Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-25
REPUBLICANS IN
RALLY TONIGHT
Congressman Howell Will Preside
Hon. c. E. littIefeId Prin-
cipal Speaker.
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON.
Large Attendance at salt Lake Iheatcr
Expected and an Interesting Pro-
gram Has Been Arranged.

The congressman from Utah will pre-
side at a Republican rally, to be held
in the Salt Lake theater tonight.
The congressman from Maine VIII
be the guest OF honor. and the princi-
pal speaker,
This last announcement Is MADE
with some little reserve Congressman
/ c. Il. Littleheld is on the way to Salt
Lake, but the time of his coming de-
Ponds ON the railroads, and at present
the roads are not putting through their
trains with normal dispatch. Mr. Lit
tlefeld was due here yesterday AFTER
noon at 1 80 O'clock, and the train on
which he was coming has been can
Celled, owing to the snow storms
This afternoon the dIspatchers office
gives ont the news that the delayed
train is due 90 arrive at O'CLOCK. IL
il does not lose any more time than
that MIR. Littleheld can make his ap-
pearanoe. However, there ~ a pro-
spect of his arriving late. While the
meeting Is IN session, and just PROB
ability OF his not getting IN TIL morn
ing. 49,, ,or
THE Republicans are prepared Tor
"
speakers will be ready to I'LL up me
time IN case Mir Litteheld Is delayed,
and an attractive program OF music,
both instrumental and vocal has Deen
arranged. a.,
Congressman IIttleheld is the first
campaigner Of national prominence
to speak IN Utah this campaign. IN
his recent reelection the majority
was much cut down from ms FORMER
showing and practically the enure
force of the administration was at
work in his district, including Speaker
Cannon and Secy Taft, preaching mat
his recollection meant a Nlndicatlon OF
Roosevelt policies. The incident at
tracted national attention, and helped
TO bring Congressman Littleheld INTO
the notice Of the nation IN very
prominent way.
A good time is promised all who at
fond the theater tonight, and large
turnout is expected. Congressman
Howell will call the mass meeting 10
order shortly after 5 o'clock.
Democratic rallies are announced
for tonight in the Fifty-fourth district
at the Farmers ward schoolhouse, and
for Saturday night at SCOTS school
house In Mil Creek, District Chair
man Samuel Russell Is ia charge of
the rally tonight az the Farmers
ward schoolhoIse Chairman Cum
ningham is busy working UP meetings
for next week and says he viii be
able To announce them In few days,
Chief Sheets was freed from the
charge of compromising a felony, APP
parently on the grounds that 1t re-
quired affirmative action to constitute
The crime All the action proved
against him was negative, and 1t In
cluded the failure to do almost every
thing the chief of police Is hired to do,
and any good officer would be expected
TO do whose heart was In the right
place, with regard to allowing Grim
inals 10 operate in the city.
The feeling today ls that under the
decision the chief can do almost any
thing he wishes to In the way Of letting
criminals operate here, without being
guilty of anything, so far as he person.
ally Is concerned. BY merely falling to
do anything chief Is supposed to do
he negatively fails to compound fell
ony that that kind OF thing OF the sim
decision Of the court hasn't helped
remove the popular decision that
Sheets is not the man to be
continued In the position Of chief.
II public interest is to be conserved by
public offices