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Show INITIAL POLITICAL MEETINGS ARE HELD IN DALE No sooner do the different parties name their tickets than the fun begins every two years and this year is no exception. ex-ception. With-court convening in our midst at just the time when two birds may be killed with one etone the officers offic-ers and a-torneys attendant upon tAe session are all given an opportunity to utilize their spare time in lauding their particular faith and its representative disciples. This year is no exception, and from the earnest speeches made and the number and quality of tne speakers employed, an .exciting campaign cam-paign is bespoken. , Tne democrats went to bat first in the Dale this year with a well attended at-tended rally in the Relief hill last Tuesday evening at which former Judge Erickson, district attorney-elect Hoffman, county attorney-elect Geo. M. Miller and attorney Samjel A. King ! of Sale Like.were the speakers. j Judge Erickson reviewed the poli- j tical situation nationally and spoke of the number of prominent men who are leaying-the G. O. P. for the cause of democracy. Mr. Hoffman spoke of his early education in the party and of his faith in the success of democracy democ-racy at the coming election. He also threw a few boquets of various kinds to opponents on the other ticket. Mr. ! Miller gave a few of .his reasons for leaving the republican party, and ! aligning .himself under Mr. Wilson. He further gave examples of alleged j grft in the miking of laws both in ! state and nation, speaking for the for-I for-I mer from acquaintance with conditions I gained while a member of the state j legislature. Mr. King was the star : speaker of the evening and commenced his speech with a history of the party from its origin down to the present time. He claimed for the riemo.ratic party, either directly or indirectly, many of the important reforms gained ir recent and former years, a id also laid claim to prior ownership of much i of the republican ammunition of the present campaign. Claimed that the increase in domain of the country was all gained under democratic administrations. adminis-trations. Spoke also of early association associa-tion and friendship for Govenor-elect Tolton, and of the latter's worth as a native citizen of the state. Mr. King also attributed the good times of the present to the general confidence confi-dence everyone feels in the prospective prospec-tive change of rule, the people not feeling as on the edge of a precipice as during former campaigns. He also berated the administration on their deafness to the cries of the colonists and other American citizens in Mexico, while at the time these entreaties were ascending to the unhearing ear of the nation's executive, large forces of marines were being unloaded in Nicaraugua, where there was the property of the United Fruit trust and a few bankers interests to guard! The republicans held forth the following fol-lowing evening, (Wednesday) in the courthouse and also to a crowded house, District attorney-elect Cherry was first speaker and he discoursed very fluently fluent-ly on the great opportunities of today, attribnting the unrivalled prosperity and generally good conditions to the present and past administration of the republican party. He prayed the people peo-ple that they vote to let the same condition con-dition go on, arguing that he would much prefer the prevailing high cost of living than the low prices for products pro-ducts as prevailed in years gone by. He also discssed the Payne-Aldrich bill and its successful operation, and mentioned several of the o.her reform measures put into effect by the present administration. Judge A. H. Chris-tensen, Chris-tensen, the present very popular occupant occu-pant of the district bench, next spoke in his inimitable style, appealing to the voters to retain the present administration admin-istration if they could do it honestly but otherwise utilize their man and womanhood at whatever cost. He reviewed re-viewed his acquaintance with the people peo-ple of town, countv and district since occupying the bench and of his love and respect for them. He spoke good words for candidates of the various parties, acknowledging deepest respect and friendship for many of them. Discussing the trouble in Mexico, he upheld the position of Pres. Tatt as the only wise and capable manner of handling the situation, arguing that intervention would have gained little against a half-civilized nation and would have endangered many more lives and at great cost would, perhaps, have involved the nation in international war and put an end to all hopes of reparation to the colonists for property lost and injured. Judge Johnson, candidate for congress, spoke along lines of former speakers enlarging enlarg-ing upon the matters discussed and also disclaimed the. presence or influence influ-ence of bosses in the country in any way, shape or form. Judge Christen-sen Christen-sen added a few remarks in the shape of commendation of Clerk Bowen, who is ex-officio clerk of the district court, ! of Sheriff Thompson, Recorder Jewkes j and the other officers he has coma in ; contact with in his official capacity, j Wm. Richardson of Ferron, candidate for short term commissioner,a!so spake briefly. |