The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-20
Richards and Hall Speak.


At the conclusion of Judge Powers
speech. the Democratic quartette, the
Amphion. led by Will Phillips, gave
an apt selection. 6. l.. Richards. one of
the Democratic legislative nominees,
and l. E. Hall, nominee for the state
senate, followed with brief talks. In an
automobile Judge Powers was taken at
once to the Federation of Labor hall,
at the corner of Fourth South and
State streets.
Here a large audience was being en-
tertained by James II. MoyIe in a most
eloquent talk. when Judge Powers made
his appearance. Mr. Moyle had driven
home number of telling truths. and
had won much applause. County Chair
man NJ F. Cunningham had also spo-
ken. Judge Powers made his principal
speech of the evening at this meeting
He spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-In this hall.
dedicated to the interests of organized
Ia Dor. it is eminently proper that / de-
vote the few moments at my disposal. TO
a consideration of some of the questions
that interest Ia Dor.
As the Democratic candidate for con-
RreSS. IN this state. ! have had the high
compliment paid me by the Republican
party, of the promised importation to
utah FOR campaign purposes of Con-
gresham Iittlefield of Maine. whom
Samuel Gompers caused recently to have
the run of his life and who secured a re-
election by a scratch. | consider il a
compliment because Congressman Little
field IS one Of the ablest Republicans in
the United States. He is a special de-
fender of corporate greed and avarice
and he is the special enemy of organized
labor. They send him here I'm the inter-
est of the Republican party because there
are indications that | will be elected and
because if | am elected. the trusts know
that they will lose d vote and that labor
will gain friend.
The Democratic party Is the friend of
labor The great urn of Democracy has
been borne upon the shoulders of those
who toll. and Democracy has ever ac-
krowledged its obligations to the working
man. The first recognition of the rights
o. labor i'm any national platform in this
country was in the Democratic national
Platform of 1865. The first eieht-hour la "
tfat was ever introduced i'm congress- was
introduced by d Democrat. IT was killed
IN committee Another eight-hour law
was introduced by Democrat i'm the
Thirty-ninth congress- 1t was killed in
committee. Another eight-hour law was
introduced in 1867 by Julian of Indiana.
who afterwards became a Democrat and
finally in 1865 General Banks. with the
aid of that great Democrat Thomas A.
Hendricks. secured the passage Of the
law
Having become a law it was allowed "a
remain dead letter under Republican
administration. while it was enforced
when the Democratic we're i'm power.
Government by Injunction.
In 1896, the Democrats denounced gov
eminent by injunction and i'm the Demo-
cratic platform of 1900. the platform de-
nounced government by injunction and
favored a trial by flry in contempt cases.
That same year a bill prepared by or
ganized labor was introduced i'm congress
which limited the meaning of the word
conspiracy. and the use Of Injunction
and restraining orders. The Republicans.
against the protest of labor leaders pro-
posed TO amend this law: the Democrats
sustained the contention of labor In the
Fifty-Seventh congress. GrosVenor. Repub-
lcen. introduced a similar bill for Il law
which passed the house, went to the Re
publican senate and its consideration was
postponed indefinitely. In the Fifty
eighth congress. a similar bill was intro
duced in the Republican house and il
was smothered by Republicans in commit
tee. In the Fifty-ninth congress. the bill
was again introduced in the house, il was
strongly advocated by organized labor