The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-17

WE'RE WEAK AND THIN
and dissipated. Mr.. Hill arraigned the
Populist senators in scathing terms.
He first described them as the "tailors
of Tooley street. who got together and
solemnly said, I'VE, the people of Eng
land" He characterized them as de
serters" from the old parties who had
pooled their grievances. They had Of
fered their votes for sale, or rather for
exchange, on the tariff question when
1t came here. They are men of no fixed
ideas, said he. They are the advocates
OF disorder and scandal. The Populist
party thrives on scandal. Their main
purpose is to throw mud ait the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties, land the
time has come" declared Mr.. Hill, for
the old parties to make common cause
against these men,"
The senator caused great amusement
by reading a letter he had received
from Mississippi asking him to have
the senate investigate the loss of a sill
yer dollar sent in the mail. The writer
in favor of you for president in 1896"
AS Mr.. Hill read this there was a
RIPPLE OF APPLAUSE
in the galleries, and the senator added
Jocularly That man has common
sense The letter proceeded: "But 1
am opposed to the election of Grover
Cleveland in 1885, and there was an
other ripple in the galleries
At this point Mr.. Hill exploded a
distinct sensation. He said the pre-
valence of charges of Irregularities and
wrong was shown by the recent public
allegations of Senator Chandler, that
the friends of Mr.. Mckinley were con-
Quoting "a Doodle campaign Mr..
Hill said he had nothing to say against
Mr.. Mckinley. He admired him for
his courage. He says he is a candi-
date, instead of saying he is in the
hands of friends
Mr.. Hills experience was, he said,
that a man who started Sin the hands
of his friends wound up Sin the hands
of the enemy"
Il had supposed Mr.. Mckinley was
making an honest canvass" proceeded
Mr.. Hill, until 1 read the Chandler
statement" The Chandler charges
were sent to the desk and read in
full
JUST SMILED.
Mr.. Chandler sat on the. Republican
side smiling as the reading proceeded
After the reading had concluded, Mr.
Hill went on.
These charges had not been met, he
said. No answer had been submitted
to the serious accusations of Mr.
Chandler. Reflections on his motives
were no answer to the charges. Whv
asked Mr.. HILL was there not an in
vestigation? -
Here are charges of a corrupt use
OF money to buy UP a. presidential
nomina tion,' exclaimed Mr.. Hill
Here are charges of a levy on the pro-
tected interests to secure a platform in
accordance with their desires.
BUT no senator, not even the sena-
tor from Kansas, asks for an investi-
gation Here is an offense againct the
franchise, a stab at our institutions.
when it is charged that $3.50, 900 has been
raised to secure the nomination for
the presidency, and yet no investigation
is proposed. Let
THE CHANDLER CHARGES
be Investigated, too Let us do it now
before the heat of this political cam
paign comes on
Mr.. Hill next passed to the sugar in
vestigation and ridiculed it's results.
One senator had the courage to say
to the investigation committee, yes,
he had dealt in sugar.
did it hurt him ?" asked Mr. Hill.
No, today he was the candidate and
favorite son of the leading Republican
state of the union Tor the presidency,
with q host of friends and supporters -
After ridiculing the fruitless fnvesti-
cation, Mr.. Hill, at O'Clock said he
would yield, expecting to go on tomor-
row
The senate, at Sis, went into execu-
tive session and then adjourned.