Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-22


Ventured upon a few general remarks
upon party freedom Of opinion. press,
eleech anu tbs ballot, which must, he
thil amid applause, DO preserved ~ Ill
hagstda.
IL would be considered not improper,
ne eniJ, Tor him 10 express tho hone
that everything that should he done
would DO done with an eye tingle TO
the felicity Of the people and public
~ nuonce. Ho expressed the hope that
Tue Jay would soon come when the
national flag would be tue emblem not
only Of national unity but national
prosperity.
While Governor Stone WIS speaking
tho Texas delegation raised an i'm.
monso tl'g
tuNA11Us DONHELLY RESPONDS.
lgnatius Donnclly u Minnesota 70.
spOnded 10 Stones speech. Donnelly
spoke gracefully, paying a high com.
plimont 90 81. Louis aud the vast coun.
try tributary TO II, but avoiding adroit.
ly any alluslon 10 the subjects upon
which the delegates below MIN were
divided. The movement this con.
yention represented, he sail, was
tho growth Of tho farm. IL
had been conceived la the distress
that prevailed among prOducbts. The
people had felt tho elects Of misgov-
erument. II there was any movement
on the face OF the earth called up by
the yetitable hand Of God, II was the
Peoples party. He declared the
spiflts OF Washington. Jeiiouon, Jack.
son anu Lincoln were floating above
Ihis convention.
The delegates oheeTed Justify.
"GOd save tho people," said he;
"urOn that VIC stand. We are devoted
10 their cause. Lot " never forget Ia
our work that We arc band Of
brothers waging war against the enc.
mics OF mankind. We must stand
together Whatever we DO, "hU went on,
white the "middlu OF the rOaders"
shouted. 1.-THE Peoples party won't
die, II needs TO live. STOOD at the
cradle Of the dteouOack party; l stood
Mt tue cradle OF tue Peoples party,
ami God forbid that snOuld be here
now 10 attend n iuBehl. This 10 the
great work Of the century. Let " do
cur duty, fret determine that wo will
neither desert nor destroy our party"
There were more cheers when Don.
nelly finished.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease got a demon.
slfatiOn rs she uscgndUd tue stage iuet
before Chairman Tauboueok Intro.
ducud Senator Butler NJ temporary
chairman.
CHEERS FOR nUTLER
In introducing Senator Butler, Tau.
bonock said no had been selected by
the national committee without dis.
seating vote, and added the belief that
tho convention would act In % great
unanimlty ~ had the committee, In
choOBiug him Tor chairman. Al tue
suggestion u Committeeman WASH
burne, three cheers were given for the
young senator.
1--WE are here" said the senator,
"because thoro IL need for Us ~ be-
here" lie referred 10 the fact that
two parties had hold the charge Of the
government for twenty-five year..
These parties had brought the country
10 the verge OF bankruptcy, The
leadeTs Of both had been uniaithiul to
their trust, Hence the need VI the
Peoples party. He referred 10 Me.
Einley M the candidate Of "aggrega,.
I'd capital anu combined greed" He
declared both tho old parties for
yoars had kept the greatest issuo
IN American politics In the back
ground, and fought sham battles.
No matter where the victory lay.
Wall street aud Lombard street won.
Meanwhile the Populist party, he said,
organized 10 bring real relief 10 the
people, had grown steadily. Victories
against greed had been won. He dc.
eufibed tins various campaigns through
which ihu party passed I'm various
state, the hardBhips endured, tue
filings and rldiUule 10 when they had
boon subjected, nut they had az last
torn the mask from the old parties. The
Republican party had been forced 10
align itself with the monied kings OF
Wall street and Europe. Tho Demo.
cratic party was driven to tho alter.
native OF siding with gold or the peo.
pie. They were 90 frightened thai In
their desperation they finally com.
mitted grand and petit larceny --stola
our platform aud tried TO steal our
party.
This statement set tho convention
wild.
"Why did not they steal our trans.
poTtation plank?" shouted q California
delegate.
"Ah," replied Butler, "ths old
Democratic habit got the better Of
them theio, They sIraddiod that ques.
tion."
"whoopee," cried a thousand
voices.
at tue Peoples party should
abandon Its organisation" said Butler,
"the DenocTatic party, nj the next
national convention, would repudiate
the platform adopted at Chicago ana
Bryan would not have any more
chance o. being nominated than
Thomas Jefferson would II he were
alive today. The financial question
had been rs much OF an isbue since
1872 m II was today, but II remained
Tor the Peoples party 10 force this issue
TO the front.
bright here" no said, 'comes our
responsibility, the greatsEi responsible.
ity that ever fell TO any party. Shall
We save the party or allow 1t TO 70
down Ia dotoatP Shall II DO said that
thiagreat band Of patriots who have
broken all party ties, had allowed
themselves 10 DO controlled more by
prejudice than by patriotism?"
Cres Of "nu" and applause greeted
the question.
lilo appealed Tor the cessation Of petty
prcluuicts. He hai heard intinAted
by one extreme, that Mark Hanna was
running the party, and by another
that the Democratic aFlv WAS dining