The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-16
DUNBAR IN sANPETE.
Opened the Democratic Campaign
with Strong Speech.

AopeSldl OOFTeSpOnQenCe.)
Mt. Pleasant, March 15.-The opening
of the campaign in Sanpete county for
the special election was made in this
city last night and Fairview yesterday
afternoon by Hon. d. c. Dunbar of Salt
Lake. Mr.. Dunbar came down on the
noon train from the north, stopped of
at Fairview and addressed a good meet
ing there in the afternoon and then
drove down here in the evening to de-
liver a second speech
notwithstanding the season is the
very poorest that could be chosen to
get crowd together for almost any
purpose, the opera house as crowded
by an appreciative and ems Isiast c au-
dience when the speaker appeared He
was introduced by the precinct chair
man George Christensen, who, among
other things, said that Mr.. Dunbar had
the distinction of having been the man
against whom the Salt lake Tribune
had conducted. and unsuccessfully, the
most bitter fight it had ever waged
Its vicious attacks had only the effect
OF swelling his majOritieS.
In opening Mr.. Dunbar referred to the
fact that in their state convention the
Republicans had neglected to formulate
platform Of principles. They had nom
mated very nice gentleman for con-
gresham, but he was overmatched by
his opponent, Hon. William King,
whose experience and general fitness for
the position made him the better quail
fed man of the two. But the platform
had been neglected, and for peculiar
reasons; they could not declare for or
against silver, because their eastern
wing was against it and the west was
for silver; they were divided equally
as bad on the trust question, the people
wanting to declare against the trusts
and the leaders OF the party did not
because they were evidently too great
ly indebted to the trusts for campaign
money. They had the same req sons for
evading an expression for or against
expansion. In fact the platform WOul1
have to be a double barreled affair. if
any principles were set forth, all the
way through.
On the stump the Republican orators
were formulating a platform to suit
themselves. 1t was composed of three
planks, as follows: First, the Roberts
case; second. the treat measure Of
prosperity; third, the failure to elect a
United States senator in Utah by the
Democrats when they had the power.
He took these propositions up one at
time and shattered them. Roberts
had been denied his seat on account Of
a conspiracy In regard to the pros
perity. he admitted there was a small
measure, but the Republican party
could not claim it, The hardest times
ever known in this country were in
l813-4-5, when the Republicans had
been in power for years. and why was
it they were having such unequaled
prosperity in foreign countries at the
present time2 Were Mckinley and the
Republicans responsible for that too?
In reference to the senatorial PROPOSE
ton he would ask Mr.. Hammond and
others If the people were q vote for
the other party because the party in
power had failed TO elect a senator
what advice would they give to the Re
publican6 in Pennsylvania and Califor-
mia. The Democrats, though, had
remedy for this-the election of sena-
tors by the people. The Republicans
were afraid Of such a proposition
The Republicans We're constantly al
luding to prosperity and said the great
Increase Of the amount of gold account
ed for it. How much better off then
would We be with silver remonstized.
The speech was greeted with applause
throughout and took we'll