The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-10-17
BEveRIDCE IN SALT LAKE.

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some popular cheering, and because
Senator Beverage was surprised to
find that there were still some silver
democrats. In existence, :the demo.
cratic papers would have US believe
that the Taft club meeting In the
Salt Lake theater last Monday night
was demonstration Of the mighty
strength OF the democratic party.
One might just as well be surprised at
finding negro black as at finding
democrats at republican rally. The
object of such meeting is to get out
the democrats and convert them, and
1t is to be hoped that the able speech
of Senator Beveridge did some mis-
sionary work among the benighted
democrats OF our capital. We have
the word Of several Logan citizens who
were present that 1t was not demo-
cratic symposium but q good.natured
family affair at which the Taft Repub-
lican club presided, a leading repub-
lican senator told the democrats some
home truths, and both republicans
and democrats asked questions infor-
mally, which were readily and clearly
ans xered by the speaker. AS an Illus.
tration OF the repartees which flew
about all the evening, here Is one Of
the best. Senator Beverage 10 emu.
mer ating the quail fications Of Mr.. Taft
remarked that ne was great traveller,
familiar with all the nations Of the
earth and the colonies and depend.
encies of the United States" Isn't
Bryan a traveller, too?" some one
shouted from the audience. Eyes"
came the quick reply, ''but when
Taft travels he makes the mud fly,
while Mr.. Bryan only makes the words
fly"
Senator Beveridge's speech was a
mastery one, touching on nearly all
the questions at issue between the
two parties and enlarging on many CT
the most important, such as the tariff
and the labor question. We should
like to give the speech In full, but can
give only two quotations which will
show Mr.. Beveridge's ability as a
thinker and skill as an orator. Here
Is what he says about Bryan's Assured
claims and the revenue tariff:
"Mr. Bryan says that nc ought TO
be RooscSelt's successor because he Is
Roosevelt's next OF lin, but Theodore
Roosevelt repudiates the kinship He
says that he ought to be Roosevelt's
successor because he can better carry
out Roosevelt's policies. he never
having carried Cut single policy OF
his own, and having abandoned most
Of them, how can we trust him to
carry out the policies OF another man?
The whole personal question Is, how.
ever: II there IL q farmer 10 this audi.
ence let me ask him whether he would
select for . man to do his work on the
farm . man who had never run fur.
row or husked an ear OF corn? IA
voice In the audience: i have husked
corn.'D
~ would hire you on my farm IL
had one II you could prove that YOU
had, But Mr.. Bryan has never husked
governmental ear OF corn vet. II
there Is business man 10 the audi.
ence, would he select to manage his
business man who had never done
anything In that business except to
talk about it?"
"a revenue tariff says to other ma.
tions, we will give you every trade ad.
vantage we have to give and we ask
you to give us no trade advantage In
return. Suppose any man did business
upon that theory. Suppose you In.
dorsed every body's note without get
ting any security. Suppose you work.
ingmen went to your employer and
said, j will give you what labor have
got and l will depend on your gene.
rosity for my wages
Suppose a business man was to give
every business advantage he had to
other men without bargaining for any
business advantage In return, how
long could such a man keep himself
out of the bankruptcy court or his
family out OF the poor house."