Show PAYSON POLITICS editor hon frank J cannon and geo sutherland land spoke on the principles of republicanism here saturday evening when the meeting was wag called to order orde every seat beat in our spacious opera house was occupied and a areat reat many people had to stand mr sutherland was waa the first speaker he said the tha republican platform was broad enough for all to stand upon it 11 we worked we would send a republican delegate to congreso Con gresa next november to refute thy the assertion of tho the democrats that they put down the rebellion ile he gave the soldiers vote of the tha state mat permitted them to cast their ballots in 1864 which chic 1 I 1 a republican publican Ke majority of over six to one the vote was for lincoln and mcclellan ile he then turned his attention to our list last legislature few ot of its enactments would bear clase inspection he ha took up the law exempting mortgage from taxation the money lender should pay a tax as well as the farmer in this county one fifth of the entire reven revenue tio was under the 0 old d law imposed upon mortgages now the laborer would have to make up that amount mr cannon said the republican party I 1 had not all the virtues nor the dem democratic party alt all the faults strange as it seems seeing a mans choice should take him into the best beat party it should be a matter of calm deliberate delf berate thought and reason ile he would address himself to two questions the tariff and the tha treatment of utah by the two national parties aiom r 1816 18 16 to 1861 31 fifteen years a comparative free trade period the balance of trade went against ti us from 1876 1870 to 1891 fifteen years of protection the balance was in our lavor favor democrats say we cant sell where we dont luy lily yet we sold more than we tet bought abt the first fiscal year of the mckinley bill the year before that we sold only more than we bought As an example of local self govern ment proposed by the democrats he ha referred to the tucker bill as it passed tho the democratic j house so liaa authorized the president a democrat to appoint a le legislative council of thirteen to appoint probate judges and selectmen the judged and selectmen need not e eyen yen be residents resident of the tha territory it also empowered the gove governor anor ff west e st to appoint most of the remaining local officers NOTES the house was beautifully decar deac ted with the national colors ole ola soren boren win davis davia and ad many others othera were over horn from santaquin San was represented by halliday dietzen and others luther K ste stewart wart and joshua stone of 0 benjamin occupied seats on an ahe stage PAYSON july 25 |