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Show f x iTHE DEMOCRATS: They Hold a Housing Meet-j Meet-j ing at the Court House. i i j The Democratic Drum Corps Make Their Debut ou the Streets and Enliven the Town With Martial Music. ' I i j The Democratic drum corps got out in good shape last evening and gathered a large crowd to the'Court-house, the'Court-house, tilling the courtroom. Mr. A. D. Gash called the meeting I to order ami called upon D. D. Iloutz to speak for a few minutes. Mr. Houte d welt upon the subject of centralization centraliza-tion of power. He claimed that power could not be centralized without violating vio-lating the constitution of the United states, in as much as there is no "power given to the general government except j that mentioned in thecoiistitution, ami the states can legislate on every subject sub-ject not forbidden bv that insl rnrnenr We believe in interpreting the consti-! consti-! tution strictly as it reads. There are what are called implied powers, so that whatever is necessary to carry out the provisions of the constitution are conceded con-ceded as proper by the Democrats. II there is any .doubt" as to which way the ..constitution ; should be construed, we claim that jthe iieople, and not the government, I should receive the benelit of the doubt. henever the doubt is given for the benelit of the government it alwavs has led and always will lead to the oppression oppres-sion of the people. If the government has power to take the property of a corporation, as the Republican Judges of the SuMenie Court of tdw TTniui 1 Slates have sai.l, it has power to take the property of a private individual. It may not go so far as that, but it has the power to do so if it o desires. It is a question upon which men may honestly hon-estly di Her. Rert Thurman read a very able address ad-dress which we will publish in to-morrow's issue. Them lore M. Samuelson said the maxim: "Re sure you're right, and then go ahead"' applies to polities as well as to anything else. A voung man should try to see which of the parties is right, and then join that party in face of all opjtosition. The protection protec-tion offered by the Republican party to the working men is not real". Any (ne who relies on any other protection than that of his Goif- given intellect and strong arm will find ; himself deceived. Democracy will not lead to anarchy, as opponents claim. Anarchy is not a normal condition for men to dwell in. It may come for a short time it governments oppress the people beyond endurance, but out of the rums will rise up a better condition of allairs, and the people will take a forward for-ward step such as they have never known, ami never could" ha e known under an absolute monarchy. The speaker read several illustrations showing show-ing this. A. L. Booth read some statistics in regard to education, refuting the statements that the Republicans are more of an educational party than the Democrats. Judge AV. N. Dusenburv said that the present political condition now in our Territory was often termed an educational campaign. One gentleman had said he felt lie was a political orphan or-phan ever since, the death of his old party, and that he had not yet selected a political guardian. There are many in uie same condition. Education is important. The decision of our highest high-est court, referred to by D. D. Iloutz, ilustrated this, as also in a California f ise, and that of the commission in f.e Tilden and Hayes contest, A J anpanson was drawn between the ac-Tion ac-Tion of the old central committees. The I Democratic committee resolved that yfce dissolution o tlic . People's party Aas prompted bv honest ari sincere motives ou the pan, or the (feople. Compare Com-pare this with the action of the Republican Repub-lican central committee. With the honorable exception of Arthur Brown, they unanimously resolved, in effect, that the majority of the people in Utah were frauds and" hypocrites. This seems the result of their education. Dr. l'ike: I never shirk the opportunity oppor-tunity of getting up to s iv that I am a Democrat. Democracy means liberty. Lvery man has his right to a part in the government. Republicanism carried car-ried to its. extreme will end in monarchy. mon-archy. We have in this territory some of the results of Republicanism. We do not wisti this condition to continue We wish local self government. The young men should learn why these two parties exist and then join the one that lie thinks best. James L. Snow said that he was not a sjeaker, but he was a Democrat, and thought that all who had the welfare of Ltah at heart should ioin the samp ( party. A- Gash : The difference between the two parties is illustrated in the treatment that President Harrison iv-jceived iv-jceived Irom the people of the south, ad that which President Cleveland received re-ceived from the G. A. R. The former was treated as the great executive of the nation should be, and that by Democrats, Dem-ocrats, while President Cleveland was told that if he came to the O. A. R. encampment in St. Imis. in 1SS7 that he would be insulted. This was for no ; other reason than that he is a Demo-! j crat. The governor of Iowa was simi-j larly treated because he was a follower 1 of Jefferson. I The meeting was conspicuous for its I enthusiasm, the people warmly applauding ap-plauding the remarks of the speakers. I Scenes of borrow greeted the eve of j those engaged in the rescuing work, ;and pitiful wails and death groans from men buried out of sight bv the i massive heaps of brick and mortar could be heard arising from every part j of the wreck, imploring help. Alto-igethei, Alto-igethei, the scene was heartrending. I The storm was attended by the most 'violent rain in which the rescuers ! worked and toiled for several hours, or I until both living and dead were extri-j catcd from the ruins. Thirtv-six in all ! I were wounded, and of this number six I j or more will die. i I The tow boat, "Smoky City," was i struck by the storm eight" mile's below here, and the upper works were de-' molished. A negro fireman is missing, j None of the other people on boat Is! seriously injured. I lives on many streets were uprooted. A visit to the capitol and other state buildings showed them to be unharmed j by the Winds, as was also the business ' portion of town, in the southern por-j tion of the city. Catlishtown suffered a great loss and damage to property. In this section several persons were I seriously hurt, and bruised bv flying! timliers from falling houses and feuce ! The extent of the d:1 ni:i(Tn tlmiM.rlw.io the city cannot be accurately estimated at this time, but it can be" said that this is the greatest loss the town has ever sustained, whether from cyclone or fare. The storm did not make a straight sweep through the city. It would strike the ground and bound forward for-ward like a bouncing ball and would pass over several houses at a time, j Trunks ot large oaks were taken off like pipe stems. So sudden was the j storm that numheis of vehicles were , caught and wrecked in the streets. A number of very narrow escapes are re-pirted. re-pirted. Madisox, Miss., July 7. A cyclone struck this place this inorning"doing great damage to nrooertv. One norm was killed and a number" injured. The Presbyterian church and two colored churches were completely destroyed. ! Chicago, July 6. A "most unprecedented unprece-dented fall of rair. occurred to-night in Chicago, and dispatches from points to the northwest, such as Milwaukee and M.Paul, show that the downpour extended ex-tended over a wide expanse of country. The storm practically stopped all street travel, and nearly demoralized the telegraph tel-egraph service in the territory affected. At the height of the storm "the large 'Captive", balloon, reeentlviniported here from Paris, w4s struck bv lightning light-ning and destroyed. Its value was $25,000. Bkookhavex. Miss., July 7. The southwest portion of this county was visited this mornin-7 bv ,i..str,,,.t;v, cyclone, demolishing houses, fences and uprooting trees. In the logging camp I one man was killed and three wounded. wound-ed. ;o details have been received from other outside points vet. |