Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-24
DEMOCRATS Open
THEIR CAMPAIGN
Indulge in Strong Talk at SaItaIr
Annual Outing About ma
chine Rule
mo FUSION" is WAR CRY.
directly Accuse the Republican Party
or Utah With Being Responsi.
bic for American Party.

Tho opening guns OF the Democratic
congressional campaign were fred yes.
terday at saltalr. 1t was Democratic
day, and a fair-sized crowd gathered at
the resort 70 listen to program u
speeches and band music. and to dance
through the evening that followed For
mally, II was a dag for the salt Lake
county Democrats but Chairman Maru-
enau had Informally secured the sup.
port Of outside leaders. and there were
speakers ana listeners present from
Provo, ogden and other points. The or
story, almost every bit of II, was shap-
ed into denunciation OF the Republican
party IN Utah, and Of It's leaders.
Who said fuse?' shouted Hon. &.
II. Roberts. and IN answer he demand.
cd that there be an uncompromisIrg
fight against the Republican PARTY. and
steadfast refusal u join with 10. The
Republicans were styled the real found.
ers Of the American party, without
whom its existence would be impoyl-
bic. and II was clearly evident from the
trend OF the speeches that the Demo-
cratic platform viii be built 20 night
The present management of the Repub-
lean party.
The most imprisoned speech Of the
day was one not down on the regular
program. Hon p. N. Roberts was seen
by Chairman Martineau standing In the
audience and was called 10 the stand.
he refused TO come az FIRST hut finally
Yielded and when he commenced To-
talk It was evident that he felt deeply
the situation which the party has at
present 10 meet
ROBERTS SPEECH.
Recalling the reconveued convention
Of 1875, he urged that the platform then
adopted again be called into service. At
the height Of his speech he took up the
matter OF the relation Of his Church TO
politics In Utah and he declared that il
guaranteed absolute political freedom
10 every man. His speech In part was
as follows:
~ am In doubt as 10 the wisdom Of
responding 10 your hattering invitation
20 address you, for the reason that It Is
very likely that you Democrats VIII be
accused Of injecting church influence
into your gathering. and ! want 20 take
you 20 witness that II that shall be
done you and not myself are response
bic. because / was standing in the
ranks Of my political party listening to
the sentiments that were being ex-
pressed and giving approval 10 the elo-
ouent utterances ~ my political friends
and would have been entirely content
IN that honorable II humble position.
However. ! respond 10 your Invitation.
and you are responsible for what comes
u a.
Tn hearing discussed national and
real Issues l am impressed with the
thought that really Republicanism. To-
cll or national. Is or the same piece"
The speaker then called attention TO the
news conveyed in the dispatches that
senator Beyeridge. the mouthplece OF
the administration had announced
the entrance Of the chief executive ~
the nation into the present campaign
involving congressional elections.
And he said. that Is in bad taste
and as much 10 be condemned as sena-
torlal intrusion IN a municipal CAM
paign. | have a few words 10 say
about both issues. Senator Beverldge
formally opened the Republican cam
paign in the state Of Maine. He an
nounced these ideas, that the issue be-
fore the American people is not 50
W.ch economic as 10 T. moral; not so
much present success "a the moral
regeneration of the commerce ~ AM
erica We have lost sight Of the moral
phase OF American commeSce, and the
only possible dccalogue IN commerce I'm
America Is: Thou shalt not steal lie
means that. evidently. as a nation va
are IN such moral degradation that our
sins cry TO heaven Tor reform. Mr.
Roberts declared that "the only method
q reform was 10 have a clean man at
the head and vote the Democratic
ticket"
THERE Is 40 PEACE.
Continuing. he speaker said "A
word with reference 10 our local con-
dltions: / had hoped that we could
escape them without mention. but II
Is impossible. There arise cries Of
Peace. peace. out there is no peace.
and we might ds well face conditions
SIS they are. In looking over AN ola
scrapbook | came upon some remarks
made IN 1894 al Provo. I called
attention then 20 the relation that pro-
perry existed between church and STATE,
tho right Of the individual as related
a. both church and 90 state, and the
conservation az those rights to him.
! expressed the thought then which
believe now. that the security ~
these rights and tho proper recognition
a. the right relationships existing be-
tween church and state and the indl-
,idual and his religious and political
rights were best conserved, and would
best be preserved, by the adoption OF
Democratic principles by the people
n Utah. J have no occasion 10 change
the views that were then expressed.
! believe them TODAY The salvation.
politically. Of the State Of Utah rests
essentially in the hands OF the Demo
Gratis OF the state.
What / want 10 say may be best
expressed by the relation OF an Incl
dent which occurred al this pavilion
within two weeks A Republican
friend said 10 me. What YOU Demo
Gratis want 10 do II to get where you
belong-joln with MS and destroy The
American party. and then let us night
Il out between ourselves afterwards
What's the matter with the Republic
cans getting where they belong and
assisting us Democrats 10 put true
policies or government INTO operation
and settle not only the agitation made
by the American party but the distress
that has come 10 the state through the
Republican parry also.
DOES NOT "M1NcE" WORDS.
II one Of the issues In this cam
paign, locally. Is "a be a so-called vindi-
cation Of the senior senator of this
state, III answer 10 that | wish 10 say
that no Democrat In Utah owes sny
ALLEGIANCE 70 Reed Smoot That gen
tleman, IN his ecclesiastical position.
honor him In that II there be any In
trinsic justice IN his claims Tor reten-
ton 20 his seat IN the senate o. the
United states the question o. retaining
that seat should rest uron those inirin-
SIC principles Of justice. II be cannot
retaln Il by virtue OF those principles
he ought not 70 retain u, because he
ran demonstrate that he carries the DO.