The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-02
SURE OF VICTORY
SAY DEMOCRATS
LivelieSt Meeting in Ten Years
Is Held at City Head
quarters.
REPORTS ALL ENCOURAGING
TREND TO MORRIS IN EVERY
PART OF SALT LAKE.

1t is we'll within the bounds of truth to
say that not in ten years has there been
such a lively, gingery Democratic meeting
| as the one assembled in headquarters
| last night City Chairman Snow had sent
out a call for his co-Workers to come in
| for consultation. Every member of the
| city committee, every precinct chairman.
every district committee chairman, was
there. Present also were many prominent
| Democratic leaders and number of coun-
] cilmanic and other candidates
After some party reports had been re-
| ceived, all of them of an entirely encour-
| aging character, talks were heard from
some of the leaders. Chairman Snow
| started this part of the program with
| one of his ringing, enthusiastic efforts.
| Mr.. Snow said that the Democratic cam
| paign thus far had been an affirmative
one. AS rule the members of the party
were alert and working as they had rare
| ly worked before. His belief. based on the
canvass and on reports from disaffected
Republicans and Americans" was that
| Richard p. Morris and the entire Demo-
| cratic ticket would be elected.
! Mr.. Morris talked very briefly. He said
| it looked to him as If all that was neceS-
sary was to count the votes and ascertain
| the size of the Democratic plurality. He
was sanguine that great victory would
be won.
Judge W. III. King began his talk by
complimenting Chairman Snow upon the
| ougniy competent manner in which he had
| managed the campaign. He was particU-
| larly pleased with the work the young
| men were doing, because the Democracy
| placed its reliance in the young men of
| the party. They must take up the work
| the older men have been carrying on, and
advance the banner of the organization.
The Hour of Triumrh.
The hour of our triumph is at hand
| said Judge King, amid prolonged cheer
| ing. THE Republicans are coming to us
in numbers. No less than fifty 'Ameri-
| cans have told me they will vote at least
a part of our ticket. and every one of
them will vote for Richard P. Morris. rhe
| Democrats have pitched this campaign
| upon a high plane, as they have always
| conducted their campaigns.
| THE Republicans have never hesitated
| TO attempt to drag the dominant church
into the political arena in order to. secure
| a triumph for their party. The Republ-
cans are now willing to abase the church
and to ride into power over the bodies of
| men who should be devoting their lives
| to the propagation of truth There would
| have been no American party if the Re
publican party mad been as honest as the
| Democratic party.
| I'VE want to rebuke the American par
| ty and we want to appeal to Mormons and
| Gentiles for fair and honest politics in
| this state
Judge King related several examples Of
unfair politics in which Republicans and
IL
| had told MIN that he knew of forty DEM
Ocrats who were going to vote the Re
| publican ticket, but wren he was pinned
down ne couldn't give single name. ID.
| G. Dunbar was endeavoring to weaken the
faith of Democrats by advising them not
to bet their money on Morris.
Even my friend F. S. Fernstrom. as
| staunch a Democrat as ever lived, has
! been accused of standing in with the Re
| pubcans," Judge King continued. "'Fhey
are saying he has entered into a trade
with them. | say TO you that the Amer
leans and the Republicans are allied in
| this campaign TO defeat the Democrats
but we'll beat both of them. Watch the
sneakS and the snakes that are around in
them wherever they show their venomous
heads"
Republicans a Poor Third.
Councilman Fernstrom spoke next, ris-
! ing, so ne said, to a question of personal
privilege. He laughingly declared that he
had been attacked by Judge King and he
| wanted a chance to reply. "A week ago"
he went on. Il conceded that DIR; Plummer
| would perhaps get 1000 votes. Now | am
satisfied | was mistaken. He won't get
| 1850 votes. l am satisfied too, that more
| than 80 per cent of the Republicans will
| vote for Morris and that he will be elected
| by a big majority"
Judge S. r. Thurman said that in the
| earlier stages of the campaign ne thought
it was expecting too much to hope for the
has been waged from day to day our ex-
perienCes have given US hope, and / want
to say tonight conscientiously that if we
will move forward in solid phalanx FROM
now until next Tuesday. the Democratic
ticket will be elected from top to bot
TOM" he said. II have the strongest faith
in the outcome of the campaign
David Evans, when called upon said
that, though he was a resident of Califor-
MIA, instead of Utah, he had almost as
many interests here as there. Il like this
meeting he went on. 1T indicates an
interest in the election. an enthusiasm
and determination to win the battle The
spirit of Democracy is still strong within
me, but aside from all political considera-
lions 1t will be the part of wisdom 40
elect a man of experience, a man against
whom never one word has been said nor
any thing of disparaging nature Such
a man is Richard p. Norris
John Dern Is Sanguine.
John Dern was loudly applauded when
he rose to speak. II must confess said
he, that I am enthused. believe the
salvation of the peace of this community
and this state rests with the Democratic
Iarty. and l have been staying with the
Democratic party for that reason | have
never seen so many indications of a DEM
ocratic victory. have been around some