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Show REPUBLICANS RATIFY VICTORY Senator Snout Praises Roosevelt Pledges His Own Loyalty to Utah, Nation, Flag and Party. Gov.-Elect Cutler, " Sutherland, Squires, Howell, Botkin and Others Make Rousing- Speeches. Republicans of Salt Lako City several hundred ot them ratlfied'tho big Republican Repub-lican victory of Tuesday last at tho Salt Ikt? .Theatre last night, and for two hours or moro listened to speakers prominent promi-nent In the parly whllo they told and retold re-told tho splendor of the victory and how It had been brought about. Flags and bunting were everywhere, portraits of tho leaders of tho party and of the lamented McKInley adorned the rostrum, and the speeches during tho ovenlng wore punctuated punctu-ated with patriotic airs. Speakers refrained re-frained from attacking tho Democratic party except In it Jocular way. and tho meeting was a genuine Republican love feast. After an opening number by tho band, Chalrmun Spry Introduced E. II. Calllstcr as the chairman of the evening. Each spoke brlelly, congratulatory of the great Republican victory. Then tho Hon. Rood Smoot was Introduced as the first speuk-er speuk-er of the evening. Senator Smoot Speaks. Senator Smoot seemed to be In a particularly par-ticularly happy frame of mind as be. too, dwelt upon th.' great Republican landslide which swept the country and gavo Its indorsement in-dorsement of "tliat matchless American, Theodore Roosevelt, and tho Administration Administra-tion which has stood for protection, prosperity pros-perity and prestige" He thought the Re-, publicans had every advantage of tho Democrats to bogln with, because they had as a nominee for President a man who lives In tho hearts of the American people-,, and had. In addition, a platform 'which needed no telegraphic explanation. Whllo rejoicing In the triumph. Senator Smoot said ho w.is not unmindful of the responsibilities to the party which tho victory meant, and expro-wed tho hopu thnt no officer elected by the people would be recreant lo tho trust placed In 1 Im. lie said they had been elected because be-cause they represented the principles of the Republican party, and that It would be necessary for eaoh to glvo all the tlmo. all the:attentlon and all the caro possible to his office, Becoming personal, Senator Smoot called to tho minds of the audience that ho was horn In Snlt Lako City; that ho had llvod In Utah all his life, loved her Institutions and her people, and then added- "The Republican party conferred upon me a political office. L)io greatest In her gift. I appreciate It with all my heart and I hope that I never will live long enough to slap the party or the people In tho face that hus conferred that great honor upon me. I represent tho Republican Republi-can party, but I want It understood that, as a Senator from tho Stato of Utah, I represent every soul In It, and there does not live the man or woman, no matter what his religion or condition I havo ns much Interest In him, be he the humblest citizen, as any clll7.cn that Uvea In the State. And If I fall In my calling as a Senator from the State of Utah, It will bo from want of judgment nnd not from a lack of Interest toward the people. I am loyal to my party: I am loyal to my State; I am loyal to my Nation, and I am loyal to all that that dear old IlHg represents." Gov.-Elect Cutler. Gov. -elect Cutler, tho next speaker, thought Republicans and Democrats alike were to be congratulated over the outcome of the election, beenuso tho Democrats would share with tho Republicans Repub-licans the prosperity which Is sure to continue during the next four years. lie recited the prosperity which has attended attend-ed all classes In Utah during the past four years and said that as Govomor of the Stato his aim will bo to build up her Industries and bring about peace and harmony He said ho would know no creed In tho administration of the affairs of state President Roosevelt's policy of a squnre deal to the trusts and to the laborers was Indorsed by the speaker, who said further that he believed a pub-lie pub-lie office Is a public trust, and that he would accept his new office as such. Col. George B. Squires, was then Introduced. Intro-duced. After putting the audience In a goed humor by tolling a funny story, he wild that tho Republican party's most powerful ally In the late olectlon was the Democrnllo candidate for President, bo-cause bo-cause his upoechea had called out from the President of lhi United States ono of the most remarkable letters ever written writ-ten to tho American people, in which Mr. Parker got Just what ho desorved. And tho American people tdiowed what they thought of Mr. Parker's arraignment arraign-ment of tlio President by rolling up for him tho most magnificent plurality ever given to a candidate for tho same office Most Sublime Harmony. The Hon. Gcorgo Sutherland characterised character-ised tho vlotorv as the "most sublime harmony that has been heard since of eld. wlum tho morning stars sang together. to-gether. Even the solid South," ho said, "was broken Into, and Missouri, alter having "beon shown' Joined her forces on the right sldo." As far as Utah Is concerned. Mr. Sutherland said It Is as srlldly Republican as Maine, or Massachusetts. Massa-chusetts. In order to keep It this wav, Mr. Sutherland advised Republicans to bo true to the trust reposed in them by the people and In the future, as' In tho "past, ki-ep their faces toward the rising sun and not the selthiu sun. Louis Cohn. the well-known merchant. n:d that he know he expressed the sentiments sen-timents of tho merchants and business men of tho city Democrats as well ar. Republicans when he said he rejoiced with the Republicans over the election of Theodore Roosevelt. He said the great business men and merchants of tho Kant ('.Id not leave a atone unturned to bring nbnit the result, nnd said the people could now look forwrrd to a continuance of tho conservative, wise and stable government gov-ernment which has prevailed during the present administration. Congressman Howell. Congressman Howell received an en-thusiaetlo en-thusiaetlo greeting from the audience, and his remarks weio froauontly Interrupted Inter-rupted by the nppiaus. He consldorod himself fortunate hi being a candidate on the same ticket with Theodora Roosevelt. Roose-velt. A distinctive feature Of Republican victory", ho snd. was that all the people can rejoice, while a Democratic vlotorv U usually followed by no much woe that the glory Is forgotten even by the Democrats. Demo-crats. ConKTttS.imnn Howell snld that h wished to bo a representative cf the poo-pie poo-pie Indeed, regardless of arel or political politi-cal affiliations Quoting someone who had said of L'tah, "T wish cho could be like thi roa of the Union," Mr. Howell hl: "Utah Is like the rest of the Union, only a Htllo more o. And now let us hold out the hand of fellowship for all who think well, for all who work well, who do well for the glorious glor-ious commonwealth of Utah." Kansas Cj'clonc. Judge Thcodoslus Botkin -was Introduced Intro-duced .is tho "KansaH ayclone." H told a couple, of war stories which cnptlvatod the big andlance, being obliged to come bftck to th platform after tho first, so liuslstont was tho audience In Its demands for more. Both stories wore apropos, and told In-Judge Botkm'M bot stylo. Jam oa T. Hammond, Judze Rives, Hy-rvm Hy-rvm E. Booth and Judjw frlck weiM the ether speakers of lh( uvenlng. All gave their full share of pralao to the Republican Republi-can worKers who brought about the victory vic-tory In this Stato as well nx In the Nn-tlon. Nn-tlon. Judge Rlvee said that tho victory hoio wm due to the triumph of liberty over narrownew; ot brotherly love over hatred; and bQHU9e tho people of Utah hud learned when they went little chll-'dren chll-'dren that a- luMe divided ngnlnt ItSelf cannot stand, and they therefore concluded con-cluded to have 11 ttand. |