The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-12
THE TEMPTATION
Of HEBER WELLS
Judge Whitecotton Scarf
fies Governor at Logan.
TELLS HOW MR.. HANNA
CAPTURED HIM ALIVE
Congressman King and Mr..
Moyie Make addresses.
Special to The Herald.A


Logan, Utah. Oct. 11.-Congressman
King and James H. Moyle reached
Cache this morning and were met at
of the county.
Judge King spoke to a large gather
ing at Newton at 10 a. m. and to an
other big meeting at Hyde Park at 2
p. m. He was enthusiastically received
at both places. 1. c. Thoresen, Judge
Hart and Attorney Nebeker accom-
panied Mr.. King.
Mr.. Moyle. in company with County
Chairman Blair and others, held large
and enthusiastic meetings at Mendon,
WeIsville and Hyrum, arriving here
at $50 p. m
A large and representative gathering
assembled here this evening to listen
to the first Democratic speeches that
have been delivered in Logan during
the present campaign. With Judge
King and Mr.. Moyle were Judge White
cotton and n. P. Porter of CenterVille.
Frank K. Nebeker was chairman of
the meeting
The Logan Glee club gave as the
opening piece, America" They re-
ceived a rousing encore.
Judge WhitecOttOn was the first
speaker. He was accorded a very fiat
tering reception. He took up the cur
rency question and traced the history
Of money. in the BEGINNING pointing out
the Ireachery to silver of the Repub-
licans of the state and nation. He
caused a tremendous laugh on Cow
eTnOr Wells by quoting Christs temp
tatiOn by Satan. He then remarked
that when Governor Wells went to
Philadelphia last spring he was ap-
preached by his satanic majesty Mar
Hanna hn int nd
pendence hall and after commanding
him TO look out and behold the great
trusts and the glory thereof, said:
Governor, / will give you an interest
in all this if you bow down to our
golden calf And the governor said,'
Mr.. WhitecottOn added, mot get be-
mind me, Satan, but get before me.
golden calf
Mr.. MoyIe was the second speaker.
He too, was well received He at first
took occasion to brand as a lie the
statement of the Tribune that he had
promised to certain individuals ap-
pOintments under his administration if
elected. 1.-The man does not live" said
he, who dare say that 1 have directly
or Indirectly indicated political prefer
ment for any one in the state of Utah
The speaker then took up the Porto
Rican tariff question, pointing out in
plain terms the bad faith shown by
Mckinley in that matter. The power
VI the III directing national leg
islation was plainly set forth. He
called attention to the fact that while
every commodity produced or handled
by a trust has risen in price all agri-
cultural products have fallen. Speak
ing of wool, Mr.. Moyle pointed out that
the much-vaunted protection to the
wool-growers is nothing more than a
fraud. There is no protection afford
ed the wool grower by the Dingley
bill" said the speaker, land I chal-
lenge any one to prove to the con-
trary. What will the wool-growers do
when the plans of the wool trust shall
have been completed and all the wool
en- mills of the country are brought
into one combination? Is there no
menace to the wool man in the ascend
ency of the trusts?'
Attention was paid to the plank in
the Democratic platform pledging the
party to work for the reclamation of
the arid lands of the state.
Congressman King was she last
speaker and his talk was a brief one.
He alluded to Governor Roosevelt's
speech here and agreed with the lat
ters assertion that we want the trade
of the world, but, said the speaker. we
believe in getting it in a businesslike
way, not at the cannonS mouth nor at
the beheSt of wealthy combines. whose
chief aim in business is the fleeing
Of the producer of the nations wealth
MIR. King pointed out that the Demo-
cratic party has always contended for