is the issue now. We have not
had financial reform in the past three
years, yet Mr.. Aliens party now in
sists that tariff is the predominating
ISSUE
The bill for establishing an interna-
tional bank with a capital of S50,0000e0,
was next discussed by Judge King. 1t
tba hill concidarad nv rom
gress before Mr.. King left Washing
ton, and, as he said, is d proposed in
fanny. 1t was supported by Republican
congressman and opposed by the DEM
ocratic side. This was but an example
of the dangerous class legislation which
finds such wonderful growth in the
Republican party 1t started first in the
interest of the bondholder. 1t followed J
in the conspiracy of interpreting the
word coin" to mean gold" Again we
find it in the crime of 1873. 1t certainly
is class legislation when it is sought to
deprive the people of one-half their
money. Brutus followed the policy of
gold standard, loaned his money at 60
per cent interest and we find later that |
slaves were sold in the streets of Rome |
to pay debts incurred by such a policy. |
The speaker dealt with Mckinley, ar |
raigning him Sternly for giving the |
people to understand that he would |
work in the interest of international BIZ |
metallism, and later TO utterly disre- |
gard the question. In rich sarcasm he |
depicted how congress awaited mes
sage on the subject from March to May /
of '97; how the assembly put in every !
third day listening to prayer and adj |
journment" And so they (the Re
publicans) evidenced their friendlinesS |
to the cause. The speaker pronounced |
a powerful argument for silver and |
urged the voters to support the party |
which has for it's candidates men |
pledged to the great cause. He spoke |
his belief in party discipline, and |
scourged Sheriff Lewis for his attitude. |
1T is dishonorable TO oppose the party |
when it speaks in convention he con- |
Guided.
Before adjourning the gathering lis
tened to the Romance of a Hammock"
a very amusing recitation, rendered by |
Ben r. Haddock. For an encore Mr.. !
Haddock gave an imitation of John z. |
Meakin in The Flower of Liberty"
which. being so like Mr.. Meakin, con-
vulsed the audience