Show THE ADDRESS FALLS ALLS FLAT most democrats neglect to consecrate illumination A FAILURE light attendance at most of the meetings chairman powers talks to three of the gatherings rea heading d of the tha declaration of independence pen pend dence enco a bore to tho the audiences features of the comedy A burlesque was performed in salt lake city last evening democrats were the actors the title tatlo of 0 the play was consecration and in it the per formers went through all the motions ot of destroying a straw man that they had previously constructed democrats everywhere were called upon to illuminate their houses in honor of 0 the declaration ot of independence from tho the gossip ot of headquarters lori of gig gigantino antio preparations lations in progress timid 16 listeners tuners almost feared that in order to round out the evening AL a few buildings would have to be burned the display tell fell far short of 0 the promise but few houses were illuminated by more than the usual quota ot of lights here and there at inter intervals vitis a lamp could be observed lit in a window or a chinese Clil neso lantern suspended from a tree no one appeared to havo halve gone into the illuminative business at all extensively A gentleman who had occasion to take the rapid transit to calders paik said paid that between the salt lake ilko theater and tho the end of 0 the line a distance of about six miles the houses or grounds illuminated were sixteen by actual count the proportion elsewhere through tile the city was about tho the same As a spectacle the illumination in honor of 0 the democratic stamping out of union of church and state was ivan the flat flattest teat of 0 failures many republicans republican last ening in discussing it expressed tho the hope that chairman cannon would make a request ot of the republicans of 0 salt lake to illuminate next monday evening there appears to be a general desire that he should do so well give the dems a foretaste of 0 what will happen on the cah if 1 mr cannon will only say the word remarked ono one enthusiast thu Blast st chairman powers was much in evidence during the evening ile he spoke at three places at headquarters to the scandinavians at turner hall to germans and at the fourth precinct meeting regrets were general that the accomplished complis hed chairman found himself unable to address the colored section of the party in or ashantee the various meetings in the city were but poorly attended with the exception of that at headquarters and the enthusiasm thusia sm which Is supposed to I 1 ts kept on tap for just such occasions was distinctly lacking many amusing features marked tile the preparations ions for the labor of the mountain one democratic lady was called upon by a democratic manager and asked to illuminate 1 I cant afford to be spending money for lanterns ei aery cry time judge jude rowers powers takes a notion that some crisis requires the lighting of candles she answered oh we expect that was tho the reply we pay the freight heres money to buy chinese lanterns you hal better hurry up and got get them as I 1 see in the herald they have become very scarce and are being held at 1 apiece the lady went up town and purchased c throe lanterns tor for 45 cents in tie the first store she entered the remainder of al the money was invested in cara carameli melq which she promised to oat cat in honor of the separation of church and state A republican e gentleman etleman was asked by a a democratic friend it if he intended to not by several mateis was the response why im going to put our redheaded red headed hired girl in the collar cellar tor for tear fear her presence upstairs might bo be another democrat asked it a worker coworker co it if ho he could secure his its indorsement endorsement Indor for the position of minister to chile and ami in reply received this bitter reply ind find it chilly enough tor for all democrats when the returns co come me in on the night of election FIRST PRECINCT A drum corps assisted materially in attracting tho the audience of 0 about w who I 1 10 a tat at through W A taylors reading of 0 the address in the ninth ward meetinghouse meeting house the center ot of the first precinct democracy sam allen alien occupied the chair halt half a dozen democrats being also ranged on the platform the heavy work of 0 the evening over the stinson quartette was introduced then J al denny a pleasant looking young man with ith a wealth of pompadour cuthair cut hair and it a facility of rarely excelled was called on to make a lew few remarks on the c crisis met and by the address W denny as he unrolled unroll fd the manuscript of 0 his speech said he ha expected to be called upon to speak lie he then proceeded to carve the republican party into pieces after which he impaled ell its individual members in utah wh who 0 I 1 had 1 ad ever an aspired ired to be higher than hew hewers e rs ot of wood and drawers of water it was not until lie he called up the unjust attack on judge powers that his eloquence tore through the shingles of the meeting house to mingle with the start the young orator struck an a attitude t and a high place simultaneously great godal he ha exclaimed steal utah vt a h steal utah with rawlins and th thatcher 11 acher in the senate roberts in 1 congress and calno caine governor the idea Is absurd and he pat down covered with perspiration and glory adam a democratic candidate for or the legislature then announced his conviction that the best beat interests of salt lake county would be sub served by the election of the democratic legislative ticket SECOND PRECINCT thomas W green presided at the meeting in the second precinct which was email one W H brownell was imbt introduced and waded into tits the 1 tariff ta r iff and silver questions and v arlous other t her matters mrs mattle hughes cannon als also spoke on the tariff and classed tho the giving of bounties as a corrupting principle but assured her listeners that the democrats were about ax as much in favor of 0 bounties as the republicans judge cherry then 11 1 a at t republican national legislation had caused a heavy growth of 0 mortgages he read from the republican platform and dwelt at length on the sugar bounty question and also amused the boys boy with a fund of jokes which evoked applause the tim timson timon on glee club then sang aud and tho the meeting closed cloned THIRD PRECINCT the meeting lit in the third precinct at the grand pacific hotel was called to order by chairman with rome thirty odd voters ant and a few ladles ladies present bufore adjournment the number had bad swelled to nearly fifty during the reading of the declaration by H A smith considerable contusion confusion was caused by the electric lights being turned oft off one voice front from the audience as an it attributing the disaster to republican interference ex cx claimed what wb it will they riot not do next soon an old rochester lamp was provided and the bad boy at the tha button turned the lights on again but as an soon as a the smoking lamp lampsas was extinguished find removed from the room the audi once was a a pl unFred into stygian styrlan blackness a second time another oil lamp was waa P procured procured and the meeting was allowed to proceed in pence peace care being taken not ot to remove the oil lamp from the loom age again in although the urchin had ceased to w nith ath the button the first speaker 0 W mayes stated that he believed the statements read by sir mr smith the republicans had accused the democrats or of making a mounts mountain I 1 n out of a molehill mole hill but mountains were made up of 0 mole hills ile ho tho the cri crisis sisi and the Itari fl question and expressed the th opinion that the republicans would not have a very big majority councilman watson next introduced talked upon the question ot of taxes for or public improvements the voters were thanked for or past favors and invited to continue them then the chairman introduced edw ij sloan who made a few remarks R P Morr li it e elected would serve tit the people faithfully so lie he stated 11 J hayward ayward II then made the first speech of his life lie he said paid some people objected to him allm on account of 0 not bein ing known but he had bad lived here some forty two years and came here quick as lie he could lie he wants all the people to help him get fret there As the musicians engaged tor for the tha evening did not appear the meeting adjourned fir FIFTH PRECINCT but few of the faithful of the fifth precinct responded to the summons of tie the democratic muezzin the address wl was read in the twelfth ward meetinghouse to a handful liand ful of people by P J daly in the absence of james it 11 moyle who had been designated to perform the task but failed to make an appearance preliminary to the rendition of judge Pow eras ode to freedom a quartette of young gentlemen clad in white du dusters a a as a token of political in innocence no banff a parody on connic doon donn in which they continually appealed pathetically to some person or persons unknown to give back something equally an object of mystery scandinavian RALLY the scandinavians meeting at the democratic headquarters drew it full house the meeting was held under the auspices of the scandinavian club but tho the audience was aas composed of members of all natio nationalities nall the pro gramme was lengthy and with three exceptions ent liely a musical one which undoubtedly accounted tor for the large attendance fritz S ertman called afie lie assemblage to older cider he said democratic victory was soaring lu in the air and all they had to do was to grasp for it this announcement started a ripple of 0 laughter the Il armonia rendered the danish national hymn which was waa well received D C dunbar made the first address after saying a few complimentary things about the scandinavians he entered upon a eulogy of thatcher Thatch cr raw una and roberts the republicans lio said were attempting to carry the el election or by fraud and church influence A zither and guitar duet by williams and dangerfield Danger flold was a pleasing number that brou broucht alit an encore it was followed by a democratic campaign song by the harmonia Har society thou art my queen was sweetly sung by miss emma jorgen jorgensan Jorgens son cn T the he audience warmly applauded the singer little judith anderson andersen took the th house by bv storm by her beautiful rendition on of the song my aly mother used to sing sine and responded with alens mans bruser L I 1 C talked briefly about church influence find and among other things thing ho he declared the democrats were the only ones really home industries dus tries A quartette quai composed of Hal Halvor lna and hannah halvorson john sax and john halvorson sang n I 1 skoven it was followed by an excellent recitation in tho the three Sc andina vinn dialects by alfred nilson to a recall be responded by telling a swedish courting story mesdames christie and anderson sang sane a duet and miss alice penrose Pen rosi followed by reciting Go gone with a handsomer man ilan after little jessie conrad had sung you cant play in my aly yard and responded ded to a recall with 1 I want alvan t to kiss point papa through the tele telephone phone judge powers mounted the platform and after a few preliminary remarks on the great crisis read from A a manuscript the speech pre previously v bously delivered at the burlington schoolhouse GERMAN MEETING the getman geiman democratic meeting at turner hall was poorly attended it was presided over by dr 0 hi dogge who made a few opening remarks miss dalsy daisy newman charmed the au dlena with a solo and was obliged to respond to two recalls morris sommer then diluted dilated upon democratic principles and wound up ty reading the address to the people karl G maeser candidate tor for state superintendent of public schools made a lengthy talk on educational matters while 11 S wells who followed him explained why he was a democrat miss alice penrose gave a brecita recitation tion and was accorded well melted applause in the meantime judge powers pow 11 had appeared on the scene and toad lead the speech ho he had delivered at the fourth precinct and the scandinavian meetings WEST JORDAN at the west went jordan meeting there were nineteen democrats Demo crata present SI six men and three women voted that the address expressed their sentiments the remainder of the audience was noncommittal |