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Show the grandest political meeting in the history of southern Utah. BIDE ISSUES. Manti has a grand Republican club. We've got them on the run in southern Utah. Hon. George Sutherland left the party at Salina but will probably rejoin us at Bearer next Sunday. . Last fall Spring City had but thirty-one Republican voters; now it has ninety-one members in its club. John James is doing good work for his party in the organization of glee clubs throughout the southern country. These organizations are among the most effective features of the campaign. Gunnison had but seven Republican voters last fall, but there are now seventy-three staunch members of the Republican club, over twenty joming at the close of the rally oday, and it wasn't a very good day for Republicans Re-publicans there either. The Democrats are certainly in a panic, as is evidenced by the fact that they have begun be-gun camping on Mr. Cannon' trail all along the route, holding meetings before and after the Republican rallys in each town. But If the expressions of disgust they have elicited even from their own party adherents are any criterion, through their attempts to influence the people through their religious convictions, convic-tions, they are doing their cause more harm than the Republican speakers have been able to do. CANNON'S Everywhere the Republican Nominee Is Received Wich Enthusiasm. HIS SUPERB CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTRY. Three Speeches in One Day, and Each Replete With Telling Points. i CROWDED MEETINGS AT GUNNI- SON, REDMOND AND SALINA. George Sutherland Proves) an Invaluable Inval-uable and Untiring Aid-Mr. John James la Organizing tilee Cluba The Campaign Kougs Are Much Appreciated Democrats Scared, and Mend Out Speakers to Precede Pre-cede and Follow Cannon on Hit Kntire Tonr. song. "What Shall the Tariff Be?" iu magnificent mag-nificent style. The chairman then introduced HON". GEORGE SUTHERLAND, who said that the glee club had given the subject of his remarks in so excellent a manner that he didn't know whether to proceed pro-ceed or not. One thins ha wanted to tell the people and that was that the harvest of the Republican party in Utah next November Novem-ber would be such loads of votes that the Democrats would be frozen with horror. He referred to the statement of soma Democrats that the country was going to pieces on castor oil, in a manner at once so humorous aud logical as to be irresistible. He gave a review of the effect of the tariff upon the manufactories of the United States and the effect of that tariff on the competitive competi-tive manufacturer of other countries, and showed that ii the tariif were taken off, it would either close down our mills and factories fac-tories and force 3,000,000 people back to agricultural pursuits, or ' else force them iiito competition with the pauper . labor of Europe, and bring upon American free labor tho same conditions that prevail in Europe. He closed by giving his own reasons for supporting Mr. Cannon and asked that the people of Redmond cast their votes to swell the Republican majority for him in November. Novem-ber. Tho meeting was then dismissed after a selection by the band and a song Ly the glee club, entitled, ''Our Leaders," which stirred the audience to a still higher pitch of enthusiasm, and which earned the club a vote of thanks, which it richly deserved. At Salina, where a meeting was held at 8 o'clock tonight, to-night, the Republicans turned out en masse and gave their candidate a grand receptioi. When the party entered the town flags were flying, the band wu playing and the hotel was decorated with Republican colors, and at night the school house was packed to the street, even the aisles being a solid mas3 of Republican enthusiasm. The glee club and baud were iu attendance aud rendered their patriotic songs and music in great style. W. H. CLARK presided, and after a brief preliminary address ad-dress called upon the HON. GEOROE SUTHERLAND. I wish, said he, that the young ladies and geDtlemen who have given us such pleasing music tonight, could stump the territory with that soug about the tariff, for it is on account of that tariff that we are going to elect Benjamin Harrison president of the United States and Frank i. Cannon to con-grefs con-grefs next November. Applause and cries "That's the stuff." . He then proceeded to give a humorous history his-tory of Democratic war on the McKinley bill and illustrated bis review with a number of humorous incidents, which kept the audience audi-ence in a continual smile. He showed also the effect of the McKinley bill upon the trade and labor of the country, and showed that it had been a most beneficial measure and had stimulated trade aud raised waives throughout the states. He told the history of the defeat of the free silver bill by a Democratic Dem-ocratic majority in the bouse. He also showed how the Utah legislature was responsible re-sponsible for every measure that had hurt the industries of the territory instead of encouraging en-couraging them, and mentioned the sugar bounty as one instance. The Democratic party, he said, poses as the poor man's party, yet our Democratic legislature passed one law at least which gives the rich man a chance to invest all his capital in farm property, if he chooses, and makeathe poor man, the farmer who is compelled com-pelled to borrow, his money, payjhe tax On both the rich man's Investment and his own property. Great applause. lie then gave an exhaustive and logical rsviaw of the tariff as affecting the price of American made articles of commerce. Gunnison, Sept 28. Special. Frank J. Cannon and Hon. George Sutherland cpoka at an enthusiastic Republican rally here at 10:30 today. The party was escorted to the schoolhouse by the band, where a large crowd had gathered. The meeting was called to order by James Metcalf, who Introduced the speakers in a short address. HON. GEORGE SUTHERLAND was first called upon, and made a brief but eloquent address, which was received with great applause, ne paid a glowing tribute to Mr. Cannon, and gave his reasons for supporting sup-porting him, and told why he believed him to be the best man to represent Utah in congress. con-gress. HON. FRANK I. CANNON was next introduced, and he made a telling aud logical address upon the effect of the tariff on the farmer and the farming interests inter-ests of the United States and Utah in particular. par-ticular. He showed how much of the welfare wel-fare of the farming communities of the United States depended upon the establishment establish-ment and maintenance of manufacturing industries in their midst, who will consume the products of the farms. Haproved that ' these industries depended upon the tariff imposed by the Republican lawmakers upon foreign manufactured articles and raw products, prod-ucts, which would otherwise undersell our home manufacturers and so shut them down, giving a practical illustration of how greatly lhe material welfare of the farmers depended de-pended upon the continuance of Republican protection. He showed conclusively that if the 10,000 men now employed in the mines of Utah should be thrown out of employment employ-ment by the closing down of the mining industry in-dustry if the tariff on lead were taken off, the majority of those miners would naturally natur-ally be forced into competition with the farmers, and so still further curtail the demand de-mand and reduce the market for farm products. prod-ucts. He eulogized the platform of tha Republican Repub-lican party, and said It was upon that platform plat-form that he asked the suffrages of the people, and closed by asking that if ttiey could endorse that platform, to stand by the party of protection and cast their votes for ft In Utah next November. The band then played a patriotic selection and the meeting was dismissed. At Redmond, Another enthusiastic meeting was held at 2:30 in the Bowery, which was hung all around with buntiur and Republican mottoes. mot-toes. The band added to the attractions of the occasion, and a good crowd were in attendance.- The meeting was called to order by li. McKinuey, who introduced first BON. FRAXK J. CANNON as the man who was destinid to be Utah's next delegate to enngress. ' Mr. Cannon aiada one of his most eloquent elo-quent addresses and evoked the greatest enthusiasm en-thusiasm throughout. He said he would not attempt to appeal to tha prejudices of r the people for their votes, or to implant ( that sentiment In their hearts for that pur pose. He would appeal rather to their rea-' rea-' son, thoir patriotism and their loyaltv to i Utah for their suffrages. He then ' 1 rehearsed the brilliant record of the Repub lican party from the time of its inception and showed that there was not an act in ' that long record but what redounded to its glory. lie told how it had restored tha credit and currency of the nation; how it had passed a homestead law which gave homes to over a million American families; how it had reduced the national debt from the stupendous proportions of a quarter of a century ago. But he said he did not ask any man to join the Republican Re-publican party? because Abraham Lincoln was one of its leaders. He did not ask it because of its glorious achievements in the past. He simply presented the present policy pol-icy and principles of the Republicans for their consideration, and would leave them to decide for themselves whether or natit wa the party of their choice today. He then dwelt at some length on the different dif-ferent phases of the tariff question as affecting affect-ing the American farmer through American manufactories and industries, and showed that it was a matter of vital importance. He spoke of the Democratic howl about the Republican party's tendency to centralization central-ization of power, aud showed that the accusation accus-ation had no foundation except in the empty cry, which wa manufactured out of whole cloth by the Democrats for canpaign purposes. pur-poses. If the Republican party hd desired to take awey the riht of local selt-go-.erament from any Mate, why aid it not say to the defeaud South, after the ereat war. when those safs lay bleeding and diiup oi at its mercy why did not the Republican Republi-can party y then to tlio.e vtates: "Lie thure then forever, you mud yours." o, it let that opportunity- go br, and, taking those statea by the hand, raided them from the dust, rehabilitated and restored. Did this look like a desire to take away the right of iocal self-government from any state or Individual? Tremendous applause. He then gave a number of illustrations of the manner In which the Democratic party practices local self-government and proved that in many of the elates there was no such a thing In existence, almost all the officers being appointive. He also read extracts of H bill which the Democratic legislature of f Utah attempted to make a law, which left ) jlmost every office in the territory at the , merry of a Democratic president and a Dem- J Dcratlc governor of Utah. The bill was killed by a Republican senate, or it would have been a law here now. . ': He then asked the people to study the principles of the two parties and the two i ', tandklates carefully and fairly and vote as Jheir honest convictions might lead them to : Ihink, without fear or favor. 1 . Tae glee club then sung the campaign "The tariff," he said, "is simply a license imposed on foreign manufacturers for allowing allow-ing them to sell their goods in tne United States, in competition with articles of home manufacture. If a peddler came into your town from New York to sell goods to your citizens, the first thing he would do would be to take out a license, paying for the privilege of competing with your merchants on the same terms. That is only common justice. If English manufactures were allowed to bring their goods here without that tax, they could sell them so cheap that it would be useless for our own merchants to compete com-pete with them except by bringing wages down to the level of the pauper labor of Europe." Applause. He referred to Mr. Cannon's loyalty and devotion, and spoke of his effor.s for Utah's interests at Washington already "I used to know the Utah bi ys," he said, "and remember when I was one of them, the happiest, careless little barefoot vagabonds vaga-bonds that ever revelled in God's free sunshine. sun-shine. And knowing you as I did then and as I do now, I believe you will cast your votes in November next in accordance with your own honest convictions. And I do not believe be-lieve that any Democratic threats can deter you, or that those convictions will lead you to vote for any mn in preference to this superb young Republican, Frank J. Cannou. Cheers. HON. FRANK J. CANNON was the next speaker, ne was in his happiest hap-piest vein, and made one of the most eloquent elo-quent and teliinsr addresses of the campaign. He compared the records of the presidential candidates. In the Doi:ocraii; convention at Chicago, he said, the deletes from Grover Cleveland's own stn'e, his own neirhurrn, stood up and retaliated him. Ai.pU.is. ,. is this thiman we wane at the hemloi thiK nation? 1 think not, and I belisve tlif.t opinion will tind expression at the polls next 'ovember. Great ppliue. 'et he mast be a fair sample of his party, or he would not have been selected t stund at its head. " Referring to the tariff, he said: The question involve go much that it is almost im possible for one man to corer it. Yet 1 have seen men standing np before a . audience with a littie paper of peurl buttons or a pair of hose trying try-ing to convince the people that in those buttons or tnat hose lay the prosperity of the nation. The Demi crats call the tariff a robbery. Yet a ha.f a million people pour into our land annually to be robbed of the little they hsve not got; but I h.ive yet to hetr of any one leaving this country of tariff protection oa that account. Applause.! Una of our Democratic friends waa here the other night, and told a paretic story of a man who went over to Canada, bought some lumber and made heaven knows what per cent on it ' when he sold It here. Well, he might with equal truth have added that it that man had lived in that free trade country, he would never have had money encujjh to buy the lumber. ChT. I have it from two or three of the largoet mine owners in Uth, Leno-cratis, Leno-cratis, too, who ecy that it their Democratic bretnren had sncceeaed in getting the tariff re-movel re-movel from lead, they would have SHIT BOWS TH MINES all over this territory. Applause. We owe a duty to the flag and the institutions under which we live, and one of them is to pro-te:t pro-te:t them. But it is no less our duty to protect ' our labor and o ir industries from the invar-ion of foreign pauper competition, to maintain our in-dntiiil in-dntiiil freedom as a heritage to our children and onr children's chilren. Great applause. The Itepublican party was born because it had A MISSION TO TEBFOKa. It does not stand upon the glorious record of its past, but upon the principles it professes now. Applaase.l It desires those principles to be investigated by the people, and 1 willing to abide the resu.t. fApplanse.J I have heard, he said, that there are Democrats troinjr around the territory terri-tory today bringing before the people ISSWIS OF TWBXTT TEARS ASO in this territory, which, by common consent, have been lett in tue dust of the grave of oblivion so far on this campaign. These political grave-robbers are welcome to all the capital they can get out cf it, for when they appeal to the voter of this territory for their suffrages on the strength ef prejudices which no longer exist among them, they IKJUaX THEIR 0S CACSX MOST, not ours. Tremendous applause. Mr. Sutherland Suther-land has told yon we are here to secure the suffrages suf-frages of the people for the Kepublican party nxt November. I ask for the vote of every man who believes in the Kepublican platform upon which I stand, the platform which gives protection protec-tion tn the Americaa workman and to cub's farmers and her wool and lead industries. Cheers. Three cheers were given for Harrison, Reid and Frank J. Cannon, which made the house shake, three more lor George Sutherland Suther-land and three forthegleo club, and so ended j i - |
