The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-01


Democratic committeeman from Mon
tana, who went to Chicago 40 attend
the Democratic convention, returned
from the east yesterday, says the
Butte Miner He is very san
guine of the success of the Demo-
cratic ticket. He feels sure of Illinois
and confident of Michigan, Minnesota
and Wisconsin. The silver sentiment,
he says, is growing. and the people are
aid after good literature on the sub
ject for the purpose of studying the
question, as they can get no ln1orIna-
ton from their Dig dailIes. Judge Nc
HaLton was unfortunate enough 70 be
SICK when Bryan made his great speech
in the convention, and. missed that and
the nomination..
After the convention Judge Mc1at-
ton went 10 western Illinois TO meet old
friends and neIghbors. AT Mount Ster-
ling. his former home, the people got
up a monster ratification meeting and
insisted on the judge speaking. He en-
tertained the crowd for over an hour.
1t was wonderful the interest the peo-
PIE took IN the meeting he says.
They came in from the surrounding
country for 10 or 20 miles in the rain 10
attend. The people in western Illinois
are three or four foe silver to one for
gold. Eighty per cent of the rural
papers are for silver, and the rural
PAPERS are the ones that have the in
huence with the farmers They don't
care for the big city papers. The
farmers are in earnest and they are a
class OF voters who can't be bought.
when left that part of the country
there wasn't one farm in ten mortgaged.
Now there isn't one in ten that ism t
nlorTgaged. The people admit that
they can't live on what they get for
their products. They want change
that will bring them better prices tor
their stuff. They argue that things
CAN'T be worse than they are now. They
want to see free coinage tried for that
reason. If it don't result III any benefit
they realize that it can be changed. The
farmers represent about so per cent of
the voters of the country, and they are
going to be heard from this year"
Judge Mediation anticipates that
Bryan's speech of acceptance at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, will do
him lot of good in the east. 1.-The
eastern papers, says the judge, have
been belittling him and the convention
which nominated him, speaking of ev-
erybody connected with it as anarch-
lists, etc. Bryan will give them a
speech that will set them thinking and
then the people will come 20 realize tina;
the papers have been deceiving them.
Bryan will make other speeches in the
big cities along the Atlantic coast"
That Tainmany Will be heart and soul
for the Democratic ticket, Judge Nc
Hatton has no doubt. This means even
more now than it used to, for as Judge
Mediation says, TOO much reform has
driven nearly everybody into Tam
many" The New York farmers are re-
ported to be almost solidly for silver
and the judge would not be surprised
if Bryan should come down to Har-
lem with a majority. thing no Demo
cratic candidate for president has ever
done yet, as that party has always re-
lied on its majorities in New York city
and Kings county to overcome the Re.
publican majority on the outside.
What is needed in the opinion OF
Judge Mediation is money TO send lit
erature and speakers into the rural dis.
tricts of the doubtful states. The lit
erature, he says should be of the kind
that will make the silver question cas-.
lily understood. Already young men ir
the middle west are anxious for read
ing matter on the subject, in order tC
post themselves for speech-making il
behalf of Bryan. This is not cam
paign where Hannas money will dr
much good" he continued. Senator
, Jones, chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee, is a much smarter
man than Hanna, though the latter will
have the most money behind him. But
it will not do much good. The New
York delegates were surprised when
they got to Chicago to find what a de-
termined lot of men the delegates were
If they had brought a special train load
of $50 gold pieces they couldn't have
changed the result.
What do you think of the outcome ir
a general way?" was asked the judge
Bryan is going to win was the en-
phatic answer.
Judge Mediation added that the east
ern goldbug press, instead of hurting
the cause, was going to help it. The
very talk of holding another convention
by the goldbug Democrats was making
friends for silver. He does not expect
to win without a fight, however, as the
goldbug forces viii be united on Nc.
kinney, and they will make it great