| Show JUBILEE before the return of the special t train iraln I 1 tuesday may which took congressman wm L wilson and the party of local democratic leaders to garfield beach another change in the published gramme pro for the evening had been decided upon this was the selection of electric hall instead of the federal court room as the place for the rally the journey to americas great inland sea was a pleasant one the honored guest expressed himself enthusiastically at what he be observed he be razed on the briny surf and felt it dif realize that he was in pre presence of salt water at a level of feet above the pacific this is his hie first trip through utah mr wilson went by way of the northern pacific on his tour westward and he is now returning home having already been absent several weeks he felt himself at ease in utah the hon john T calne caine and he for eight years have been warm friends in congress there are here also some west virginia political brethren of his and as an to being in the bosom of orthodox democracy the names and the presence of his bis companions compani here during his bis one day days dayis Is visit are evidence enough that he found coa congenial genial spirits mr wilson is a zealous member of his party he is always willing to do missionary work for it hence the arrangements that he should deliver a democratic discourse A few minutes after eight may the democrats began to muster several beveral braw brass bands were jn in attendance when the distinguished visitor attended by the hon john T caine col frank dyer J L rawlins esq judge judd major wilkes prot prof holden and P L williams esq appeared a genuine democratic Demeo ratie yell went up to the ceiling and drowned the whirl and roar of the electric machinery in the lower part of the building when it subsided mr williams in a few nest neat and appropriate sentences introduced the speaker of the evening who on coming for ward was received with prolonged chearl cheering mr bilson wilson was evidently pleased and gratified for in emotional words he opened his address as follows when I 1 first started out on this thia journey to the coast I 1 had no idea of speaking at at salt lake and yet I 1 strike it at a very interesting period of its ita history I 1 am glad to be with you at suon a time in your history great applause I 1 look forward to the time when your patriotic patri olic and industrious people shall be admitted into the family of states and that utah shall be admitted with a full appreciation coffree of free institutions applause if there is any truth that stands out incontestable it is that a free government is the hardest to maintain and the most complex of all governments to handle you might as an well expect that men taken from the street could handle the intricate machinery in this building BM as to expect that men taken from the common walks of life without any special specia I 1 training can deal with the greater questions of government this great truth should always be kept in mind that the government was made for man and not man for the government fellow citizens a trip across this country such as I 1 have taki n is in itself a democratic education A up a self governing people and with a great territory like yours vours it should be especial ly the case what do I 1 who live to in vie vic ginia know of the local affairs of the peo pie of washington or utah the government which deals with the citizens at long range is the citizens master ahat government which goes on immediately under bisp his eyes ves can be made and kept his bin servant under our form of government territorial government is an anomaly this tendency to concentrate power its is a constant danger and aga not nat the idea of a government for and by the people we are a free people because we can hold our own elections democracy not only means I 1 he largest amount of local self government ant it also guards against unjust taxation self government vern ment then in in this th s country mus must always ways be largely local government and while hile no man today refuses to concede to the federal government perfect and uncontrolled jurisdiction overall those matters matten that are common to the people of all this thia country to the people 0 of west virginis and the people of utah it is one of the highest missions of the democratic party today as an it has been in all its history to resist first last and all the time the disposition to intermeddle through legislation at washington with the local affairs of the people in the several states and territories speaking of the force bill he be said gaid that measure overshadowed anything during the worst wont days of federalism that it actually proposed taking the executive the legislative and the ol 01 judiciary powers out of the hands of the people ale and placing them in those of irresponsible politicians he held that bemuse because a false election took place in one district or in one state it would be political lunacy to place the whole country in IB the position of absolute serfdom because of that passing on to taxation he said it was difficult to comprehend taxation pro properly aly because of its indirect and partially pa Mally hidden character territorial state rate and municipal taxes were understood easily enough but it was impossible for foi the most intelligent citizen to ft figure re out what he e pays in taxes axes to t the e federal eral government he said the fifty first congress appropriated a billion dollars dollan during its existence the circulating medium of this country in gold silver and paper is in about a billion and a half this is two dollars out of every three of the entire money of the country appropriated by one single congress in the period of two years this money the speaker claimed was obtained by unjust taxation he next entered into the tariff question and made some excellent points from frol the free trade standard he dwelt principally on the injustice of taxing woul wool and wool products and made an effort to show the discrimination made in the taxation of the different varieties of clothing from wool he passed ou on to tinplate he dwelt on the tariff laws relating to this article to illustrate the positively injurious effects of protective legislation in general he contended that such legislation only helped to enrich a few at the expense of the many and worse than all that it was the foundation for building up trusts sod and syndicates speaking directly on this phase of the issue he said the manufacture of tin plate if it is ever started in this country will not be made by a man and his family nor by the master and his workmen but it will be made just as steel ratio rails are made today by five or ix great em t corporations orations by five or nix great par plants n ts wah the e very moment that those people find that they have commenced to manufacture tin plate I 1 to cheaper than 6 5 cents a pound an and are beating against each other for the the custom of the people ale they will meet around a little tal table ril in pittsburg or wheeling wheelin and there will be something on that table containing something d different rt from the liquid in this pitcher they will say to each other why should hould we cut cat each others throats by camping competing against each other let us form a tin trust loud applause and between two successive bucce asive draughts of champagne by a little veed piece of writing not longer than my band an they can vest the capital stock of those five six or seven corporations in a board of trustees which instantly becomes in law the owner of all the tin establishments in the country they will say may to this one shut down and discharge your hands to that one run on half time and there will be one manufacturer fac of tin plate in the country freed by the government from foreign competition and freed by combinations from all home competition the speaker then went onto on to show that by our not buying tin from the welsh In we deprive ourselves of a market for our farm products he contended that it was a political fallacy to think that we benefited ourselves by building a protective wall such as the mckinley bill was he next entered into a comparison of the united states with the old countries of europe he said that if andrew jackson were born in england at the saddlers lerIs bench he would have remained at it all his life so would andrew johnson have remained a tailor fillmore a weaver garfield a mule driver and lincoln a in en conclusion the speaker said 1 I fight against the system of tariff taxation because it is massing the money of this country in the hands of a small part of its cit citizens zens but I 1 fight against it with infinitely more enthus enthusiasm aam zest and determination because it is massing the opportunities of this great free country into the hands of a few and a favored class because it is taking away from the boys that cluster around every fireside their opportunities in life that the democratic fathers kept for jackson johnson joanson Job fillmore lincoln and for me he closed with a final appeal to his hearers to stand for local self govern ment the corner stone of democratic principles the eloquent speaker was given three rousing cheers at ac the c of his speech after which the bands played and mr wilson was surrounded ey by a band of utah democrats from various parts of the territory holding an informal reception for nearly dearly half an hour after the proceedings at electric hall terminated mr wilson was escorted by a number of his bis democratic friends to the templeton Temple eten tD hotel where some thirty or more sat round the festive board and in appropriate festivities commemorated the birth of democracy in utah among those present on OD the occasion were the hon john T caine the probert holden barratt king whitney pike moyle irvine rawlins bawling kenner dyer blair gash clayton judd norrell montgomery lett dahl craig smith walden A fiffles and B R W young F S and C C richards besides the guest of the evening brief speeches were made by mr wilson mr RS baa W lins mr king of utah county judge judd hon john T caine and others other a after which the exercises ended mr wilson took this mornings early train for ogden from which point he proceeds to denver A brief stop there and nd another at indianapolis will break the directness of his homeward journey our |
