The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-03
Especial to The Herald.)


Provo, Nov. 2.-Uncle Jesse Knight
made a notable speech here tonight be-
fore the Ladies' Democratic club. Mr..
Knight gave a glimpse of history per-
tanning to Senator Smoot from Utah.
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1 hope / will
make the most of you, or all hear the
few words that have to say this even
ing. There is no need for me to make
an apology, you know that I am no
political speaker, have never made any
pretense of being a speaker, but l could
not refuse this invitation on account of
its being the ladies who invited me.
have refused to go and try to do any
thing in the way of speaking or say
ing anything in favor of the governor
to-be, until the ladies invited me. OF
course l could not refuse them.
Now, in the first place, l would like
to say something in favor of the next
Governor, ]. William knight. He has
been criticised by the Republican par
ty, as you all know. as well as by the
papers, because he has the misfortune
to have little money. They have seen
fit to find fault with him and say that
his money was the only thing he had
to take him through. But that 1t needed
brains as well as money. A great many
things of this kind we hear from the
Republican party, and from men whom
l would not think would mention such
things In the first place. / want to
tell you that Will Knight did not put
himself I'D for this position. as some
Republicans have done, but accepted
rather than see the Democratic party
go down to defeat, as it looked as
though it might do because they could
not find anyone to accept the nominal
ton after / refused in the first place,
and John Dern refused in the second
place, and the Lord knows how many
in the third place.
Now. one thing I thought I would
mention tonight. / have heard it from
a number Of sources. but / think It
started from the Republican party, and
have heard also that it was started
by some of the officials around the bank
corner up here. 1t has been reported
by a good many that If Will accepted
the nomination he would move to Salt
Lake City and take all our business up |
there. They have been telling around
town Just such yarns as that. yarns
without any foundation. Now, / want
to say to you that none of his business. /
or mine either, will ever go to Salt Lake
City.
AS said, I am in position to know !
that none of our business will go to
salt Lake City. I moved to this town |
Vi PROVO on account or this university /
here being the best school in the world |
That school has helped me raise my |
and l expect it will help me |
raise my grandchildren and. therefore. |
you need have no worry but that Will |
viii come back in four years. He has |
already told me that he would not ac- |
cept the nomination for another four
years for anything. He is not a poll
tician, and 1 know he will not want an
other term. If he does. refuse to vote
for him for another four years.
Now supposing. ladies, on the other
hand. that you did not vote for Senator
Smoot and you voted the Democratic |
ticket. the chances are that he would be
defeated and out of job, and TO get a /
new job he would have to open the 1
wooden mills here In Provo that are |
closed. By the way. want to say that 1
am not speaking altogether for J. w,
Knight / know all the candidates, and i
hey are all Democrats And know 1
hat you all mean to vote for them. II
want to say another thing in regard to Il
lhe wooden mills A few years ago wool n
advanced on account of high tariff un-
|ii II was 20 cents pound While wool Il