The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-16


pIete Programme For Today.
Today Salt Lake city IS famous all
over the United States. In it is cen
tered the hopes of the silver men of the
west and the east is being kept
thoroughly Informed by the press as
sociation Of the doings of the thirty
representative men who have come
from the silver states to perfect an
organization that viii grow strong and
} dusty before another var has gone by
y The silver convention. about which
III ; west, and particularly Utah, has
been agitated for some weeks. has at
last met and a permanent organization
has been effected. Today the conven-
ton will take up the plan of organiza+
ton and by tomorrow night it is hoped
shat the work will be finished. The
members ara suited 20 the work they
have in hand. They are practical
workers, thoroughly familiar with the
silver question and the people of the
west. They are none the less able
TIkan some of the better known man OF
1peNs:aa fame who could not come.
Nkr is more they are thoroughly i'm
brsY with the idea CT making this
organization effective.
Il is not supposed that any declara-
ton of political nature viii be made.
No threat is to be ffeld out to either Of
the parties. That is. no threat in
x Is. The threat viii be in THE shape
~ :. organization. which it is hoped
will be extended down even into the
precincts Of all the states in The west.
a hand VIII be held out TO the various
other sections TO encourage them to
organize ard a, campaign Of education
of the anti-silver people viii be set
well under way.
The Procession.
The work began yesterday morning,
when the delegates met with prominent
Etizens of the city and territory at the
Knutsford and fraternized. At Il
o'clock a procession Of carriages was
formed. and headed by the Denhalter
band and Il platoon Of pol4 =. went UP
State to South Temple, on that street
10 Main, down. TO First South, then TO
West Temple, then to Third South
then to Main again, and up Main to
the Temple square. In the carriages
were the delegates. Governor West,
city and county officials and the mem
BEES Of the reception committee.
At the Tabernacle.
4 The tabernacle presented quite a
FESTIVE appearance. From the centre
hung two large flags, and running
out from them to the gallery railing
were long streamers of the national
colors. The rear of the gallery was
80 set off by these colors with Knots
ops-arious hued bunting The 'front.'
of the gallery was tastefully orna-
lnented with numerous small flags.
having as a background silver and
gold and other vari-colored and rich
banners. In the midst Of these were
succinct and suggestive notices, read
ing
Financial Independence.
No More Bunco Platforms Gu.
sound Money, Say the GOIdbuess,
Silver, Say the People.
Our Song--siIver Threads Among
The Gold.
We Want a Circulating Medium
That VIII Circulate.
The audience began to gather at the
tabernacle long before the line of car
siages came to the building and when
the distinguished visitors finally
entered and seated themselves on the
Platform there wal an audience Of
about 1900 to 1000 men and women. |
Among them were leading busiHssS and
professional men, comprising some of
the best thinkers of the city. In all it
was an audience Of which the city may
well be proud. 1t did not look as large
yas it would in a smaller hall, as even |
>s,ch large audience will appear scat
JAred in a great building like the taber- |
tacfe.
On the stand were the delegates from
the various states and territories, with |
the committees of citizens who had the
matter in charge.
Governor RfcIkard's Address,
After a lively selection by the Den
saaater band al 1905 Governor Rick
ards, of Montana, arose and called the
meeting 10 order. He was greeted with
an instantaneous and" hearty outburst
of applause from the delegates and
audience. His speech was as follows:
IL becomes my duty-I appreciate
the distinguished honor-of calling
this convention to order.
In the history Of nations no great
wrqng vas ever righted save through
shesSeacevted efforts of earnest men