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Show i GREAT CROWD AT THE SECOND WARD Rally Hold by Americans Last Nigh. Was Pull of En-tliusiasm. En-tliusiasm. ISSUES 0E CAMPAIGN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH Speakers Tell What Salt Lake Will Be Under American Ameri-can Rule. 'HaVS vou ncitl-ol how iho psndulUlD hn a hnhll of nwlngliiR bnokwnrtl nd forward this campaign?" asked A J Wobcr TLursday Hlght In nn addrcf9 to the voters of the Second ward. "Have vou noticed hov tho Morrlnltes nre htippy ono day and mmr the next? I have nollved them, and I have aeen the Democrats looking like hllnd mule gtib-)lHtlng gtib-)lHtlng on the thistles of a poorhoiiHo grave yard, whllo the Republicans were Hmiiing Hut in twenty-four hours the . uihlli .in- will have fan-. ).,hk n kIi tu rut iiMlN out nf n i lllll II I II. iii not know which way the prophet who does not prophesy, the aeer who can not see, and the rsvelstor who can not reveal unvthlng. In gnlnR to throw the church vote. Poor Remnants of Greatness. "Some people think hy standing with the Republican party that they are standing by tin- principles Cf Abraham Lincoln, Juxt im If this miserable remnant of the RspubliCSn party Is based upon tho principles of Abraham Lincoln and William UcKlPley. Some so-called Democrats are not willing to abandon that SO-Called party, Just as If what Is known as the Democratic party In ltah Is basins lt principles on those of Jefferson. Jeffer-son. Jackson and Bryan LinrB Sometimes Figure. Judge Weber pitched Into the Morris administration and handled it without gloves. Ha told about on Democrat who hnd been COnVSrtSd to Republicanism Republican-ism because some Azures he had seen gave that patty a mart over the Democrats, Demo-crats, and that figures do not lie. The pea Iter reminded the convert that Mark Twain had snl'l that figures can't lie and don't lie, but some mlghtv big liars will sometimes figure- The .Morris crowd had started out with big words about what they had done In Improving Salt Iike streets and sidewalks, when lb people had petitioned for these and had paid for them, not the Morris administration ad-ministration nor the city Itself Jap Labor Condemned. The employing Of Jap labor was de-plorSd de-plorSd by the speaker; this could have rie(l, done away with had the administration adminis-tration followed llayOT Thompson's plan of stipulating that l lah labor should ho given the preference Mr. Weber spoke M he always dOSS, eloquently nnd In an occasional humorous vein which always captivates the audience. Whnt Gamblers Have Done. P. J. Daly explained what the American Ameri-can party stood for. and what It would ncconipllsh In case of Its success. He le plored the fact that of all the Slatea of tho I'nlon. I'tah was the only one that drew the line between the religions classes, nnd which boasts of tho term Gentile. H told about wh.u tho so- OSlled Gentile element of Salt Lake had done for the city, how the school-houses h.-id sprung up at the bidding of Gentile money, how sewers had been constructed, con-structed, and how all tbe large bulld-ii bulld-ii r of the city, with but a few excep tloi i had been erect'-ii by Gentiles, the so-called knockers. That the GsntllSS are called enemies, and that by a man Whose own testlmon) at Washington 'uiirted him of breaking the laws of the Nation and of i od Mr Daly was nt his best, and his speech was very well received Franchise Scandal Reviewed. A. T. Sanford reviewed thn franchise matter, showing from the very beginning that the Morris administration has not endeavored to secure water an much aa church favor. That the car company had secured all that the church dared to give In the lace uf opposition, and how t li - crowning point 01 the entire transaction a.-i the disgraceful action of sneaking In a deed slgne.i by the president of the I'impnn'. ii'enlent of the hnrrh as well, In which the reversionary clauses wto hidden Mr. Sanford defended those who l i purl)' lines alone, and who lined u;i ns men ss Americans -to further their own Ideals In municipal matters. Ho quoted various prominent Republicans, among whom were Taft and Root, who denounced as unfit for support of honest nasi) some of the municipal bosses of th r. publican pai ty in other cities. Ratification of Polygamy. The American party Is a new party, but the principle! for which It stands have bssn In existence ever since the beginning begin-ning of the National life He told how the polygamiStS In high stations had been upheld by repeated conferences, and showed how ratiib atlon of polygamy waa equivalent to prior authorliv . Thcue Whfl wish and who strive for t ltd welfare "f the cltv arc not the knockers tjio biggest big-gest knocker In the State Is Joseph K. Smith whose testimony at Washington has done more Injury to T'tah than anything any-thing else could have done. Urged to Look After Vote Chairman Darnier closed the rally by urging the voters to work for the success Of the American party without ceasing, to voti early and see tnat your neighbors did likewise. He lmpr-sed upon tho people peo-ple the Importance of telling, everyone they knew, nnd to pass the word on down that the American party emblem la tho eagle this J sal The rally was held Iti Thompson's hall, and the place wan filled with enthusiastic enthusias-tic men and women The speakers were repeatedly Interrupted by applause, and the music from the American quartette was well received. Nominee for Council O'DonnSlI was called on for a speech, but in a few well- rhoien words Mr O'Donnell wlcshed to leave that part of the campaign to the eloquent speakers so near at hand. |