The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-04

eminent should keep the Philippines.
The Democratic party says we should
grant the inhabitants their independ-
enee and extend over them our protect
ing hand. We have before US the prin-
ciples of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and nov for the first time in the
history OF America this government
has Joined the European nations in an
imperial policy to retain the Philip
pines, without suggestion of liberty
to those people We have reversed the
principles upon which the United
States was founded And this policy
was denounced by the late Benjamin
Harrison. The Democracy today is bur
fighting for the principles that AbTa-
ham Lincoln claimed as the heritage
of all people for all time
At the conclusion of Major Youngs
address, WHICH invoked the widest en-
thusiasm, the glee club gave a selec-
ton. Senator Joseph l.. Rawlins was
then introduced and the ovation ten
dered him was one of the heartiest of
the night. In the present campaign
the senator said, the Democracy pre-
sented all the doctrines that led to the
creation of the party and by which the
Democracy has stood through all the
| vicissitudeS of the past. He spoke OF
the acquisition of the Louisiana terri
tory, and recalled the fact that the
to the people of that territory.
No Despotic Rule.
Never, under Democratic administra-
| ton, he said, has there been any at
| tempt to establish despotic rule War
was waged against the republic of
| Mexico and at the conclusion of that
i campaign the cry might have been
raised that the people had no ability
to govern themselves, but instead, the
| democratic party took down the flag
and permitted Mexico to set up a gov
eminent of its own. buying the land out
of which has been carved the state Of
Utah.
Senator Rawiins paid a glowing trib-
| ute to Major Young, to whom he re-
/ ferred as an ideal soldier. He spoke of
| the majors career, his training at West
Point, his training as lawyer and his
| services in the Philippines. He then
took up the treaty with Spain, in which
there is no reference guaranteeing the
| inhabitants of the Philippines any
American liberty or privileges. The Re
| publicans have said that the constitu-
ton cannot go there, although they
declare that the flag, once raised, can
not come down.
II have said that the people of the
philippines have suffered cruel
wrongs" continued Senator Rawlins
and have no apology to make.
do not say it to wrong anybody-GOd
save the mark-but because there are
! 100000 of people over there not safe
! guarded in any way by law, but on
the contrary, the victim of carpet
| baggers. L have endeavored to see that
no injustice comes to them, and I will
continue to do So
Senator Rawlins paid a splendid
tribute to w. H. King, with whom he
| served in the halls of congress. and
| forr
Of the idea that any people must stand
in with the administration.
Senator Cannon's Address.
Loud clapping of hands, cheers and
! whistles greeted ex-senator Frank J
Cannon as he stepped forward to ad-
dress the audience. The hour was late
but nobody seemed to care. At one
| time during his speech he paused, tool
out his watch, remarked the time, and
spoke of cutting his remarks short.
GO on, Frank" came from the gal
! lery.
Hide the watch said a man il
| the parquette
I'VE can stay all night shouted q
voice from the row of men standing
along the wall.
This brought out laughter and ap
plause, and the speaker. thus encour-
aged, kept on, the audience hangint
on his every word, following the modu
| lations of voice and mis- dramatic
| gestures. Mr.. Cannon spoke as follows
j Ladies and Gentlemen, Friends anC
| Fellow CitiZens-Utah has come VI
| through much tribulation, and sweet
have been unto her the uses of he
adversities, for they have schooled he
| people in wisdom, Injured their courage
and sanctified them in sacrifice.
| would be great calamity ROW if al
her sufferings had failed to make he
in the history Of the people of Utah
they will determine whether they. ar,
strong or not (Applause.)
Must Be Strong.
Every man and woman must y,
strong for himself or herself in the God
given right to exercise ones own con
science and in a constitutional right t
own their own ballot. Il would be
sad thing, in view of all the mighty
evolution which has brought in its traiT
desolation TO so many, if this genera
ton were not to establish the prln
| cipleS by which the next generation
could abide better than we have done
I-who have been called the most in
tensified partisan-I now appeal to yoJ
| in non-partisan sense, in that non
partisan sense which pleads to ever!
| man and woman who reverences TIT
right o the individual ballot in Utah
!
ticket in this state, and 1 predict t
you that if the words which have
reached me as chairman OF the Demo
cratic party of this state from Repub
lican sources are but One-han fulfilled
| tomorrow will see a victory. not TO
( Democracy alone, but a victory for TIT
people of Utah, and q Christening of thu
Republican party, which viii make /
nearer to the people foreyermore.
II have no fear of the inclination o.
the people to do their own WILL but
have some fear of the influences waicl
may be brought TO bear upon them to
] morrow I shall speak with offense to-
! ward none, but you would not have
| come near, or not one of you would
| have remained here to listen to ont
! word of mine at this hour of the even
ing. if you did not believe that would
| speak freely.
Il do not believe that any church IN
Utah will attempt to sway the vote OF
one of it's members. (ApplauseD 1 be-
lieve that the man who says that the
| Mormon church will seek to lead Its
| people to vote in a certain way to-
morrow traduces that church. 1 be-
lieve that any man who says that tbs
Catholic church is in league with tbs
| Mormon church and that the Catholic
church will seek TO lead its followers
traduces the Catholic church.
Churchmen Free to Vote.
TT was a splendid day for Utah
/ when the dominant church here said
that it would not seek to control the
votes Of its members: there was no