The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-08
DEMOCRATS HONOR
INDUSTRIOUS IDOL
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the Democratic party. He called the
roll of those who had passed before
He named these in turn; ii, j: Faust,
Thomas d. Dee, ID. H. Peery, William
c, Hall. Moses Thatcher, Henry p. Hen
derson, John Il. Boyden, Joseph T. Rich
ards, Fisher Harris. w. G.. Sears, John
Bishop, William Buys, John r. Winder.
service in the Democratic ranks, and
the party now looks to the living, the
younger men of the party, to take their
places and TO strive TO emulate their
| Illustrious example.
Miss Eva Jones sang beautiful So
prano solo, her sister, Miss Pearl Jones.
| accompanying at the piano
Mayor Erickson of Mount Pleasant
| made brief response TO a toast, 80 How
| 1t Feels for Democrat to BE Mayor
of Republican Town The speaker
said 1t was because the people had faith
| IN the Democratic declarations and had
none in the Republican the latter hav-
ing been tried and found wanting,
The next speaker was Dr. Martha
the women OF Utah and dwelt at length
upon the great benefit that has resulted
from comforting the elective franchise up
on women.
Judge Powers Talks.
Judge Powers was next called upon.
TO Judge Kings remarks that Utah peo-
PIE are naturally Democratic" Judge
Powers said he didn't want so many
Democrats from the state of nature. be-
cause. when they were taken captives
they forgot 10 vote.
The principles Of the Democratic party
are the principles of true liberty" said
Judge Powers. "A Democrat thinks for
himself and acts for himself The Dem
ocratic party VIII always live whether
Its members are in office or out of it,
for the principles OF Democracy are the
only true principles"
Judge Powers called attention to the
lcans of Indiana. III you closed your
eyes he said. land heard that platform
read. YOU would be at once convinced
that the principles Of Democracy live
for they are In that platform, word for
word. This Is the triumph Of the De-
mocracy-to have its principles live. 1t
matters not whether we are In office or
not, so long as the principles for which
we stand live and glow eternalIy. And
those principles you will find in that In
diana Republican platform
Urged to Stand Pat.
Judge Powers eXhorted his hearers 10
cease following after false gods and TO
resist the insdious arguments of those
who have only the undermining OF the
Democratic party In mind and their own
perpetuation In office.
we must look TO the future" declared
Judge Powers There is strong prob
ability that our party will control the
next house OF congress. Here in Utah
we must prepare to Welcome back those
doubt. will want TO step into high places.
but believe we should put them on pro-
baton for a while.
~ was going TO speak some plain
truths. continued Judge Powers, but !
guess we would best forget the past.
And while we are organizing, for
cratic party that will be faithful. and let
us be Democrats who Will be Democrats
not only until the last two or three days
before election
both at the time of his introduction and
at the close OF his remarks.
A. r. Morgan Of Provo said there was
political revolution In the United States
asunder. Even Teddy will not be able
TO smooth over the troubles" he said,
for Teddy never went at anything that
he didn't stir up more trouble.
Mr.. Morgan said that the question
down his way was the saloon question,
and he believed the Democrats ought TO
begin to give thought 10 meeting that
question.
Moyle Says Things.
James H. Moyle referred to the time
when ne ran for governor. He said that.
although In three unsuccessful suherna-
torial campaigns OF the Democrats. the
party had emerged absolutely without en-
tangling alliances with any special in
terests. II he had been successful. Mr..
Moyle said, There would have been such
an advance In the educationa institutions
of this state as TO mark an epoch In It's
history" He said, Furthermore, that in
the event OF his success there would have
been systematic road building. and the
public land grants would have been adj
minIstered in a way that would rebound
to the benefit OF the people, instead OF
being wasted or given into the control
OF combinations.
"If we had been successful" he ear
nestly declared there would have been
an administration for the people. There
would, as has been the case on the other
ering either with the ecclesiastIcs. the
liquor interests or the railroads. Our enc
mics have trafncked In the birthright OF
the people.
Roberts Given Ovation.
When q. H Roberts name was called
there was prolonged handclapping, Mr.
Roberts said that free government and
q free press were coordinate and that
il was one OF the first principles of
Thomas Jefferson that free press is
people and for free government of the
people. Mr. Roberts said that at the
present time the necessity OF free press
is felt more than ever before because
through II only can graft and dishonesty
and corruption be exposed
Mr.. Roberts then spoke OF the need OF
an organ for the Democratic party and in
the course OF his remarks at the moment
and later, he put forward the PROPOSE
ton that 10000 copies OF the Sunday
Times be printed and distributed. This
would cost for three months. $500 and
that amount could easily be raised he
said. After the three months. there
ought to be subscription list OF 1000
he said.
Mr.. Roberts paid his respects TO the
deal by which the old Herald was crushed
TO earth. when that aggregation" he
said, 81 think il is offensive to call IL the
federal bunch but call it 'coterie' II you
like-when that coterie of alleged politi-
clans In their might crushed the Herald
and brought about that unholy combina-
ton Of Herald and Intermountaln Repub-
lican. they were neither patriotic nor pol
lticians. OF. perhaps. poor politicians and
patriots not at all.
"While the Herald was only mildly
Democratic Il was a decent Democratic
newspaper; one that we could take into
our family without holding our nose. But
they struck down the Herald. the states
men OF the federal bunch perforce drove
| a large number OF people to reading a
sheet that can't very well be read with
out holding our noses.
View of Williams.
Farley l.. Williams said that the Dem