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Show Special Edition Number Roasts K. K. Leaders. Botkin on Saturday and every night was densely packed available space occupied by as intelligaudieent, earnest and patriotic an nce as ever turned out to greet gpeakers worthy of their attention. The names of Judge Theodosius Botkin and Hon. John A. Largent upon the campaign posters were a guaranty The Grand theater house would be filled. The hostile attitude of the instigators and controlling leaders of the new American" party toward Roosevelt and the National Republican party was so well known that when the people learned than Jndge Botkin would be one of the speakers, they took it for granted there would he something doing. The meeting was presided over by Hon. H. E. Booth, and excellent music was famished by the State band, the Out the Young Men's the colored Republican quartette and Republican Banjo and Quartette club. The boxes and seats on the stage occupied by prominent state, county and city officials, and by the were oost distinguished citizens of .the community. Hn. John A. Largent was first introduced and for forty minutes discussed in his lucid and forcible style, 6 great national issues and was freq- uently interrupted with hearty His speech opened the way SStP!Sp?Jed the audience for the big ap-Pjau- se. the evening. At the chairman announced' the Judge Botkin, the veteran nettJL1? many campaigns, as the audience broke into a applause, which plainly told W9TJ assiyus - " 57 sSd?niyflithv ImPrtance of Utah the onal Repub- an casting its electoral vote fcMMj5! the true and tried Sf0867614, Wend of C ?great aarid west, and then humorous frut pat Republican cam- Dalg0of.,the stend jJ5ogan, pat. to carry the speaker up to aeri.ous question Rf-fectlng the political status of the state a? 01 You who aa:, There are many gave tha NatJW great iepub- week la Octow ,bots.tanlng of the last then as we fotf 1884, We felt as sure 01 Novemhi elTnoWvtIiat 011 the ides wuld be trinTYi?11?110311 Principles and that the great PlumM?hia Jiateamanf hbff111, the greatest would surely 8tat of the United oldr people remember j Lnt manhood and womanhood of the members of that party and said; 12 ican party any mention of presidenDo not tell me, said tial electors. he, that they knew no better, for that would be. branding those astute politicians and political managers as fools; do not tell me that they, forgot to place the electoral candidates upon their ticket, for that would be branding them as Incompetents; nor can they hide behind the statement, if they should make it, that they could not place Republican electors upon their ticket without doing injustico to Democrats, who are following their leadership, for how easy and simple would it have been to have prepared their Honest But Mistaken. Many of these people are my best that at the beginning of that week, and most 1 appreciated friends. the campaign managers of the national Democracy were in the border- know them to be honest in their moland of despair and virtually conceded tives and patriotic in their purposes. the triumph of the Republican party. I know they have joined this new You also remember how a trivial exparty with a sincere desire to right pression at a New York banquet, fall- some of the existing wrongs and beting from the lips of a sincere friend, revolutionized the whole situation and ter some of the existing conditions cast the great Republican party and that confront us in this city, and for its magnificent leader down into the the great rank and file of the Amervery depth of defeat. We must all re- ican party I have unbounded respect American ticket in duplicate, with member that oftentimes the smallest and most insignificant causes produce and believe thatasthey are as noble the Republican electors at the head of and women any community in one and the Democratic electors at the most stupendous and lasting ef- men fects. You know that a microbe can the world can produce, but these men tiie head of the other and called one kill a monarch or a mighty conqueror'; and women, have been, aand are being the Republican American ticket and deceived and misled by small coterie the other the Demicratlc American you know that a simple crawfish, bor- of as dematicket and given the honest Republipolitical ing its way through a Dutch dyke, gogues unscrupulous fellow cans and Democrats, the party-lovin- g ever deceived their as caused first a crevasse and then a or to this or Republicans1 and Democrats who break that allowed the German ocean men, otherbrought disgrace country, and I want the are in their movement an easy opto roll in upon the continent of Eur- any file of the American party portunity to vote for the presidential and rank ope, destroying untold wealth, numer- to that what candidates of their choice. ous populous towns and cities and a 1 distinctly understand 2. Those leaders know from their shall say concerning those unscrupmyriad of people, and dotted the map ulous leaders will not be intended to experience with elections under the of Europe with the great Zuyder Zee. to the men and women who Australian ballot system that with a You know that a cackling goose apply the rank and file of that blanket ballot as large as one page of caused the defeat of an overwhelming compose'I have said that they are de- the Salt Lake Tribune, with the Rearmy of Gauls, and saved the Eternal party. ceiving and misleading you and I shall publican ticket occupying the first City from sack and ruin and you prove it. place, the Democratic ticket second know that the simple alliterative exand the Social Labor and the Social Aiding the Democrats. pression of Rum, Romanism and ReDemocratic ticket next in their order, It is charged against them that and the American party ticket away bellion defeated the magnetic and magnificent statesman, James G. they are in collusion with the leaders over on the right of the ballot and Blaine, and imposed upon the country of the Democratic party to throw .without presidential electors upon the stuffed prophet from Buffalo. ticket, that of the people voting Utah into the Democratic ranks, to that for the candidates of that American Take No Chances. the national Repub- ticket, from 40 to GO if per cent of them Now we do not know and we can- defeat, possible,enable them to say lican party, and will either forget or neglect to place not know what trivial accident or what as they spread the proper marks upon the Republican after the election, untoward incident may yet occur In like turkey gobblers in or Democratic electoral ticket on the themselves enthis campaign to revolutionize the opposite margin of the ballot, or will of the administration at make the presence mistakes and mismark the electire situation and once more throw cant see, you Now, you toral tickets and so lose their votes this country with all its industrial en- Washington: our us and help, for president and carry Utah without favand prosits all have with any when bright you hereafter and terprises, They now claim- that their party west, you in the that into great will cast at least 4,000 votes at the ors to bestow perous conditions, down our dictates must consult us and obey coming election. The. Salt Lake Hergloom which always follows a national or lost prescannot your ald says that the ratio of Democrats regain you triumph of a tariff tinkering, free trade tige in Utah.' to Republicans in the American party or accident not such if is 1 to 10. Then if we asume that To that charge they plead Democracy and than forcible more the in 4,000 of our citizens will vote the language incident should occur, causing guilty, thus issues made, American ticket, 400 will be Demoand upon the great states of New York, New Jer- polite, a to crats and 3,600 will be Republicans. I challenge them here tonight sey, Connecticut and West Virginia discussion before the great jury, their If an average of 50 per cent of those to turn over into the Democratic col- fellow citizens. I am willing to sub- people forget or neglect to mark, or their electoral umn, the three electoral votes from mit the proof of their guilt to a jury should they needbe and rank Utah will of lose by that may state the Parker of great this young tickets, Judge composed alone I all and 200 Theodore while cause of means only Republicanism file of the American party votes, ed to save the our consideration present ask is a fair and candid Roosevelt will lose 1,800 and the difand insure the election of true that ference will be 1,600 clear gain in of the facts and circumstances. splendid standard-beare- r, west, arid favor of the Democratic nominee. and tried friend of the great Here Are the Proofs. Theodore Roosevelt. Canaan of Revenge. then in a lucid, candid The effect of these truths upon the The speaker manner took up, one by 3. At their convention in this audience was thrilling in the extreme, and deliberate in answer to and the frequent bursts of applause one, the elements of proof of the con- ctiy, there appeared, their earnest prayers, a Democratic that greeted each proposition, tolda spiracy charged: touched plainly that the speaker had i. He called attention to the fact Moses to lead those leaders, up heart. in chord every responsive Sena- through the wilderness of their cunThe speaker then turned his atten- that while the great instigator, ambition to the attitude of the instigator tor Kearns, and the leaders, Llppman, ning deceit and disappointed and some of the. controlling leaders of Nelson and Nye, were loud in their tions, and plant their feet safely upon the new American party, toward protestations of friendship toward the Canaan of Revenge. They selectRoosevelt and the Republican issues Roosevelt, they had purposely omitted ed that oratorical Moses, because they and Republican principles, in this cam- from the official ticket of the Amer wished it to go abroad and be herald to the paign. He paid due respect ' 9- . . . vice-preside- nt - mis-mar- k . - 1 ; |