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Show THE HARRISON CLUB. 4 J. A Kinging Address From the Executive Committee Bnslneu Transacted. , The meeting of the Harrison club at til G. A. R. hall last night drew out the lararts attendance yet, there being about 150 men-bers men-bers present. r! (" The meeting was called to order by President Burris, and the minutes of ihr previous meeting were read and approved. The address of the executive committee was then read and approved. The address waa a sound republican document, dealing wfi the doctrines of republicanism as compared with democratic principles, and is as follows! WHAT ARB YOU? if rtah is face to face with statehood! WhetCf it shall be a republican or a democratic state v allv concerns every citizen in the territory. i r'or the nrt time in our history the citizens pt L tah, whether republican or democrat, will ba able to cast a vote for his partv s candidate for delegate to congress. " -ri The national parties are drawn np in battl front! The tiht is on! The banner of republV canism is "Protection for American Indos ryl Ihe fla of democracy is ''Free Trade" disguised as tariff reform. The republican principle is to build np hoaie industries by giving them protection against fcf-eign fcf-eign products and to protect American waife eamers aiainft competition with ill paid foreign labor! The principled democracy is to exchange onr raw products for the manufacturers of countries coun-tries employing pauper labor! "Whicii party ehaU win the victory, is a matter mat-ter of the utmost moment to as in Utah. Our great industries, lead raiuiiig, wool gr wing and siuar making are fostered and ?nccuraged by the policy of th republican party, and tne protection that party has given them by law. Now and always the effort of democracy is to take away from those industries the protection that gives them life and being. By our votes we should give couraee and support to those who have betriended ns and thank them for the laws which enable ns to mine lead ores, prow wool, and make eugar. If you want the mineral wealth of ourmo-iuitainsdeveloped, and the minerto prosper, BE A REPUBLICAN. , If you want wool-growers to get a fair price for their produst, BE A REPUBLICAN. If you want to pay your neighbors for snar and keep the money in the country instead of paying it to foreigners, BE A REPUBLICAN. - '' ' If you are a f; mer and want to furnish farm pro- duets, at good prices, to successful mines, BE A REPUBLICAN. 1 Ifyo.iare a merchant and wish to retain thai trade you now enjoy by reason of the workin? of the mines, BE A REPUBLIC AH ! If you vt all thess great industries Crippled' or killed,Tie a democrat. Kepublicanisai is the wheels of progress, dem-P ocracy the brake. We need the wheels all the tune if we are to advance, the brake but seldom, tight years ao we put on tUe brake. That suffices suf-fices for this century. It is the duty of every republican to work earnestly earn-estly for the spread of republican principles, to educate his neighbors in those principles, and to gain for his party all the converts he ram. All thinking men must I e convinced that early"' statehood for L'tah is inevitable. If Utah is soon to be a state ir material interests demand that it shall be a republican state The time is short! -March shoulder to shoulder, and do your utmost to add Utah to the best of states which have fostered fos-tered American industry, fostered American labor, and made possible the development and growth of our jjreat industries. By authority Harrison Kepublicau club. C. W. BURRIS. f C.W.BENNETT, W. G. VAN HORN, W. H. DICKSON, E. SELLS, Committee. The address was "received with prolonged applause, and the secretary was instructed to furnish copies for all republican papers in the territory. The president announced that he had apJ pointed S. W. Sears chairman of the finance committee. . - fc f .. Ou-uotio Janee i)Tine-'-ii -ratted ""rtp'otf to address thj meeting, and made a short speech. On motion E. D. R. Thompson and C, S. Varian were invited to address the club at the next meeting. On motion of Secretary Sells, the executive execu-tive committee was instructed to arranee for speakers for each meeting of the club, and the question was reconsidered, and a motion was carried that the chair appoint a committee for that purpose, and Wr. H. Sells J . M. Bowman, E. D. R. Thompson, D. ll! Wenger and H. S. McCallum were appointed. The meeting then adjourned. |
