The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-17

plauded to the echo. Most of the dele
gates were present either on the plat
form or in the body of the hall.
At 500 Governor Thompson. of Ore
gon, president of the conference. called
to order and the choir opened the pro-
ceedings with "Triumphap' march,
with Professor J. J. Daynes accom-
panying on the organ The seiectlon
was most feIicitous, giving the visitors
a good idea of the excellence OF the
great choir and great organ.
Mountain People For Freedom.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams, Of Colo
RADIO, was then introduced as the first
speaker of the evening, after President
Thompson had announced that speeches
would be limited to 10 minutes. Gov
ernor Adams said it seemed almost inn
pertinent for the members of the con-
vention to give their speech for the
royal welcome that had been given. II
might seem strange that the meeting
should have come here, yet the first
great movement went from Eden, and
this goes from the paradise of the
west. That movement came west. this
goes west. We find inspiration in
mountain lands. 1t is mountain peo-
pie who are ever trying to cast off the
bonds of tyranny. Tyrants never
douriShed over such people.
A New Bill of Righta.
The western men have been brought
up under the shadow of the Rocky
Mountains. 1t is hoped the resolutions
of the conference will be so brave and
strong that Salt Lake will hereafter
be known as the New Runnymede.
The conference hopes to make a new
bill of rights The people are bound
with chains worse than those
of slavery. We hope to break
these. We hope to send such
a flash of light into the dark
ness which covers our nation as to
make a bright rainbow of promise, 10
lead the people to hope for better
things.
The Argument of History.
What says history? Our opponents
have had twenty years of rule. In
those we have had more of debt, suffer
ing and disaster than any other period
Do they presume to rely on this his
tory to contest against our claim for
silver's rights? What is our silver his
tory? 1t extends back far into the
twilight of history. With it has been
prosperity. He had a coin in his hand
1t was silver, still bright and pure,
yet 1t was one of the coins made in
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Egypt. He had, too, a shekel which
circulated in the time of Christ. He
had another coin, dug from the ruins
Of Pom pen. indicative of the glory Of
the Roman empire. He ha6 still an
other coin. one of the first dollars made /
In the United States. coined In the (
shadow of Washington. Adams and /
Jefferson
Never did that dollar lose one cent of /
value until the year 1878. 1t was legis- +
ation that took its value. Had the /
same conspiracy operated against gold /
then gold and not silver would be de
based today. When the laws of Jeffer-
SON and Washington are restored thai
dollar will be worth 100 cents in every
market of the world. IF the right is +
lone 1000 years hence silver will be .
squal with gold as it was 1000 years 4
ago.
The Lexington of Silver.
The battle is now on with the gold /.
men. II is d battle of ballots not bull
cts but none the less glorious. n
state organization in Illinois has /
seeded from its. party leaders. That I
s the LexingtCn Of this war. Later ]
we will have a Yorktown and a full I
and strong victory. Stand by the (
money Of the constitution. Have that I
restored to the nation and then we viii 4
have prosperity.
Nothing hurts a nation so much as /
debt. When a man has his home or
farm mortgaged and is compelled to (
pay in coin increasing in value, he /
learns more of political economy than 7
he could get in any university in the 7
country.
Stand by the money of the consti-
tuition, the money OF jefferson and /
and Lincoln, the money of /
humanity. Clearly applause)
The People Must Rule.
Hon. George Aldorn, of Montana,
was next introduced. He said ne came
from Butte where men are called sill
yer barons. He wanted to welcome
Mr.. Barker and took it as a good omen
when the City of Brotherly Love sent
such a representative, ana hoped the /
silver idea would be received IN that
Mr.. st. John. of New York. and Mr..
Barker are silver men, the west should /
feel encoura ged. We should feel then
that our silver information will be
sown in the east on good soil. Mon
tana men sent out an address for sill
yer to the laboring men signed by
every labor leader in the country.
There is where we must fight. The
subsidized press will not aid US. The
they will not, the people will lead them
James Dobson, one of the largest car
pet manufacturers in the country, adj
dressed the Manufacturers Club OF
Philadelphia and made as good a sill
yer speech as. was ever made by
western senator.
Honest Money.
Think of it, Eight hundred members
of the club then declared for the free
coinage of silver. We must roll an Z
avalanche of silver information on the
east. If we get the people with us the
leaders will be glad enough to get into
the band wagon. The silver sentiment
IS not local; it is general. We want
solid, sound silver against greedy,
grabbing gold. Let the gold men read
this handwriting on the wall: Money
Sound Money! Silver Money for the
peopler' Clearly applause.)
Prof. Daynes then played the Pill
grirl's Song of Hope" on the organ
and received an enthusiastic encore.
A Silver President.
Hon. w. E. Borah, of Idaho. was
next introduced. He said he spoke
for the interest of the people of
Idaho He was proud to be a menu
Der of the conference in this magnif-
icent city. He doubted whether there
was any more appropriate place out
side of New York. History teaches
that people will long submit to in
Justice rather than disturb conserva-
five precedents. Yet the history shows
that when the American people learn
that conservative presidents cloak
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