Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-06

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the important duties which will be IN
| cuinbent upon me when ] go to Wash
! ington. And have no doubt in inc
| world. my friends. but what on the
fourth day of next March the present
| congressman from Utah Will escort me
to the proper desk. where ] may have,
tho oath administered to me. bear In
mind the splendid array OF gentlemen.
and the ability which they possess,
whom the Democratic party has hon
ored since statehood with the nominal
tons to Congress, / feel very weak In
decd. When / think of such men as
Hon. Joseph L. Rawlins, B. Fl. Roberts.
William II. King, Q. w. Powers, Lyman
4. Martineau, and last but not leaSt,
Fisher Harris OF blessed mmeory, ana
that all these gentlemen have been
chosen by the party by which have
been chosen as the representative of
this people In the halls of Congress
tScnator Rawlins, however believe,
served Immediately before statehoou).
and. by the way. in passing let us say
to his credit that It Is due to his efforts
more than to that of any other man
that Utah received statehood, and he
received mighty little praise or credit
for it, because the very moment that
Utah had an opportunity to show It's
appreciation of this honorable gentle-
man 1t ignored him. OF course. 1t is
true that he served ono term In tho
United States senate, but II miss It
not, that was some years afterward.
He was not elected when Utah was
first given statehood but at the next
election he was elected senator from
this state"
Judge Erickson wont to to say that
he had not sought the nomination for
Congress, but inasmuch as the Demo-
Gratis had nominated him. he looked
= ! t.l ALL Ntyt.
to several of the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party in this state.
THE WOOL QUESTION.
Speaking Of the wool question. Judge
Erickson said: II heard one gentleman
say, I am perfectly willing to take my
chances with the Republican party. but
l am not willing to take my chances
with Democrats when 1t comes to the
wool question I want to Just take
up this question for Il moment and
show you what the true situation Is.
You will remember. you who are con-
vcrsant with current events, political
and otherwise, that there Is Il political
revolution going on in this land of
ours. something that we have never
witnessed. that Is. nothing like it since
1853 and doubt even at that time il
: there was such n general uphcaval and
such q state of unrest and discomfort
as what we witness in this United
States today. Why, 1t did not begin
In the state of Maine. 1t began in tho
Rochester district, In the state Of New
York. when Mr.. Ravens was elected
In IL Republican district in special cleo
ton Inst summer, by n most over
whelming majority. I want to just
speak n few moments upon tho qucs-
ton of wool, because that Is q ques-
ton concerning which great deal has
been said already In this campaign. so
to speak. by the Republican organ of
this city. And / want to show to you
how very ndroitly and how very Guns
ningly they attempt to deceive the peo-
pie upon this question. They know
very we'll that since the Payne-Aldrlch
bin went into effect that there has been
Il tremendous slump In the price Of
wool in this section. Why, I have n
worry good friend In my homo town.
who has 10000 to 10000 pounds Of wool
today stored in st. Louis. Why? Be-
They cannot tell us 1t is because there
has been reduction in the tariff. be-
cause ms understand 1t, the
old tariff schedules on tho wool
question were practically .ro-enact-
ed. so 1t cannot be due to that,
PROHIBITION. PLATFORM.
IJuUEe E<ElCNSOU .lftlheu az SOlc
length upon the liquor question. He
said the Democratic platform is square
out for prohibition. state wide, with
out any eauyocatlon or qualification,
and 1t pledges the people of the State
of Utah that If they will elect n Demo-
cratic legislature that the Democrats
will enact II prohibition bill such rs
will make statewide prohibition In
the State OF Utah.
In conclusion, Judge Erickson said:
IF elected to the office of congress-
man from Utah shall serve the people
of the state to the very best of my
ability. have no enemies that I want
to punish. I want to serve all the best
that I am able. and believe that the
people Of Utah will show that they
were honest and sincere when they
asked for prohibition two years ago,
and even before that. If you will look
on the map OF wet and dry territory in
the United States you will SEQ that
more than three-fourths OF the states
today arc dry, and Utah Is still n black
spot upon the map. Lot lis remove It,
Let us elect legislature that will en-
act statewide prohibition. And let us
also elect legislature that will send
n Democrat to the United States sem
nte am not roing to talk any longer.
j thank you. ladies and gentlemen, for
your attention"
JUDGE c. c. RICHARDS.
Judge Charles c. Richards OF Og-
den, candidate for supreme justice on
the Democratic ticket, made brief
speech. In which he touched npon the
prohibition question. Judge Richards
said, however. that there was m un-
written law that prevented candidates
for the Judiciary from discussing
political questions. He was received
with npplnuse when he appeared on
tho stage.
JUDGE WILLIAM Fl. KING.
Judge William II. King was next
Introduced by Chairman Stephens.
Judge King said in part
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
mon: certainly feel that It would
be Il great injustice upon my part to
keep you here any longer. We have had
such magnificent meeting and such
an eloquent and lucid presentation of
the Issues of the campaign that can
scarcely conceive OF the propriety of
my introduct!oE or my appearing be-
fore you. begged of the chairman
and also OF our state chairman, Mr..
Moyle, to not insist upon my speaking
and I wish that you would get up
now and go home and let me so home
too.
II suppoNe If we were to believe the
Intermonntain Republican Il don't
know whether ANYBODY does believe iD,