Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-14

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LABORATORIES, ELKIiARI, IND
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the Democratic platform was broad
enough TO include not only the puplle
ownership Of the street car lines pul
the public ownership of lighting plants
and telephone systcms-the chicago
water system. ] believe, has for many
years been owned by the city.
The natural results Of private mOlp'
poly are. first, cXtoTtiOn as 20 the price
of the product; second, oppression as 10
the labor employed I'm productions thlrdi
deterioration I'm the quality OF the pro
ducts, ana fourth, the corruption or the
power which attempts TO regulate mo-
nOpOly I'm the interest Of the pubic,
When the English parliament grants
a franchise for a private water plant
or lighting plant Il generally fixes a
maximum income and requires re-
duotiou OF rates when the maximum Us
reached but I'm this country the adNo-
Gates Of monopoly are bold enough To
resist all limitation and to demand "a
free hand for those who are IN cohltpl
Of the quasi-pubilc corporations.
I'm the matter Of water plants, the
cities have made great progress, but
small percentage Of the water plants
being now owned by private corpora
tons. The taking over Of the light
ing plants has not gone so far but
the movement Is now well under way.
But few Of the cities have undertaken
to establish telephone exchanges, but
this Is a necessary step, and unless
/ il Is taken soon, we shall have the
same struggle that We have gone
| through in regard 10 water plants ana
| lighting plants The sooner the cities
| begin to establish air own telephone
exchanges the less they win have 20
! pay for watcred stock, and In compen-
| sation for so-Called vested rights
GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS.
Mr. Williams took for his theme
/ Equal Rights to an and Special Priyil-
eyes TO None" He said
Il am eager to join in the kind Of
! Democracy which Judge Dunno leads
! I'm Chicago, and which he viii not fail
TO lead wherever the Democracy may
| call him.
"Out u the enthusiasm and earnest
| ness which YOU have displayed I'm your
| canvass we may look for a national
| uprising neCessitated by the same
| abuses and inspired by the same prin-
! ciplcs, Nor am ! satisfied to 60 for
| ward upon a basis Of sentiment, |
| want a platform, and as soon as may
| be, q candidate. Public ownership and
| direct legislation are words enough for
| the banner which we shall carry here
| after. We must give notice to the pOli-
| tiCians Of the party that evasive plat
| forms and elusive candidates can no
| more obtain suftrages I'm Democratic
convention
MAYOR dunno,
Mayor Dunno spoke on Municipal
/ ownership After a lengthy discus
sion of this subject Mayor Dunno end
| ed his remarks by appealing to the
| Democratic party to incorporate a mu-
| uicipal ownership plank I'M the plat
fern to be adopted at the next national
convention Of the party
His speech, In part, was as follows;
THE Democratic party Won IN the
| spring election because its platform
! plainly, clearly and truthfully declared
, for principles which We're for the best
interest OF the people he said 1T
lest last fall because IT'S platform was
compromise and because the people
believed that 1t dealt in plutitudes rath-
er than principles
TOM l.. JOHNSON,
Tom /, johnson If Cleveland spoke
| on Municipal ownership" lie dis
| cussed the possibilities Of municipal
! ownership from traction experts
| viewpoint, Mr. Johnson discussed first
| the adyisability of proceeding to ne
| gotlate for the purchase Of existing
| street car lines In Chicago, on this
| point he spoke OF the delay which
| negotiations would enable the COM
| panies 10 secure, during which they
| would not and could not give good SER
| vice, But, on the other hand, II these
negotiations were supplemented with
active proceedings 10 force conclusion,
| n fair agreement for purchase might
| soon be made,
Among others who smoke during the
evening were j, Hamilton Lewis aud
Clarence $, barrow Mr. Lewis spoke
on "a Constitution 20 Fit the mstitu-
| lions"
CELEBRATION IN NEW YORK,
New York, April l3.-seven hundred
Democrats attended the jefferson day
banquet of the Democratic club OF
| New York at the Waldorf-Asturla to-
| ulBOl, Many were tnelc or national
reputation and chief among these was
former Judge Alton y, Parker Demo.
cratic nominee for president last No
vember
In the banQuet-room portraits OF JEFF
ferson were conspicuous In addition
10 Mr.. Parker, the speakers were Unit
ed states senator Newlauds OF Nevada.
Mayor Mcclellan OF New York CITY.
Congressman Ralney OF Illinois ana ].
| D. Willet % Alabama. Senator Car.
mack OF Tennessee was the only one OF
those expected TO speak who could not
attend
| Mr. Parker was the first speaker, and
ne was enthusiastically received Ere.
guently he WAS interrupted hy applause
Ihe speech was on the future OF the
Democratic party ana was ropleto with
suggestions for harmony and urgent
appeals against sectlonalsm.
Mayor Mcclellan was somewhat dis
concerted by the cordial greeting he
received. He closed his address By say
ing:
'Opportuuism has no place In the
democratic party. Let us cease wor.
shlplng strange gods and go back %
the god Of our fathers ana tn the teach.
ings OF Thomas Jefferson"
senator Francis G. Newlands OF Ne.