The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-29
APPLAUSE FOR POWERS.
Well Known Campaigner Enthusiast
tically Received.

1t was half a minute before the aud
fence subsidized sufficiently for him to
be heard. AT the outset the judge said:
I dislike very much to disagree with
the chairman of this meeting, but am
pleased to have ocular demonstration
that there are Republicans in the house
They are the ones that need talking to,
and they are the ones to whom | shall
address myself Every man owes a
duty to his God, his country and his
party. Press of business has kept me
from taking part in the campaign be-
fore, but I am here tonight to explain
why you should sustain Democratic
principles and vote the Democratic
ticket.
The Republican party contains
many excellent men and many excel
lent women. But their party is built on
wrong principles, / say to them IN
the beginning that if they are bas!ng
their hopes of success this year on dis
ruption in the Democratic ranks, TINS
magnificent meeting ought to be SUI
ficient Co prove to them that their
hopes are not we'll founded"
Here Judge Powers told the story OF
the man who interfered in a quarrel
between a husband and wife. He said
that when the trouble was over the
eye, but the peacemaker had two.
There might have been quarrels in the
Democratic party, the speaker conCli-
ued, but if the Republicans lntertered
thew were sure to come out, like tS',s
peacemaker, with a pair of black eyes.
Are Claiming Everything.
"As usual" said Judge Powers, "the
Republicans are claiming everything.
AS usual, they insist that the earth and
the fullness thereof is theirs. Since l
was a small boy l have been taught to
believe that the Republican party
causes the rain to fall, the grass TO
spring UP and the wool to grow thickiy
on the backs OF the sheep. At the close
of the last war the Republicans claim
ed to be the war party.
They are claiming all the credit for
this war They are saying that the
Republican party, and not Dewey, san
ed into Manila bay and destroyed Vhe
Spanish fleet. The Republicans caused
the surrender of Santiago and all the
other places that have become posses
eions of this country. Alter some
further remarks on the line Of the ex-
travagant claims ma he by the lama l|i
ties. Judge Powers spoke of the trouole
Colonel Lannan had in finding a man
to head his ticket.
He said he would pick up the paper
one day and find that one man YVES
going to be nominated. The next day
that man had declined the honor and
il had fallen to somebody else. so II
went until at last Ezra Thompson was
selected. Ezra was to be the Moses
that would lead his party into the
promised land So wrapped up were
they in this belief that they reminded
Judge Powers of story,
1t was of an old negro who had oeen
listening to sermons on the SECOND
coming. One day he was at work IN
the cotton field when an aeronaut
descended near him. The Old man
thought the Messiah had arrived from
the clouds and as he couldn't run ne
held out his hand to the new arrival
and exclaimed: 'Howdy, Marse
Jesus how's yoh paw"
Skirmish Line For 1900.
II think the Republicans will find
themselves as badly fooled as the old
negro" the speaker went on. 1t mas
been said by speakers during this cam
paign that this is the skirnlish line Oh
the campaign of 1900. The issues that
are before you now are the same that
were before you in 1896. They VIII be
the same in 1900
THE Republican party is the same
except that it has thrown off the mask
and exposed its purpose more trans
parently.' Judge Powers said the
Republicans were claiming credit for
the prosperity they say has struck the
country 1t was not the Republicans,
he argued. but the war that caused the
good times. He thought, however,
there could never be any permanent
good times without the reconciliation
of silver.
what we need is more money in
the country" he went on. we can
never have substantial prosperity
without it. If you viii analyZe the
situation, if you will go into your
minds and consider the contingencies
of the times, you will find question
greater than the disposal of the
Philippines, greater than the doing
away with the trusts.
Must Be Rightly Settled.
at is a question that will enter into
every campaign until it is settled and
rightly settled in favor of the great
masses of humanity. The Republicans
have thrown off the Nask and have
declared their intention of fastening
irrevocably upon the country the gold
standard. They propose to drive the
people to the last extremity. They pro-
nose to deprive the masses of their
homes by means of mortgages. They
seek to take away the farm of the
husbandman and the fruits of his
toll
THE policy of the Republican party
has always been to allow the wealth of
the country to escape its just burden
of taxation. 1t was in order to equal
ize matters that the Democratic party
declared in favor of an income tax as
the most just and equitable way of
compelling the rich TO bear their pro-
portion of the burden with the lowly
1.-THE poor mans COW, his little home
and his few sticks of furniture are
easy to find. They cannot escape the
eye of the tax gatherer. On the other
hand wealth is easy to hide. A rich
man here can send his money out of
the country to an agent who sends it
back and loans it, thereby enabling
the owner to avoid paying any tax.
Party For the Rich.
1.-The Republican party opposes the
income tax primarily because it desires
TO favor the wealthy classes. It would
rather tax the people by the insidious
workings of a tariff. The time will
come, though, when a Democratic peo-
pie will amend the constitution of the
United States il necessary so that the
supreme court can declare an income
tax is legal"
Judge Powers here took occasion to
say some nice things about the Re-
publican ticket. He said it was made
up. so far as he knew. OF honest, clean
men. They are guided by wrong
principles, however, and it could net
reasonably be expected that they
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