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Show PLAIN CITY LISTENS TO ROBERTS (Correspondent of Standard ) Plain City. Nov. -1 A Democratic rally was held here Wednesday night. The meeting was largely attended, and while little enthusiasm was manifested, manifest-ed, a deep, quiet in the issues of the campaign, as Democracy parades them before the people of this state, was evinced. The principal speakers were Brig-ham Brig-ham II. Roberts and "Uncle" Jesse Kn'ght, but for an hour and a half before tho arrival of the big guns, Walter N. Farr and J. D. Ske-en tok the meeting through the "plague spots'' of Ogden, Insisting that the Republican Re-publican party Is in league with a trio of the most corrupting evils known to city life. Mr. Skpcn also Instanced the ca of Hnntsville as showing the way lu which local option works in practice Hero a quiet, rural community had been so corrupted and debauched by the evil power of the whiskey trust that many of Its citizens had become wilful, malicious law-hreakers. drag g!ng their city down into ill repute, strife, and municipal wreckage. Local Lo-cal option, he Insisted, only armed John Barleycorn the better for the evil fray and the evil work to which his existence I3 given. "Uncle" Jesse Knight pitched Into tho "bunch" and the trusts. Tho "bunch." speaking through George Sutherland, had Led about me, my son Will, and $30.i00. This had made "Uncle" Jesse mad and caused him to jump into politics. And, as a result of that jump, he asserted, the "bunch" was handled "In my blundering way." But the mining magnate made this the occasion to reiterate his hope and Intention In-tention of building an independent sugar factory in Utah, but he doubted ibis ability, or the ability of any 'other 1 man, to build and operate such a factory fac-tory In case of Republican success In the election. The Republicans, al though in power for many years, had failed to make laws reculatlog railroad rail-road rates, as they had the right to do and as it was their duty to do. within the confines or the state of Utah. As a result of that failure such rates were, he said, notoriously, wickedly wick-edly in favor of the trusts and against the Independent manufacturer and shipper. His experience with an in dependent smelter in the TIntle district dis-trict had made him acquainted with this unhappy fact. The railroads had charged "Uncle" Jeso an $100,000 more for hauling a certain tonnage of ores to his smelter than they had charged for hauling a like tonnage tho same distance to trust smelters. And this state of affairs must continue, he iuslsted, so long as the Republican Republi-can party is continued In power. So strongly are the trusts intrenched, so hopelesBly ore the Republican lenders lend-ers involved in the meshes of these eompciltlon-destro lng aggrerritlons of capital that the ouly hope of redress along this line lay in a Democratic victory at the polls. Senator Smoot is the associate and pupil of Aldrlch, admittedly the guardian of trusts' interests in-terests in the .senate of the United State, "Me Too' Sutnerland. the active, ac-tive, unblushing agent of the smelter combine- and special privilege generally, gener-ally, and as for Howell, ye gods, what can he said in his faor? And with the menilK-rs of the stale legislature taking their cue with reference to special privilege from this trio of the "bunch," what hope is there for th3 Independent manufacturer In Utah? The cordiality with which "Uncle" Jesse was listened to attested the warm esteem, almost affection. In which the Provo man Is held by tho people of I' tali generally. "Shall tho people rule?" was the text of Brigham II. Roberts. If they will they must adopt such measures as the direct primar. the Initiative and the referendum, the recall, and the direct election of United States senator by the people. These meas ores are calculated to put government closer to the people and farther from the boss and the professional politician. politi-cian. The Republican party, notwithstanding notwith-standing its years of power, has failed fail-ed to make provision for the adoption of the measures of reform. The people peo-ple must, therefore, look to Democracy to restore to them the ancient right of self-government. Utah, he said, was the worst most hum:ilntingly bossed Btato In the Union. Needless 10 say, Brigham H. was In favor of prohibition and he was amazed with the suspicious "flop' with rr-fvrencc to this nuesMon of "our beloved hirhop, c. W. N'-.dey" and oth- er )igh churchmen To Pnd "our be loved bishop" in pnrtnrsMp with the devil, pi loved Brother Roberts beyond bin powers to denjet. Such measely measures of reform ns ' local option" and "regulation" impeached the reputation repu-tation for greatness of mind and character fonnaTlv enjoyed by Nlbley, -Morris and others. |