Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-31
KING and POWERS
HOLD TWO RALLIES.
Democratic Orators State Their.
Views In Whitney and
goth Ward Halls.
a. LAST APPEAL FOR VOTES
1t Is Conferred on Their Party Mem
bers Urging Them to Cast Ballots
For Bryan and Knight.

In two rallies. one held at Wbitne,
hall and the other at the Twentieth
ward amusement hall, Judge o. W
Powers and Judge William II. King
two of the principal Democratic cam.
paisn speakers, last night expressed
their views OF the campaign grogress
and problems Judge Powers opened
Mt Whitney hall, and transferred to
the Twentieth ward amusement hall
when he had finished, While like
transfer was made by Judge King
State Chairman Sam King and Presi-
dent w. w, Ray Of the Bryan club,
4 filed In at each rallying place while the
principal speakers were moving from
one hall to the other.
Judge Kings address centered in
an appeal to young Church members
70 stay with their party affiliations.
while Judge Powers reviewed tbs
campaigns progress with special en-
phass upon the Republican actiyi-
ties, and the official organs policies,
State Chairman Sam A. King made a
predictlonthatint the event of the senior
senator's reelection q protest and con-
test would result before which the one
previously made would become insl6-
nificant.
State Chairman King presided at
Whitney hall. and u. s. Fernstrom ~
the twentieth ward amusement hall.
Music was interspersed between the
speeches by tho Bryan knight quar-
&tet OF Provo girls and by the bryan
quartet of Salt Lakers,
Judge Powers expressed the opinion
that national Issues In Utah were IN
consequential IN the face of Local 1s-s
sues, and that he looked with APP
fprehcnsion upon return OF MOT
mon-Gentile struggle IN utaSl, bringing
with It dintress and III feeling
young man, he said had spoken words
In the Sixteenth ward amusement hall
which never should have been allow
Ell ina political rally, or countennnced.
If uttered, since they were direct
appeal for men to abandon political
affiliations.
READS FROM BEoBACHTER.
He charged that presidents of Stakes
had urged the people under their &C.
clesiasticnl Jurisdiction to vote the Re-
hachter he read what he said was
Of an article entitled
Last Word Of Warning" in which 1t
was advised that the people vote the
county ticket, especially,
and tho whole state ticket preferably.
The time has come TO stand forth
stanchly,, he urged Let the weak
lsnced members Of the party go over to
the Republican party. 1t Is better to
have Il hundred Democrats that can be
depelded upon than 10 have 10000
whose votes are influenced by church,
orarly other power.
THE Republican marty" he claimed,
l.lt1t Van
son, but an appeal to fear hold IN
my hand q copy ofthe Fed Light Re-
an alleged newspaper, which
Is Il disgrace to the newspaper fra
ternity. Itscharges that a meeting be-
a En- and Sam A.,
King was held and the Democratic
marty was sold TO the American par
SEEKS PEACE.
u don't want to seq the return Of old
| don't want to fight with
my neighbor, but the Democratic party
s.sslp stands between W. and re-
llgious war. Ifldid not Foice'my pro-
test to such methods. / would be ru-
Greant ia my citizenship. The Demo-
cratic party is never accused of maxi
Ing the pulpita political hostage"
4 Tie speaker claimed that his party
had not been accorded q fair deal. Not
only are newspapers and circulars at
lacking us, he said, but men are sent
lfpuau 10 talk to the voters and these
tell atrocious things of the men in the
party. l has been charged. for In
stance, that Brigham II. Roberts has
entered into combine for the dis
of tho Church. Is, II. Rob
crts needs no dsfense al my hands.
There Is no better, Drawer man nor
lruersto his friends in the Church. But
snp.l d state Of affairs ID appalling.
Z Such methods have made more
american" votes in tho past week
than all the american" workers have
secured in Sin months.
When the Democratic national cons
yention delibernted on inserting q
church and state plank in the national
platform ! was against II and told
them that we could work out these
problems here al home, We're it not
Tor the Democratic party the political
situation would have returned to
The state is hlling up. not with Nor
mons" but With Gentiles. and whila tho
Church now controls, soon 1t VIII be in
The minority, The only safeguard is
Tor the members to vote according to
their conscienees.
JUDGE w. Ii. KING.
Judge William II, King declared he
brought assurances to the people Of Il
Democratic victory IN the state from
IN extended tour over IT, lie regretted
that local issues fdrced national ques-
lions into the background, and declared
that the Republican campaign WAS one
Of SANDER and abuse insScad of dis
,usson of national issues, and an at
Tempt to win through dragging into