The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-02

Chicago, Sept. Frank MacVeagh,
Democratic candidate for United States
senator. opened his campaign tonight
before an audience which filled every
part of central music hall.
Delos H Phelps, chairman of the
state committee. opened the meeting
with a brief address. in which he in
troduced Mr.. William T. Baker, of
Chicago. who acted as presiding Of
ficer.
Mr.. Baker. in a few happy remarks,
brought forward Mr.. MacVeagh, who
was enthusiastically received person
ally, and whose speech was frequently
interrupted with cheers.
Mr.. MacVeagh, in beginning his
speech. said the Democratic plan of let
ting the people choose United States
senators is not approved by the press
and the leaders of the Republican par
ty. They. did not use the Vanderbilt
expression about the people, but they
evidently had it in mind. The respon-
sibility of being the only peoples party
is point by point being put upon the
Democrats.
The Republican party, which, in its
early days was famous in the line of
liberalism. has become tory party of
Mr.. MacVeagh reviewed at length
the events of the past twenty-five
years, charging the Republican party
with the responsibility for all the
business panics during that period.
Coming down to the issues involved in
the present campaign, he said:
Tariff Reform Necessary.
81 am tariff reformer; and know
of no way left under heaven, except
through the Democratic party, to make
fast what we now have of tariff reform,
and to get more. 1 believe in the re-
form method of the Democratic party
in it's radical. imperative and immov-
able demand for free raw materials.
Republicans in Garfield's time, be-
lieved in protection which leads to free
trade. The Democrats of Cleveland's
time believe in tariff reform, which
leads to free trade"
AS to the delay in passing the tariff
bill, Mr.. MacVeagh said:
1.-THE blame lies first in our absurd
custom of electing a Congress and re-
fusing to let it sit except in special ses-
sion for a year and a month. Then the
panic came on directly after the Pres
ident went into office, and the extra
session to allay the panic crowded out
final consideration of an extra session
for tariff reform. But as soon as Con-
gress regularly assembled in December
the tariff bill was taken up and it
steadily absorbed Congress until it
passed.
Curse of recommendation.
Mr.. Macveagh said he believed in
bimetallism.
1--WE need absolutely both gold and
silver-free coinage of both. But in
attempting the reform, we must
neither damage the credit of the ma
ton or stumble unintentionally from
gold recommendation, which is bad
enough, into silver monometallism,
which is worse.
Up to now neither party has taken
a frank position on the silver ques-
ton. 1t must be taken UP with frank
ness and determination such as char
acterized the taking up of tariff re-
form and the speaker said the Demo-
cratic, the only party of the people is
not fitted for the task.
Speaking of the questions raised dur
ing the recent strike as to interference
by the federal government, the speak
err said he believed in local self govern
ment State rights is not what he
means, but local self government is a
far different matter. On the other
hand he cannot feel certain that it