Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-31


Detroit. Mich. March sO.-Four hun.
drcd Detroit Democrats. with con.
siderable company OF ladies'. enjoyed
tonight the third annual banquet OF the
Mohawk club. the leading silver Dcnio.
cratic organization OF Michigan. The
large auditorium OF the Harmonic club
house. In which the dinner was served
was gay with patriotic decorations. a
lifc-sizcd portrait OF Colonel Willia,t >.
Bryan was conspicuous feature. Lett
otnerB were read
Hon. r. T.. I'nrancy. PRECEDENT OF the
club. introduced Mayor Mnbury M
tonstmnstcr.
Tho mayor paid his respects to the
trusts by saying tnat no mon was ever
80 dangerous 10 tue peupltn interests
n the Unpitallstlc greed when is rul-
minating today. when great ngsrcga-
I unn Of capital are seeking to lower the
cost OF production, particularly nt the
tsrensc OF labor.
Hon. ThomnH y. narkworth. Demo-
cratic candidate for Justice IL the state
SUI RENE currt tibet bench which ~
occupied wholly by Ecribiicnnsl
responded TO the toast. "partlsanshlp
and the judiciary. are they always
ucparablc.
The principal address Of the evening
Nus the response by conrrcHsninn John
J. Lontz Of ohio. to the continent. Re-
foim and trusts firHt. and the Fillpinos
ufterwurd."
lie said. Lot but one side OF any
cnne be presented to "a Jury, and OF
course n verdict win always be BROUGHT
Ia accordingly. No The American pvo-
PIE are like n jury. aud n scldah ana
d"slgnins mcn possessed III great
Or political power are per-
ri la la
papers OF the country. u win be- cury
Tor than to control and uHs the people
OF the country. one Of the curses OF the
day " the fact that "a newspaper lie will
travel around the earth while truth ~
putting on her boots. There IL no
Hoods Of lies with reference to the con-
duct Of Germany during the war with
Spain"
MIR Icntz told OF alleged efforts 10
show nnlmoaity toward the United
States ON the part OF Germany. which
be- declared never existed. There was
no cause, he declared, FOR the npprc-
hcnaion felt by the people OF trouble
with Germany. Bald he;
These facts could easily have been
Flven out by the state. the war or navy
department. or the chief executive
while making political speeches In the
West the South ana New England.
~
while decorating the graves OF tho
Southern dead for political purposes
have also dropped la word or two r
explanation for patriotic purposes AMI
relieve tho people u thoughts % new
gravca ana all the horrors ~ war with
u"rmnnyf For that would not have
been % war with Spain.
''Thc contrast between Abraham Tin
coin and William Mckinley gtowa
widcd and wider cvory day. IL wps
Lincoln who could say.
Lot M have bat one war at n
time. II was William Mckinley who
could remain impotcnt and silent
throughout this campaign %. n false
hood and malice against Germany.
1T Inns been the trick or Etropcln
powers TO get into war with each other
Whenever the masses OF the people be.
ran TO consider and discuss tine 'Rightn
~ man. And 20 fear In this country
those who dictate tho policy OF this adj
minlAtrhtinn became. 10 thoroughly
alarmed az the awakening which tool,
place IN 1896. that they nave sought
refuge temporarily from their impend-
ate ~ hiding their greedy pur-
poses behind war clouds. We shall
have more than enough to do n we turn
our gnttiing guns ON the public enemies
nt home
Air. LcntE denounced what he called
AMI snii'
Pagan, Corbln and Sampson, who
were never near n hght, arr promoted
aud rewarded. Schley and Miles. who
whipped the Spaninr,is AT every turn
In ~" lane without sacrificing our own
soldiers, are discfeditcd and siandsr.d,
II this war or N this polltica? IL this
spnin'n sense % pusticcg' or II this
Americas national houorg' I.t the
memories OF jackson ana Lee. OF Grant
and Sherman answer"