The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-02

The German-AmericanS of the city
stamped their condemnation upon boss
rule and the contempt recently heaped
upon them by the Lannan organ, in an
enthusiastic meeting last evening in G.
a. r. hall The meeting was presided
over by Justice Morris Sommer, whose
opening speech in the German Language
was greatly enjoyed, especially his
scathing criticism of the organ that
could see nothing in German Americans
but beer guzzling, limburger-eating for
eigners-"
Frank B. Stephens, the first speaker,
struck a popular chord when he said
that the Germans who left the father
land TO escape one-man power would
not bow 20 the dictates of boss here.
And the trend, he said, of the Republi-
can party was toward Capitalization of
power aud wealth. Mr.. Stephens was
severe in his criticisms of the F.epub-
Iicans because of their desertion of the
silver cause, and said that to the 5000
O00 freemen who voted for Bryan in
1886 could be added another 10000 in
1900 if the peopie We're true to them
selves and stick to the right
Harris Flags the Boss.
Fisher Harris. in opening. said Ger
man-Ame-icans were just as much III
favor of good government as those
whose ancestors were born here. He
then compared the manner in which
the two tickets were placed in the field,
and paid his respects to the boss who
made and owns the Republican ticket.
This boss was compared TO the vermi-
form appendix which everybody has,
which is no earthly use and which
everybody would like to cast out.
Arthur (. Barnes. who had been
loudly applauded upon entering. made
a brief. straightforward talk as TO what
he proposed to do as mayor and was
repeatedly oheered.
Dunbar On the Issues.
Then D. c. Dunbar made one of his
straight-from- the-shoulder talks. The
Republicans he said, had raised three
issues. First, the worms in the water.
This issue was raised by Geddes, who,
as county commissioner, put rodo-
meter on his wagon. raised 1t on a jack
and kept the wheels going during the
noon hours to make mileage. The DEM
ocratic committee was prepared 10 show
by the affidavits of the people of Par
leys canyon and the people in that
portion of the city where Parley's is
the only water used that it is cleaner
and purer now than it has been at any
time in the past ten years.
Next is the good times cry. Mr.. Dun
bar showed that the panic of 1873 was
under Republicans: that the Democrats
won in 1892 because OF the Homestead
strikes, the Pinkertons shooting down
workingInen and the army of tramps.
But grant that times are better; $780,
GOO. 600 have been borrowed to prosecute
the war, and this amount is put in cir
culation among the people. That proves
that the Democrats were right in 1896.
and if the minis were opened to the
coinage of silver and IS, COO 600. 900 be put
out among the people the good times
would be greater and permanent. But
the Republicans propose in the next
congress TO destroy $3.50, 000, 900 of green
backs. and this destruction of money
viii make hard times again.
Mr.. Dunbar then called attention to
the rottenness of the last Republican
city administration. and asked the peo-
pie to look back two years. when even
the most prominent Republicans in the
city denounced their own party. He
said further that although the present
city government is mixed it is a great
reform over the Glendinning govern
ment, which was straight Republican,
and rotten 10 the core, and the proper
remedy now is to install a straight
Democratic administration.
Speeches were also made by G. B.
Blakely, J. W. GALLAGHER, G. II. Back
man and T s. Lewis.
The programme of speeches was in
terspersed with songs by the Glee club
and music by the Mandolin and Guitar
club. Taken altogether it was a sue
ceSSful and fruitful meeting