The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-24
B. H. ROBERTS DENOUNCES
REED SHOOTS MACHINE
CONTINUED from PACE &.


States senators and members of the su-
'Bosssm'
'If is time to speak out in meeting.
The bossism Of Reed Smoot is dam
nable. 1t is because he occupies high &c
clesiastical position that l want TO get
at him. There is no use attacking his
interiors. Before Reed Smoot came ntO
political power. the state was dOminate ted
by the financial oligarchy of Tom Kearns,
and no man could get an office from
dog-catcher up unless he bowed to that
oligarchy.
Denounces Ecclesiastical Bossism.
when that oligarchy failed the Re
publicans turned to another and to a
worse form of bossisfn. OF all the despot-
ism on earth Quasi-religious bossism is
the worst. have respect for the re-
ligious belief of every man, woman and
child in the world. / resent any attempt
to interfere with mans belief or with
his right to preach his belief: but the
man who goes out clad with supposedly
religious authority to boss politics is de-
serving of the severest condemnation.
Democrats. get back TO where you were
few years ago, when men like John T.
Game and his kind, VINO respected every
mans rights, were the leaders of your
party"
Mayor Conroy denounced the appoint
ment of William Glasmann as postmaster
of Ogden, saying that not five per cent
of the people there favored it.
w ny was ne appointed ne demanded.
. Because he was a satellite of the ma
chine. Reed SmOOt was in his debt politi-
cally and probably it is to his credit that
he paid the debt. But how about the
people of Ogden who must suffer be-
cause of that machine debt2'
DR.. Conroy eXhorted Democratic parents
to teach their children the principles of
Democracy. He referred TO the defeat or
Bryan in 1896. and said that the insurance
scandals. the packing house scandals and
the railroad rebating scandals had dis
closed the conspiracy OF money which had
defeated him.
One More Whack at Machine.
1t was evident, however, that it was
the Smoot machine which was the sub
ject nearest DR.. Conroy's heart, for he
reverted to it again before he sat down.
1T is deplorable," he said, Ito know
that all over the United States there is
an agitation against Utah. II is heart
sickening to know that contumely is be
ing heaped upon us by people who do not
understand us. We have here coSmO-
politan population but the majority of
our people belong TO a religious sect which
is being maligned by those who know
nothing of actual conditions here.
For this agitation this Republican boss
is responsible. We had peace with the
world before he rose to power For the
a citation for the contumely upon Utah,
he is 10 blame and he should be held
responsible Under Democratic rule in
Utah we had peace. and when Democracy
again gains the ascendancy the white
winged dove of peace will again hover
over us.
applauded At the conclusion of his speech
the band played Columbia, the Gem OF
the ocean
Roylance Against Fusion.
William NJ. Roy1ance of Provo was the
next speaker.
Stand by your guns as Democrats he
said. Don't fuse ] find some talk OF
hi lion, &c
going out that we must fuse to beat the
American party That is all balderdaSh.
The Democratic party is going TO win
There are rumblings of discomfort all over
the state against Republican machine
rule and the way to do up the Republic
can machine is to vote the Democratic
ticket"
Mr.. RoyIance said people were becoming
with machine rule because
their young men who aspired TO pollt-
ical positions were compelled to get the
of a boss before they could as
pire. He declared that Republican rule
had increased taxes all over the state.
He declared that the postmaster Of Pro-
vo Games +. Glove drew 500 month
from the government and spent most OF
his time running about the state on free
railroad transportation fixing up political
deals for Reed Smoot. He closed with an
earnest exhortation to Democrats TO re-
main steadfast in the faith.
Moyle Attacks Machine.
James H. Moyle was the next speaker
He compared conditions under Democratic
rule I'm Utah with conditions since the
Republican machine gained control.
THE Democratic party won honor for
Utah by sending to represent her in the
halls of congress such men as Joseph j.
Rawlins, Brigham II. Roberts and Will
liam H. King he said. The Democrat
ic party brought statehood to Utah, ii
brought peace and tranquility.
When the Republican party came into
power il turned first TO a money oligarchy
and elected to the senate the richest man
i'm the state. regardless of his fitness for
that office. When IL failed, il turned to
the church IT elected distinguished
and an honorable man to the senate. He
held a high ecclesiastical position
After denouncing 'whisperers and
''gumshoers." who, ne declared, were the
OF the Republican machine,
Mr. Moyle continued:
What has resulted from the election
OF this distinguished and honorable man
TO the United States senate? we have
become distracted people The name of
Utah has been made hiss and by
word i'm the land. What else? There has
been tampering with the judiciary, the
one thing above all others that should be
free from political interference or con-
troll.
"But there has resulted an even worse
than that. But for the follies
and mistakes of the Republican leaders
such a party as the American party
never would nave Deen organized. buL
for their mistakes the Democratic party
would have carried the last city election.
and we would not be saddled with Amer
lean party misrule.'
Democracy Only Hope.
Mr.. Moyle severely scored the Repub-
licans for dragging the relief societies
of the church into the last city election.
and then said:
I'm that campaign the Republicans told
us that we should vote their ticket be-
cause in the preceding election they had
the most votes, and we should join with
them and vote their ticket in order to
defeat the American party. The cleo
ton showed that we had far more votes
than they had. viii they be honest now?
Will they admit the force of their own
argument made then and vote our ticket
this fall 10 defeat the American party?"
Mr.. Moyle spoke briefly on national pol
tiles and declared that Bryan. but for q
OF the money power. would
have been elected in 1895. He said the
skies we're Frightening in the east and
that there was every prospect Of Dem
ocratic success. Mr.. Moyle was cheered
heartily.
Fisher Harris Speaks.
Fisher Harris created . laugh when he
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