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Show DEMOCRATS ENTHUSE at bio muiw Everybody Makes Speech and Large Crowd Is Generous With Applause. SCENT VICTORY IN AIR Orators Declare Absolute Conviction Con-viction Thai Party Will Succeed Suc-ceed in November. The shado of Thomas Jefferson, in rll tho pristine vigor for which it is celebrated, descended upon "L-agooti yestorday. Us influence, perhaps benignant;, be-nignant;, cortainly belligerent, was tho infiuenco that controlled tho spoakers and inspired the speeches. iDemocratio priciples were enunciated, solomnly and expounded vociferously. It was Democracy's De-mocracy's "Wilson day, and it was enthusiastically en-thusiastically observed. Some of the leading Democrats of Utah wero thoro; several of the candidates can-didates for tho most important offices wero there; more than 1000 men and women w'ore there to listen to what their political prophets had to sav. Thoro were two bands and a glee club, so that there was no dearth of good music. Thoro wore two meetings, ono in tho afternoon and the othor in tho evening. even-ing. Judge 0. W. Powers presided at the afternoon meeting and annonncod that the chairmeu of the day had agreed to work in shifts. TUc fiad the first shift and Judge S. "R. Thurman was lo havo tho "gTavoyard" shift. Judgo Thurman started llis nocturnal duties well, but he soon gave the task over to Major Samuel A, King, who kept on introducing spoakers until the whistle of tho homoward bound train was hoard. Candidates Make Speeches, J. Frank Tolton, candidate for governor, gov-ernor, spoke at both tho aftornoon and evening sessions. Mr. Tolton Baid ho would do his levol best if ho wero electod governor, and took occasion to doclaro his opinion that there should bo no mixing' or intermingling of politics and religion, of church and stale. Both the Democratic candidates for cougress Mnthonihah Thomas of Salt Lake and Tillman D. Johnson of Og-den Og-den made brief speeches. Both proved to I ho satisfaction of tho assembled Democrats that tthey can talk. Charles England, candidac for secretary of stato, and John V. Mondonhall, candidate candi-date for state tronsuror, raado short talks. Judgo PoworsLJudge Thurman, rDavo" Morris of Washington county, coun-ty, J. D. Call of Box Elder county, Major King and T. H. Fitzgerald, candidate can-didate for presidential elector, also wero given an opportunity- to relievo their surcharged systems of a surplus j of enthusiastic optimism. State Committee Meets. Preceding the speaking the newly chosen Democratic state central committee com-mittee held a meeting under the trocs. Tho eommittoo insisted that Judge S. TL Thurman remain as stato chairman. Judge Thurman consontod to serve un til other arrangements could be mado. Judgo Thurman was empowered to namo an executive committee, to bo composed oither of men who are members mem-bers of tho stato central committee or others. The stato central eommittoo will meet at uoon today in the office of Judgo O. W. Powers in tho Kearns building. At that mooting tho executive execu-tive committee will ho announced, and the plan of campaign will bo outlined. Judge Powers Begins. Judge Powers began tho matinee. He said he wasn 't going to make a speech, but whonevcr a Democrat starts out liko that, the audience may 'prepare for an oratorical era, and .ludgo Powers proved no oxception to tho rule. Tho nudge explained, however, that his reason rea-son for talking so long was because thcro was no return train due to leavo Lagoon and tho audience was at his mercy; he might not have another opportunity to talk during"tho campaign cam-paign and ho intended to mako the most of his chances, he said. Judgo Powers said that tho Democrats Demo-crats of Utah had, in their convention, named a most oxcollont ticket. C4eo-gTaphically C4eo-gTaphically it represented every part of tho state and intollectuallv it was without, with-out, possiblo superior. The candidates had been placed on a platform of principles prin-ciples tho'rightoousucss of which could not be questioned, ho said, and tho only criticism ho had hoard was that the platform was too lengthy. "But," said the nudgo, "w'o who havo suffered suf-fered so long under Popiiblican rulo know that it takes a good many words to say all that wo ought to say. Blames Kepublican Rule. "Sixteen years wo have sufferou, continued Judgo Powers, "and after sixteen years of so-called prosperity T do not see that the prices of the ueces-sarios ueces-sarios of life have gone down. On the contrary, they havo gone up and wagos have not; kept pace. The reason for this condition is that the government has not been conducted for the people, but for tho benefit of tho privilogoa classes. The trail of tho scrpent is ovor it all." Bryan's Principles. "Whon, in J906, Bryan had enunciated enunci-ated certain progressive principles he was called an anarchist," said .Judge Powers, "but now both tho Bull Moose and the standpat Jtcpublicans have adoptod thoso principles and claim them as their own discovery." Harvey M, Hollomann of California, a visitor in Salt Lako on his way to New York, whore ho will receive assignments as-signments as a Wilson campaign orator, spoke briefly. Hp predicted that California Cali-fornia would bo in tho Democratic colli col-li mn in November. Tolton Is Appreciative. .1. L'rank Tolton. candidate for governor, gover-nor, said he rejoiced with the assembled assem-bled Democrats in a reunited Democracy Democ-racy in Utah. It aeomcd to him that thcro had hoen no such bright prospects for manv vcars as there wero this vnar. "T realize." said Mr. Tolton, ""that the honorable gentleman who will be mv opponent is tho strongest man tho Republican party ran name; but 1 nl' recall that 'when T mado mv first poljt-ical poljt-ical campaign in Utah my antajnist was .jtiPt fin'h another strong man. 1, am hanpy to say that ho was vanquished van-quished and T hope to repeat tho por-lormauce por-lormauce this year." , The gubernatorial candidal o said that if he were elected ho would strivo to serve the st.:ltc with the best of his ability and energy. At 'tho night meeting Mr. Tolton, in his brief talk, declared that ho was unalterably opposed to n mixing ami intermingling of religion and politics and firmly believed that church and state should be kept apart. He was devoted to tho principles of his church, ho said, but he was also devoted to thoso principles which make for the upbuilding of the stale and tho uplift of mankind. J. D. Call of Brigham City said that just as surely as the sun 'would rise on tho morning of election dav hi November, No-vember, just so sorely would Woodrow Wilson be oloctod president of tho United Stales. Tho people of the cast wero determined, he said, and it was timo for tho pooplo' of tho west to become be-come determined. "Box Elder will bo in line." said Mr. Call. "Two years ago wo eloct-cd eloct-cd a Democrat in a rock-ribbed Republican Re-publican section and sent him to tho legislature and we will send him again this year. You need have no fear of tho result in tho north." "Dean of Legislators." D. H. Morris of St. George, tho "dean of all to legislators who evor came to tho capital," as Judgo Powers Pow-ers put it. said he was for Tolton for governor because, for one thing, Tolton Tol-ton was from the south, and for au-other au-other thing, "I want a governor." Mr. Morris told of the trcmondous difficulties difficul-ties that confronted tho Democratic minorities, in Utah legislatures heretofore here-tofore becauso "all of tho bills must bo approved by a committee of tho political po-litical ring that has run this state so long." Ho wanted a real governor who would put a stop to that kind of business, bus-iness, he said, M. E. "Wilson, a Salt Lake attorney, who had always voted tho Republican tickot, address'od the mooting. He said ho was going to vote for Wilson becauso be-causo he ("Wilson) was "not a Republican Repub-lican as a Ropublican is defined by President Taft," and he was not going go-ing to voto for Roosevelt becauso ho regarded the eandidacv of tho. Bull Mooso chief ns a personal ambition. Wado Johnson of Ogdon, son of T. D. Johnson, candidate for congress, said a few words. Tho younger Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Princeton, and he paid a glowing tribute to the man who was formorly the president of that great school and who is now tho Democratic candidate for president. Judge Thurman Talks. Judge S. R. Thurman opcuod tho night meeting with a good old-fash-iouod Democratic spooch. Ho declared that the Democrats this year wero going go-ing in for a campaign of education, and were going to be the aggressors on every issue. Judgo Thurman said the Doniocrats intended to send out speakers who would challenge the Ho-publicans Ho-publicans to debate wilh them, if thov dared. Tho Republicans saw the handwriting hand-writing on the wall, said Judgo Thurman, Thur-man, and they trembled. In tho split botweon "the ovaugcl of plutocracy and. tho Bull Mooso of Armageddon' the Democratic party would como into Its own, he predicted. Major Samuel A. King took Judgo Thurman 's place as chairman of the mooting. Major King said ho had just roturned from a trip through tho eiiBt and on that trip had become absolutely ab-solutely convinced that the Democrats jvo.uld he successful this fall. Thomas Talks Tariff. Mathonihah Thomaa, candidate for congress, discussed the tariff. Ho said that the Republican party at its beginning be-ginning had adopted tho principle ot tho protective tariff as a moans of raising money to liquidate the war debt. From :i virtue, it had becom0 a vice, said Mr. Thomas, In the guise of protecting infant industries, tho protective tariff had been employed to fatten tho special interests and to build up gigantic, private fortunes. Charlos England of Logan, candidate for secretary of stato, and John V. Mondonhall, candidate for state treasurer, treas-urer, spoko briefly, Johnson Is Heard. j Tillman D. Johnson of Ogden, candidate can-didate for congress, mado an extended address on national issues, with digrcs-1 sions into local politics. Mr. Johuson discussed tho tariff and the trusts, j and said that tho pooplo's eyes wero1 being opened to the iniquities of practices prac-tices whoroby tho favored intorcsts benefited. T. H. Fitzgerald of Salt Lake, candidate can-didate for presidential elector, was introduced in-troduced and bowed his acknowledgements, acknowledge-ments, after which the meeting adjourned ad-journed and tho crowd mado a rush for tho train. Muric was furnished by tho -Ml. Pleasant band, which accompanied the Sanpeto county delogntlon to tho stato convention, bv the Lagoon bund and ,lv the Wilon club quartele. |
