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Show . ; - Tho Democratic foully. With baud playing ami torches flaring, flar-ing, tho Democrats turned out on Thursday Thurs-day night to welcome- Gov. West nnd D. O Hideout. Thv were escortod from tho hotel to tho hall by Iho procersion. Tho bouso was fi'li(d,tVer,oJ)ci,iig many ladies to listen to thtm.Mr Hideout was the first speaker. Alter claiming to know us becauso ho went to school with one olourcitlrens, lio mido n flowery speech in which ho dcclni'rd ngalnit protection pro-tection nnd bounty nod tld what ho would do it elected to tllv legislature Ho explained tho Domolratlc idea ol supporting liptno industlj ' ind gae their ideas onho tarifi. West, the first Governor -rUpco SlfJmv who had asked for slnieliooo)",wiis the next epenkcr. Ho legan by stating that the history of Iho party was tho history of the country. These held times was not their fault, though the Trihnne said they had been in Smonthsnnd had done nothing; they wcro not supposed to do anything until the December following their nsccntion to power but they lupl been busy turning therascnls out. The depression in trade is the (emit of Republican Re-publican misrule. There unjust laws havo nllowci. the trndo borons to becomo so rich tlmt they enn make hard limes whenever they please. Jlc explained the silverquestiou snyinftjlio Democrats had favored it since the beginning of the world. He said Imunty was u fraud for if an institution can't support itself it is no good and if it (.nn it don't need help. The principal part of hlHpjceh wns on the statehood question hoivlug how his partylind fruoicd Utah mid that it would be n terrible thing Jor Utah to now go.republlcnn which j would tcttle the question ol stntehood, and whnt good could n republican legislature accomplish ac-complish when, wo had V democratic governor? r |