Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-07
Immense Audience Hears and
Cheers Him to the Echo at
The Theater
MAKES PERSONAL EXPLANATION
And Defends Himself and Party from
Charges Of the 0ppOsltIOn--Says lie
Has Conducted a Clean Fight

The largest and most successful DEM
o,roGc rally Of the campaign was that
tsld at the Salt Lake Theater on Sat
rrday night. The building was crowd
"a from the stage TO the third circle,
and many we're standing IN the aIsles.
Tho stage was artstlcally decorated
With plants. flags and pictures Of the
democratic candidates, Parker and Da-
vs Judge O. w Powers, the party's
nominee Tor Congress, and Hon, James
A. Brnsou, q brilliant young orator
from Cripple Creek, Coloo were the
sneakers Of the evening. and the music
FOR the occasion was furnished by the
pemocratc male quartet and Miss
Myrtle Smith OF Monroe, Sewer county
who sang some very catchy campaign
songs. National Committeeman d. II.
Peery called the meeting to order and
introduced the chairman OF the evening,
Hon John II. Game who made a brief
speech, predicting Democratic victory
and admonishlng those present not to
forget on election day to put their
cross under the rooster and let It go at
that"
The audience was then favored with
song By the quartet, which was com.
PEELED TO respond to an encore.
MR.. CRIMSON TALKS.
Nr. Brinson was then introduced and,
IN a commute speech acclaimed strong
IN against the Republican admlnstra-
ton and greatly pleased the audience
with the stories related TO illustrate
his arguments, In opening be paid a
h.gh tribute 10 Judge Powers and Hon. !
D. H. Roberts, and said that he felt !
highly hOn0red that he should be in |
y,ttd 10 speak from the same platform |
as such eloquent orators as they. In |
referring 20 the tariff he said that |
President Roosevelt was a rank free |
tlader % years ago and denounced the |
tariff as O robbery and hence the Re-
publcans could not talk about incon-
sistency The relations OF the trusts
and tariff with the Republican party.
he said, reminded him of an experience
he had az his former home In North
]
fishing aud caught large shark. After
calling some assistance he succeeded In
landing q. but7h he was then puzzled
about what ~ do with lt, until some
one suggested that he cut II up. lie
took an axe and cut of a piece OF tho
tan, then piece Of the head, and then
several other sections, after which ne
turned TO put The axe away When
be looked around again he discovered |
% his amazement that the head had |
gobbled up all the rest Of the shark
80. he said the trusts and tariff are the
head OF The Republican party and are
g00b.lng u up as fast as possible, and
ne only way TO prevent II is TO XIII the
head
The Republican administration. he
declared had gone out cunning after
NE trusts but Il had taken particular
pains 10 aim high so as not To hit
'hem Tor the simple reason that II did
ho' want TO bit them, and its efforts in
mat respect We're all hypocritlcal The
Republican nominee for Congress from
lah he said imagined that he was the
largest thing IN the state. lie was re- :
minded Of a fable which he thought m Z
The case pretty we'll a young frog had ]
seen an OK IN the road and ne told his {
grandpa frog that he had seen some /
IhIhg down the road larger than he. J
Iandpa frog then blew himself UP and q
yea 10 Impress the young frog with }
'he ilct mat he was larger than the "
OK lie finally blew himself up until t
ne burst, The speaker said he hoped n
lnat the nominee would never reach "a
huch an end as that, but II looked very /
much that way p
Democracy he said means equal "a
rights 70 all and special privileges 10 II
none while Republicanlsm means q
olaI rights TO none and special priv b
leses 10 some. The Republicans n
cam That the Filiplnos, who have q
iaaae a glorious struggle for years 10 k
e reed from the yoke Of Spain. are not n
ny lor se't-goyernment but that the b.
negroes who had never made an ef- el
I1I, ln behalf Of freedom but were con- @,
.shI with the conditions OF slavery II
we not only M for self government s.,
wy We also nc Ia govern the white ST
y'ople or the south. In closing Mr.
~ Aoh urged that the Democrats give
Ivy nearly support TO the ticket and
\, oiy Tor The party would be assured 81
Ie speaker was heartily applauded al ca
], rs close. wv" '''' 10
HiIer be bad concluded Miss Smith an
Iu,leIeu campaign song entitled. eli
"c nave Come 10 Say Goodbye. Jody no
igHeiL The young lady made de- AN
.,lel vocal success and showed that 10
De Is me possessor Of an excellent pl
. .rl unframed voice She was com. n,
.'el 70 respond to an encore. Her IN
-leoI s number was, There's only One cl,
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