The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30
TIRED Of HEARING
WEBER ARTICULATE
Curious at Labor Hall Leave
Meeting Without Hearing
Whole Speech.
GLAD TO SEE A DEAL
Would Welcome More Than One
Fourth Of Democratic Votes ana
Some Republicans.
GLAD TO SEE A DEAL

'AguinaldO" J. Weber candidate
for the lower house Of the legislature.
was the chief noise at an American
party rally in Labor hall last night,
when several Of the issues pertaining
to the nearing election we're discussed
The interest taken in the remarks OF
the well-knOwn stump speaker can be
gained BY a little incident which oc-
Cured just after the meeting.
A young couple left just at the con-
clusiOn OF the address of Mr.. Weber,
ana encountered another couple OF
friends on Main street at Exchange
place. The friends We're hailed as
they started east on Exchange place.
and stopped.
Where have you been?" asked the
girl stopped.
"Oh. we grew patriotic and have
been at the American rally all even
ing. But there was g fellow there
who talked all night. and We got tired
and left"
Then the four went their way.
But ia regard 10 the meeting: Mr..
Weber was the principal and only
orator OF the evening. furnishing the
entertainment aside from the music
of a quartet. The meeting was in
charge of 1. A. Starbuck.
Needed More Time.
When the Labor hall meetings were
first arranged the party managers In
tended to hold fve-minute addresses.
but this scheme was changed because
OF the fact that enough hard things
could not be said against the Mormon
church nor Senator SmOOt within that
time, and speakers ran far over their
time in telling OF the horrors which
confront the state, so longer speeches
were allowed, until now il has been
the rule each Saturday night for only
one spellbinder TO make a noise.
Last night Mr. Weber made the
rather startling and unique announce
ment that there are criminals and
grafters I'm the American party. but
qualified later by saying there were
not more than in any of the others.
In regard to the reported deal between
the Democrats and American party
managers in salt Lake county he said
the agreement to turn over one-fourth
Of the Democratic votes to the Amer
lean ticket was all bosh, but that he
would welcome. not only One-fOurth,
but One-half, and would like 10 have
as many Church Republican" votes
as he could get for the American
party ticket.
In speaking 10 union labor men,
Judge Weber said the record OF the
Utah delegation in Congress was one
OF opposition TO labor interests, and
quoted from the Appeal to Reason"
to build foundation for his statements.
on all OF the important labor issues
before Congress. he said, Senators
SmOOt and Sutherland and Congress.
man Howell had voted against the la
Dor interests. and then read how they
had voted, showing that on number
OF the issues the Utah delegates had
voted for the labor interests, though
no correction was made.
The speaker declared that the Re
publicans were not sincere in their
state platform for local option, and
pointed out that the platform did not
follow the desire OF Senator SmOOt as
expressed in his keynote speech. Since
that time. Judge Weber said, The
Herald Republican has repudiated
that platform. and speakers Of the
party had been talking against II in
an effort TO gain Democratic votes.