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Show UL AND DYER. i Tlie Democratic Team at the Theatre Last Night. i j - j '"The Great Horr" Made to Swallow His i TarUI Fibres in a Hanner That Calls Forth TJribourided Enthusiasm. j ! From Sunday's Daily. j The Democrats held a monster rally I at the Opera House last night. The ! Enterprise band and Democratic drum I corps was around town about 0.30 ' o'clock notifying the people of the fact ! that Prof. PaiiLand E. II. Dyer, of ! Sidt Lake, would speak at the Opera I House, and they succeeded in drawing a jood audience, who listened with wrapt attention to the speakers. Judge Dusenberry took charge of the meeting, and in a neat speech, introduced intro-duced KX-MARSHAL F. II. DYES: Ladies and Gentlemen : This is the lirst time 1 have ever stood before you, as a speaker, but 1 want it understood that 1 am a Democrat, and I will always al-ways hi one. I was a Liberal for a long time, because I thought there was a work to perform before a state of affairs could be brought around which would place us all on a plane of better feeling. But I think tliat this party and toe People's party should never have existed. It oti were to travel through this Territory and meet the people 1 have met, ou would all see that the People's party were in ernest in this new move. I know they have taken a noble stand in this matter, and they should have credit for it. Judge Powers of Salt Lake says that the tariff is not the issue in Utah, that it makes no difference what we pay for goods; but 1 say it is the issue between the tvo national parties, and we have our tariff sharp along with us to-night, aud he w ill talk more tariff to you in ten minutes than any man in Utah. I want to talk to you tin the disfranchisement disfranchise-ment subject, and I want to say to you that I have never been in favor of disfranchisement. dis-franchisement. The Republican party has always been unanimous for dis-fianchistment, dis-fianchistment, and their history will bear me out in it. At the close of the war, they started it by keeping Democrats Demo-crats from the polls at the point of the bayonet. The Eifty-lirst Congress, which was composed of Republicans, tried to pass the law to disfranchise all the Mormons and gave the power to the Utah Commission to control elections. elec-tions. As it is, if we want an election we must ask them when, how, and where. This is centralization of power, this is Republicanism and you have had a taste of it. They tried to pass the Lode Force Bill, a most outrageous m asure. and they intended it to apply to every State in the Uni n, althotiuh they tried to make us believe it was only for the Southern States. We have been abused by the Liberals for this move, hut when lam in the right 1 care not what any one says about me. Tlie speaker then talked on the advantages advan-tages it would be to Utah to have statehood, state-hood, and ventured to saythat it would come through tne Democrats, although it was not desired yet by an means. I'l'.oF. J. II. PAUL was introduced and said: "It has been announced that I would answer Mr. Dorr's speech made some time ago in Provo, but if I had had the making of the announcement I would have put it more mildly, as I am not the orator Mr. llorr is. Mr. Horr stated that the Republicans put a tariff on salt, i thereby reducing the price, and that ' they iowt red the tariff on sugar, aud hence lowered the price. This is just I the same as saying two and two makes j four, and four and four make two. Applause. The speaker then showed how the tariff being-. taken off BUKafjoduced the price on sgar as it wouU . on any other article. The speaker then took cloth, agricultural implements and tin plate, which Horr claimed would be reduced in price in three years, and showed that the new inventions for working tin would, of themselves, make it cheaper. Wire nails would be made cheaper because of the new machinery for making it. Hut Mr. llorr claimed it was the tax. He dared not quote the foreign price for these same nails. The speaker went over all the things mentioned by Mr. llorr, and showed that while the" tariff lowered the price in this country, ac-curdinn ac-curdinn to llorr, free trade lowered the goods ill other countries, and they w era enabled to sell goods at prices lower than tins country. The speaker continued, "there is a tax of $8 a head paid to the federal government by the tariff. In Provo then we pay S4S.tW0 a year to the government, and what do we get for it? Only the Utah Commission, Com-mission, applause. a probate judge and possibly one or two deputy marshals, mar-shals, and much as these gentlemen are worth, I don't think you get $4S,-000 $4S,-000 worth out of them. I now make my litst proposition, which is this: Every thing we import we pay for with exports. One is the pay for the other. The Republicans tell us that the imports are a constant drain on the country, taking away all the money. Ihe speaker then quoted figures from the report of the secretary of the treasury.showing that our exports equal and sometimes exceed our imports. The Republicans tell us that by making our exports exceed ex-ceed our imports we 'will receive gold and silver. We ship goods to China, but no Chinese money is in circulation here. We ship goods to Germany but no German money is in circulation here. And it is so with other coun tries. Hit: speaker then snowed flu; exchange plan between foreign counties, coun-ties, and demonstrated tliat gold and silver did not pass between the coun-tric-:., but that it was simply an cx-chauge cx-chauge f goods. One-fourth of all the Am'Tiean farm products are slipped abroad, and by shipping we get goods io return for "it, but tlie Republicans want to destroy this surplus. When we send a bushel of wheat to Prance we get in return a yard of silk, but here the custom house officers cut olf half of this because the American manufacturer manu-facturer objects to it, and claims that they can't compete with the pauper labor of Fiance. But the only cum-pction cum-pction the American manufacturer has is the American farmer, because he is the man and tlie only man that buys the goo:ls from foreign countries. There was a project on foot in France j once, to shut out the light of the sun, in order that the coaipanies turning out chandHcrs, lamps and other necessaries nec-essaries for artificial light, might furnish work for more people. This istlio Republican idea, always af-U-r wink, oh, yes. always trvinst ' " give the poor people work. If ever was to pay me fifty cents with the ilv :hat 1 will build a "factory with the money and give employment to lots of men, I would be domg'an abundance of good, that is Republican doctrine. Now the Democrats say, if you leave the fifty cents with each man he will do his share of the good instead of one man I doing the good by taxing the poor man j for it. The speaker then showed how every tiling a farmer used from the era- j die to the grave was taxed from 25 to 151' percent, even to the Bible he read every night. He also showed how the American articles are sold from 1!) to 100 per cent cheaper in foreign countries lhan in this count''. The greatest prosperity the country ever enjoyed was from 1850 to 18U0 when comparative compara-tive free trade existed. Three great mathematicians were a few ears ago pet to work to find out the percentage of protected labor in America. The result re-sult bowed 5 per cent protected and 95 per cent unprotected. The speaker then asked if there was anyone in the audience who would like to ask a question, ques-tion, stating he would be pleased to answer them and that, too, without sarcasm. Some person asked, Is it not a fact that'Bibles are taxed 25 per cent, while playing cards are free? or, in other words, if you play cards you play free, but if you read the word of God you are taxed for it? Prof. Paul answered, yes ! it is true. Great applause. Other questions were asked which were answered and explained very clearly. The speaker closed by thanking thank-ing the audience for their attention. HON. W. II. KI'G was called for and responded with a stirring Democratic speech. . Democracy De-mocracy meant the greatest good to the greatest number of people, and it tended tend-ed to the raising of all classes of civilization civili-zation to the same high level. TLe Democrats of this Territory have been called thieves, bummers, anarchists, socialists and scessionists. 1 can refer you to many men in this Territory whose names themselves will hurl back the anathemas that have been heaped upon Democracy. I can cite you to Moses Thatcher applause a man who is a staunch Democrat, and who is one of the foremost men in the lerritory. who lives under his own roof and who has paid for the shingles under which he lives. I can refer you to Ileber J. Grant, who has invested more money in the sugar factory at Lehi than any other man, and he is a man who has the best wishes of this Territory at heart. It. C. Chambers is one of the richest men in this Territory and one of the greatest mine owners in the w est ; he also is a staunch Democrat. Demo-crat. F. H. Dyer, (applause), a man w ho has enlisted his strength with th'i9 Territory, and whose check would be honored for thousands of dollars, is a Democrat. A. O. Smoot (hearty applause) ap-plause) one of the best men in this Territory Ter-ritory and one of the wealthiest that we have in tnis county, whose opinion is looked up to. he, also, is a Democrat. In fact I could cite you to hundreds of others who are honorable, upright men who are neither bummers, anarchists, socialists or secessionists. (Applause.) When the Struble bill, proposing for the disfranchising of the Mormons, was before Congress, who defeated it? Why, the Democrats. The speaker quoted the names of a host of prominent promi-nent Democrats who had voted against that infamous measure, and then talked at some length on the centralization scheme, showing up some of its frauds. Mr. King was greeted with great applause ap-plause during his speech, and made numerous telling hits. Judge Dusenberry then announced that the Democratic badge hereafter would be a small national flag. The meeting then adjourned. |
