The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-16
Hammond and "Papa's Boy" at
Brigham City.
GAVE SAME Old TALK
AUDIENCE WAS SUFFERING
FROM COLD FEET.
Hammond and Smith Discussed Pros
perity and Grover Cleveland, but
Were Not in Good Voice-Candi-
date Was Forced TO Quit Before
His Speech Was Ended.
(specia1 to The Herald


Brigham City, March 15.--With a
blare Of trumpets and a crash OF drums
the distinguished Republican nominee
made his entry into the opera house at
Brigham City this evening. Although
Mr.. Hammond was considerably behind
schedule time, the orchestra discoursed
noislly and kept the people from get
ting tired Of waiting for the impending
eulogy on admins ration measures, JUS
LITIGATION of trusts and dissertations on
the Porto Rican bill, and when at
length. at Sis o'clock. the Hon. James
i. did make his appearance, he was
received with bowls of welcome.
Mr.. Hammond was accompanied to
the stage by George A. Smith. who has
been his right bower so tar during his
campaigning sOjOurn, and the mayor
and council of Brigham. The opera
house was fairly well filed but the
audience seemed to be suffering from
cold feet. Mayor Heber c. Boden oc-
cuDied the chair and introduced the
Provo anti-Democratie quartette. which
started the ball rolling and got in some
fierce ticks at the Democratic party,
whom they melodiously described as
dieting on American crow Indeed. 80
--ASAA@ NANOAN C hAQ LllAc 4Uall ACNlC It.
ceive that it looked as if the audience
would be content with singing for the
entire evening. MIR. Hammond sat with
his eyes closed during 3 great part of
the time when his colleague was ring
ing the changes on the Democratic
Dart.-.
George AS Remarks.
Mr., Smith commenced by saying that
he was here this evening in the interest
of the Republican party. He did not
wish 70 hurt the feelings of any one
Present of different political creed to
his own. he asserted that in his Opin-
ion the Democratic party was not the
friend Of silver, and incidentally got in
some vicious slaps at Grover Cleveland.
The disagreeable times vanished like
clouds before the summer sun when
William Mckinley stepped upon the
presidential throne The speaker Stig-
matiZed as a traveSty on the truth the
Democratic assertion that prices were
going up md farm produce down.
one of the warmest sallies against
the poor Democrats was that that i'll
fated party had deplored the fact that
wheat had fallen to 80 cents while barb
wire was going up like a sky rocket.
My friends said Smith in his most
think that you can live on a diet of
barb wire % This query was Of course
Unanswerable.
Hammond's Argument.
After the anti-Democratic quartette
had once more touched up the feelings
of the audience by singing Bring
Back My Office to Me" the chair in
troduced our next congressman. If
NJ =,
was much more so. At frequent inter-
vals his voice would break and finally
he had to cut off short, with an apology
TO his audience for his inability to con-
tinue. He said that the Democratic
nominee was a particular friend of his
and that the only thing he had against
him was his politics. He respected and
admired him for his ability and integ-
rity. There were only two things to be
considered in the present campaign. the
principles evolved by the respective
parties, and which OF those two parties
would do the most for Utah. AS both
houses of congress were now Repub-
lican, Mr.. Hammond thought that Utah
would be more in line if she sent a Re
publican to congress.
Mr.. Hammond deprecated the stand
that the Democrats had taken on the
financial bill and spoke at some length
on its advantages from a Republican
standpoint. He said that there was a
Democratic disposition to DUMP Grover
Cleveland with mis- burden Of mistakes
on the Republican party. EIe had heale.
II rumored that Grover had changed
his faith and become Republican. put
the Democratic party could keep him.
for the Republicans would have none
Of him.
On tba Db;1f~v,;,,o- n
thought that 1t was the duty of the
American people to freeze onto every-
thing that they could lay hands on. He
stigmatized the Democratic policy with
regard to these islands as a desire to
lick the Filipinos simply for the salts
faction of showing that we could. This
IS about as far as Mr.. Hammond got
when his voice gave out. No new Re
publican arguments were developed in
the addresses tonight. It was simply p
Refreshing Of the same old straw.