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Show Democratic Blow-out. Joseph L. Rawlins, tho man who misrepresents Utah In tho United States Senate, held forth at the opera house last Thursday evening. It must be confessed that tho crowd out to hear him belles tho assertion that there are no Democrats left In Cache, but considering what Democracy onco was In this county, It musb bo conceded conced-ed that tho glory of that political party is decidedly on the wane. In this onco overwhelmingly Democratic stronghold, Mr. Rawlins was unable to draw as largo crowd as did Senators Clark and Kcarns just tho week before. be-fore. This Is not a mero campaign assertion, as-sertion, and we bellevo that even the most cnthu.sla.stia Democrat who attended at-tended both gatherings will not deny the statement. The evening was as favorable as It was tho night of tho Republican rally; our Democratic friends had as long tlmo to drum up their crowd; Senator Rawlins Is known to bo a much better speaker, than Is one of tho gentlemen who spoko at the Republican rally; yet, why this slump In attendance? At one time, it would have been posslWo to have filled tho Thatcher Opera House with Democrats-more than filled it, in fact and at that tlmo lb would havo been Impossible to Ml the lower lloor with Republicans. Why this remarkable remark-able chango? Although tho Journal .In its account or tho meeting sayB that Mr. Rawlins was "accorded a most hearty reception, recep-tion, ''and "the applause was frequent and enthusiastic." The meeting was not an enthusiastic one (as compared with tho Republican demonstration. Mr.- Rawlins is cold, sarcastic, harsh, and while he was witty at times, the applause was not frequent and very seldom enthusiastic. Mr. Rawllps Is not' the kind of speaker to arouse enthusiasm. en-thusiasm. Ho has a halting In his manner of speech, and although In this Instance he seemed to overcome Ills impediment to a certain extent, yet thcro Is little pleasure In listening to such a speaker. His sarcastic gibes at Senator Kcarns brought oub smiles, and he frequently turned a good point, from tho Democratic view of things, but the audience was slow to appreciate. appre-ciate. Taken all In all, the meeting certainly cer-tainly offered no encouragement to our Democratic friends. Considering the cause in which he was laboring, Mr. Rawlins mado a very good speech, but tho crowd, compared with former Democratic times, and the enthusiasm when compared with former Democratic Demo-cratic enthusiasm, was nob indicative of Democratic victory in this county. .County Chairman Fullmer was the chief-cook and bottle-washer of the occasion, and with a smllo that would have dono credit to a newly-made parent, that worthy scion of a degenerate degen-erate cause introduced the Democratic Glee Club, composed of Messrs. Frank Baugh, George wf and B. G. Thatcher and A. L. Farrell. These gentlemen rendered in a very excellent manner a couple of selections selec-tions approprlato.to tho occasion, after which Mr, Rawlins was Introduced. Tho speaker gob off a few jokes on Kcarns and Clark and then proceeded to demolish tho trusts. lie quoted Bevcrldgo and everything else and proceeded to show that tho Republican Repub-lican party loves trusts. Ho touched on tho panics of '73 and '93 and claimed tho Republicans wore responsible for both, Mr. Rawlins then took up his hobby tho Philippine question, and proceeded to Justify his attacks on American soldiers. Of course, ho couldn't do that, and after a struggle lasting for twenty minutes gavo up tho proposltldn to praise tho state ticket. After his speech the glee club rendered an excellent musical selection, selec-tion, setting forth a sentiment that was very much ''off." |