The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-18
DEMOCRATS AND
BULL MOOSERS'
ENTER COMBINE
Suggestion That Dominant
Party and Progressives
Fuse, Made in Yelled
Language, Applauded.
DOLLAR DINNER" IS
A MARKED SUCCESS
Followers of Jefferson, Jack
son and Wilson Celebrate;
Honor St. Patrick While
Talking Politics.
By Staff Correspondent.

BY SCan correspondent.
OGDEN, March 17.-Combination
with the Progressives in the approach
ing campaign was tactfully broached by
Tillman D. johnson at a Democratic
banquet here tonight, and, judging from
the applause, enthusiastically approved
by the Democrats Of Weber county.
The st. Patrick's day banquet Of the
Democrats of this county, which, in adj
dition to a celebration in honor of the
patron saint Of Ireland, was also an OBJ
servance Of the birthday anniversaries
of Andrew Jackson and William Jen-
| nings Bryan, was by all odds the largest
and most successful Democratic BAN
quet ever given in Ogden. The birth
day anniversaries of President Jackson
and Secretary Bryan do not fall on st.
Patrick's day, but the Democrats felt
they were sufficiently close that they
| might be forgiven for tho anachronism.
Intent in Metaphor.
The suggestion of fusion with the
| Progressives was limited at by several
of the speakers, notably by James III.
| Moyle, who WAS introduced as the next
United States senator from Utah, but it
was openly advocated only by Tillman
D. Johnson, who was one of the Demo
cratic congressional candidates in the
| campaign Of 1912.
Mr.. Johnson, in particularly clever
speech, hkened the political parties of
Utah to sisters-the Republican party
a coquette, thirsting only for conquests;
the Democratic party, determined,
willful miss, always straightforward
and independent; the Progressive party,
slip Of a girl, who favored her Demo
cratic sister to such an extent as to re-
ceive the lasting enmity of her de-
signing Republican sister. Mr.. John
son advised the youngest daughter of
the household TO stay close to her
Democratic sister, lest her Republican
sister slaughter her in the night.
An interesting feature OF the banquet
was the fact that James II. Moyle, who
has already announced himself as can
didate for United States senator, and
Judge William II. King, frequently
mentioned as n probable candidate for
the senatorial seat, were both among
the speakers. Neither mentioned the
senatorial contest, though some of the
other speakers suggested their names III
this connection,
G. A, Boyd of Ogden, the toastmaster,
introduced Mr.. Moyle as the successor
TO Reed Smoot in the United States
senate, then gracefully declared the
seat OF tho Junior senator from Utah
vacant and nominated Judge King to
fill the vacancy.
Demand Exceeds Supply.
The success Of the banquet greatly
surprised the committee having 1t IN
charge. The dinner was given at the
Weber club, and the quarters were so
limited that it was impossible to accom-
modate half of those who applied Tor
tickets. There were reservations for
100 at the dinner. and the COMMITTEES
announced that 1T was impossible TO
provide accommodation for 275 others
who had applied for places at the pan
auet board. The success OF the csieoia-
tion was the more remarkable, it was
declared, because of the number or
other parties that were gwen during
the evening, including large lnltia-
ton celebration at the Elks clno, Wnere
more than 100 Elks from salt Lake
were guests of honor.
The Weber club served an eAceneht
"dollar dinner 10 the Democrats and the
speechnaking was relieved py an eAcelisnt
progra rr,me OF music. Included among
tbosa who contributed TO the success OF
The musical feature OF the banquet we're
Miss irma Browning and Miss Elsie
Shorten both OF whom sang seVerai seeos
- Ell
Boyd Is TOastmaster.
Dr f. NJ Conroy. chairman Of the COM
u,ttee of Weber county Democrats nay
Ing tS1e celebration in charge. called the
meeting 10 order and presented I, a.
Royd. a well-known Ogden attorney, as
the toastmaster Of the evening nj.
Boyd' congra tulatcd tho Democrats OF ths
county on the excellent attendance ana
nrodIcted in confident terms the success
OF the party in Weber county Judge q
G. Richards. veteran Democratic CAM
paigner OF Weber county, VINO VAS scneo-
uled to open the programme OF speecnes,
yyas unayoIdably absent from the banquet
md hIs place was taken by Lorenzo
RJcha rds his son. who spoke briefly but
with force and eloquence of the appeal
Of the Democratic principles to the YOUNG
Mr. RIchards was followed by D. D. Nc
Eav of Hnntsvi'r. introduced as the
sare of the sagebrush Mr.. Mckay
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