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Show ! k OBANUTliE. Tlie Uaiiquet at the Luke j LuSt xShUlt. ! .ilujic, apc-eches, l-'caatinff. Singing, ! o-ci-u, uia .1 uoxiy CfuoOl 'Xmsa xxi ' Ollila. ! 1 From Thursday s i uily. u i.as uocK.eu by a number of prominent prom-inent 10eiii..tTti3 jesteiuay mat a oan-tju oan-tju t s..uu.d i c tcuUi-rcii ills; .C.aiciL.l'ise u. u.i ui.it iieuiocr.iuo mum coipslor iliril v.d ai.l ttur iui ng the iale caiii-pi-.in, ai;d accordingly, arrangements veic iii.iuo lor u -iaiid tuue at tne t,ale i- sort. About fe.oO o'ciocK last nig-K iiie Utims iiavu g asseuii lt-U at tne i.iiu coii.tr, a processions was loimen ot-iue ban. i, prominent Democrats-, ai u tite ui um uu. j.s, all marching now li ceii.t-r stiitl lo lui; west Co-op., where Uie boaldtO. Uie sutet ear. -iivaj to .uat v.tui ii.e joiiiosi crowd inat iiasMsited it litis summer. Aiming at too 1 sort the band look tho lead again to the strains of "Georgia." The process. on movtd into tlie pavilion, anil marched around it. YV hat a gloii-ous gloii-ous -sis. -n burst upon the gaze oi these loyal Democrats : Along tht euSC slue, ol the pavilion tables were spiead, adorned neie and there Willi iiitge Lioqhe.s of Mowers, their rich coluis showing off the snowy whiteness ot tne taole linen. Soon the cluter f knives and lurks was ti.e only music ail. note, and the guests set to work to Clear the ediules placed so neatly by tne two beuiiLifnl waitresses. Miss Deda Alien and Miss Nan Stewart, did their utmost to add to the comioi t oi tne gues.s. At tne noitii end ol tollable tol-lable w ere seated Hon. . 11. King, W. ii. iirowii, D. D. lluuiz, K. A. Ui.s.'h and Juuge Dusenoirry. The Enter t rise baud was next, landed on e.icii slue, and men the drum corps. At the south end were sealed V . R. Pike, Geo. Wiiitnioie of jNcphi, Wm. Pro ..eit, P. M. Sumuelson and A. J. .iLiiuen. For a time eery one paid attention at-tention to the lash, of Cie.illllg every-ihmg every-ihmg sel before him, but occasional jokes were passed, causing laughter ai .lie expense ol some of tlie party. Dr. Viie was loudy called lor, ami tiiatgniLiemun arose, ile ackno leueu :,e was too full lor Utterance, and couki nardly express his inougnis. It was an oe'eas.oii long lo be remembered, aim ne tioped we would have similar occasions. occa-sions. .Applause. A man in tins coundy, Dieatning sin li p.ne air, and surrounded with such nobie sctnen, iinnoL help being a Democrat i?onic ad j iv.diciell we Would be dead in t. c .gut, We i.i.Ve jl.St W. gei., but they tiio. s ;i pretty lively corpse tj t.eal with. Apy.u uscj U e uiuat carry In.d ugnt nlo tho eiuhi's camp, Willi a bul l ' .rout, ai.d we Will in ori' imio iicie.it. ,, e must leach Democracy to oi.r liiniien; ii.s. ii li.io u.em ii.vj , 111 C lhoil.ji.tS ot iretA.Oth. oe chti.'l sii shjii.ti.. .Mil b- t.i-..sc i i lli s v eur o i..i .itm. We u.Uot coiuii.ue ti.e hum. , .ippi.it.se. n . ii. King was the next demanded, anil that gentleman arose and said luai he Was ,oi! g to cail out that Deino- r. tic stalwart. Geo. V. Whllnioi e. oi N- mi. Jnetis.j Continuing the . j ei.ker said : 1 ti ink we can ail cou-..atuiaie cou-..atuiaie ouiselves upon inis anspic o..s .;. lcuiilstai.ee. He live in a iiee conn i ; ine.itii a pure a;r; ami eVerv tun;. i..s tair lor a i . ig" of Democracy in . .us t. ii itory . Lvety ihiin snoulo l o .n etiaiiitt d w nil lAinuCiacy. In cliiii lo. all to be ouii eltlX-lls ol th s gralnl i uul c, ihe.i s. onid I'f title, consilient consil-ient Democrats. (Aiplahse.) tii should he pio.id ot the lact liiat We ,.ie humble Ii llowers ot that grand ,alri"i. Thomas Jefferson. (Applause.) i btln" ve Democracy to be tne par.y -tsi suited to the people ot this coun-t.y. coun-t.y. It is the party which was born in the. revolution. (Oners.) H e ale a:; ong its lolloweVs. We 'hae won lor i. a Victory in tnis territory. We can not lay s.iii on our oars. Every gen-eial gen-eial that wins a battle does not sit supinely su-pinely by. Mo, he is the man who is preparing for the next conquest. 1 believe be-lieve that wa shouid not lest until we si ow lo the nation that Utah is solidly iJeinoeiadc. It should be the aim ol . very Democrat logo to work ami, devoted de-voted to that cause, wheel into line with the nation untd Ltah forms a star in the bright con-leilation con-leilation ot stales. Democracy will stcure the greatest degree of liberty, u is the iriend to the poor, Republ ca.i-i ca.i-i in represents a stiong ceii. ml gover i-u.ent, i-u.ent, and would tiirotile the voi -i the people. Democracy stands in Loo b eech to defend the rig. .is of the people. peo-ple. If we were to do away with De mocracy, tne tenueucy oi tne uociiiues of Republicanism would be to sweup aw ay every vestige ot civil right now vested in the people. Our Republican irieiidj say they are the reformeis. ijiit go into Pennsylvania w here they nae been reforming politics, and where they have that patron saint, Mathew Quay, and see if they ate le-lormers. le-lormers. Dudley, of Indiana, is another an-other patron saint, the man who matched up to toe poll Republican voters in blocks of five. We want iv-foi iv-foi mers in pol. tics, as well as in every -thug else. Cleveland w as a retormei oi every deed, sacriticing his personal feelings for tlie good of the nation. Tho Democratic partv to-day is the party that is lead ng forth in reforms re-forms of 'every kind, bringing back fresh blood to our bo iy. And the le-iorm le-iorm is ht-ing can ietl inio eveo stttie and every territory in this nation. We w;i nl to shake hands with our Demo ciatic friends in tne nation, and ft el their pulse, and see that we are ali beating in liaruioiiy. e want io i.n ileistand the great stiat i . h c unikr lb s the nal Oi.ai pary, ami ve I want to see tnat we are tm.rcLiu-j tm.rcLiu-j to the same tune, and lai.or-I lai.or-I ing witii them in ihe same eau.-e. ! ha . ing at h'-ai t t he Sam-- object. 1 he j K publican paity have got I heir altars j sctit e:ed all ov r th ; land. They are j woishipi'.n an unknown tod. They j shut from one side ol the fence to tlte I otlh-i as occasion requires. Hut the prin-! jcipl.s of Democracy have not sh.ti.en w ith any blast. It is the polar star: i I our course is clear, ami the old Denio-' Icialic ship will sa ely hind in the j i haven of peace. Democracy is the gos pel of gladness and salvation to the I working man. It has been Democracy j ' that has claimed the first victory to; Utah. Let us buckie on the armor ,.nd j go into the tight and see that we leave; no gap in our own rani s for the enemy j to creep through. (A pplause. j Mr. King then, in an eli boiate spetch ! presented Geo. C. Whitmore, of N-.-phi, j who said: j Lia.ies and gentlemen, and fellow j Di-inot tats: 1 am more than glad to be with yi u, and, I feel to congratulate you on j our glorious victory. We had a hard tight down our wav, but we j downed them. 1 am not much .,f talker, but 1 am a good worker and 1 i intend to stay with this move. I William Piobert, the "wool Pemo-; Pemo-; crat," was called for. He took the floor ; and said: I am no omit om-it or, but like our Nephi friend. I am a worker and I am proud i to see this day. As our friend King says, I am a reader of the Pible. and when it comes to scripture I am "right jthar." It was reading the Rible that I made nie a "wool Djuincrat," because whin 1 read how Abraham, Isaac and j Jacob took their sheep and sorted i out to get good wool I know there was : no tariff on that wool, and I also know that those fellows were all Democrats. Dem-ocrats. When this Enterprise band of ours wnt Democratic I knew t:ev were right, and I followed them right along, ami I knew it was all right. I can tell you D at these boys done lots of work ami enthused the peoplo ail th j wav through thi campaign. Wh-n Graham oh ex use m1, I mean the E.tquirer (applause) Mopped to the other side, I said the " ii -"ri- hi im il--' '' --' ' J- cause is ids .)ou o-t your sweet Ii.e. r?j...e o.ie uui mo ti.at to lo iiiit 1 Shoum iiniau- L.t.c tne Oj.-pesiie siue I lioiu that piijjei, and i was l)Jit. ! Il kepi int. run oi tins c uiuy lor a ion.' uu.c, and it Ih iiui it i-uum snn cp j u ; 0t it bus lohini nu. it was wio. g; j peti It aio Iiol b'ult t.ial way; liu-y jaie sti.boo.li ci ii t. r-, sometimes, ai.o iwili not no as they aie told a.l j tne time. Vt e Lave ah stood together I 111 tdiS tig.it, k l. lis I JO Unionists, i.na no i nu. en has un l. len io ills; we h..ve Veted ai we phased, i .s.i soinetiiin in tun opposite party's r.uiKs :xiiuut..y n ght about an ace t;iu-ni, t;iu-ni, a Kaig; but they st -fined to have foioiteii lu..t We hail the ace; y.-s, aie, kiiie, tjitt e n and jaik. Dr. i'n.'e is oui ajc (appl-i. sej, and I am gl..d he is elec.ed to ti.e le-isiai.ro, because he will be able " to liohl loose niterntys tiown .- that they won't be uL-le to tlo as they please. hen we have the dectt r there be can watch ihcin, and when they get t o Stringent he can give tin m si-meihi. g that wiil relax ihem, and ii they are too inucli n laxed, he can tix tueni up; ia tact, he can cure them, tor they aie Very apt lo try and get everything their own way. . A. W i son was next called. lie con teased tnat l.e did not come to talk: tie came more to eat and rejoice wan the boys. lie was sorry he was not in Provo on the n.ghl of tne election to be one of the "hoodlums' (great applause.) ap-plause.) He would loved to li.ie bttn present that ni;ght, and helped "ring the b.-lls ami lire the guns."' He did not know ot any happier days in ids life tuau the t,o tuns since the victory'. vic-tory'. Utah was now sale, and the speaker hoped she would remain so. until she was tinalty adui.tte.i into the grand sisterhood of states. (Great applause.; Judge Dusen berry said we had niei to express our joy over the magn dicei: i victory just iu bir veil in establish in the predoiniiii.iice ol Democracy, ami to do honor to our bands, the drum cipseand the Mlvtr band, lor their! untiring energies in adding enthusia-tsin enthusia-tsin and interest to the campaign jus. closed, liementioiitd the important agencits that have aided in the advancement ad-vancement ot this noble cause. We have nail tlie eh'ipicn.e of orators, the un-.iring un-.iring and aide work of our press, ami the important but unremitting help m ,he Eitnuer. We shotl.d be too magnanimous mag-nanimous to exult over our vanquished van-quished toes, but we must not lag in our i work in the future. A gieat wriu r has sa.d, "Let nie write the songs aim music of a peop e, and I will tell yon wnat they w in be." Mi, sic is a great agency in inspiring uiti.usiasm ii .vciycai.se. lit leletred to Ihe un priitc.pLd and im oii-isti nt posi no, i.iktii ny certain parties relative lo th su tn; and hoi. i sty of motive acta, a lug I he tl .sb. .tiding of old politic.: i j parties ami ado; Hon of ha . .o"al pa. - lies. .Men oi l'-h Its dein'e hele.,i, a .In lio ei y Ii i-ii lecoi d lor sin.- i i uini i.. iii-a t. f. en ytt p- i 1. t I; i'..s.-lii . I .so. nil s. ami m.ini, g a. r.. ; .ili.a Llano I g l.l ..el..ble pee, 1 , In e. ic.t. - iS Italics. '. e are let litre.. puiur s. num. n; to lli.s asst-mi-ly .( I convert Hum to ia liiocrai y . i ei anst I iney aheady have t the disease ia i .-worst .-worst loiin. Let us n ntitiue to spread the iii feel loii of this vorh. Mr. K.ng then said he thought it just that tne b mis ne lie .ml frjui. J. U. W altoli.f r the drum corjs, arost. and said he was tail mi cii ol a spean'i . i b. it he bad none . one ei the gr.imh.-ij ae.S of his hie w In u he voted the Demoera. l.- ticket on Mon. lay lasr. iu thanked i he Democrats 1 r the honoi coiner i ed on t he i.n. m corps. Jas. H. Wa.lace, leader of the Enter-ll Enter-ll ise bai.d. w as c.. lied for and responded respond-ed iu be. .alt of th -. hand. Then. M. S.tiniielson sari he c ousidcr-ed ousidcr-ed it an honor to in be aecord ami sympathy, sym-pathy, polit caily, with this gathering of iiiu lngent, pair. oiit-men. lie was glad we yeie in a place where our re-joic re-joic ngs need inn tlesinrb our Repub i-ciin i-ciin fiienos. who comply n.eij that ry dill not steep well Monday n'ght. Was it because v ctoi y iia l j p- rched upon the banmr ( f Democracy? ! If so, they are lively to have many sleepless nights in "the future, tm when I look into the bright lact-s oi these young Democrats. w:.o have the enthusiasm and vim which goes with voutli, I know that ihey will buiid on the foundation now laid, a s:riiettii'e which will he as Listing as the hills lor the eternal ears of the gods belonging to Democracy. (Applause.) Mr. King called lor V. L. Haliiday who said: I thought I was going to get our of this, but I am glad to Le nere with you to night and proud to say I am a Democrat. I was accused in the beginning of the division with being a miiiiW ump, a Itip flop, and ol being on the fence, but I had a tnoiiie in it. I wanted lo see my two boys safe, and as si on as they were Ui ignt I was a Demot rat. I think my boys are-all are-all light; one of Ihem took" stock in The Dispatch, while the other played allium in the Democratic drum corps, and managed to '"bust" the Lead the first night. I want to see the tim. when every man ami worn n will have a say .n regaid to who shall govern us. There were certain things that the old party of hatred had ci ied out ag.ntst they wanted national poli'les ami they got thtui, and tiu people have vcted as they please. I studied hard, and w bile 1 studied people peo-ple said I would Le a Republican, but I could not .stand it ; I am a Democrat. I lost two hats tm the Cleveland elections, elec-tions, but 1 hope I'll see th lime when I will MCI those hais oacn. 'in.- s,-t a-er a-er referred to some p rs 'its w ith erv little brains, who stood mil id lh-- pa-v pa-v lion '!:d t ied Hi int rrn. t him u. L Kir e ts was the i cxt speaker i j He was il.-al to be pn sent and was ! I prom; he hao been em- ot the hoodlums j ' who in i e ihe mw the E. itui.er kicked i j about. He hao b" fa a I'tmoir-t wh-n ! j ii was iii-st s oken ot .n m.. teiiitor. j jtwtnly . ear- .iif. and was pto -i to i j have e:. t ii Democratic oie b.r IL i. I S. K. Thin man Ibrt- or four yea s ao, but tin- pioinlest moment o; Irs Lit had been when he st; p ed lo the poiis ouMondav ne riiina ami ea.-t ti e tir-r! i vote in Provo for a s: r.;Lht Democrat- j lie ticket. The speaker tuio.istd tin 'two bands. j D. D. Hunt made a rousing spice;. The present occasion was a mott impressive im-pressive one. It compelled Lin, to say-that say-that tl ere Pad been two (.pposii.g I forces from the beginning of time, ltj was a fight between fieeeim audi slaverv. Hcr.ce we may well be proud j of our Democratic victory, for it m an; the triumph of freedom, ami is the' ke note to iiiture successes. W e Lav-got Lav-got an enemy that will li-jiit. lli, it wiL meet lis on every lire. Let us continue con-tinue in ti t tight, treat the enemy fairly, and in the next election reduce their majoiity so that it will si and three to one. We are inspired with! liberty. I don't know that I ever Lit happier in my lile. unless it was the nigi t w hen 1 w as out with the " Hood- h.rv.a " IT.i.1,,.,,,1,.., .-.iiflirHfl I, lums. (Iieniem.'ous i'liteting) I was getting ready to ;;o out again lo-d av.as I was to.'d if we did so we would all go to jail. Now I w as detet mined it anybody any-body went there it would be i lie minority, minor-ity, for you know the majorit rule. (Gi eat eheering.) The Enterprise ham.1, ifien circled on the floor of the pjiiiion. and rendered 'The Dispatch" march, which was well received. The drum corps then played some national airs, and ied the way to Ihe met' r. When everybody was seated, Mr. John II. Twelves fav-oied fav-oied the company with the "Star Spangled banner," with chorus by Hie multitude. Arriving at the West Co-op.. Loth hands formed in line, ami with the leading Democrats, and the company generally, formed a procession two blocks long. Sti ring' tunes were played to the limk corner, where all hands circled, and. rfter gt v irg three lousing cheers for Democracy, ami the successful candidates, the. crowd dis pcsetl. The occasion was one long to be remembered, |