The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-10-13
TAFT CLUB AUDIENCE
PROVES TO BE FOR BRYAN
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success but tremendous Bryan landslide
that was presaged by the attendance.
Montgomerys band played Dixie and
everyone clapped- Dixie" was the first
premonitiOn of what was 20 follow. Dix
lie brought with ii visions of solid south
that pleased the audience but worried the
members of the Taft club who were not
for Bryan.
Then came a. B. Irvine on the stage,
Senator George Sutherland, Senator A
j. Beveridge and Senator Reed Smoot in
the order named. They were greeted with
applause. The Taft Republican club quar-
tet, composed of four young men in whom.
until last night, the Republicans of Utah
had every confidence then sang two selec-
tons which were harmless to Taft.
A B. Irvine welcomed the people to the
meeting in the name of the Taft club. in
Vited everyone to join it, no matter what
their position might be on local issues
referred to Senator BeVeridge as man
who not only wrote history. but made
II, and introduced Senator George Suth-
eriand as the chairman of the meeting.
Senator Sutherland bore the distinction of
being the only person at the meeting clad
in evening dress.
Senator Sutherland Speaks.
4 wish to congratulate the people of
Utah on this magnificent attendance as
an object lesson of Utah Republcanism."
he said There never was any doubt
about Utah. Utah is just as safely Re
chusetts. Utah is for an administration
that guarantees work and wages rather
than for one that guarantees bank de-
posits-deposits that most of us would not
have in the event of a Democratic adj
ministration. Utah will declare for the
party that has been working with brains
rather than for the party that has been
working with lungs and working the
American people as we'll
Senator Sutherland's talk was brief and
was well received. 1t remained, however,
for the Taft Republican club quartet to
sound the keynote of the Utah Democratic
campaign. The quartet. or glee- club as
Senator Sutherland aptly called it, fol-
lowed the senator. And it brought glee.
The song to be sung was a clever little
parody which was meant TO be derOgatory
to the candidacy of Jesse William Knight.
the Democratic nominee for governor of
Utah. Two lines of the first stanza were
sufficient-they mentioned Uncle Jesse"
From one end of the theatre to the other
there went up a mighty spontaneous cheer
and il was minutes before anything distin-
guishable could come from the din. And
then il was Uncle Jesse-Cousin Jesse
Jesse William-Knight for governor I'M
til those in charge of the meeting thought
anything but kind thoughts of the glee
club.
The righteousness of the situation ap-
peaied to Senator Sutherland and he
laughed heartily and in his laugh he was
Joined by many of the Republican leaders
on the stage Senator Beverage was not
advised on the situation and his face wore
puzzled smile. Senator SmOot then first
acquired the frown that continued TO
shrOud his features all evening, not even
being dispelled by the flattering words Of
Senator Beveridge-almost the same words
that had done service six years ago for
Senator Thomas Kearns.
Beveridge is introduced.
Finally, when the laughing, cheering
xuac FOL cd m 10 M +
er which there were more loud cheers for
Knight. But the encore was not respond
ed to by the quartet. That the audience
might quickly forget the Knight incident,
Senator Sutherland FASTENED to introduce
Senator Beveridge.
The United States senate" began Sen
ator Sutherland, has been flippantly
called the milliOnaire's club There have
been in the past some rich men in the
senate, and some of them are not there
now"
The audience laughed.
The United States senate is not now an
aristocracy of blood or an aristocracy of
riches he continued. 1T is an aristoc-
racy of ability"
He then introduced Senator Beveridge
as a leading member of the ''aristocracy
of ability
Senator Beverage appeared nervous.
He did not appear to have entirely recov-
cred from his recent illness at Lake Tahoe,
and the strain of making a public speech
was apparent. He began his address with
telling of the manner in which Wash
ington left a bloodstained trail at Valley
Forge then told of Lincolns accomplish
ments and of the record of Theodore
Roosevelt. The mention of Washington,
Lincoln and Roosevelt received applause.
"And Theodore Roosevelt is opposed to
W. J. Bryan"
Then came cheers and applause for Bry-
an that We're entirely unanticipated. How |
ever. the senator continued cOurageOusly: |
Shall mad extremists in the opposition |
IL, . hax~
or at least prevent its completion? Or |
shall we choose a man who is admirably |
fitted to carry out the Roosevelt poll |
cies?''
Wnrdc Taft