Show i TRIUMPH IN WAS TCU I I Grand Republican Meetings Held in Midway S Charleston and Heber Attended by Cheering Citizens U I i f A Demonstrative Welcome Most Cheering that Shows Wasatch Ap predates Republican Prosperity and I an Honest and Efficient State AdministrationGov Wells and Party Score Enthusiastic Successes in that Hitherto Strongly Democratic County I TRIBUNE SPECIAL Heber Oct 31 Wasattih has been I ridded to the list of Democratic counties I Invaded by Gov Wells Hon George I Sutherland and lon CE Allen Like the other counties Wasatch hag outdone out-done herself In providing a dumohstra j five welcome for the popular Republl I dan speakers Three sides of a triangle trian-gle were traveled and addresses delivered deliv-ered to rousing meetings In three ruslns meetng towns Midway Charleston and Heber I County Chairman Wilson who Is also candidate for the Legislature met the speakers at Provo Judge AC Hatch candidate for District Attorney welcomed i wel-comed them at Hebcr City and a drive was Immediately made to Midway lad by a life and drum corps In charge of Precinct Chairman Hanks of Beh rAt r-At Midway the Charleston band and the colored mandolin and guitar club from Heber golncd the musical brigade and stiycd with the party throughout the day A delightful dinner was partaken of at Mrs ONells where Judge William Wa son treated the cjrty i Judge Watt son has Just returned from Scotland and says he Is glad to get home In time to vote the Republican ticket AT MIDWAY I At 3 Chairman Wilson called the rally to order In the large dance hal At least 5 people were present l every scat being occupied Most of them had I heard W H Kings address In the same hall Saturday night There Is much unfavorable comment regarding Kings effort and It Is said he talked like an angry man realizing his certain defeat Tlc guitar and mandolin club played a llvdly selection and then Gov Wells treated generally of State affairs and gave a history of the eighthour law for miners which he had signed and of thd pernicious public works eighthour bill which he vetoed bi His course was commended by ap plabsc George Sutherland prefaced his address ad-dress by saying thai the campaign hat developed one thing to a certainty viz Wells The I the reelection of Gov Ycls titIayeJJ1zesreceived i the atatemen 1 with uproarious enthusiasm Mr Sutherland Suth-erland then compared the history ol the two parties for the last two Admin IStratlons with the usual telling effect In his discussion of the silver question Mr Sutherland showed concluslvel that there Is no excuse for any silver In that Issue because man to support Blanln thot cause the Democracy does not Intend to do anything for silver The Con gresslonal candidate talked of expansion expan-sion In n way to make the Aguinaldo sympathizers squirm Mr Allen followed and after characterizing charac-terizing the Democrat as a necessary evil he considered the silver question with regard to the changed currcncy conditions growing out of the increased In-creased gold production Then Mr Allen entered upon a stirring discussion of the history of Democratic expansion and its analogy to the Philippine ques lon In conclusion he pictured the in capacity of Democrats In office ottering as proof the record of two Utah Democratic Demo-cratic Legislatures which wasted all of their time bickering over the choice of United Spates Senators Mr Allcna satirical drawing of thc3 = sassions drew repeated laughter and applause from his audience The meeting ended with three cheers for McKinley and the Philippines AT CHARLESTON The musicians the county chairman and part of the crowd accompanied the speakers to Charleston where at 1 1 p in another large meeting was held Chairman Wilson presided Gov Wellss discussion of State affairs fairs received the usual approbation I His statement as to his attitude 1 the eighthour law was voclferlously commended f Mr Sutherland when introduced received ceived an ovation When he recounted the return of the Silver Republicans to the grand old t party this year ho said he found they were bringing DemocratH with them In presenting reasons for this defection from the Bryan ranks Mr Sutherland said that the cause which had some chance in 3S96 was absolutely solutely hopeless In 1900 Mr Sutherland Suther-land held up the false prophecies of Bryan as compared with the existing order of things and his audience was delighted He ended his talk by predicting pre-dicting n Republican landslide in the State and his opinion with a roof raising hurrah Mr Alee recalled the fact that his meeting at Charleston five years ago was not nearly so large as It was today to-day He started to Jolly the Democrats Demo-crats on their chance of conversion If they lived long enough Lots of them he said are being saved this year and those who are hanging out arc feeling worried Mr Alien from the ronmfi nrovcd the Democracy to be the party of opposition He then took up the trusts particularly with regard to the proposed constitutional amendment amend-ment and the Democratic defeat there pn The meeting proved an entire success suc-cess AT HEB15R Supper was taken at Charleston and Immediately afterward the party was driven to Heber There was no abatement abate-ment of the demonstrative welcome In this the In1 sto1 tho Wasatch county cities The firing of anvils and the demonstrative bonfires In front of Hcber3 handsome operahouse summoned sum-moned the people to the rally and when the appointed hour arrived the 100 chain provided were all occupied The benches wore also llllad and many men wore compelled to stand Several of the county candidates were seated upon the stage For the Information of this part of the countrys population Coy Wells ropuated his report of the things accomplished ac-complished by the Stato government The financial and educational show pleasing to tho ings were particularly pleu lns I audience I Mr Sutherland was Introduced as tho son of Utah who having ffrpvn up in the State was acquainted i with 1 Its needs and had Its wellfaie at heart MI Sutherland said that lie waR j through with supporting Democratic Uckcttj No Silver Republican ot no I I Democrat for that matter could afford to support the Democratic ticket on I the silver question this year The sub i I ject of Imperialism occupied the latter part of Mr Sutherlands address and 7 It was a logical clear statement ot I facts ogc the f fact Heber voter to S thinking thlnklng I Mr len also spoke upon the silver I question dealing mainly with the currency rency problem which was at the basis of the free coinage discussion and which had been solved by the increase In the gold supply His argument was argment scholarly conclusive and commanded the closest attention With rare eloquence elo-quence and consummate irony Mr Allen reviewed the record of the Democracy upon early expansion and he battered down the bogies of mili tarism and Imperialism This part of his address or drew out deafening applause ap-plause The Heber meeting was a fittingend to the triumphant day in Wasatch and the county so long considered a fixture In the Democratic column is a very near to turning over I is pretty certain that the expected Democratic majority h 1 pt 200 will not be realized by |