Show republicanism shown bip m its true light AT TEE HOUSE morgan bennett and sharp address an enthusiastic thusia crowd republicans by the hundreds filled the opera house last night to hear the pure principles of the party of progress and among them were many non par aisan citizens and a number who are blinded by the sophistry of free traders on the platform were morgan bennet and sharp of aalf cLake and prominent citizens of provo at half past eight mr EI dredge nominated mr for chairman carried J W N stated that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the principles ot republicanism we never have as a party had fany reserve whatever in advertising our principles before the world one ot the principal facts that this party boasts of today ia that it stands on facts we have no act in our history of ch we are ashamed and the party has stood at the head of every reform movement of the nation that has over taken place I 1 do not wish it understood anat there are not good men among the democratic party but I 1 say to you that as a party the democrats have stood in the way of ayery line of progress instituted when you have this evening been afforded an opportunity port unity to hear the facts come forward and boin your issues with us hoy JAMES SHARP great statesman was received with great applause he read the platform on which republican clubs are being formed and was frequently interrupted with applause hex bonx desired to be free and frank in his discussion ho had no beaire to create animosity but to calmly discuss the principles for the best in of the territory to begin with we are in a political chaos at present we are crystallizing crystal izing into alie great parties which form our government I 1 am free to confess that the idea has cone abroad that the demple of utah were unanimously democratic so far as I 1 am individually concerned in the present political transformation there has been no change of front in my case I 1 am a republican and I 1 believe at heart the people of utah are republicans applause the leading question in the nation to cayia the tariff but I 1 leave that to others and will dwell on another principle of vital importance that of the general government the doctrine of states bights was an original democratic cry in the history of fifty years ago leading democrats advocated this doctrine when the time came that this question had to be decided the democratic states tried to carry it into practical effect bv seceding president lincoln claimed they had not the right to do this and established the supremacy odthe federal government ern ment aliis principle appeals largely to the people of utah the salt lake herald has made the assertion frequently that democrats have alone been our friends borne fifty years ago kind friends the mormon people were mobbed in the state of missouri and when they appealed to a democratic president he carried out the principle of states rights by answering your cause is just but I 1 can do nothing for you you ask me what I 1 would have bad president van buren do I 1 would have had him protect these citizens in the possession of their homes and land for which they biad paid over into chef ederae treasury another question is that of recent occurrence at new orleans what does blaine answer when appealed to to maintain a treaty with a friendly foreign power that first the state must exhaust its local authority before the nation could step in history is impartial and it will shew that during democratic administration over 1000 of our citizens were baet in jail rightfully or wrongfully I 1 shall not the speaker then read some very remarkable figures from the tenth census mr morgan selected seven democratic states and the same number of strongly republican states and showed that where Dom flourished there were a great per cent of while in republican states nearly all can read and write and they expend enormous eror bums in education I 1 leao it to you to judge continued the speaker if it is not the party of education great applause I 1 say to you that a territory with the proud record in education that utah has will never give a democratic majority great I 1 believe we have in provo a jeffersonian club and democrats love to point to him as their founder he advocated the idea that all men were born free and equal and yet it took a republican president to free the slaves applause in conclusion we ask you gentlemen which party has been the party progress and education come join with that one prolonged applause the a short air C W the next speaker admired the history atthe people of this very peculiar but the time has fully come when we ought to ally ourselves with the national party lines the republican party had its beginning as you all know in the early let us pause for a moment and ask what were the conditions that brought forth the party you will remember that the question was as the former speaker sd state and the question of elavery el ayery their first candidate was defeated but in 1860 republicans elected their president then the states which were were weded to slavery and state sovereignty led out in war and the questions were thus foreign forever applause you will remember that republicans public ans introduced afterwards alie amendments amend mente of the constitution against slavery and I 1 bei nearly every democrat opposed it more than this you will remember also eliat the railways which first crossed the continent adding prosperity to this rich territory were started by republicans public ans the read what james G gar field bad said at the great republican convention at chicago concerning the great progress of the country which was received with great applause it showed in a most beautifully way the oi his party the speaker dwelt on the question of protection no democrats hold it right to have any tariff for protection republicans do favor this principle and on this issue was fought the last campaign and will be fought the next fight in 1892 he showed that the second act of our first federal congress was one of protection tec tion hence we see that this is no new principle of our government but it was in fact a doctrine favored by the founders f our government the his tory of our count rys tariff and free trade were briefly sketched showing that financial distress invariably followed free it ia urged by Dem acrata that the ariff is a burden but republicans laim that it developed dev elopes factories and lome industries competition takes place and prices are reduced an il was given in regard to cotton iotes though the mckiniry bill raised the tariff and it has been in force onla about six months prices have been materially teri ally reduced it is necessary to get down to facts ladies and gentlemen and I 1 am sorry that I 1 have had to tax your patience with these figures but you must have the interest in your hearts and then study it out in your brains the necessity of developing our rich territory under protection was shown the speaker dealing with our various industries he made a beautiful hit with regard to the necessity of protecting the mining industry of the territory showing how lead fell from 5 to when the tariff was re and only one mine in utah was running I 1 do not say that the republican party has never made a mistake but it has ever worked for the progress and prosperity of our nation the speaker pleaded with all who lavod their coun try to boin with the republican party HON JAMES under a good deal of confusion took the floor and quiet was immediately restored ladies and gentlemen said the speaker we are to day confronted with a condition and not a theory I 1 do not take the stand as some do that the people of utah know nothing about politics I 1 have been convinced they have an intelligent understanding of them protection in this is as old as the history of the union and it is as old in utah as the history of the territory applause we all believe in protection and though many may become democrats they will yet maintain this principle of protection in this lies the strength of our fair territory natural barriers are agamet us tor chipping abroad our produce and we want to build a market here at at home what is the history of the peoples party 7 head the laws of our legislature and see if we have not repelled everything that tended to crush our mining industry or any other industry for the welfare of abe territory I 1 believe that all our industries will flourish un protection dr and hence I 1 am a republican first last and all the time air graham moved a vote of thanks to the speakers the ch irman and band which was carried and the adjourned |