| Show WELLS ON 01 THE HI RACK I Asked to Explain His Labor Record I QUESTIONED AT OGDEN I HANNA ORATORS GIVE orr MUCH ATTENTION TO HERALD A Tn Tnt t 4 to The Herald Ogden Utah Nov No 8 IThe The supreme Republican effort of the campaign in lu i er was wag wa made tonight at the Grand Opera House rally TV where here Governor Wells George Sutherland and C E B i Allen Alien spoke The chief topic of or the first two two was The Herald which they called a variety of names and antl indeed seemed not pleased with it particularly particularly with its references to their record on labor Jabol questions This subject was injected into the meeting by a South Southern ern em Pacific switchman who asked Gov Governor Governor Governor Wells Veils to explain his veto of ot the law lan lanThe The TIM crowd was not large The first floor of the house was vas fairly well filled and a fringe of people appeared on the second sec balcony Throngs left after the close of or each address and even while the speeches were in progress There I were dozens of vacant chairs on the stage Glasmann took to the moun moon mountains tales and held forth at Huntsville E EH EH H Callister presided pre Owing to the disturbance of the electric lights it was w about 8 36 when v hen the meeting began and it closed shortly after 19 14 Questions for Wells Governor Wells Veils the first speaker touched on the Philippine question but for the most part dealt with a resume of his bi administration tion The governor sat down without saying Baying an anything thing about his labor record and then came I Ithe the question A workman sitting near the front arose and respectfully re requested requested requested I quested permission to ask some ques questions questions questions The permission was granted and the man said saidI 1 I would like to ask sir why you vetoed the law and why wh the labor organizations in the state are op opposing opposing opposing posing your reelection The governor came forward and a 8 ripple of applause made the rest of the questions inaudible The governor im lm immediately Immediately mediately apologized apologised for omitting to discuss this subject but said he thought the newspapers had done it so 80 thor thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly as to make it unnecessary ry The speaker then went back to the passage of the present law la affecting miners and smelter men He signed it after listening to the lobbies of both sides The law passed by the tile last legislature affected only state and county employ employees ees and arid imposed a severe evere penalty for any man violating the same Further Furthermore Fur her more the law was passed late in the session and came to him with such Kuch a amass amass amass mass of other bills that he be could not give it much attention He would be pleased however to sign an aft law if one were wore passed and he should be governor I The governor made no attempt to an answer answer answer the other portion of the question and did not volunteer to answer fur ur urther then ther interrogatories No Answer at All AllM AllM M aLE B Howard Howar who asked the ques question queS queStion question tion stated after the meeting that the statement was no answer at all and that be he had tried also to ask why the executive delayed action on the bill until within six hours of the time lime when it would have become a law The gov gor governor governor cut short the question by hy resuming ing lag h hs hIs s address George Sutherland began his talk with some me choice epithets for The Her Herald Herald ald aid which had dragged the labor ques question Son tion into the campaign at this time He had favored the law now in force foce r f e but bitt b t thought the other one ab absurd absurd surd sand unconstitutional and unwise For Gold Standard Mr Ir Sutherland stated absolutely absolute that the Republicans propose to fasten the gold goll standard on the country The difference is is said Mr Suther Sutherland Sutherland Sutherland land that the Republicans say they arc are for the gold old standard and they mean it the Democrats say nay they are for bimetallism and they theT dont mean steen It Neither Mr Wells nor not Sutherland Suther nd evoked ev more mol e titan than t an occasional ripple of or applause but C B E Allen created a 8 little enthusiasm m He was courteous I and rebuked a man for tor hissing the name of af Frank J I Cannon This came up In connection with the mention of each senatorial candidate two years ago He was making the point that the party had plenty of able men as candidates He named each one with witha ltha a bit of eulogy for each and won considerable applause At the beginning a lot of people started to leave but a number sat I down when he promised to detain n them only obly ten minutes He kept his hie prom proa promise iso ise |
