| Show republican MEETINGS at west jordanou Jorda JordRD noD on tuesday june 23 an enthusiastic meeting was held the speakers being barlow ferguson and james devine the large ball was completely filled music was furnished by the brass braes band of west jordan speakers of the democratic party had already visited the settlement and quite a laugh was raised by a voice from the crowd replying in answer to mr fergusons Fergus ons question as to which party they belonged to awe we are all democrats mr ferguson in hi his s forcible way explained the republican views on the tariff question and was listened to with the deepest attention the speaker stated that if the tariff ta on foreign lead were removed in his opinion nine tenths of the mines of utah would close james devine followed and gave many points and aad endeavored to show why the workingmen should be republicans public ans and gave a thorough exposition of the principles of republicanism AT SANDY BANDY an immense crowd gathered at th the platform and an outdoor meeting waa held james jamea gushing was elected elecie chairman and H E frost secretary of the meeting george M cannon and E B critchlow were the speak speake ere era addressing the meeting in t the he or 1 der named the remarks were attentively attest vely i listener to by the large audience aad the points made seemed to be pretty well under j stood and received A committee con of A J gushing cushing samu samuel perry and H E frost was appointed to attend to the organization of a club in that precinct AT UNION y the people of the th thriving riving little seu set clement of union filled the large jo op hall at that place at the reau republic bit can meeting monday night tb the I 1 union central band discoursed elj cellena music and the remarks of the speakers were attentively listened to I 1 mr willard C burgon was ele chairman and thomas H walk deos detary mr harmel pratt was the first 1 speaker and lucidly narrated the his tri 1 tory of the republican Republic ran and democratic parties and showed the position aa fumed by each the status of th tariff question was also shown by mr pratt in a way to impress its import ance on the audience E B critchlow in opening stated state that for the first time he had heard th the question raised as to what would be th the ultimate action of republicans whoa who were formerly men ibers of th thes liberal party for himself aiu ana he believed he be voiced the sen sentiment timerA of all occupying occupy ing that position he be chui coui say that believing as ne did in the a ab solute gooi booi faith of all engaged in tha th movement to divide upon natio national political lines so far as he and his aft socrates socia tes are arned the movements to is here to stay in a vigorous and effective style the speaker portrayed the views of the two parties dena brats and republicans and urged all to carefully weigh the principles of bo betl and staged that when this is done jav felt sure the republicans would have harvex majority in utah mr critchlow vi w frequently interrupted by hearty a an mr george M cannon was th closing speaker and alluded to th erroneous idea which had bad been throw out by some that all mormons cormons Mor mons w wei democrats he also repudiated t cb idea that every republican is of no nehei sity a liberal 21 he compared fittl treatment of the mormons cormons Mor mons by bot political parties and recognized the and also the unfair course adopted b both at different times The Mormon people were not warranted in expect li more at the baias of the do democrat moc than at the hands bands of the republican republics in comparing the principles of the t ti parties he said utah must of lecessi nee accept the doctrine of a practical tar and read the expressed views of t fourteen mines here paying claimed over per mouth month labor alone the speaker read following statement of R C ch chai here bersi superintendent of the ontarl mine it if congress should admit r ra materials free of duty or remove materially reduce the present tariff foreign lead the effect upon the ml mi A above named would ia fia my opinion reduce the product so that the profits would be inadequate to pay the operating ex expenses anses of our mine pamphlet of atah utah ore producers association 1887 he also called attention to the fact that while mr chambers is a staunch democrat and president of the salt lake herald be does not fail to ask that the republican principle of protection be applied to his mine at the close of the meeting a roll was opened for signatures of those desiring to join a 9 republican club the committee app pointed to take the matter in charge consisted of john H walker wm win cox and willard C burgon WEST JORDAN A republican meeting was held at west jordan last evening which was very largely attended mr C D hatin hail n was elected chairman mr job john n jones secretary and mr J F PT turner urner sergeant n t at arms barlow ferguson and james devine in a very able manner presented the principles of republicanism to the people the young recruit band was present and rendered several choice select selections ibris during the evening A vote of thanks was tendered the speakers and the meeting was brought to a close |
