The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-26
ROUSING RALLY IS
HELD IN SECOND
Big Crowd Attends and Greets
Speakers With Rounds of
Applause.
DININNY AGAIN PAYS
RESPECTS TO ARMSTRONG
Americans Have Made Wonder
full Improvements Without
Increasing Taxes.

One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings of the present campaign was that
held Monday evening in the Presbyte-
riap mission. Second West and Mead
streets, \ representation of the Sec
ond ward that filed the hall was pres
cpt. The points made by the speakers
were applauded and cheered. There is
little doubt, Judging from the ample
evidence given at Monday night S rally.
that the Second will return an over
whelming majority for Mayor Bransford
aud elect two American party council
men,
The rally was under the auspices of
the Woman s auxiliary of the Ameri-
can party. Mrs w. IL. Wilkinson, the
president, had arranged every detail IN
= manner that left nothing lacking, The
decorations were American flags, hand
somely drapcd, Mrs. Wilkinson was
especially fortunate in the selection OF
the music The Sumner orchestra, com
posed of little children, played splen-
didly. With violin, the little folks are
really marvellous. The membership of
This orchestra is; Jessie Charon, Olvene
Spence, Hymau Dentch, Paul Brock"
mann, HedwIg Schwendcmaun and Mil"
drcd Hauerbach. The American drum
corps serenaded the congrcgated people
and the quaTtettc sang two excellent
campaign songs,
On Thursday evening there will be
another rally in the Second ward III the
Moran building. Second West and
Eighth South streets.
Improvement Record.
|. j. Starbuck presided. In his lu
troductory remarks Mr.. Starbuck re
r,f 1,aagl
TO the present campaign. Among other
things. in the course of his address, Mr.
Starbuck said that within the four
wears of American party control SlG,-
100000 had been expended in private
Improvements, 10 say nothing of a stlli
greater sum IN other Improvements
Twenty millions of dollars had been paid
TO the laboring people of Salt Lake
City for those improvements, and con-
ditioDs have been such that all have
prospcreJ
In touching upon the opposition TO
the American purity In tins campaign,
Mr.. Starbuck said Twenty years ago
Salt Lake was the only city IN the
United States where a Jew was n Gen
tile. Today Salt Lake is the only place
where a Democrat is Republican, the
only place where a Republican is i
Democrat and where either is neither. -
He deplored the effort that is beng
made by the opposition 10 stop the
wheels of progress "lnstcad of n city
of l00.000 people, - he said, "Salt Lake
ought to have 100000, and we will have
10000 if the American party is left
in control for ten years.
T.. \. Rogers, assistant city attorney,
did things 10 j. D. Murdoch S thcatcr
address, as we'll as TO Sutherland 5. lie
pointed out wherein both these mcu
mad uttered statements that were alb
Soutely "withount foundation i'm fac'
and declared that the sole aim of the
opposition was TO place the city uudcr
church domination again. for the fight.
he declared, was by the hydra headed
"rcmy being made on religious lines.
No Increase IN Taxes.
Mr. Rogers said that the organ of
the opposition is "hoIl"ring lis head
on in charging the American party
with having increased the taxes. he
ruiut"i cut clearly that tho American
party did not Increase the rate of tax
'ion that the one mill OF increase this
year was brought about by the county
commissioners. who needed the money TO
,uild u new .iaIl. and the increase Of
-wo tenths Of a mill was for school pur
poses For tho city there was no in
'rcase, and the rate for municipal re-
luiTcmcnts remained the same as II has
occn. ''I do not begrudge the money
for the new Jail, - he said, ''if they
would only put into it the men who
rightfuly ought 10 be put into il -
Captain {. II. Reed. candidate for
councilman in the Second, made q few
remarks lie pointed with pride to the
record the American party had made
in bringing about improvements in the
second, aud promised. if elected, that
there shall hc more improvements, He
picdgcd himself TO discharge the duties
ri 10 office TO the best of his nbil.
ltY.
j. G.. O 'Dpnnel. Incumbent and candi.
late for reelection councilman from
The Second, said that he was glad that
the American party had been able 10
give he Second ward some improve.
mcnts and said there were more in
store for it if the American party were
continued in power. "Thcy charge
mc. said Mr.. q 'DonnelI, with having
stolen $53,OOO of the 100000 app?o.
prjation for water works. | plead
guilty to the charge, and | am glad
ha; j, WAS brought by my friend,
ferny FcrnStron
Judge Dininny Concludes
Judge II. j. Dininny. city attorney.
was the concluding speaker. Judge Di-
uinnY went into the taxation question
little more fully than did Mr.. Rug.
crs, put along the same lines With ref
creDcc 10 bonds, Mr. Dninnv said thar
the charge made that the American
party was responsible for the million.
dollar bond isSuc for the water system
was false. lie said that the issue had
been made by the Morris adminsstra.
ion and that the American party had