The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-30
HATTIE ROSE A FROST
South Dakota Oratress Not a
Spellbinder.
CROWD LEFT IN SQUADS
MISS LAUBE FAILS TO MAKE HIT
AT ARMoRY.

Miss Hattie Rose Laube of South
Dakota spoke to an audience of 500,
acc. 300. 200 and scattering in the ar
n1ory last night. The entertainment
was well worth the time of all who were
present. but a little went long way.
Along toward $3.50 O'Clock. after ].
Ellen Foster and Mrs. BOynton of
Smithfeld had finished some remarks
on the glory of the flag and the great
ness Of Mckinley. Miss Laube was in
trOduced by Judge Wenger, the long
suffering chairman Of the evening. She
had two copy books of the kind in vogue
in the school room before penmanship
became q lost art.
Instead. however, O. containing such
notices as BE Good and You Will be
Lonesome" What is home without a
mother" Has the poor bird lost her
nest" and others OF that kind, Miss
Laube's books were jammed full of a
gold standard speech which she pro-
ceeded to read. For a time the audience
bore UP with cOmmendable patience
The armOrY was cold, and the chill
in the dreary air didn't heat up any
a the South Dakota prophecies con-
tinued to fay free silver and call it an
issue in this campaign She had been
speaking probably fifteen minutes when
Chairman Callister had cold feet" He
was followed out by w. w. Rivers.
Next Mrs. Bradley, secretary of the
state Republican committee, left the
platform. A l. Hamlin and Orson
Hewlett. candidates for the legislature
now stole silently away. Even Uncle
Jesse Smith of Layton, president of
the State WOOlgrOwers' association,
grew aWeary.
Wenger Calls a Halt.
The hoi polIOi followed They didn't
go by ones and twos and threes- DOz-
ems rose and fitted, moved by a COM
mon impulse to get anywhere, every
where so il was outside the armOry.
Miss Laube was visibly embarrassed.
Once, when it looked as if the entire
congregation would flicker, she stopped.
abruptly Judge Wenger threw himself
into the breach.
Ladies and gentlemen he said, IF
you want to go home, so. If you want
to stay stay. But do not leave in
squads this way, for you are interrupt
ing and annoying the speaker
This held the crowd for a time longer.
1t must have been fully three minutes
before anybody else went away Miss
Laube resumed her reading amid cries
of Go on from Sam WesterfieId and
a man who didn't seem to fully realize
what he was doing.
Those copy books didn't look very
thick from the body of the house. but
they certainly contained enough matter
to fill an unabridged encyclopedia Miss
Laube read braveiy on until she finish
ed them, although the remnant Of her
audience was nearly finished likewise
She is 10 be congratulated on doing one
thing that no Republican speaker in
Titan in this campaign has done.
She spoke of the gold standard as
good thing. and admitted that Bryan'S
election would probably mean the free
coinage of silver. Miss Laube said fur
Their that if the people who voted for
free silver four years ago had gotten it
they would be looking for free lunches
now Her hearers failed to thrill little
bit at this announcement.
Other Hilarious Features.
Bat there were other things to add
TO the gayety of the meeting, aside from
Miss Laube. Chairman Wenger was
decidedly 1t" At the outset he read a
letter from Mr.. Dolliver OF Iowa, AvhO
was to have delivered an address. Mr..
DOlliver wrote that he had been sud
denly called 10 Wyoming But" added
Judge Wenger. there are other ladies
present who will address YOU"
The other ladies' portion of Judge
Wenger's speech was heartily applaud
ed. Mrs. BoyntoR of Smithfeld was
the first OratresS- She was fairly bub-
bling over with enthusiasm for McKin-
ley. She had no use for the woman
who takes no part in politics. and said
so. Mrs. BOyntOn told of the work she
had done for the Republicans. and mod
estly claimed her proportion of the
credit in advance, provided the state
goes for Hanna
There was an acceptably rendered
song by a WOman's Quartette. and Mrs
Foster was introduced Mrs. Foster
spoke nearly an hour and a half Her
talk was good natured in the main. and
she held the attention of the audience
throughout Her argument consisted
mainly of anecdotes of her campaign
ing days, sprinkled now and then with
praise of the Mormon people which she
omitted in her speech at Washington
in favor of excluding 3. II. Roberts
from congress.
When Mrs. Foster got through a
quartette which is alleged to have come
from the Y. NJ. Q. A gave two selec-
tions in first-class style The real at
traction. which had been saved for the
last number on the programme. Miss
Laube, was now nut on. When Miss
LaUbe began there were probably 500
people in the armOry. When she finish
ed something like seventy-five were