The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-31
DEMOCRATS HOLD
RED-X0T RALLIES
Rallies Held at Whitney Hall
and Twentieth Ward Meet
ing-HOuse.
SMOOT MOUTH" COMES
IN FOR MERITED ROAST
Judge Powers, Judge King,
Major King and W. II.
Leary Speakers.

were held Friday evening, one IN "hlt-
new hall. Second avenue and 3 street,
and the other in the twentieth ward
meeting house Tho same speakers ap-
ueared at each. and both gatherings
were largely attended.
The exercises at Whitney hall were
presided over by Major Sam King, and
after a delightfully."- rendered musicai
selection by the Bryan Knight LADIES
Of the evening, Hon. 0. W. Powers;
was presented. Judge Powers stated
as his belief that the time had arrived
for the Democrats to show themselves
and make manifest their faith In the
Democratic party by the quality of
their work. He SAID 1T had been MS
earnest endeavor to keep, the people
Iipious. He declared that there would
be trouble and distress if the ,peo-
ple allowed themselves 10 drift back
into The situation which prevailed In
tho oldcn days. "If there are some
Democratic said Judge Powers. who
are weak kneed, let them 20 over to
the Republican party and stay there,
10000 who arc opposed to the real IN,
forests of the party He claimed that
recently an eastern railroad had posted
notices for its employees to the erect
that If Bryan was elected wages would
be reduced 10 per cent. but that II TART
was elected they would be raised 10
per cent. This he styled intimidation
on one hand and bribery on the other.
Refers to the Mouth.
Picking up a copy of the Intermoun.
tain Republican, the speaker said: ''I
have IN my hand copy of news,
paper, so-called, known as the Red
Y l. ,,l ,fn1
alleged conspiracy between the chair
man of the Democratic executive com
mittee and former Senator Tom
Kcarns A picture taken by the camera
brigade of the Smoot Mouth is dis
played here, and I want TO say l have
heard that the Republican has had men
all over the city with instructions to
take pictures OF men and women to be
published from time TO time for the
purpose Of intimidating them not TO
vote according TO their own consciences.
They have circulated these falsehoods
all over the state. Who is responsible
for this. the man who is hired TO write
this stuff or the man who hides behind
the paper as cur about to be whipped
would hide behind the skirts OF its mis-.
tressi Who are the stockholders OF
this lying sheet7 Senator Reed Smoot,
Senator George Sutherland, United
States Attorney Booth and few more
like them. They are afraid TO come
out and state these lies in public, be
cause they know the public would not
believe them and because they fear
what the people would say and do;
Nephi L. Morris has indorsed The stand
taken by this sheet and has told his
people to vote the Republican ticket.
The. speaker declared that Jesse Will
liam knight will be elected governor
OF this state next Tuesday.
What Leaders Say.
"The Mormon leaders say you will
make no mistake when you vote the
whole Republican ticket continued
the speaker, "but whether you do this
or not they ask you to vote for the
Republican ticket in Salt Lake county
anyway. What they want is control
that than they do for the election Of
William n. Taft to the presidency"
Judge Powers declared that his party
had never had a fair deal in this state,
and told Of the Democrats being forced
to pay the Deseret News to publish
their denial of certain Infamous charges
made by the News against them.
fThink of the statement made that
B, H. Roberts had entered into con-
spiracy to disrupt the church. He
needs no defense at my hands or at
those of anybody else. Such statements
are appalling. No man has been so
loyal to his people as he,' declared the
speaker. Judge Powers said that those
III the church who had been trying to
ticket had made more votes for the
American party than anything else. Tho
speaker declared that Mr.. Knight is not
a politician like Spry; that he does not
daily consult with men like Booth, An
dorson and others of tho federal bunch;
that he is business man and, when
elected will give to Utah business
administration, irrespective of party or
creed. "His word declared the
judge, His vastly better than the bond
of some men,"
"Think of the statement being made
by the Republicans. concluded Judge
Powers, that the Democrats are unit
the Mormons out of Utah and drive |
them into Mexico and put their leaders
IN lail. Why, 80 per cent of the Demo
crats are Mormons, aud when such n |
statement IS made and circulated. il |
makes me feel that we need more
Judge King Talks.
After another pleasing number bv the
ladies quartette. Judge w. h. King
was introduced He predicted the sue.
cess of the Democratic party in The
county, state and nation. Ho declared
that no man. ,NcPhi L, Morris or any
other church leader. has the right to
question tho integrity of any other
NJ Mormon.. cor my intcerity,'' said the
Judge, u ts,; lust because 1 don't happen
Republican party. 1t is bad enough for
non Mormons to question the integrity
ana devotion to- the church OF Nor
mons, but ten thousand times worse for
MoImons to question Mormons. );
,cars ano taG spgaEe5 SorP Predisted that in ten
pic, and that if Bryan was eIectod
scores of factories would be built here
IND there would be ar abundance of
money to do 1t with, because the trusts
md combinations Of capital would be
Attorney W: II. Leary spoke at some
ength on national issues and woo 'J fnl.
owed by Maj. Sam King, who dc denied ice
me a. charges Of the Intermountain Re.
publican that he had tried to barter the the
democratic votes to Mr.. Kearns. TnTn'
~ 70 'he representative of that paper,