| Show POWERS POWERS DRAWS STRIKING KING COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO NAf NATIONAL PARTIES Judge 0 O W f Powers Power of oJ Salt Sal Lake In as hs assuming suming the chair chair at the th Democratic tc tic state slate convention ing address s sr at Logan Logn delivered the thi follow following following Mr Me r Chairman and Ladles Lodi s and ani Gentle Gentlemen Gentlemen S men of or the Convention I speak the sentiment of ot every dele delegate delegate gate present pr sent when I acknowledge wl g our ap appreciation predation of o the tho hospitality of f the peo people p o opIe pIe of or this beautiful and ente city fy and voice our thanks thank for f r the kindly Un Im Impulse pulse that has caused the citizens to cast aside aide partisan feeling and to make us know that they give us a sincere wel welcome welcome el elcome come I I Wo Vo are here to nominate a winning ticket and to adopt a platform of ot principles I pIes ples worthy of ot success and we e are here h re I because we want to welcome back Into the th ranks of or Democracy D the good county u c 1 of or Cache Many Hany moons has ha she wen wan dered In the wilderness Long Loni Ln has she lot fol l lowed the savory smell arising arl from fr m the fleshpots of Republicanism But Bit she tle I again agin knocks at the door of ot her fathers house hou e Though she be weary wear ind nd foot footsore footsore sore and ad much ashamed of ot her transgressions t yet yOt et we gladly open en the door d or and bid bil her tithe take her hr accustomed seat scat at the nt table of ot Democracy Returning to the Fold This Is a I year when Democrats are le te turning to tho the fold All AU over oer the land there exists a spirit of 01 harmony Every Eer where Democrats Democrat are renewing their fealty fealy and the onrushing tide of human affairs Is bearing our great geat leaders leader Bryan Br an and Kern ern to a certain and a n substantial l victory co which will wi inure to the benefit of ot all al the people and the up building of or our great republic This la Is n a ny 1 y year ir ar so to filled fied with wih premonitions of oter ier Certain thin tain Democratic success that those who wish to t stand in with lh the majority or oras oras oras as they tey say in 11 this state who desire to sustain sustin those who ho are arc in pOwer p er are In a quandary as to what direction the political poUt political cal cat Is about to leap They stumble like one filled fl d with new wine Early in the campaign they felt sure Bur of the ic uc election electon of at the Republican candid o t and nd they came out ont into the open and ril prophesied prophesied sied sled loudly loud that such suh would be the re result resul suit sult sul but latterly they see as a through a glass darkly and give Ive manifest evidence that they th know not where they the are at at and Undismayed rot Kot so with iti Ith the Democrat who has helped to keep the Democratic lamp trimmed and burning buring through the years ers of defeat with Ith which our ur party part has h been scourged scourge He Is able to see with wit clear clearness clearness ness the tho coming of 01 certain certIn 1 and the dawning of a n long Democratic day da And he Is here today as a delegate e to to this convention And undismayed ga He is here in this beautiful county and he feels fEls eIs that he Is in the home of his friends This Is a great county count Great in its It material wealth great grOat in the char character character character acter of ot Its Is people and grit In 1 I e tonal advantages for tor the youth of the c west and I am one who hopes hops that these educational advantages may ma never ner grow r w les le but that they thE may mav be increased from year to year ar Aid v while hilo I am hm speaking of the greatness of ot Cache I must not forget for el to mention menton that It Is the home hore of a dis citizen recently recent for congress congre s by b the Republican party a citizen of ot whom his sponsor sPoor who placed his name before the he conven tion ton said He is as its s clean cean as the tooth of ofa ofa a dog whatever that may mav mean men It It has hns f seemed to me to be a relative term be because be cause ause aust there th re are mury mry kinds of dogs and of necessity they the must have hae teeth teth of varying degrees 01 cleanliness The nomi nominee noru nee Is the same Mme distinguished citizen of of whom Senator Kearns before he hi had apostatized once said Joe will vill wi stand stanl hitched And ho he has stood hitched ever since and still sti desires to stand hitched and some soie people p think that he never neve wi will be Jarred loose looe The Republican Convention I Ind And nd in enumerating the wealth of ot Cache I also to mention menton that In that same Republican convention Un they Unplaced placed before the delegates the name tf It another man for tor the congressional nomi nomination nation hatlon naton whose principal qualification for tor or the place one of at his supporters supporter urged u was as that he was born in Cache county count gec and zuid ad had led a variegated life as striped I suppose as a zebra and as full ful of ot coors as Josephs coat and that here In Cache che valley vale he le smashed his hand In a mow ing big machine Great Is the Republican organization of ot Cache Caell that halter haler breaks Us its Is candidates and even In the mangled hand crushed crushed by b a mower can see upon the palm the lines that betoken the thO th statesman st That was ivas a great gr t convention that the had at al Salt Lake City It I was wa pre presided rp e sided over oer by br a United States Now Non No a United led States senator used to seem to me mt m to be a very ve big man but hut as the years ear nave have followed upon each others heels I have learned leared that United States senators are aie much like mountains mo lh they y seem se m the biggest when a long lon way ay off or The chairman charman of or the he Republican state convention comerton is said to haVe haie sounded the keynote ke ote in his speech sp ech of the campaign In this state I know that I lam am not a good Judge of ot music and probably that Is why I doubt doUht that the people will wi ever Iver want to follow the tune which this so milled called keynote is said to lead For F r mv my part I would prefer to hear a well known citizen of oC this state who toOk tod Jel up vocal music when hen he was advanced in years ear sing Come Conte Ye YC Y Disconsolate than th r to lis Us ls ten to that ke ate speech And AmI to me it sounded like d t swans song so Live Issues Ignored When the Republican chairman was not hurling anathemas at t the American party parts he lie h was discussing the Missouri compromise the Dred Scott Scot d or tr stretching the truth like a rubber band and In a eulogy of ot the Republican party and Its It leaders in this state of ot which he is no inconspicuous one one He took great joy jO in condemning the Democratic party for forthe forthe forthe the derelictions of at some of or its it leaders rs fifty years ago and he reverently bowed b wed his head when he mentioned the names of ot Republicans who were a force In the land when be he was a child but he failed to dis discuss ds discuss cuss the questions of today He failed tal to refer to the difference existing in the el nation naton brought on by the men who arc re renow now nationally in control of the Republican Republican lican party and nd he failed to refer reCer to the conditions here in Utah where neighbor Is arrayed aryed against neighbor In bitter lo 10 local local cal strife which conditions were w re created creat d hd have he h ve been continued by the te men who control and direct the destiny of ot the th Re Republican Republican publican organization in this state The Republican R a fl Party We need ned not go back so very many m ny years year before beCore we find groundwork for the Ute indictment of the Republican party pa t for Cor high hig crimes s and misdemeanors against t the republic In 1876 Samuel J Tilden was elected president of the United States and wie fraudulently kept k pt from the of office offIce fice face by the thi leaders leader of tho Republican party In 1896 William J Bryan was wa the time choice of oc the people but the te place was wa purchased for for oz another by br the th judicious jUll lous use of ot the enormous campaign fund rund of with Wih which time the t ballot Miot box was wai And so In 1900 19 and In 1904 11 the tho great et corruption funds so vast that we e cannot appreciate the amounts which were under the control of ot the Republican lican Ican leaders leader were used to debauch the tho nation He ha le who stifles the free tre voice oice of the nation naton by b power poter or by threats or h s the vot r from his honest honet by ulterior means or 01 who corrupts cOPt the source of ot liberty b by the purchase or 01 orth orUi th Ui Is i a traitor t altot to the heitt state tat and nd an enemy of the people p ople and this 1 i charge upon the Republican Re party par SoUi of Corruption Funds And And from whence did these vast cor cot corruption funds fu come me Were they contrib contributed ute by a free fr people In l order t to forge fore the tho fetters to bind themselves in Indus Industrial trial slavery They came from the cof coffers coffer fers fer swelled to overflowing of or the bene beneficiaries bene benefiCiaries of ot Unjust nj ht laws lawa Sonie of ot iwa It was unlawfully taken aken from ot or orthe the great geat Insurance companies heo ld ws and the th orphans of theland were wert 1 4 1 0 W 4 5 5 I S S v 4 r A i 4 ae 5 4 4 ct 5 S 5 S S 5 9 S 5 S S 4 i p S p S 4 S 31 S ORLANDO W POWERS Chairman of the Democratic state convention at Logan of their heritage that the Republican lican lean party might retain power And the wickedness of or It i all al Is so great geat that one would think that tUt a cry cr would go g up from the people that this revel reel of sin must stop The Democratic Democrat party declares that tat the tho light shall be turned on that there shall be published to the world the source of ot all nI funds gathered for political uses and it declares that this must be done before beCore the tb votes are ae cast cast and not after fter the evil e eha has ha been accomplished as the Republican candidate for president advocates The Democratic party part declares for publicity In campaign contributions so that all al may ma know wh is shoveling wealth In the po political political hopper hopp r and thereafter the te votes ateI be cast east understandingly Question Queston for fei Workingmen I r have often oten wondered wandered why the nun mn who sweat and toil tol at the anvil nhI or m in I inthe the heat and smoke of at great factories why wh the men who follow the plow why the country countr merchant and the clerks clerk and of or this nation naton do not ask them themselves themselves themSelves selves this question queston Why Yh do tha own owners owneN ers em eN of ot the swollen n fortunes concerning which President Roosevelt has spoken why wh do the men who have gained finan financial cial success J imy y devious ways wh why do all al the great geat criminal trusts and all al thi fed led federations ertons of wealth whose power obtained by b unjust legislation desire the th success of or the time Republican party and fear the success of a the Democratic party part Are the common people of ot the land so blind to that which Is obvious that they the cannot see where their Interests lie le leI If I all al the burglars were federated to together together together gether and were contributing from the th results of their midnight prowling vast sUms to elect the Republican candidates would you ou be long In concluding that the reason was obvious that they thOy expected In return protection for themselves In lr the pursuit of or their nefarious calling c And when you 01 find the men who buy bu and nl sell sel legislatures and common councils who profit from tram laws which grind grin the con consumer COI consumer sumer down who plunder the many man that the few tew may ma loll lot in 11 luxury sustaining the Republican party part Is It I not plain that honest Republicans ans should shun the par party party party port ty organization that receives r such sup support support support Tariff and the Trusts For long years ear the t tariff laws of the Republican party part have been the bulwark that has protected predatory predator and enabled it to secure unrighteous gains gain And now we find tho the Republican candi candidate candidate date for president admits that these laws la must be revised revl d the cry goes up that that they th y nOt must st be revised r by b their friends To allow alow D our tariff laws to be revised by b the Republican party arty Is to say sa that the tM paid attorneys and ind the paid lobbyists lobbyist ot or special interests Interest I and all al unlawful trusts shall sal gather once more thore and nd manipulate legislation n so that the unjust gains of ot a fa favored a ored interests may be increased If I the tariff laws are revised by b the Republican party do d you suppose that they th would be revised In the interest of or the sheep herder upon the plains of Wyoming or orIn In h the th Valleys val s of Utah Do you y think they will wi be revised in the interest of or orthe the lead le d miners in our hills his or of the la Ia laborers laborer borers borer In our smelters and mines if 1 you do your our innocence Is so great geat that you OU should have hwo h provided for you ou at ato once o a guardian gardian ad litem lem who will wi look after your our interests In the great court courtot of ot the people with wih more wisdom and cir circumspection than you ou are capable of yourself The rhe position of at the Republican party as os a expressed in its Is platform and andas andas andas as declared by its it speakers upon this subject of the rectification of or the tariff is not not In the Interest of the great geat body bod of ot common people of or the land landH Huge H Tariff Graft Grf Discussing this question the tho Saturday Evening Post of ot Sept 19 a paper that thatIs Is entirely Independent i politically and that discusses national questions from Crom th the standpoint of a nonpartisan says that if Mr nry could manage to focus locus public attention Upon the huge tariff graft gaft that he would get as great a hearing as he had for the silver question queston In 1836 1896 and that his chance of ot winning would im improve improve improve prove and then this paper says sn s When Then time the necessity bred of war had passed the tariff as we now know It It it was defined as needed to foster roster our In Infant 11 infant fant Industries They fostered amazing ly and presently became came the greatest in inthe Inthe inthe the world We V still sti need the tariff trl It I was wa then alleged to 10 Insure good wages wage to American workmen notwithstanding our labor cost in some lines was lower than In England and workmen In non protected callings comprising the great majority got as high or higher wages wags than workmen In protected Industries Approaching the Truth This his year a a new and a ld franker defense deene has ha been introduced Duties Dutes says the Republican platform must equal the dif difference difference di ference between the he cost of oC production pr ducton at home and ad abroad together with wih a i rea rca reasonable reasonable profit to American America industries That is we must mut be taxed enough not Only to protect American A labor but butt to tomake tomake make sure that the th trusts trust will wl have lae a sat st profit pron One by h bc h the specious clous cious and fraudulent fr d l nt reasons reno s have Ite h V fallen away until tnt at length lengh In ht this years faler plat lat form we ye e are arii ri given a It Candid n ld gl glimpse m 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