The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-01
EXPOSED REPUBLICAN LIES
DEMOCRATIC SPEECHES IN THE
FIRST PRECINCT.
Candidates For the Council Give At
tention to the Parley's Canyon
Roorback-Health of the City.

Candidate Noah Sheckell's residence
in the Ninth district of the First pre-
cinct was the scene of q Democratic
rally last night. Enthusiasm was ram
pant and half dozen telling speeches
We're made by the nominees on the
Democratic city ticket. The giee club
got out their rapid-fire guns, trained
them on Patrick Lannan and drove his
memory out Into the night TO train
with the Halloween witches and hob
COLLINS Several musical numbers were
rendered by Madame Lang and Miss
Parkinson, and Miss Carter reciteG the
Independence Bell of 1916" Mrs King
recited Der Oak ind der Vine and
encored it with a paraphrase on Whit
comb Riiey's Frost is on the Pump
kim" saying that:
THE frost is on the pumpkin,
The vine is on the droop.
HuShl Did you hear a splashing?
It's Buckle in the SOUP"
Mr.. Sheckell made vigorous Demo-
cratic speech and was followed by
John GALLAGHER. who said: II do not
believe that the Republicans will elect
a man if the Democrats turn out and
vote on the 9TH of November. The pres
ent Democratic administration is the
best that the city has ever had from
either party. They have saved money
and conducted the municipal affairs
with business ability. Their work in
the past two years is sufficient endorse
ment as to their ability, and on merit
alone they should be elected TO man"
John Siddoway said: 1T is for the
people to Judge whether or not We have
made an Indifferent record in the past
two years The Republicans are trying
to hold the Democrats responsible for
the condition of Parley's creek. The
conditions that exist today existed in
SO. '97 and '9S. Three weeks ago 1 was
up in the CANYON. and am free to say
that it was never in better condition.
The bottle of filth that the opposition
have been prating about so much never
came out of Parley's creek at all. They
got it from some other source and are
attempting to use it as campaign
canard.'
Health Record.
G. H. Backman was the next speaker
on the programme. He had just been
looking up the records of the health de-
partment and said: II have compared
the records of the board of health for
the past three years and find that in
1897 there were reported in all 163 cases
Of typhoid fever, and in the first ten
months of 1899, ending today. only six
ly-lNO cases nave DttH IL
the water in Parley's creek has caused
the typhoid fever. all that / can say is
that there has been a great improve
ment in the quality of it during the
Democratic administration than has
been in force since 1897. If there was
any truth in these rumors about the
contamination of the water supply, it
seems strange that the people have not
heard of it in other than campaign
times"
Orson Petit was the last speaker
He said: I'VE paid a precious sum of
money to ge: the right to use the water
out of Parley's creek, and after we got
it we were sued for some hundred
thousand dollars by the people who
lived near the stream and who felt
that their natural rights had been in
fringed uDon. Their cattle Craze along
the banks of the creek and every rain
storm that comes along washes the
debris into it. 1t cannot be stopped
and so the city ceased using the water
some time ago. The Republicans know
that as well as / do. They are max
ing this uproar for political purposes
only
After the speaking Mrs. Sheckell fur
nished refreshments.