Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-24
Pitches Into the Americans at
A Rally Held 10 the Grand
Thcatcr Saturday Night.
LEADERS ROUADLY SCORED.
Challenges Them to Discussion OF
Some Of The Charges Made
DnrIGg thc Campaign,

speakers 5olng Hon j. a. Largont ana
Judge Theodosius Botkln The meet
ing was presided over b. Hon. H. D.
Booth and good music was furnished
by the Utah state band the Young
MEMS Republican quartet ana The cole
oed Republican Banjo and quartet
club. The boxes and seats ON the stage
were occupied by prominent STATE
county and city officials.
Mr. Largent was fret introduced aud
for 90 minutes discussed iu forcIble
style national issues lie made FREE
uuent alluson 10 the new movement
and roundly scored some Of the leaders
thereof who. lIso the chameleon
changed their spots 10 suit their own
whlms and fancIes Such characters
be said, were not to be depended upon'
JUDGE BoTKiNs SPEECH
Judge BotkIn followed Discussing
the political status Of the state of Utan,
he said. "There are many of yon who
remember with me the cheering pros
poets Of the great Republican parry at
The beginning of the last week n Oc-
tober. 1884 We fcltas sure then as we
feel now that ON the des OF November
Republican principles would De tri-
umphant and that the great Plumed |
knight, the grtu statesman Of nus
time, would SURELY Do elected president |
Of the United States. You older people |
remember that nc the beginning OF mat |
week, .he campaign managers Of the |
national Democracy We're iu the border |
lnnd ct despair and virtually conceded
the triumph ~ The Republican party !
You also remember how q trivial exc |
preston at New York banquet iall- |
ing from the llus Of q sincere friend, !
revolutlouged the whole situation ana |
cast the great Republican party ana |
its magnificent leader down into the |
very depth of defeat We must nll gee /
member that oftentimes the smallest
and most insignificant causes produce |
the most stupendous and lasting et-
fects. Yon know that "a miciobe can |
KIN monarch on "a mighty conquerof,
yon know that "a simple crawlsh, Dol-
ing It's way through Dutch dyke,
caused first % crovasse and then 20
break that allowed the German ocean
10 roll in upon the continent Of Eu-
rcne. destroying untold wealth, numer-
ous ponu0us towns and cities and %
myriad OF people ana dotted the map |
NJ Europe with the great Iuyder Zee
You know that cackling goose
eaused the defeat Of an overwhelming |
hrny NJ Gauls and saved the External |
city from run-and you know lhal |
the simple alllte1tlye expression OF |
Rum. Romanlsm and Rebellion de- |
fcated the magnetic and magnificent |
statesman, James g. Blaine, ana I'M
posed upon the country the stuited |
prophet from Bufalo.
Now we do not know ANA we can
NOT know what trivial accident or what
unioward Incident may yet occur IN
this campaign 10 reyolutlonize the en-
tire situation and once more throw
This country with all rs Industrial en-
tcrprlses, with all us bright and pros
porous conditions, down into that
gloom which always follows a national
triumph OF tariff tinkerng free trade
Democracy and n such accident or
incident should occur causing the
great states OF Sew Ynrr New Jer-
gey. Connecticut and West Virginia
TO turn over into the Democratic COLI
umn. the three electoral votes from
This Young state Of Utah may be need
ed 10 save the cause OF Republicanism
and insure the election OF our present
splendid standard-bearer that true
and tried friend Of the great arid west,
Theodore Roosevelt
"AMERICANIsM."
The speaker then turned his atten
ton to the attitude Of The lnsIigator ana
some of the controlling leaders OF the
new American party toward Roose-
Welt and the Republican issues ana lie-
publican principles, In this campaign.
lie paid due respect 10 the manhood
and womanh0od Of the members OF that
party and sald
MANY Of these people are my hest
and most appreciated friends, ! know |
them To- be honest In their motives ANA !
patriotic IN their purposes. ! know
they have Joined this new party with q
sincere desire 10 right some Of the al |
legged wrongs existing In this city ana |
for the great rank and tile OF the Amer |
lean party | have unbounded respect |
and believe that they are os noble men |
and women as any community IN the |
world can produce; but these men and |
women have been, and are being de- |
celyed and misled by 70 small coterie |
Of as INSCRIPTIONS political dema- |
gogues as ever deceived their fellow |
men. or brought disgrace 10 this ar !
any other country, and ] want The rank |
and ilc OF the American party 10 dis |
tlnctly understand that what ! shall |
say concerning those inscriptions |
leaders VIII not be intended 10 apply |
90 the men and women who compose |
the rank and Me Of that party ! have |
said that they are deceivng and mis-
leading you and shall prove 1t,
CHARGES CONSIDERED
IN is charged against them that they |
are I'm collision with the readers Of the /
Democratic party 10 throw Utah into |
the Democratic ranks to defeat II pos
slble, the national Republican party |
and enable them TO say after the elec- |
ton, as they spread themselves like |
turkey gobblers IN the presence OF the |
administration at Washington. Now |
you see you can't carry Utah without /
US and our help and hereafter when |
you have any iavors TO best0w In the |
great west, you must consult us and |
obey our dictates or you cannot regain |
your lost prestige IN Utah.
ITO that charge they plead not guilty |
IN language more forcible than polite |
and upon the issues thus made, chal- |
lenge them here tonight TO o discus
slon before the great jury their fellow |
citizens | am willing to submit the |
proof o. theiT guilt 10 jury composed |
alone Of the great rank and fle OF the |
American party and an [ ask is a fair |
and candid consideration Of the facts |
and circumstances
The speaker then called attention to |
The fact that while the great lnstigator, |
Senator Kearns, and the leaders. LIP. |
man, Nelson and Nye were loud IN |
their protestatons OF friendship to-
ward Roosevelt they had purposely |
omitted from the official ticket al the |
American party any mention Of presi.
Dental electors. DO not tell me- said |
be- that they knew no better. for that |
would be branding those astute poll
lcians and political managers "a
Tools do not tell me that they forgot