Show THE BIRTH Real Democracy Born at Last A VERY LUSTY INFANT I Liberals and People Assist at the Event iffi OAhU DECLARES HIMSELF I Jdiie Smith Withdraws from the Peoples Party Colonel Winder Le Grand Young J H Moyle and J H Paul are In It I Democracy is here The sounds and signs of its coming that havo filled the air for the last month wore but the premonitory pains preliminary to the great delivery The birth itself occurred the Salt Lake theater last evening in the presence of as great an assemblage of notable men in waiting and loyal adherents of tho cause as ever yet graced a similar occasion The house was nnnlrfifl down stairs and in the first circle by 815 the space back of the seats was a compact mass of eager listeners a few ladies occupied the boxes and wore scattered through tho auditorium audi-torium but their number in all probability did not amount to more than twentyfive Many notable citizens were scattered through the gathering The white beard of that staunch old war horse of Democracy General McClernand glistened like snow from a parquette seat Hon John T Caine sat in a side stalL Professor L E Holden stood on the outskirts of the crowd Thomas Marshall tried in vain to hide his towering form among the standing ones and succeeded when his name was called out at any rate he made no response P S Richards and Colonel Webber dropped in toward the close and Arthur Brown one of the coming Republican organizers was said to have been gathering pointers I in i the throng though he was not seen by the reporter Other citizens whose presence was noted were I Henry Siegel J E Bamberger the 1 Pavey Bros Sam Pendergast Harmel I Pratt W C Freeman J B Walden F D Kimball Mr Bell Jake Moritz Major L Wilkes John T Lynch Mr Gibbs J K Gillespie W P Rowe S B Westerfield W A Casady Simon Bamberger C S Desky W B Sowles Dr Richards Frank Jennings Joseph A Jennings David James R K Thomas Legrande Young W W Riter R W Young H J Grant H G Whitney Spencer Clawson J H Moyle George Bywater O Hodson S A Kenner Dr Benedict N W Clayton William Fuller T V Williams Dr Faust General Burton John R Winder Judge Smith Selectman Howe Sheriff Burt and N A Empey In all there were from 1000 to 1500 hundred persons in the building ON THE STAGE Seated behind the footlights were the head and front of the offending Demo craticrevolution Frank H Dyer president of the club Col S A Merritt excity at torney and in past times the favorite chairman of the Liberal conventions J B Walden city treasurer C S Hawley of the clearinghouse exPostmaster Barratt Governor H C Lett A F Schroeder S i W Darke John Montgomery Judge Judd W E D Barnett and a number of others There was at first a painful air of expectancy ex-pectancy that inclined to quietness When the ball started to roll however the old L rafters fairly sprung with the enthusiasm There was a moment of suspense when the I name of Came was yelled out from a thousand thou-sand throats but when he came squarely I out and answered that i he was in it it seemed as if pandemoniun itself were let loose Everything went with a rush then till the close and thA mHn u5 LlugUL have been going as yet had not the fire bolls rang out at 10 oclock and started I something of a stampede More of the history of Utah was written there in half an hour last night than the historian can indite and do justice to in a month It was the dawning of a new era and people who were there to look upon L it i went home with the deep conviction in their souls that from henceforth the I Democracy was a live and throbbing factor in Utahs politics and that all other parties must hustle aside to give it room |