The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01
Provo Hears About the Import
ed Hanna Orator.
A SCORCHING ADDRESS
SHAMEFUL FEATURES OF THE
FITCH RALLY.
Provo Opera House damned to Over
flowing For the Final Democratic
Rally-Strong Address Delivered
By Judge Thurman-Utah County
Democratic by Big Majority.
Cspeclal TO The Herald.)

Provo, March 31.-The opera house
was filled to overlooking tonight with
an enthusiastic audience, on the occa-
sion of the last rally Of the campaign.
The speakers were Judge o. w. Powers
and Hon. S. r. Thurman. There were
certainly no grounds for the meeting
being dubbed a frost" Enthusiasm
was rampant throughout the two and
half hours Of speaking.
Judge Powers was met at the depot
tonight by a delegation of citizens, and
the AIaccabee band Of Springville
Flags and banners abounded on the
streets, and the firing Of cannon con-
tributed to the enthusiasm 1t was a
Democratic night.
The meeting was called to order by
Precinct Chairman T. e. Thurman,
who introduced William NJ. Roylance
as chairman Of the meeting, who, in a
few well chosen remarks, introduced
as the speakers of the evening two of
the founders Of the party in Utah
Judge Thurman's Address.
Mr. Thurman spoke first. He stated
that he was a Democrat in principle,
and intended to say nothing that he
did not sincerely believe. He believed
it the duty Of the people to meet and
discuss public questions and satisfy
themselves as to which candidate they
should support on principle. He talked
interestingly on the constitution and
it's provisions, conJrasted the views Of
Hamilton and jefferson. and decSred
that Republican legislation is in favor
of the rich and discriminating against
the poor.
TT was the money power with cor
ruption and fraud" said Mr.. Thurman,
which elected MSKinley in 1896.
wherever the flag floats the people
shall be free, is Democratic doctrine, ="
he concluded.
Applause For Powers.
Judge Powers was received with en-
thusiastic and long continued applause,
and delivered one of the most powerful
addresses ever heard on a platform at
Provo. His talk abounded In With
cisms clever stories, and sound and
convincing argument He stated in re-
gard TO the necessity for this special
election that his only regret was that
we do not have elections oftener, as
campaigns are the educators of the
people.
The Fitch Meeting.
He said, in part:
Il ast evening 1 had the privilege of
attending the great rally of the Re-
publican party at Salt Lake City, when
a supreme effort was made to induce
the people to declare that they gladly
bow to thez gold standard, and that
they fully endorse the administration
of President Mckinley. The stage set
tings were novel, and they were the
Of hn
o orator had been advertised as the De-
nlosthenes of the century. 1t was said
that the magic Of mis- voice could make
a bowling dervish of staid respectable
ity. / was told that / would hear the
thunders of majestic oratory, and that
the reverbeTations would scarcely roll
away before would be wooed by words
as sweet as the whispers of the west
wind. when it reveals its secrets to the
purple lucern-
But as in life the mountains grow
smaller when you approach, so the full
fillment was less than the ghtter1ng
promises of the morning. The pltcner
had been too often to the fountain.
The thunders were lost beneath the
horizon Of the past, and like the raise
tightening after a tOrrid day In sum
rner, only here and there along the
sIIv were there flashes Of that genius
IL. :
PLAYED upon mems passions, although
it failed to touch their intellects.
II listened to one who. like Fadla-
deem. claimed to be a judge of every
thing: from the penciling of a Clrcas-
SLAMS eyelids to the deepest questions
of science and literature; from a mix
ture of a conserve Of rose leaves TO
the composition Of an epic poem. l
listened to one whose political conduct
and opinions. seemed to be founded up
on that line of Sadi: Should the prince
at MONDAY say it is night, declare that
Won behold the moon and the stars 7!
and whose zeal for our welfare APP
peared about as Gisintere5ted as was
the goldsmith who fell in love with the
diamond eyes Of the idol Of Juggernaut'
/ heard one whose tongue was hung
with golden bells that tangled sadly out
NJ time. Opinions that tinkled like the
clipk of coin, were strung as beads
from a, string Of gold. Pictures We're
framed from deceptive words and
placed as screens before the perllS OF
reality. Corporate greed was glor1tled
1ust for power was deified, and over ii
all the stars and stripes waved from
a. standard of gold. The speaker
preached the imperial tenets o. an en-
nire. while the audience, worshIpIlg al
tbe shrine of Mammon, bowed before
siI,yer dollar. Men and women whose
lives are dedicated to the cause OF
christ and him cr'ucified, applaudeo
the doctrine that wars for conquest
advance the material and spiritual IN,
teres;ts Of humanity, and that the goio
lace and glitter Of the servants or an
empire is more to be desired tnan the
rearing Of modest homes dedlcated &c
the cause of industry and the advance
IneDt Of the principles or human lree-
dom by the earnest forces OF justice anc
Continuing, Judge Powers said: .'Ir
+bis campaign it is impossible to deter
Inine what principle the Republican
party IS eSpousang.
sT7rosts are as useful as sunshine II
4bair way. and the Republicans vii
have the pleasure Of enjoying Dig one
next Monday. -.
'-The Republican party mas not peer
honest in this campaign. Each speaker
has different argument for use il
each community"
T1dge Powers con INFATUATED Provo OF
having the only postmaster outside o.
New York, who enjoys nauonal rep
1,tafson. He expressed pleasure that {
penT1blican representative was no
elected in 1898. He created mucl
amusement by reading both SIDES or j
IT Hammond caro- anu cOhllHSlICAlt
on his so-called platform.
He asked the people not to blame
George Sutherland for coming down to
Tsoht with Scip Kenner, for when ;
nan is crucified," he said, "he canno
choose his companions"
Judge Powers denounced the finan
cial and Porto Rican bills and showed
how Republican legislation tended Il
poverty. He closed with an eloquen
appeal for Judge Kings support.
Utah county is going Democratic BY