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Show DEMOCRACY IS GIVEN FLAYING BY FAIRBANKS Republican Vice Presidential Presiden-tial Nominee Speaks to Three Large Gatherings Gather-ings in Salt Lake. DISCUSSES LEADING CAMPAIGN ISSUES Declares That European War Is Responsible for Present Prosperity in This Country. Charles "VT. Fairbanks, former vice president of the United States and now candidate for the vice presidency on the Republican ticket, addressed three big Salt Lake audiences yesterday and then, on account of his itinerary, was compelled to leave the city before he had given half his reasons why the1 Democratic administration should be i ended March 4, 1917. Charges of failure to keep party pledges and of extravagant administration administra-tion of the nation's affairs during the past four years formed the basis of the atfack launched by Mr. Fairbanks against Democratic rule. He barely touched on the relations with Mexico and the countries of Europe and of the prosperity of the United States, which he declared was due entirely to the and the former vice president wa6 rushed ahead to the next event on the day's programme. Ordinarily three speeches in the same town on the same day would be ample to discuss the political issues of the day. And they would have been yesterday, but two of the meetings, the Commercial Commer-cial club luncheon and the gathering at the stair fair grounds, Mr. Fairbanks Fair-banks was loth to consider in the light of political meetings and at those he refrained from more than barely touching on the campaign issues. Has Strenuous Day. Nevertheless, he put in a strenuous day following the local Republicans through the programme outlined. But he enjoyed every moment of his stay, , according to public expressions made frequently during the day and the last thing before departing for southern California in the afternoon. ''Never have I enjoved a visit more than the oue day with so many loyal Americans," was his parting comment. "And never have 1 realized more what this great intermountain state means to the nation and how much reason the people of this state have for being proud of their commonwealth." The day's activities began shortly after 9 o'clock whon a committee headed by State Chairman Glen Miller went to Mr. Fairbanks 's private car and took him to the Hotel Utah to start on an automobile tour of the city. The drive around the city included a visit to the new statehouse and a call on Governor Spry. On the trip the dis- iiiiguiucu isuur iuuk ucmsiuii io compliment com-pliment Salt Lake and Utah upon the1 rapid growth and general development of the capital city and the state and express his deepest appreciation of the magnificent new home of the state. Attends Organ Recital. A private organ recital at the tabernacle taber-nacle at 11 o'clock was followed by an informal reception of Republican candidates candi-dates at the Hotel Utah from 12 noon to 12:30 o'clock. From the Hotel Utah Mr. Fairbanks was whisked to the Commercial Com-mercial club at I o'clock, where he was the guest of th Republican state committee com-mittee at a luncheon. And, startling as it may seem, the programme was maintained to the minute throughout. Ilarrv S. Joseph, who had charge of the details of tho programme, had the busy bee begging lor a recess, but he put everything through with the regularity of the proverbial clock. Gathered at the luncheon were some MOO Republicans and prominent citizens of Salt Lake and Utah. Also there were some from other states, including lames R. Garfield of the Republican national western headquarters at Chicago, Chi-cago, and Frank B. Oorriek, Progressive Progres-sive national committeeman from Nebraska, Ne-braska, now touring the west in an effort ef-fort to bring about a reconciliation between be-tween the Bull Moosers and the G. O. P. That lie had been in a vvav ruppp-'s- ful was reflected by the number of former for-mer Bull Moose leaders in Salt Lake who were scattered around the festive board. Given Great Ovation. .Mr. Fairbanks was given a tremendous tremen-dous ovation when he marched around the room to his allotted place at the table. But his ovation was no greater than that accorded Governor William Spry, who arrived a few moments later. In a clever little talk, in which he, mentioned the various factions of the average political campaign. State Chairman Chair-man G1on Miller introduced Nephi L. Morris, nominee for governor, as tna?r-mnster, tna?r-mnster, Mr. Miller defined the various (Continued oa Page Twelve.) BIG GATHERINGS HI FAIRBANKS (Continued from Page Twelve.) and shrapnel, which have made ten t housa nd lie lis of Lurope, will cease ; the golden curren l s wl; ich have been flowing hithe: these weary and tragic months will stop. Tlie pielse of tlie Democratic party to fi onomy in sovernment iias been utterly disrear led. riiKtead of giving giv-ing us economical government our Hemocratic friends 'nave given us an extravagant administration without a parallel in our history; its appropriations appro-priations and expenditures have been male recklessly and in deiiance of every economical consideration. There lias been such a wanton waste of public funds that some of the strongest Democratic leaders have denounced it upon the floor of congress. con-gress. They have called the country to witness with remarkable candor the wrong being done in defiance of t he pa rt y pled ge. and in, con t raven -lion of tiie public interest. You will find ample proof of tills in the congressional con-gressional record, ihe official publication publica-tion of the proceedings of congress, or in tiie public press during the last session of the congress. Wastefulness Charged. The American people are not niggardly nig-gardly when it comes to providing for the actual needs of the government; but they protest against an adminis-. adminis-. t ration which shows such utter disregard disre-gard of the lax burdens imposed upon them by an administration winch professes pro-fesses economy. but, practices extravagance. ex-travagance. I will refer to a typical case of extravagance which amounts to nothing more or less than looting the treasury of the United States in the name of the law. The river and harbor bill recently passed, and approved ap-proved by the president of the United States, carried $43,cOO,OuO. Many of the projects embraced in it were without with-out merit. Fully $20,000,000 was appropriated ap-propriated in dellan.ee of the public interest. This vast sum was a perfect piece of pork barrel legislation. It was designed de-signed to strengthen candidates for congress, for the senate of the United States, and other purposes equally foreign to tlie public welfare. Such an abuse of the rights of the people calls for sharp and quick condernna-. condernna-. tion. Although the congress and tlie president are equally culpable for this wrong upon the country, if congress forgot its plain duty, when congress attempted to perpetrate this great wrong, the president should have interposed in-terposed his veto Instead of becoming becom-ing a party in fastening upon the people so great a wrong. Such wastefulness is particularly reprehensible in a political party which succeeded to power under a specific pledge of economy in a public ad ministration. Speaks at Fair. The visit of Charles W. Fairbanks. Republican Re-publican candidate for the vice presidency, to the. state fair yesterday afternoon was one of the features of the opening day programme. . Mr. Fairbanks went out to the grounds, following his speech at the Auditorium, and gave a brief address to the crowd that filled the grandstand of the racing course. His arrival at the grounds was announced by Held's Military band, which met the vice presidential candidate and his party at the entrance and escorted them to the grandstand with the strains of patriotic music. A band in the grandstand struck up "The Star Spangled Banner" as the party entered the grandstand and cheers from the crowd greeted the visitor. The front boxes of the grandstand had been decorated with flats and bunting for the occasion and the center box was reserved re-served for Mr. Fairbanks and his party. In this box were seated, besides tiie vice presidential candidate. Governor William Spry, Senator Tteed Smoot, President J. G. McDonald of the fair association and Harry S. Joseph. As a bodyguard. Chief of Police J. Parley White and a number of plain clothes men accompanied the candidate ana occupied the box adjoining his. Introduced by Smoot. As the party was a little late in getting get-ting to the grounds and the sun was rather disagreeable because of its angle, ail preliminaries were dispensed with and Senator Smoot Introduced Mr. Fairbaiks without any preliminary remarks. Mounting a chair, and trying to shade his eyes with his hat, the candidate started to talk. Someone, seeing tiie Inconvenience In-convenience of holding his hat, shouted out. "Put it on if the sun bothers you." "Thank you." responded the candidate, and he put on his hat. "It is a very unexpected pleasure to me to be here this afternoon." said Mr. Fairbanks. "If there is anything I love more than anything else, it is to attend a fair. Since T was a boy I have always had a fondness for fairs, and even when I lived on the fa nn in m v ' y ou t h the county fair was my Mecca. "So it is still a pleasure to me to attend a fair, even though T have to talk for the privilege." Mr. Fairbanks declared that agriculture is of prime importance to all people and of the utmost importance to the entire country. Pretty Girl Noticed. Breaking the thread of his conversation, conversa-tion, he asked: "Are there any Hoosiers here?" "Yes." he said, looking over the crowd, "I see a pretty girl up there who has her hand up." "Weil. I want to say ihat there are no better people on earth than the Hoosiers. They know a good tiling when thev see it. That is why they have come to Utah, I presume." Referring back to the value of agriculture agri-culture to the people and to the nation. Mr. Fairbanks declared his belief that those who till the soil, who engage in agricultural pursuits, get more out of life than any other people on earth. "In the stress and strain of the future our great reliance must be placed upon tiie population of the great agricultural districts of the United States," he said. T have seen the development of agriculture agri-culture in all parts of the world, but nowhere no-where are they comparable with the agriculture) ag-riculture) developments in this con Mr v. Still, we have yet much to do to increase our agricultural worth. The demand upon the, agricultural fields Is growing dailv. It will soon be a question of how we are suing to supply the demand." Agriculture Valuable. Mr. Fairbanks then told of agricultural agricul-tural developments in China, in India and in Russia, and remarked that in India a la rue portion of the people is on the verge of starvation all the time because the agricultural productions .lo not meet ihe demand. He s'sniticantlv called attention at-tention to the fjet that the United States is tlie fourth nation in tlie world in point if population, and pointed io the necessity for solving the problem of making the country's lands y;eld the most possible in ,3n agricultural line for the maintenance ' of t he people. ! lie called attention to the necessity for guarding a-alnst soil exhaustion and de-cla de-cla red that never before ha-1 a en culture been .-.ich an important factor to the guv- ' eminent as it is now. "No better expend iture of public monevs could be made than the expenditures bi-inu" bi-inu" made upon the Ricrieult urn! colleges 'of the nation, because tin ouch them aV-vtcnUure aV-vtcnUure is bring made to appeal to tiie intelligent, aud intelligence is being enlisted en-listed in agricultural work." he said. Congratulates People. Mr. Fairbanks said he had heen reared on a farm and he aivt ays hart thoucht that those who tilled the soil had a most noble call in;. "My f:-!0 n-i." said he. "T want to eon-era eon-era : ula t e ou upon vour fert lie helds. I wis-t you. my frieiuLs in i;ir. crcat st;ite of Utah, tlie creates! success and progress prog-ress You ay na: ion-bu:h:i--,r here he-,au.-e those who farm and produce acri-.uitural acri-.uitural products contribute to the build- nip of the nation. I leave you with my pest wishes and hope for you all tlie blessin.es God can bestow unon you." As Mr. Fairbanks ended his speech the band struck up "My Uountry. 'Tis oi Thee." and tlie crowd stood until the music ceased. Scores of those near enough snook hands with the dlstin-cuished dlstin-cuished visitor and as he marched off 'he stand many hands were thrust forward for-ward for a crip that the candidate did not fail to rive. After leaving the grandstand Mr. Fnir-banks Fnir-banks was driven tn the coliseum, where he met the state fair ofricia Is and took a hurried look at a few of the exhibits. From there lie anil the membrra of his party were hurried to tiie. Salt Lake Roule. station, where they boa "del the Ijos Anceles Limited, already d'-iayed tif-tet;n tif-tet;n minutes to meet their convenience, for southern California. |