Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-07
ALSO STATEHOOD


Kingdoms or Your monarchles.
ALSO STATEHOOD
1T was the Democratic party tina
gave us statehood. so long denlod ii
! by the Republicans il was the Rl
publican party that gave Utah twic
tno Inc amount of school land that ha
! been given 90 other states. 10 was Oh
democratic party that has advance
me interests OF Utah. and yet they de
clare mat no good comes out of Na2
! areth' mat the Democratic party bring
| haIl times They refer 10 the blr
! times of 1903 and insist that they wer
! brought upon This land by the Demo
cratic administration.
THE BLESSED TARIFF"
| concerning the blessed tariff
/ thcy charge that tAs Democratic
/ l9rty passed the Wilson law
/ That law was not passed until 1854
ana how could O law that Is passe,
4 next year affect the people this year
ana yet their speakers say lhaLTho har,
times of 1898 began On 1892. under IN,
admnlstrIIon of President Harrison
ana ho had prepared the plates that
Were afterwards used by the Democrat.
lc administration for the printing of the
ponds the sale of which they had so ian
made necessary The measures Of pro-
eperlty that we have been enjoying for
Ihe lNt few years came not through
any administration on the part of the
Republican party 10 came through
causes that must De conceded 10 be-
natural causes, one of the PRINCIPAL
ones being the large increase I'm the
production of gold and therefore iu-
crease IN the circulation OF money. Just
iu proportion as that has circulated
among the people, the country has been
prosperous. But the hand times OF
1873 came through the financial legis-
latlon passed By the Republican party,
when they demonetIzed silver and de.
prlycd us Of a sufficient supply OF
money circulating In the country. They
don't talk about that
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
"QW Republican friends are not en-
titled TO claim, as they do, that they
gave us The free rural delivery system,
q matter Of SO much Importance to the
country districts, enabling the people ON
their farms 90 have their mail delivered
at their doors The other night the
Republican congressman, who is can-
dl1ate for reelection, told the people
that That had been given to the people
by the Republican party They have
no more right TO claim that than they
have 90 claim the watch BOO my pocket.
The history OF that can tell you. The
.Igt heard OF the rural delivery system
vas when. IN 1892. Congressman Ly-
ugston DemOctatmOycd,i i'm a Repub-
!can Congress that 100000 be added
10 me appropriation bin for the purpose
lt trying the experiment Of free rural
ieIivery. That was ruled out Of order
The next Congress was Democratic,
lud On that Congress, Thomas H. Wat
SON Of Georgia, then % Democrat but
afterwards q Populist candidate for tie
presidency moved pn amendment that
10000 be appropriated 10 try the eX-
pertinent Of free rural delivery That
being Democratic Congress, II was
passed but the Republicans did not eX-
lend dollar Of that money or do Il
hing tcSar3s carrying the idea into
.ctull service Cleveland went into
'hicc ana during the first two years Of F..
Ms term nothing was done but In /
S96-l. was established the first rural |
delivery route I'm one or the counties |
4 North Carolina and from that on /
NTH it increased 10 "a routes, and from .
hat grew The system now established .
0 this country. II was put into ac-
ion upon the motion Of @ Democratic 1
congressman, and carried into effect by
postmaster general under a Demo.
ratio administration.
THE IRRIGATION LAW.
They talk so much too about the
giving us the Irrigation
Nv, bat ] want 10 call your attention
the tact that they have no more right
claim that law than they have to
aim credit for giving US the free de-
very system. ! want 10 say, however.
.at neither party ought to claim tho
edit for that law. There is such u
ing ass fairness in politics There Is
lch thing as conceding something 10
lose whom you are opposed to In poll
rs. I'm 1860 our representatives de-
arcd In favor Of some kind OF a law
y the arid lands OF the west, and at
AT time both parties incorporated II
TO their platform. President McKin-
y, however said nothing about II In
3 message TO Congress, and IN Janu.
~ 1901. there was introduced I'm the
'use OF representatives the bin that
forwards became the irrigation law.
nat bin was introduced by Congress.
an Newllnds OF Nevada, That bill
rs wrought out I'm Democratic mind,
was the result Of Democratic ef-
r. More than that, when Il was in.
,duccd IN the house of representa-.
res, II was advocated by an the Dem.
rats, Among those who spoke IN It's
half was our distinguished and bril-
nj representative, William II, King. !
did not then pass, but It was OPP !
sod by such men rs Attorney General ! J.
1mett. then q member o. Congress. !,
Mr. Hopkins, by Joe Cannon. the J,
'aker OF the house Of representatives, | !,
q lately the president OF the Repub. ! .
40 national convention and by others / !.
sides The next fail, Mr. Roosevelt =,
8 president, and IN his message he
,oCated the passage OF am irrigation
+, but he advocated nothing new. lie
! the good sense 10 advocate the q
nocratic measure. and Mr. Ncwlands u,
introduced II, and it was finally y.
sel Seyenty-three Democrats and y,
Republicans voted IN favor Of the ,.
~ Republicans and 10 Democrats ",
ed against the law. 30 that more Ee, N
,llcans voted against The law than y,
uocrats II passed the hous Of REP. ~.
went 10 the senate, passed ~,
re with virtual unanmlty. went to ON
president and he signed II. IN
OR LOCAL TARIFF BENEFITS. OF
fter protractcd defamation Sc
inst the present tariff schedule uI
ge Powers said: so II / 10 to the IN
gress OF the United states, and p'
g an opportunity TO vote for tariff In
rm I shall vote IN the interests OF W,
ganfN. a. g .nV .tfrft 1aRHr a.pI .aknm I M