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Show A THOUSAND I Jill To the Gospel Truth of Republicanism. Republi-canism. . ; 1 . AN ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING AT THE THEATER LAST NIGHT. j The Kame of Cannon Is Yocifer-i ously Cheered WHENEVER ANY OF THE SPEAK-. had confefid upon him, and denning his position, which was received with applause. The glee club then sang a great campaign song, and were eailed out again. v Hon. C. 8. Yaran was next introduced and was met with a hearty round of applause. He said he had been . somewhat disturbed by the refrain of the glee club's song, "Rawlins mine," for he didn't think Mr. Rawlins had a mine. If he had it was not a silver mine. Applause. Chambers, when ho was asked if he" wanted free trade, said he was a Democrat. Finally Fi-nally heaaid he was in favor of free trade. I had intended to make a speech tonight in the interest nf th party to whicii I have given the beut eitoits o my life, but for cer;ain reasons could n:t du it. Bnt I would like to touch on tome juestions concerning it. There are good reaf ona now why every good citizen should sup-' sup-' port the Kepulkau parly. There have been in tlie past some good reasons urged why we should not support. any national party hete. There ie not, however, any reason why any American citizen should not cast his voto on or e side or ike other now. That man, .Republican or Democrat, is false to his party aui hi a country who fa.ls to take a position on one side or the ether. It is idle to say there is no national political question in Utah. We have had local qu6-ions. We have them now. It seems "to lJe we should take the broader, hihervisw of national politics. I tlisk it is a question to ba considered as to whether it is best tor tiie people as a whole that the Republican policy prevail. It la a contemptible and narrow feeling to vote for a principle orpolicy that might injmo those who live outside of our state line, because aach policy will advance my personal in- iewvrs. f Annlna ? Who u?nt l-i th truth ERS MENTION IT. notwithstanding the Attraction in Ocden, Which Called Many Republicans Repub-licans Away, There Was Xo Lapse in Xumbers ' or Spirit In E ion-Leaders ion-Leaders on the Issnes of the Hour ; Wit, Eloquence and Fact. The Republican rally at the theaterX ! night was a grand one, and the audierici-was audierici-was a surprise considering the number of Republicans who went to Ogden to hear the Cannon-Rawlins debate. The theater was well filled up to the first gallery, and the audience was very attentive and enthusiastic, enthusi-astic, and everything went with a boom. Tho Harrison club drum corps was in attendance at-tendance and did its usual good work. The little fellows have done brave work in the campaign and deserve the thanks of the party. The glee club was also on hand and added not a little to the attractiveness of the occasion. It is a noticeable fact that the mention of Frank J. Cannon's name at any time was the signal for a wild burst of applause. ap-plause. Judg-e Dennett presided, and made a brief but eloquent review re-view of the political situation. 1 need net say that for the first time in the history of the territory the two national parties par-ties in I'tah have presented their tickets for your consideration. One of the national party dele- 6nd tfr sooner the better tor Utah. We caVt undo un-do the past. The Republican par'y does not care what this or that man said in the punt. That part is good only as a guide for the" future. As toe years go by new questions arise. We know not what may be presented next year. But we do know that werill have a I otter light ana j augment by wbita to dal with them. I appeal to every thinifogkaa and woman if it does not behoovey.g and act properly, soberly and iSArif. Doing that, we can afford jrjvthe result. Toe national PJ 'IfifrfSL!1 alhrted in rtah. Thoy have pre iFfn .."iididate, their platforms and theifc Vr g 4rZt has bet-n said tbat these tn) much difference, because our jetiuAL ff 'iQte. But it does make a great TtuAVrts, "pjresent conditions. If thi issues are to brtirfy jrd and determined, -we have much at. stake, 8V. esh our representatives will not vote on quef.ons that may come before the council coun-cil of the nation. We are on the ev of coming into the union as a state. It may be months or years; but when we are ready we will come in. But I do not think that should be made a controlling con-trolling question. 1 don't think all elte should be overlooked for that. This is a campaign of education., edu-cation., It is going on all right. It is obliter-iiig obliter-iiig local prejudices, and one more campaign like - tiiis would make us forget that you and I and others were nn'eg mizing each other one year ago. And looking t it alt in tlie li"ht of the presen: we can aimost say now there l but one I tah and one people. Underlying all is the fact that we are all American citizens, and bevea common interest in the welfare of the country. The Tribune says there are no national questions hero. Yet it is presenting reasons every day why men should allign themselves with the .Republican psrty. Yet it tells you iu .the same breath that when you step over the Nevada line yon must ay, '"I am no longer a Republican Re-publican or Democrat; I only remember that a short time ago the people here were arrayed against each other on religious lines." This is tiot fair; it is not right. It is like saying to the Mormon people here, "We don't want you te. be Democrats or Republicans because the . ... -. - i 1 j . . i rrii im : kt; tie stjid Liberal party to cocfiont you. We w.-nid like- to educate you, but have not time." There would be but one thing for them to do under un-der those conditions, to go right 'back to their old organization. We say let this education go on, jd wlwi we find a man loyal to the Democrats or Republicans, we find a man loyal to his country. (Xireat spplauae. I always think if I can't meke a ir.fn a good Republican if he is so lost to all sense of right I would make a good Democrat of him. i wsnt to see him join and take part wltb the lienubMcsce if he can, but if not, then risj6HrteT?riiicrtat. (Applause. Other Speakers. The gloe club rendered another eong, after af-ter which Mr. Scott Anderson and Mr. Stevens were each called upon and made short but telling addresses, which were heartily applauded. The meeting then adjourned ad-journed to the music of the gallant Harrison club drum corps. gates must be elected, we all know. It is the duty of every voter to consider well for which party he will cast his vote, and vote for the policy which will best subserve his inter este. Heretofore onr differences have been purely local, and we are juxt entering upon political hie. The people of Utah must be interested in the territory, its resources re-sources and development, and these interests that are involved in the national issue here. I would call your attention to one or two of oui industries in this connection. Situated in a central position, posi-tion, without access to the Atlantic on the east, or the Pacific on the west, we cannot compets with thote states -for their Own market. "Oar " market must be at home, and we must make it. Our greatest industry is mining, lead and silver chiefly. The tariff issue directly aflects that industry. in-dustry. Without the tariff on lead ore, imposed by the McKinley bill, of j.30 per ton, we would be forced into direct competition with Mexico, and their cheap labor. When Cleveland was ia office the same tariff existed on lead ore. Soon after, a ruling was made that when ore was ef greater value in silver than in lead it could come in free. As a result, lead ore came in so plentifully tnat many mines of I'tah, Idaho and Montana cloced down. .Great applause J Democracy proposes, if it obtain the power, to repeal the tariff on lead ore. and so put our miners in direct competition with the miners of Mexico. The last Democratic house passed a bill to take the duty off lend, but the Republican senate sen-ate killed it. Applause. 1 There is no doubt about the standing of the Democracy on that part of the tariff question. It is important that we should study tiint question well and decide it at the polls in accordance with our local interests. Applause. Another of our industries is wool. Utah ranks high in the production of wool and mutton. At this distance from the Eastern market, it would be alniont impossible to keep no the industry without the tariff. Farmers are dependent on a home market, ayd to nave wnicn they man maintain main-tain thev incinxtnes. and so oar interests all run together here. The Democrats ask what have the Republicans done for Bilver, and claim tliey have done as much. There was an act introduced in the lp.et Republican seaate which was pased. It then went to the Democratic houe. which did not act on it or pans on it, but 1ft it sleep the sleep of death. If the Democrats had wanted to throw the responsibility of that act on the Republicans they should have passed it to the Republican president. But they were afraid the president w ould endorse it. The Republican president and his cabinet, by untiring elforts, have arranged an intemaiional monetary conference, where tho silver question will b considered. Ho 1 say that the Republican party is THE FKIIND OF SILVER and of every American industry. We are coming to the eve of election and it becomes be-comes tiie duty of every true Republican to work with his neighbor for the beet interests of his party, it has been said the delegaterhip is no groat matter. Tho Republican delegate goes to Washington to look after our interests, fie cannot can-not vote, but he eoes there with a knowledge of the wants of all the people of Utah, and of all oar resource and industries, and he will become a working factor for our good. If we fail to Interest Inter-est ourselves and so elect the Democratic delegate what will he dor He talks about Utah but says not a word about protection. He says we don't want protection; we are able to compete with anyone without it. These are grave qneetions, anil we should see that they are answered in favor of the Republican party Rpplause and that our noble yonng candiriato, Frank 3. Cannon yells and cheeijsj is elected to represent our interests In the hails of congress. Great applause. The glee club then sang a campaign song, and was vociferously applauded as usual. E. li. Critchlow was next introduced and was received with applause. I see before me in the audience and on this plst orm. he raid, men who were for years divided di-vided i'i I'tah on issues unknown in any other part of this broad land. On the one hand were those who called themselves the people of the territory, ter-ritory, on the other were men from all over the union who were nnitd and railed themselves Americans. They fought a battle here with the People's party on one side and the Liberals on the other. About a year nco a change came I have no apologies to make for the part I took as a Liberal, and I ask no man's apology for having been for the People's party in the past. Today we are on a higher, broader plane. The Republican Republi-can party asks no aid from anyone that does not come through the free will of men In thst party. Applause. The man who holds the freedom of,his mind at the behest of any other man is a slave. W e hear a great deal about illegitimate methods in this campaign, and it comes with bad grace from the party thr.t aUemptel to organize not only the People's party, bat the whole dominant church In this territory into that party. Great applause. So far as such meth-odR meth-odR do obtain they receive the wholesale condemnation condem-nation of the people of the Republican party. We have pat np a man who is the product of tee territory ter-ritory for our delegate to congress. Applause. A man of ability, of magnetism, of education to represent the people of this territory. The only objection urgtd arainet Frank J. Cannon great applause is the fact that he is his father's son. Applause. J In the last national campaign we were met with the charge that our candidate was his grandfather's I crandson, applaue and lanchter but the people found that grandfather's hat covers as much bruins as thai of the man whose he-vd is about the same size and shape as all the rest of his body. Applanse. The private character of oar candidate candi-date has been assailed. We have nothing to do with that, so long as he is the right man. His private life is a matter for his o-n conscience. The candidate for the other sids, Mr. Rawlins, is an abln man and a good lawyer. He is eloquent, except where Utah is concerned. He is able to represent the Demccracy, but not the territory and pifopU of Utab. Great applause. And after nr'ii Tuesday I expect to welcome him back to the office where I hope he will remain for meny years, an ornament to the profession fOT which ha is so well fitted by nature and education to fill. Cheers aad laughter. Oraot H. Smith was next called upon, and responded amid applause. He made a brief but eloquent address, thinking bis party for the honor it |