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Show I PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS I RETURN TO THEIR OWN William Glasmann Fires Hot Shot Into the Standpatters fl Says That, After a Complete Confession of Sins, the "Regulars" Are Now Kneeling at the Mourners' fl . Bench, Praying for Forgiveness Progressives - .Will Return and Control the Republican . Party Democracy Not Good --for the People. I The followipg Is the nddrcss de-fivered de-fivered by Wm. Glasmann, at the Republican Re-publican jollification at Plain City, yesterday - evening: William Glasmann's Return. "How does it feel to be home again? I answer 'finer than silk.' The good book says there was more rejoicing re-joicing over the return of the lost sheep than there was over the many that never strayed from the fold. It is fitting therefor that the fatted calf be sacrificed and I rejoice with you. But how came I to be away from home? You wicked stand-patters pushed us from our .father's house. You barred and locked the doors on us. You cut the latch string that has hung from the door for fifty years, you even put up the blinds over the -windows so we could not see you hobnobbing with Barnes, Guggenheim-cr, Guggenheim-cr, Penrose, Crane and Aldrich, the great reactionaries who had taken "possession of the old homestead at Chicago; and after thrusting us out into the cold world, you would not even let us sit on the door steps. Not satisfied with that, you called us names and said "we were neurotics, erratic and assistant Democrats, and you did not pull up the blinds or hang out the latch string, or even Intimate In-timate that you would kill the fatted calf should we come back, until after we Progressives had stormed the citadel of reaction and forced it into terms of surrender. Now you welcome wel-come us Progressives home again. But we Progressives call it the surrender of the Old Guard of standpatlsm. No longer will the word 'standpat' be the slogan of the reactionaries. They, have heard from the people and the old guard will either shout for social justice and progress, or, in the words of Grover Cleveland, will pass off into innocuous desuetude. Yes indeed, wo Progressives feel perfectly at case seated in Abraham Lincoln's old' arm chair and we view with pleasure the standpatters kneeling at the mour ner's bench. But there Is even hope for the most radical standpatter in the reunited Progressive Republican parly, if he will study the initiative, referendum, the recall and learn the meaning of the words, 'social justice.' Ex-standpatters, I congratulate you upon surrendering-everything but the name of the Republican party. Those of -us who walked "out of the Chicago convention with Colonel Roosevelt did so because the national committee commit-tee claimed the right to pass on the credentials of delegates elected by the various states, and did actually refuse the admission of rightfully elected delegates, yet, this same na-tlanal na-tlanal committee has now confessed its sins and has passed a resolution that never again will the National Republican Re-publican committee count out a lawfully law-fully olected delegate. Reforms Brought About. "This same nntional committee passed a second resolution that, nover again will it question the right of the people of any state to elect Its delegates at primary elections, and, a third, that the southern states, where no real Republican party exists, ex-ists, shall have delegates only in proportion pro-portion to the Republican votes cast. When the National Republican committee com-mittee last December, of its own free will, adopted these resolutions, it was a confession of sins by the same men who wore guilty of the wrong committed in Chicago in 1912. It was a surrender of the Republican party leaders of all that which caused the walk out in Chicago. In those circumstances cir-cumstances why should a Progressive Republican hesitate to return to his own? "Welcome us Progressives back home, did you say? Far from it; let this feast tonight be a rejoicing of the complete surrender and confession confes-sion of sins by the standpatters. Lot us be generous and say for the last time: 'Good-bye standpatter; goodbye.' good-bye.' "Why am I with you tonight? Over a yenr ago I wns told by some of the leaders of tho Progressive party of Utah that the only hope of defeating defeat-ing the Republican party in this state was to unite with the Democratic party. par-ty. I then warned those leaders that al the first signs of fusion with democracy, de-mocracy, I would go back to the Republican Re-publican party; that I believed it was the duty of tho Progressives and Republicans Re-publicans to get together and not the Progressives and Democrats; that the latter had so little in common that It was unnatural for them to unite on any great principle. Inducements Held Out. "It was continually whispered into my ears that I should have tho fusion fu-sion nomination for congress if I would but help the plau of fusion. This talk of running me on a Democratic Demo-cratic ticket after the Democratic party par-ty had ruthlessly sacrificed Utah's greatest interest, was repugnant to mo, and when the only Progressive paper in Utah openly Intimated I could have the nomination for congress, con-gress, if I would assist at the wedding wed-ding of the Democratic and Progressive Progres-sive parties, I promptly jumped over the fence and one leap found me back in the Republican fold again. "I can stand to be accused of almost al-most anything under the sun except to be accused of seeking a Democratic Democrat-ic nomination. Almost anything, I say, but not that Democratic Record. "Why is the word Democratic so distasteful to me, do you ask? Go back over the history of our country and you will find the incompetency of tho democracy pointed out by its collossal blunders every time it was trusted to office. You all remember tho soup-house days of Grover Cleveland. Cleve-land. The history of your country will tell you of the blundering of every ev-ery previous Democratic administra tion. Let me confine myself to President Pres-ident Wilson's first year of the present pres-ent democracy in power. "Look at the tariff law passed by a Democratic congress, sonatc and president A most bungling law which gives protection to southern and eastern east-ern products, but places tho leading , products of our mountain states on tho free list. It placed on the free list milk, cream, meats of all kinds, beef, lambs, mutton, pork, bacon, hams, coffee, tea, wheat, flour, potatoes, pota-toes, lard, boots and shoes, yot nono of the prices of all theso things has been reduced to the consumer. But China, Japan, Canada and other foreign for-eign countries, that formorly paid a duty to bring their goods into our country, now bring them in free and. to make good the loss of revenue, tho Democrats propose to tax our people peo-ple by a direct lax on your income. At present only those who earn over $3000 per year pay the direct tax. Later on, the Democratic party may complete Its free trade policy and bring a direct tax on tho Income of all the people. Sheep and swine, gloves and oleo-stearin and rags are on the free list. I suppose it Is fitting to admit rags free into this country under a Democratic admin istrntion because that is about all people peo-ple can afford to buy at the close of four years of democracy. Sugar will go on tho free list too: ono half of ( the duty was cut off this year and the other half will go in 1916. Already several beet sugar factories in the nation have shut down. Those in Utah can probably continue until absolute ab-solute free trade closes the doors two years hence. Eleven cents a pound duty was cut off wool, yet the price of woolen clothes remains the same, and the government receives no duty from the foreign wool imported. Early this month a Republican was elected to congress from a strong Democratic district in New Jersey, the president's own state. The majority was over 5000. It shows the dissatisfaction of the people of the nation with Democratic Demo-cratic rule. Over 5000 new votes come to the Republican ticket. All this points to a Republican landslide in 1916. All over the land factories are laying off part of their employes. Free bread and soup kitchens have come to life again, and General Coxy is leading an army of unemployed to Washington for the second time. So much for the blundering tariff bill, The people of Utah within eighteen months will begin to feel tho effects, of this bill more keenly than at tho present time. Shortcomings of Wilson. "Then look at your Democratic president. He had hardly taken his seat as president when tho district attorney of California received ordera not to prosecute Caminottt and Driggs, two white slavers who had ruined two of tho most beautiful high school girls in Sacramento, aud only whon the district attorney resigned and caused a national scandal were tho men prosecuted and convicted by a jury. The commissioner of emigration emigra-tion appointed by President Wilson was the father of one of the young men. Imagine ex-President Taft or Colonel Roosevelt prostituting the high office of president of the United Unit-ed States to save a man from punish pun-ish ment who had debauched a school girl I Panama Canal ToIIb. "I have ofton -said that tho Democrats Demo-crats build their platforms to get into office on but' not to ride on after they get in. President Wilson told ihe people he believed in the Demo' era tic platform plank which provided for free passage through tho Panama canal of American coast shipping. Yer after pledging himself and his party, ho is asking congress to go back on that part of the platform .and the Democratic house hns actually passed a bill to repeal the law signed by President Taft granting to American coast ships free passage President Wilson repeatedly stated on the stump that no industry would be injured in-jured by free trade, if he were elected, elect-ed, because he only Intended to reduce re-duce the duty, not to wipe it our. yet he broke his pledge, and actually signed a bill that will injure, if not destroy, many western industries. "I3 there anything more humiliating humiliat-ing than for a president to tell con gress, whether right or wrong, to make the American ships pay to go through their own Panama canal just to please England and other foreign countries? Yet that is what your Democratic Dem-ocratic president has done. Ono of the objects of the building of the Panama canal waB to force the continental con-tinental railways to give cheap freight rates across the nation. The foreign for-eign banks and wealthy people own most of tho American railway bonds and stocks and it is for these big money interests that England is talk ing. If the American ships from New York to San Francisco must pay even $1 per ton on freight going through the canal, then railroad freight wiil be just $1 per ton higher. With free American ships through the Panama canal, Utah will receive its New York nnd far eastern freight from San Francisco via the Panama canal at a reduced price. But here President Wilson sacrifices the west again. First the west is sacrificed In the tariff and now the west is to be slaughtered slaugh-tered on the Panama canal question. President's Double Dealing. ."When the women called on President Presi-dent Wilson to aid them in securing equal suffrage, he replied that he could not make a new doctrine or issue for his party, that the Democratic Demo-cratic national convention alone could do that Yet he assumes the power of reversing his own party platform on the Panama question, while refusing refus-ing as muoh as a kind word for woman's wom-an's suffrage. Thero may be good reason for a bloated railway bondholder, bond-holder, or a woman hater, to vote the Democratic ticket this year, but thero is no good reason why a Utah progressive pro-gressive should do so. For all of these reasons and for many more. I cannot see my way clear to vote the Democratic ticket in Utah. , Great Victory In Sight. "Senator Qummlns of Iowa, only a few days ago, said the Republicans and Progressives would get together under the name of the Republican party par-ty with the Progressive platform. Such a get-together would be some compensation for the awful defeat thj Republican party sustained in 1912. Think of it, if tho Republican party-should party-should adopt the Progressive platform It would mean that the reforms Col. Roosevelt has been fighting for would become the law of the land, and that would mean old ago lnsuranco by the government so that every man or woman reaching the ago of 60 or Go years would receive a monthly allowance al-lowance sufficient to live comfortably comfort-ably the remaining days of life. It would mean that the sick. Injured and helpless would receive their monthly insurance allowance as soon as Incapacitated In-capacitated from work. It would mean that the taxes of our state would be equalized so the big corporations cor-porations would pay their full share, which would mean a great reduction of the burden of the people. A Progressive Pro-gressive Republican platform would mean that the laws of our state and nation would be drawn to favor the whole people and not the favored few. Yes, the Republican party with a progressive pro-gressive platform would revolutionize existing conditions and give us a real government of the people, for the people, by the people. Such action ac-tion by the Republican party would restore re-store it to power for another genera tion, and when' we. look at the great 1 FLO pasfof tl1o"RepiblIcan party and view ; 3& its' accomplishments wo may well be- 5W Move thar the Grand Old party alone lih could bring about all these reforms. j Record of the Party.' !, "Tho Republican party was founded i fcf; on progress and, for almost fifty years I It caused all fhe progress -of the na- v lion, until if fell .into the hands ol AA ! reactionaries which caused disaster it" and defeat-. Our first great Re- 1 fJf publican-leader set free three million human beings and preserved the na- Hon from dismemberment. The Re- publica.ii party restored the credit of jJpB the nation- by passing the wisest mon- f-5 ey laws the nation had known. It '$&r repealed the Democratic laws of sell- Ctti ing the public lands at auction, au.l If gave us the homestead laws, giving lff to millions of people free honips of iPjfr1 160 acres each-. - It made possible tho W$ building, of , the .continental railways, ifeK opened up the-great west to. emigrn- l tion and established the greatest sys- tern of Internal Improvements known ft-to ft-to any nation in tho world. It passcl the anti-trust Sherman law and set Eft aside millions of dollars to build darni WjL and rcservolvs in the arid west. It ' pK passed laws that stopped rebating by ' O, railroads, placing the small merchant (2 on an equality with the big corpora- atif, tions It possed the pure food laws. m&f. In short, the Republican party has been the progressive the. people's party for lo. these many .years, and (St only for one short term "did it be- kpi come reactionary, and disaster and BM' defeat was tho rebuke administered by the people. But once in, fifty 3 years did the Grand Old party Jialt 16? in its grand and. glorious progressive EGf?3 career, and grievously has it suffered M. for its faltering. When -we . look gj back over the history of .the past fifty jS years and scan the horizon, of political tjfi& parties, the great achievement of Re- jjfe publican progress stands put. like the flmli mid-day. sun in the heavens, while Raft the deeds of all' other parties are mfjfo eclipsed by the bright rays off the rkz party of Lincoln. . ' Iq Reunited Party. 4g "Ah, my frioml3, If the Republican 9 nnd Progressive -parties get together, gVi as proposed by Senator Cummins then i sYn tho acts of tho Republican party of jfei the future will be greater, nobler nnd sjj grander than its most illuotrious deeds jfg, of the past, and such a party is Sjg worth belonging to. such a party will r-j appeal to our young people, such a m party will be successful and will for- ever live in the hearts of its coun- pif? trymen." 1 iwl! |