The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-22
CROWD AT THEATRE.
Building Was Crowded Almost to
Suffocation.

been forced out of the building At
least that was the way it looked from
the stage. The old playhouse never
held a bigger crowd People stood up
on every floor so close together that it's
a wonder somebody wasn't crushed.
The stage was packed. 1t was at first
reserved for the aristocracy of Utah
Republicanism, but the rabble would
not be denied. 1t crowded onto the
platform ard almost pushed the dis
tlngulshed members of the party off in
to the parquet.
When the size of the crowd is taken
into consideration. the enthusiasm was
astonishingly moderate. Bursts of ap-
pIauSe there were, but not one lasted
over half minute by actual record.
Even the demonstration that greeted
the somewhat dramatic entrance of
Colonel Roosevelt was. not prolonged
beyond thirty seconds. In fact the
candidate, after the first cheering died
away, aroused fewer rounds of ap-
plause than did another speaker,
Proctor Clark, a corporation lawyer of
New York
Much disorder was manifested from
beginning 10 end. People kept stepping
c1 each others toes and many were
constantly trying TO get in out. The
most pronounced disorder was when
Mr.. Clark attempted to attack Bryan
and was nearly Kissed off the stage.
1t was during this that a man in the
audience smashed another for yelling
in his ear A fight was imminent, but
the men could hardly get at each other
on account of the crush.
The battery band played a pro-
gramme while the audience was as
sembling. Thomas Fitch was given a
round of applause when he appeared
on the stage He responded with a lit
tie bow. BY a strange coincidence the
soldier musicians were playing
medley of airs when Governor Roose-
Welt arrived. By a stranger coinci-
dence, that many in the audience
thought, BODIED no good to the candi-
date, the band had just reached
'Marster's in the Cole. Cole Ground, :
as he stepped on the stage.
Mr.. Callister called the gathering to
order and introduced General John @.
Cannon as chairman General Cannon
properly appreciated the honor con-
ferred upon him and took advantage of
| his opportunity to say So He was
| proud TO introduce Governor Roosevelt
of New York, land of the United
| States of America
Roosevelt had been aoplauded when
he stepped TO the stage. but the cheers
| that greeted him when he rose to
speak were more prolonged than the
the greeting my fellow Americans have
given me this evening" he began, land
| it's going to make me alter the special
I had intended to make to you.
/
a little about the trusts. But in the
| last two minutes while sitting here
| looking at you and your motto: One
| country, one flag 1 have concluded to
| sum- I am a Roman citizen I am
| going to say few words to you on
| I am an American citizen!' am going
| to tell you what it ought to mean, what
it does mean and what il shall mean.
| There are men of such sluggish
| blood, of such tepid temperament that
| they don't realize what it is to be an
| American Each man and each woman
here can never look over these plains
/ and mountains, sDlaShed and scanned
as they are with the red of the dwarf
| maple, without thinking of what this
/ land is and of those who made it-Of
/ the lives of the pioneers.
| There is not one of you who should
| not see wildly before his eyes pictures
| of the OK trains and mule trains, of
| bearded men driving them, of the chill
| dren and the women in the wagons.
And then he sees where the homes have
| come up, the struggles and grim toll of
| wrestling prosperity from an arid
| wilderness. 1 hope you think of these
| things because if you don't, your lives
| are poorer because you don't think of
| them
The speaker then referred to the war
! of the revolution and painted a strong
| picture of the sufferings endured by
| Washington and his generals Coming
| down to the civil war ne paid high
| tribute to the union soldiers and re-
ferred to the men who fought on the
| other side in these words:
| Honor to the men who wore the
gray. who fought against the very
| stars in their courses, but who fought
| magnificently and with whole-hearted
devotion for the cause they deemed the
right
On the Americanism theme the
speaker declared that each individual
| of FRY oh hnI lie
head higher because of it's achieve
ments.
'Woe to this country, woe to this
people,, he continued, IF they listen to
the voice of a man who would preach a
doctrine of hatred or to him who seeks
political advantage by preaching ad-
| vantage for one section at the expense
of downfall of another
The first interruption of Governor
| Roosevelt occurred when he spoke of
the election of eight years ago when
the Democrats won. :. There was ap-
plause from the galleries and looking
up the candidate said. amid laughter:
| You weren't so gay four years ago.
We have been bound together again
and in the last four years we have
dragged you gentlemen up with u.s.
Governor Roosevelt told a story of
how he was travelling one day with one
of his cowboys when they found a
maverick on a neighbours range. The
cowboy branded the ''critter'' with
ROcsevelt's brand when it should have
been branded with the mark of the
owner of the range He virtuousIy dis
charged the puncher on the spot with
the remark: IF you'll steal for me
you'll steal from me-" and declared il
was a good maxim for political life.
| On the question of expansion he said
that the Republican party proposed to
give liberty to the Filipinos. but it
would be only under the American
flag. IF we run from the Philippines
now" he concluded. unless our chill
dren are Drawer than we, the history OF
our country will end as ingloriously as
it began gioriously. I ask that you
take the first step Alright by voting so
that the nations policy shall be shown
once for all to be that where the ma
TONS flag has once been hoisted with
honor il shall never be hauled down. -
Proctor Clark. former corporation
counself of the City of New York, was
next introduced by General Cannon.
His talk was catchy in the main and
aroused frequent applause. The
dramatic incident came when he spoke
of Bryan's attitude on the treaty of
Paris. His mention of Mr.. Bryan's
name ELECTED a pronounced demonstra-
ton and Mr.. Clark shouted:
I'll give you five nickles if you'll APP
plaud when I finish the next para graph
of my speech Continuing. he said
| WAS Bryan a pure minded patriot
when he went to Washington and urged
the ratification of that treaty?" Cries
j of yes" yes came from all parts OF
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