Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-31
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BINGHAM A IN CANYON \.
Senator Smoot, Judge straup
And John M. Hayes the
Speakers.
SPECIAL FROM ROM SALT LAKE.
Senior Senator Reviews History OF Re-
publican Party and Tells of
Promises Redeemed.

Bingham Canyon. Oct. 3l.-Senatol
Reed Smoot. Judge .. N. straup ant
John NJ. Hayes spoke at a Republican
rally hold here Saturday night. Tit
Canyon opera house was filled to over.
flowing and much enthusiasm was dis
played during the speaking. A spccia
train was run to the camp from Sult
Lake, and nearly 200 people were
aboard The Republican drum corps
accompanied the train from Salt Lake
T. l.. Holman. candidate for the leg.
islaturc from Bingham Canyon, acted
as chairman Of the meeting and In.
troduccd the speakers Of the evening
Judge y. N. Straup was the first
speaker. He spoke briefly. saying that
he was deeply Interested In the cam
paign, but as It was the rule for the
branch OF the government in which he
was interested to refrain from taking
part In politics. he could not discuss
the issues Of tho campaign.
John NJ. Hayes spoke next. He
spoke of the prosperity of Bingham,
saying that the condition reflected the
prosperity of the nation, which he
claimed was largely due to the Re-
publican party.
SENATOR SHOOTS ADDRESS.
Senator Smoot made the principal
address Of the evening. He reviewed
briefly the history of the Republican
party, and the record 1t had made dur
ing its so years OF existence. He
touched upon the Issues of the present
campaign. and spoke of the redemp-
ton OF promises made by the Repub-
leans of the nation. when President
Taft was elected.
Among the pledges of the Repub-
lean party was that a railroad law
would be passed, and as a result the
last Congress passed railroad bill
that seven years ago would have been
called revolutionary. This bill confers
on the interstate commerce commits
sion power to regulate all rates and
also gives power in making rates and
transfers from shippers the necessity
for proving the unreasonableness of
rates to the railroads Now the rail-
roads have to prove everything them
selves.
'The long and short haul clause
means millions of dollars to the ship
pers Of the State of Utah. 1t means
that a man can do business in Salt
Lake on the same basis as Il man in
San Francisco or Los Angeles. In the
past. a San Francisco man could do
business better than the man in Utah,
for. In many instances, tho rates from
Chicago to the Pacific coast were less
than half the rates from Chicago to
Utah.
can overall factory in Ogden would
have to pay 500 q carload for dcnims
shipped from Chicago. while manu-
fncturer In San Francisco would have
to pay only $500 to have carload
shipped from Chicago This put n
handicap OF $500 a car on the Utah
manufacturer through this unjust dis
elimination. This long continued abuse
can never be repeated as the result OF
the passage Of the railroad law.
~ had the honor to close the debate
IN the senate on this proposition and 7
know that the president and the Re-
publican administration were behind It.
BUREAU OF MINES.
I'VE promised to create q bureau of
mines, and what does such an act
mean for mining camp like Bing-
can produce have been engaged for
this work, and any citizen can have
the benefit of their knowledge and ex-
perlence when he asks advice regard
Ing the development or reduction of
ores Tho creation of this bureau also
means that miners will be protected
from accidents by the best means and
methods known to science.
THE Republican party also promised
to give enough money to finish rapid
ly the reclamation service projects
now under way. These projects have
not only received every dollar that has
come from the sale Of reclaimed lands.
but we have appropriated $50, 100000
more for this work which means so
much To the development OF Utah and
other western states. We passed the
enlarged homestead act. giving every
ono the right to take up 800 acres OF
land and relieving the homesteader
from living on Improperly. Under this
act any citlzen,by providing for the Gull
tlvntion Of his land. can acquire title
while living in the city or town.. 1t Is
such laws as this that the Republican
party Is trying to enact.
I'VE passed the withdrawal bill, CIV
Ing the president the right to with.
draw all unappropriated coal. oil and
timber lands. This means that the
great natural resources of the country
will be held In trust. for the people of
the United States.
Again, we promised that the two re-
territories should be admitted
as states. We gave each an enabling
act and tho charge that this would not
he done by the Republicans, because
these states We're Democratic. made no
difference. These territories had good
reason to ask for statehood and they
received 1t. u
y We passed the customs court biil
millions In losses on nc
count Of differentiation OF goods,
in by foreign manufacturers
Senator smoot also spoke on the IL
1uor question. reviewing the alleged
history OF the prohibition movement
In ether states.