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Show DEMOCRATS I ENCOURAGED. I Doctrines and Issues of the Uuterri H fied Discussed. H MR. GEORGE E. III. A IK'S ADDRESS. I llqual Ulghts to all special Prcvi- H Il-rcs to None of us. H Stand Pat. H Tlio Domoorats lu this precinct rv M coivod great encouragoniont ThurKduy night from tho eloquent aud vigorous address of Mr. Goorgo E. Rlair tif Salt Lake City, who addressed our H citizens on tho prliioiplcs of do- mocracy on thnt occasion. M Mr. lilair said that tlio charge H mado against tbo domocratio party of boing roHpoiiHiblo for tbo bard M times of 1800, was untrue. Said it M is a woll-kuowu faett bat tlio found. M ntion for those hard times was laid an M far back as 1801 aud 1802, aud that H it was not attributablo to tbo tarlfl M or tho policy of any political party, M but to tho great law of supply aid M domaud. Agriculturo is at tho M bottom of all prosperity, aud when M that Is a failure ovory part of tho M biiBiiioHri world stiirers. IIo is fatnil- H inr with Wall Stroot, aud woll ao- H (lualntod with many of its operations, H aud tho llrst (piestion ho ia askod 011 H arriving thoro from tho West is H "How aro tho crops out your way?" H Tho othor day, tbo spoakor said, H Btookmon iu Garfield county woro H olforod ton dollars each for thron- H year-old steers, while lu Salt Lake H City pooplo aro charged -i coiits H por lb. for portorhouso Rtoak, aud tho H small doalor that prosumoa to lower ,H tho prico ia tpiickly disposod of by 'H tho trust. H I Tho democratic watchword is Jl Equal frights f. nil ni a.w.;..i fM privlieges to 110110." Tho. ropubll- " '1 cans havo a slogan gotten from tho I phrasoolgy of tbo card table, a torm I used in playing pokor; it is, "Stand pat.," which thoy always do when H thoir creatures, tlio triibts, aro iu H danger. Aftor tho caso against tho H great railroad niorgor was won an in- H votsigatiou of all tho trusts was H ordorod, and Mr. Cortolyou was tho H man who mado tbo investigation, but H tho rosults havo boon locked In his H prlvnto drawor ovor sinco. l,t would H not do for tho chairman of tlio groat H ropubllcan paity to cut off its H revenue. M Mr. Musser has boon tolling tiio H pooplo hero about tho Philippino Is- H landH, but thoro aro boiiio thiuga con- coming them that ho did not toll. H Sugar can bo produced thoro so H cheaply tbat it can bo dolivored iu H California at $1.20 por huudrod H pouudB, nnd rnllulug can bodono for H 20 couta por hundred. A trust is now H boing organized to buy up largo H quantities of tho rich lauds of tlioso H islands, aud entor Into tho mauufno- H turo of augnr, when thoir product H roaches tho Amorican market. H What will bo tbo olfect upon H tho sugar factorios of our statu, H where it costs moro than doublo that H prico to manufacture it? H Roforrlng to tho Amorican party iu H Utah, Mr. Rlair said that thoy claimod that thoy would cast iu Salt H Lake county tho coming election 5,000 votes, and somo of them said H 7,000. Out of this number bo Bald jH that about 300 Mould bo domocrat), mostly women. This bad boon M learned by a canvass of tho party iu M Salt Lako City. H Paid a glowing tribute to Judgo M Powers, whom ho said was a friend to H Utah, and had stood 11 rm for ponce M ovor sinco tho division 011 party lines. H That on more than 0110 occasion IH when tho leading nion iu tho dt- M mocratio party had been almost M unanimous iu thoir determination to disband tho party through thoir dip- H satisfaction with the manner iu which (B they had boou lined by oortaiu loading M inon, Judgo Powors had turned tho H tide by ids counsels for modoratiou. M Paid a glowing tribute to thu do- H mocratio nominees for governor aud H supreme judgo, aud diaeiiKSBd tho H record of tho two political parties of H tho state in tlio matter of tho election H of United States Mutators, H Subscribe for the "Record." H m |
