Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-29
IH|sGEN ATTACKS
TWO ! Old |. D PARTIES.
independence Candidate for Pres
ident enthusiastically Re.
ceived at Sal: Palace.
RESPECTS TO STANDARD OIL
Says w. II. Hearst is Responsible for
Placing Foraker, Haskell and Du-
pont on List of down and outn

Despite the american" party con-
+ Tention and other attractions last night. A
Ihomas L. Hisgen, the Independence
party candidate for president of the
United States received an enthusiastic
reception at the Salt Palace on the
occasion of his appearance there to
expound the principles Of the indie
pendence party. The auditorium was
i well filled with Interested spectators
! who gave their undivided attention to
The distinguished speaker
N his speech Mr.. Hisgen did not
spare the two big parties but went after
them rough shod and also vigorously
attacked the Standard Oil company.
The gentleman has an attractive APP
pearance and splendid voice which
rang with sincerity when he hurled his
charges against the Republican and
Democratic parties and against the
trusts. He paid some attention to
Senator Foraker, Dupont and Gov.
Haskell and declared that Hearst was
responsible for their place in5the down
and out club"
The Hisgen party arrived in Salt
Lake at $40 last evening and register
ed It the Wilson. They received a
warm welcome at the hotel and
warmer one at the Salt Palace The
party came here from Kansas City but
the lcng ride did not seem to have
any serious effect on any OF the party.
4 The visitors are: Thomas l.. Hlsgcn,
independent party candidate for presis
dent; George G. Hisgen, brother Of the
candidate, j r. Buchanan, c. l.. Pol
lock, F. r. e. Woodward.
AS before stated the visitors were
vel received at the Salt Palace and
the speeches of Mr.. Hisgen and Mr..
buchanan We're received with consider
able applause. The greeting given to
Mr.. Hisgen when he stepped upon the
Platform at $3.50 amounted to an ova-
Iion
The visitor said In part:
MR.. HISGEN'ss SPEECH.
am not a public speaker and make
no pretense OF being an orator al
ways try to take my audience into nv
confidence at the start, and that is why
am starting out by telling you the
a ,lute truth am doing what can
Z IN a plain and thoroughly sincere way
TO advocate the principles which con-
stitute the platform OF the Indepen-
dence party.
Mr.. John Temple Graves, the candi-
date of the 91ndependence party for vice
president. who will speak here on next
Friday night, Is q much ADLER orator!
and will clearly -elucidate our partv
principles. 80
My friends. the two old political par
ties are abroad in the land asking you
Tor your votes. Mr.. Taft and his CO.
horts are singing the glories of the
grand old Republican party-the party
OF the trusts and corporations and the
party which believes implicitly that
you can fool enough Of the people ali
the time to keep It in power
fhis Is the party that made the
trusts through unjust tax discrimina-
ton. bank discrimination and railroad
discrimination. This is the party that
goes to the same place for Its patriotic
inspiration that 1t gbes for its campaign
contrlbutions--Wal street. This is the
party that has made possible the stan
uard Oh trust. which have grown
gray in fighting.
II any man in this country should
nave reason to feel bitter toward any
political party, I should feel that way
regarding the party that helped Rocke-
Teller pile up his millions and allowed
ms nenchmen to place laws on the stat
ute books that helped him to crush out
competition But there Is one thing II
admire about this party--it acknowI-
edges to be the party Of the CORPORA
tons and the party Of the rich man. It
Is not hypocritical in that particular.
All this talk about Taft destroying
the trusts is bosh and balderdash OF the
widest character. He would have to be
more ungrateful man than think he
Is to put an end to the power that made
him he would have to be more heart
less than he has ever shown himself to
be II he We're to end the life of the
party through which he has gained all
of his eminence. Because Taft owes ali
that hesis and has ever been to his
party and not to the people. And Taft
is no fool. He knows that without the
campaign contributions Of the corpora
tons the grand old party would melt
away like a crystal OF snow before the
blaze of the morning sun.
Mr.. Buchanan of New York. preceded
Mr. Hisgen, made an earnest appeal to
the wage earners to support the Inde-
pendent movement. He said in part:
The Internationally of American
Z citizens has at last asserted itself and
II decided that the time is ripe to over
throw both of the old parties 1t has
decided that the rule of the people shall
he restored to the people. IT has de-
3 cfded that the death-knelI of the trust
dictated, boss-rdden parties must be
sounded.
4 We do not believe that there is any
need to arouse the people to the exist
Ing conditions in the two big parties
Wethink that they are convinced. We 4
.. 1853.