The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-04
Crowds Turn Out to Hear Demo-
cratic Speakers.
THATCHER'S ABLE SPEECH
HE DROVE HOME SOME VERY
POINTED TRUTHS.
John Siddoway, James a. Moyle, G.
II. Backman, Edgar Howe and
Others Tell Some Plain Facts
About What the Democratic Party
Has Done For Salt Lake People.

he Democrats of the First precinct
E,-ud their final rally last evening, and
n was a good one. The First ward
annex was crowded, and the way in
which the speeches and songs We're
applauded proved that in that locality
the Democrats mean business.
Moses Thatcher, the principal
speaker. was at his best He had no
fear. he said, as to the result of tues
DAVIS vote. I'VE tried the Republicans
in this city. and they left us about
So, 000, 600 in debt" he went on. Every
body sympathizes with US now; but
knowing what we do, if we repeat the
experiment of Republican misrule and
at the end find ourselves deeper in the
mire than we are now in the mud, no
one viii sympathize with US, and We
will deserve no sympathy"
Coercion is being resorted to now,
here in Salt Lake, to place in power
men who have been SANDER mongers
for years. And L am surprised that
the chief executive of our state, the
son of one of the pioneers. would leno
himself to such a scheme by denounclng
Democrats as traitors to their country
because they dare to criticize the con-
duct of a war in which thousands OF
brave Americans are losing their lives
needleSsly. When this unholy war for
spoils is ended, it viii be found that OF
those who died in 1t there will be as
many Democrats as Republicans.
These Incorporate deEunclat!ons
rome with poor grace now from party
whose organ and boss few months
since were clarifying the Filipinos,
comparing Aguipaldo to Washington
and maintaining that his cause. was
greater than that for which our fore
fathers fought.
Policies Often Changed.
"On national issues the Republicans
of Utah have turned their coats so often
that we have become familiar with all
the colors. 1t is something gained that
they have cast off deception and come
out squareiy for the gold standard
Mr. Thatcher closed with oeautl1ui
and most eloquent tribute to Utah,
which called forth the greatest ap-
plause of the evening.
James II. Moyle was greeted with en-
thusiasm and made a telling speech
His remarks, he said. had given ofense
to the enemy; he therefore proceeded
to ,1eeD the knife on the same nerve.
The rotterness of the last Republican
city administration; the open confess
sion of that fact by the leading Re-
publicans of the city two years ago and
the absolute folly of going back to those
condemned conditions, formed the
thread of his able remarks.
Mr. Moyle also paid his respects TO
the men who would injure Salt Lake
abroad, and blacken the character OF
its people simply that they may again
ride into poWer-men who propose 10
rule or ruin.
The first speaker of the evening was
John Siddoway. who spoke Of what the
council had done in the matters of
81 rinkling. the city bond issue and the
water question.
Edgar Howe spoke also Of the record
made by the present council. and said
that the desperate effort of the, Repub-
lican councilInen to fasten the single
gold standard upon Salt Lake in the
matter OF the bond issue was proof
that national questions could not be
kept out of city politics.
Brief speeches were also made oy
John GALLAGHER and II. J. Shekel can
didates for the council, and G. II. Back
man. who had been loudly cheered upon
entering The chairman of the meet
ing was A. L. Fikshead, and the music
was by the Silver Glee club.