The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-21
CROWD CHEERS
BRYAN ORATOR
At BIG MEETING
Raymond Robbins Delivers a
Brilliant Address at Demo-
cratic Outing at Saltair.
CAMPAIGN is OPENED
WITH ENTHUSIASM
JUDGE W. II. KING AND w. w.
RAY SCORE REPUBLICANS
iNTELLlNG SPEECHES.

If comparison of the attendance and
the enthusiasm at the Bryan and the
Taft ratification meetings held at Salt
air by the Democrats and Republicans
may be used as an indication of the
sentiment that will prevail at the cleo
ton this fall, Bryan will sweep Utah
by a vote os three To one. The COM
bined attendance at the two Taft rati-
fication meetings held at Saltair re-
Gently did not equal one-third of that
at the ratification. meeting of Bryan
and Kern held at Saltair yesterday.
The number of Bryan supporters at
yesterdays gathering was a startling
revelation to the Republican scouts who
were there to gain an estimate of the
strength of their opponents. And the
enthusiasm shown at the meeting by
everyone who attended was i'm marked
contrast to the lstless. uninterested few
who attended the Taft meeting two
days before.
All afternoon the trains to the lake
carried crowds of Democratic voters
from Salt Lake, ogden, Provo. Logan
and other parts of the state. The aft
ernOon was passed pleasantly in get
ting acquainted and enjoying the at
fractions at the resort.
Cheer Mention of Bryan.
At o'clock the speaking began at
the dancing floor of the pavilion. More
than 1000 people gathered on the floor
near the orators, and in spite of the
distracting noises that constantly in
tterfered with the progress of the
speeches, the auditors were all atten-
ton and applauded and cheered each
mention of the name of Bryan or Kern.
Raymond Robbins of Chicago. who
made the principal address. overcame
all of. the difficulties attendant upon
making an address in a place so unfit
ted for public speakers, and with a
magnificent voice made the building re-
echo with sound Democratic reason. He
made everyone hear the message of De-
mocracy he had for the people of Utah.
and the enthusiasm he impaired 10 his
audience through il brought frequent
Interruptions OF prolonged cheering. Mr..
RObbinsNmade wonderfully big speech
in a wonderfully short time
In his address Mr.. Robbins discussed
the principles of the two parties as rep
resented by their platforms and the
personality of their candidates. He de-
clared the outlook for Bryan's election
was most favorable, and that the pros
poets for a Democratic house of repre-
sentatives We're excellent. The Repub-
lican platform was assailed because of
the protection il afforded the privileged
few and the lack of protection TO the
masses. In speaking of the recent
panic. Mr.. Robbins said:
From Prosperity to Soup House:s
I'VE see the boosted full dinner pail
and the prosperity band wagon of the
Republicans transformed into the soup
kitchen"
Mr.. Robbins declared that if the Re-
pubicans were kept in pow/ and they
continued their present policies Of pro-
tecting the trusts and mOnopolies, the
revolutionary government of socialism
would succeed them.
TIL tell you what makes socialists
he said 1T is the fact that a great
corporation, fostered by the Republi-
cans. can pay 10 per cent interest on
it's investment for twelve years by con-
niving with railroad for secret re-
bates, and when tried, convicted and
fined, the decision is reversed by an ap-
pellate court that declares from its
opinion there is no appeal. / tell you.
Democrats, there is an appeal Il is
the appeal to the people of the nation
to elect a Democratic president. a man
who knows what to do and has the
courage to do il. to elect a Democratic
this monopoly to justice and make 1t
impossible for it to escape punishment
by the shallow subterfuge of establish
ing subsidiary companies
Young Democrat Speaks.
VIII w. Ray. president of the Salt Lake
City Bryan club made a short address in
which he called attention to the fact that
the Republican politicians all over the
country are on the defensive, apologizing
for what they have done and what they
haven't done. He provoked a smile by mis-
reference TO Taft's ''truStbasting" speech
by declaring that if the Republican party
were a ''trustbusting' party it would not
have to turn back to the trusts from its
campaign treasury the money they had
contributed TO assist the Republicans in
the election. The trusts. he said, would
scarcely contribute to the success of their
enemies.
In closing the meeting. Judge William
H. King. who presided, predicted that the
Democrats would carry Salt Lake county,
the state of Utah, and the nation.
I'VE will send Democratic officers to
Washington. and we will Dust the federal
bunch from office and destroy that mis-
cradle makeshift of political machine
that attempts to dictate the government
of the people of Utah.
When Judge King called the gathering
to order. every seat which had been
placed for the audience was filled and
more than a hundred swere standing up
waiting for the speaking that was To
mark the opening of the campaign in
Utah TO begin.
In his opening remarks Judge King
congratulated the Womans Democratic
club on the success of the outing. He
said the women's organizations through
out the state had contributed much to the
success of the Democrats I'm the past and
said that much was to be expected of
them this fall.
Judge King Praises Ticket.
1T is fitting he said. in the light OF
the platform adopted at Denver and the
candidates named at that convention that
the Democrats of Utah should gather here
to ratify the work of that convention.
The platform adopted at Denver is one
that commends itself to the untrammeled
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