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Show BEDE'S WITTY OGDEN ADDRESS -. Former .Congressman in Witty Address Shows Place of DcmocraticParty, and Sends Some Pointed Ridicule Bull Moose Way. Upon tho occasion of Congressman Uede's recent visit to Ogden ho delivered de-livered a very clever address. Tho crowd expected much w.t of Mr. Bede and .'t was not d'sappolntcd. His speech was filled with witty stories and sparkling anecdotes. Tho Ogden Og-den papers glvo but a very short account ac-count of It, and we lmvo been asked to reproduce It. Mr. Bedo said in part: I have no quarrel with tho Democrats. Demo-crats. I bellovo in two good strong parties. Ono In power nnd tho other almost In to watch tho ono that Is In. Tho reason that I havo always voted tho Republican ticket is that I bellovo tho Democrats mnko tho best watchers. Yoh know n hold back Is as essential as a liamo strap. A good brake- is a mighty flno thing nnd tho Domocratlo party makes a mighty good brake. I havo been from ono end of this country to tho other, nnd I havo found prosperity overywhero prosperity pros-perity nnd discontent. You know its a right of tho people to bo prosperous prosper-ous and It is thoir right to bo discontented. dis-contented. Tho pursuit ot happiness Is nn inallonablo right ot tho American Ameri-can peoplo. Jefferson used his words nccurntoly. Tho pursuit of happiness Is a guarnnteo of our people, but thoro Is no guarantee that wo shall over ovcrtako It. That Is loft to ourselves. our-selves. Wo may pursue It nB much ns possible nnd If wo catch, It wo aro fortunnto. Progress and Problems For fifty yoars under Republican rulo our country has enjoyed unox-ampled unox-ampled progress and prosperity. In tho autumn of 1809 tho Union Pacific was completed hero In Ogden. That was forty-lhreo yoars ago. Fifty years ago tho peoplo wore traveling by teem from Salt Lake to Omaha and the trip took fix mouths time. But th s prog ess made problems and wo aro facing these problems today. George Washington was satisfied w'th tho overland stage coach, but wo don't want it now. Wo couldn't hold forty-eight states in the Union with n stage coach. We need the Bnldw'n Locomotlvo works of Ph'la-do'phla. Ph'la-do'phla. But such plantB as these and railroads mnko millionaires and m lllonalrcs make problems. Our g cutest problem Is tho distribution or wealth. Wo haven't yet learned how to distribute properly that which wo produce. But tho millionaires are learning that there Is moro pleasure In g.vlng away their fortunes than 'ii accumulating them. And If they don't distribute them themselves their ch ldren and grandchildren nro aiding materially. Wero there a fam-'ne fam-'ne In India fifty years ago wo would ho none tho wiser. Today wo would furnish sustenance for tho Btarving millions. Our products will feed hunger the world over. Do wo want to go back to tho flail and tho fam-Ino? fam-Ino? Rather let us Join hands In manly fashion ono hundred million strong and solvo our problems ns best wo can. Incisive Ridicule Shall somebody overy tlmo we Invent In-vent now labor saving device nnd cnuso a readjustment ot labor nnd capital, creating now problems, go nnd start a now party? Because there Is n new invention, new progress and moro problems, shall wo call people bosses, thlovcs and liars. Roosevelt In 1884 didn't mugwump when his candldato was beaten, lie supported Blaine. Ho didn't bolt In 18S8, when Harrison won n mngnlll-dent mngnlll-dent victory, nor In 1892 when Harrison Har-rison was 'defeated. In 189G when tho "10 to 1" doctrino raised Its head and beenmo n popular cry Roosovolt remained with tho 'Interests.' In 1898 when he hlmsolt was elcctol governor gover-nor of Now York ho waB n stnlwart Republican. In fnct Colonel Roosovolt Rooso-volt has always had a very good recommendation re-commendation for hlmsolf. In 1900, when ho wns tho tall of tho national ticket, ho remained a Republican nnd campaigned with Mark Ilannn. In 1904 we find Colonel Roosovolt still valiantly supporting himself. Ho designated William Howard Taft as tho best man for president In 1908, doclarlng tho Republican por- ty to bo tho party of achievement and (Continued on page 8) BEDE'S WITTY OGDENADDRESS Continued from Page' 1. Mr. Tnft tho best equipped man In all our hundred million (or tho presidency. pres-idency. Ho wroto tho Now York state platform In 1910 eulogizing Mr. Taft praising tho Taft administration, defending de-fending tho Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill. In tho spring of 1912. when ho was n recoptlvo candldato with a club for tho Republican presidential nomination, nomina-tion, ho remained a Republican. Ho was a Republican when ho camo to Chicago on tho fifteenth ot last June. Ho ceased to bo a ncpubllcau tho following Saturday when William Howard Taft was renominated for president with a clear majority over all other candidates. Then It was that tho Republican party becamo corrupt nnd tho men in it rotten nnd bad.. Tho Republican party was good ?nough when it was for Roosevelt, but corrupt when It withdrew its support. sup-port. It nt Chicago at tho bo called convention of tho. Dull Mooso party tho main Dull Moose had jumped Into In-to tho lake thero would have been no third party nomination. Think of Roosevelt comparing himself him-self to Lincoln, who wouldn't Btep on a worm. Roosevelt with tho sruua Hj brcnth gloats over Bhoot'ng 21 Hoeing H Spaniard In tho back. H Hoosovelt declares tho bosses will H ba beaten this fall. Tho first boss to H bo beaten will bo the big Dull Mooso H himself. Dehorned, denatured, dts- H credited, ho will blto tho dust. H |