The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-28
GREAT RALLY
HELD AT MURRAY
Greatness of Crowd Necessitatsd
Two Meetings.
ABLE SPEECHES MADE
WHOLE TOWN ENTHUSED BY
BRILLIANT oRAToRY.

| ~ EMOCRATIC enthusiasm foated on
! the crest OF the waves at Murray
last evening. The rally planned
for Salt Lake City's southern suburb
was ushered in with brass bands, red
fire and oratory. Cannons were used
too These were loaded with Republi-
can political arguments and all of them
| were exploded. People yelled them
| selves hoarse and hugh bonfires made
the electric lights look like candles. II
| the temper of the people last evening
is an indication of what the voters
tnere Will do at the coming election the
result OF the contest next Tuesday is
a foregOne conclusion.
There was enthusiasm TO spare and
II the extra energy could have been
/ DottIed up for some other time there
would have been enthusiasm enough 10
/ mold over for the next political cam
| paign. The speakers, therefore, had
/ little more to do than TO lend their
blessing TO the occasion and the Repub-
hcans got the most OF this. Cooked
/ goose was prepared and made into YER
bal sandwiches and they will be served
| 70 the party leaders on the opposite
/ side next week. There were few Re-
| publicans in Murray last evening and
tt&se Few turned over a new leaf.
Overflow Meetings Required.
Long before the doors Of the opera
/ house were opened a great throng
| waited at the doors. Many women
were in the thrOng and fifteen minutes
| after the people began TO flock into the
nan there was not an empty seat and
! the nail leading 10 the opera house was
| choked up with pushing, good natured
! thronS which tried to crowd into the
hall. which would not hold them.
Arrangements were finally made to
! accommodate the overflow at the meet
I ing house across the Way, and II was
/ announced that the speakers would
make a second address to accommo-
| date those who could not get a seat in
/ the opera house. The decorations in
/ the theatre were attractive and patri-
4 otto. FestOons of the national coIors
were hung from the side walls and
| gracefully gathered in the dome of the
| hail. Across the proscenium arch was
/ draped a great American flag and the
sides were gracefully draped with the
same colors. The stage was also pro-
fuse with red. white and blue
There was a generous sprinkling of
women in the audience and they were
among the most interested listeners.
They showed by their mods of approval
and. applause that they were in hearty
sympathy with the sentiments ex-
pressed by the speakers. The Fort
Douglas band rendered a number OF
inspiring selections at both meetings
| and a male quartette composed of A.
L. Vincent, II. w. Vincent. W. G. By
water and G. w. Timpson furnished
stirring vocal selections, which pleased
the great audience
Among the citizens upon the stage
were Moses Thatcher, Frank B. Steph-
ems, Thomas Aston Melvin NJ. Miller.
F. ]. Gregory. Judge Anderson. Ray
Van Colt. Oscar Van Colt. O. +. Whit
ney. Sheriff George Ham Naylor, NJ.
Spencer, Thomas b. Page and ]. ].
Proctor. The meeting in the opera
house was called 10 order by ID. W.
MOffat and the one across the street
was in charge of Heber S. Saunders.
The first speaker introduced by Chair
man MOffat was Judge o. w. Powers,
who took up the labor side of the ques-
tons entering into the present cam
paign, and he presented his arguments
with such force that he was cheered
and applauded. As soon as he finished
at the theatre Judge Powers hurried
TO the meeting across the street, where
he made another telling speech.
The WorkingmAn's Party.
F. J. Gregory spoke as a repre-
sentative Of the labOring classes and
he advanced indisputable arguments
proving that the Democratic party is
the only friend upon which the labor
ing classes have been able to lean
when they wanted faYOrs. II is the
only party said the speaker, that
would give the labor element a repre-
sentatiOn on the tickets this year. He
showed what the Democratic leaders
had done for the labor movement and
he showed what the Republican party
had not done. although its leading men
had been urged 70 lend their influence
and aid. They have not only turned
a deaf ear when legislative acts for
lettering the condition of the laboring
men were sought. but they discour-
aged the eight-hour lay and the act
compelling the vestibuling of the street
cars.
Frank B. stephens urged the men
to vote for the Democratic nominees
for the legislature. He said that the
matter of returning men TO the legis-
lature was a matter OF business and
not Of politics. II is not until men
have served a year that they get the
influence anu hDhEE WHICH, tildblNH
them to serve their state. He urged
the voters to vote for the ticket from
top TO bottom.
Bishop Whitney made one Of the ef-
fective speeches of the evening. With
the political questions eliminated. the
address would have been received as
as scholarly lecture. Bishop Whitney
made comparisons with the great fig
ures who have shaped history down
to the time of Bunker Hill.
Moses Thatcher's Speech.
Moses Thatcher was the last speaker
of the evening. Like the preceding
speaker, he urged Democrats 10 adj
here TO its time honored principles.
The principles OF Democracy. he said.
are the principles of equal rights and
the principles of Amerieanism. Any
thing opposed 10 these principles is
opposed to the principles of liberty.
Owing TO the hour Mr.. Thatcher cut
his address short and several airs by
the band concluded one of the great
est political rallies ever held in Muir
ray.
Among the speakers at the meeting
house besides Judge Powers were
Messrs. Stevens and Judge Hender-
son, and their remarks were received
With the same cordial approval that
characterized the speakers in the the
atre