The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-27
SECOND PREcrNcT RALLY.
Rousing Gathering In Sixth Ward
Meeting House.

Democrats of the Second precinct to
the number of zoe participated in a
! rouslng meeting at the Sixth ward
meeting house last evening. Judge W.
H. King was the principal speaker of
the evening, and there were besides him
on the platform Treasurer r P. Nor
ris, Recorder G. H. Bachman, Thomas
c.. lewis and George A. Smith, cam
didates for the city council, j. c. Lam
bert, chairman Of the evening, Bishop
Watson and A. C. Morris.
Judge King spoke very earnestly OF
the duty of all. Democrats to he'd to
their party III the present crisis. He
said that the problem of municipal gov
eminent was one of the unsolyed ques-s
tons of the day, and that it was
most serious one. Corruption in muni-
cipal affairs, he said. was one of the
great dangers which is threatening our
government Public franchises are
being partered away daily, and enor--
nous fortunes are being made out OH
the property of the people. The Demo-
cratic theory Of government is TO make
the taxes as light as possible, to make
sacred the life and property of the peo-
pie. and 10 exact no more from the
people than was absolutely necessary
for the administration of the govern
ment.
Appeal For Principles.
Democracy appeals to the people for
support he said, mot only for the
men on the Democratic ticket, for men
are only creatures of ideas and unless
they stand for a policy of free gov
eminent and for the principles Of
truth they may appeal in vain for rec
ognition. That is the kind of men we
have on the Democratic ticket this year
and all of them on their past records
and for their own sterling qualities de-
serve your franchise The judge said
that he hoped to see the entire coun-
cilmanic ticket in the Second precinct
elected. Then he turned to national
questions He hit the Tribune hard
for it's desertion of the cause of silver,
and accused it of bowling down to the
calf of god. and yielding When Mark
Hanna cracked his whip. II the Re-
publicans elected their candidate for
mayor he said, the people in the east
who are eagerly watching the outcome
of the fight on silver in the west, Will
say that another state has been con-
verted to belief in the gold standard.
Thompson stood forth as a represent
tative of the gold standard, of the
trusts and of the corporations, and if
he was elected it would mean that the
people had joined with the Tribune and
had deserted silver and bowed down 10
Mark Hanna. He urged his hearers to
stand by Democracy and to vote.
straight Democratic ticket on election
day.
Morris Contradicts White.
City Treasurer Morris told of the abb
surd statements made by his opponents
in Yesterdays Tribune ard set forth the,E
real facts about his Office. The whole
matter is given space in today's Her |
aid. City Recorder Backman spoke |
briefly of how the Democrats in the
city council had defeated the scheme of |
their Republican colleagues to. have the
new city bonds made payable in gold
and how they had succeeded in making /
those bonds payable in lawful money
IF the country. Messrs. Smith and (
Lewis, candidates fer the city council, /
also spoke briefly, pledging themselves. /
to the cause Of good government If they
we're elected.
A most enjoyable feature of the meet-1
ng was the excellent music. The Dem-
)eratic Glee club, MessrS. Pardoe, Nor /
ey. William and James Poulton, sangt
several selections at the opening Of the /
Meeting and the Imperial Mandolin or L
,hestra gave some splendid Instrument
al pieces at its close.