Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-25
MR.. COBB OF TEXAS.


AMOst flehslhs opshhSI'
Mr.. cobb Of Texas proved himself to
be- a very entertaining talker He had
not been ON the floor long before the
audience found that OUT He changed
easily, quickly from the serious to the
story telling style and when his story
WAS given II invariably CONFUSED the
house I'm conclusion he said lhat he
had found such IL hospitality in this
stale that not even the great and open
hearted south could equal lie wanted
Il known that wherever he went his
voice would be- raised Tor the people of
Utah When they were spoken eWlly OF
In hin they would always ma a de-
fender HUT said he with a merry
twinkle In his eye, while his voice be-
trayed an affected pathos, There is
one thing / must aly No all serious
ness before taking my leave Of you, and
that IS that have grudgo against the
women of UAh, Before ] LETT home !
babe my Mary a long and aflectionato
farewell. looked into her eyes as
blue as the sky and told her that !
would love her forever and that she
was the most beautiful woman ! ever
saw But since coming 90 Titan aud
seeing your girls, / have had 10 take
that back ten times Great laughter
and applause)
Mr. Cobb said he was az loss TO
understand why II was necessary for
party with as many able speakers as
the Democracy has to send FOR
him. After paying many compliments
10 Messrs. Roberts. Moyle and Powers,
Mr. Cobb told OF hearing "a Republican
orator m Utah claim for the Republic
cans the credit for the irrigation law,
although IL was introduced by a Demo
crat passed the house over the votes OF
the Republican leaders and passed the
senate without a Democratic vote being
cast against H. The Democrats Mr.
cobb said. We're blamed for the hard
times OF gS. which came as result of
law passed and signed during a Re
puhllcau administration The hard
times OF that period. Mr. Cobb said,
were charged 10 a Democratic tariff.
when. as "A matter OF fact the Dopres-
sion began before the Democrats came
into power, ANA more than year be-
fore the enactment of the Wilson tariff
law. This Republican speaker claimed
that the sun was "a Republican institu-
tion and the moon a Republican inveu-
ton. He even amended the Bible to
read that under the Roosevelt admln-
lstration Theodore Roosevelt made hea-
ven and earth 90 six days set Kept on
working ON the seventh day.
The trust evil was pronounced by MI
Cobb the greatest menace Co The people
of the country. He told of his personal
experiences at his home in III Paso,
where he was forced TO buy trust-made
goods al higher prices than the peo'
ple across the line iu Mexico were
forced 10 pay for the same articles. The
direct effect Ot fostering Che trusts
was shown as affecting the farmer
through the prices De was forced TO
nay for his tools and implements
prices higher than the same articles
made by the same firms sen for abroad
The same he coutended. ~ true as 90
bicycles typeWriters ana an innumef-
able list OF commodities Tie recon-
mended the abolition Of The tarlt on
an trust-made articles and the enforce
mept Of the trust laws against alI
trusts Just as the Republican president
enforced u against one trusi-the
Northern Securities company MI
Cobb said he was opposed 90 the aho-
lltion OF the tariff on wool ana prom
ised that ~ the Democratic party were
put In power Ii would raise the tau1
ON sugar beets so that Philippine sugar
would not be brought into competition
with the product Of Utah
But a new administration is needed
10 accomplish the reform Mr. Cohl
said. with Cortalyou former secre.
tary Of commerce and labor receiving
Republican campaign contributions
from the same { usts against which nv
holds information further prosecution
of the trusts IS a remote possibility
Western people especially were inter
cstod he said. because the people OF
the west reap not o single benefit from
any trust
After again Complmenting Mr. MOyh
and Judge Powers. Mr. Cobb said M
was going back 10 Texas 10 ten thD
people there that al Dos best Texan hos
puallty never exceeded that Of Utah
and 20 tell them further. that any onu
who attacked the people ot Utah hat
20 answer TO HIM Nv Cobb said tina
before leaving home ne had told n Ger
tain young lady there that she was th
prcttlest lady alive hut since commit
To Utah he had been forced 10 taxi
II back ten times Tie closed 10y am el0
quont tribute to Parker and Bryan,