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

OEo MOlNES, Aug 1T was S.oU
when the train arrived at Des Moines.
A cheering, shouting concourse of peo-
pie filed the streets for blocks in each
direction. The reception committee
met the party al the depot and COM
mittee of ladies were present to greet
Mrs. Bryan. An open decorated car
riage, drawn by six white horses, was
in waiting. There were calls for
speech as soon as Mr.. Bryan was es-
corted into the glare of the illumina-
tons around the depot.
Mr.. Bryan was ushered into the car
riage, while Mrs. Bryan and other
members of the party were disposed of
in other vehicles. The party moved up
the crowded Fourth street amid a con-
tinuous roar of cheers and were escort
ed to the tabernacle, large hall on
the east side of the river with seat
ing capacity Of 5000 or 5000. The i'm
menSe auditorium was crowded to its
utmost capacity. Mr. Bryan was in
troduced by Governor Boies, who said
OF him that while he was the nominee
of three parties, no convention had
nominated him, as he enjoyed the en-
Viable
DISTINCTION OF HAVING NOMI-
MATED HIMSELF.
The applause that followed was a dis
tlnct ovation, in response to which Mr.
Bryan said:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men-I esteem it great privilege to
be permitted even for a brief moment
to stand before the citizens assembled
IN this capital city of one of the great
est agricultural states of this union.
Iowa has no reason OF blush for the
position that she occupies among her
sister states. 1t is not necessary for
anyone TO come from abroad to en-
tighten you upon the issues of this
campaign. Your own state is rich in
orators, and in this campaign it will
be richer than it has been for a quar-
ter of century. You have here the
statesmen whom you delight to honor,
and as l look back over the campaigns
in which it has been my privilege TO
take part, there are no campaigns that
L remember with more pleasure and
PRIDE than these two campaigns, when,
AT the invitation of your people, | came
10 assist in the election of Horace
Boies as governor of this state Gong
and continued applause.) If in the ma
tional convention which has just closed
the lot fell upon me rather than upon
him, it was
NOT BECAUSE OF SUPERIOR
MERIT,
but because of the circumstances
which surrounded that convention. I
do not take to myself the credit for
which that was done 1 believe that
those delegates were as honest and as
earnest a body of men as ever assem-
pea IN convention, and after viewing
the situation they decided-whether
wisely or foolishly time alone will tell
that under all circumstances the
nomination should fall upon the one
VINO did receive it, and l am on nv
way now to the city of New York to
receive the notification. 1 do not know
now Wen may De able to bear the
standard which is to be placed
IN my hands, but I know this.
mat there is not one person in this
land who is more deeply in earnest
IN this cause than he whom Won have
honored. In this campaign the distin-
gulShed gentleman of whom I have
spoken, your ex-governor, will go be-
1ofe you as one of your leaders. and NV
ms side will stand that other gallant
man WHO for twenty years has fought
and whether we have agreed with
MIN or not on all the things. there is
not an honest man here but must con-
cede that where he has fought he has
FOUGHT WITH THE STRENGTH OF
A GIANT.
ana by MS side will stand In this great
CONNECT men, who until this year have
oeeh hghtlng the battles of the Re-
publican party, men who boast that
from the time of Lincoln until nnEv
lhey nave been adherents of the Re-
puphcan party, but who believe that
IN this campaign the Republicanism of
Linco4n nnds better expression in the
Chlcago platform than 1t found in the
platform adopted at st. Louis. But Won
shall not need orators this year. nf
every orator you have known were to
be silent, orators would arise IN every
county and in every town. and every
precinct OF this state and proclaim the
truth. Oratory sometimes has been
laughed at, but, my friends, oratory
VIII be with us as long as the human
race endures. Whenever there is
A CAUSE THAT STIRS MEMS
HEARTS
there will be orators 10 present that
cause. Elpquence is simply the speech
Of a person who knows what he is
talking about and believes what he
says. Our people in this campaign
not only believe what they say, but
when Iney Tel you that there can be
no more prosperity for the people while
the people fall down and worship gold
as the only standard money, they know
what they are talking about They say
this IS a campaign of education. Yes
1t IS a campaign in which the educa-
ton has already gone far enough for
US to form some idea of the results.
Sometimes they tell us that a great
many of the newspapers are against
US. ] am reminded of what a friend in
Lincoln said the other day. He said:
1t used to be the newspapers educated
the people, but now the people educate
the newspapers
True it is that che people are edu-
Gated on the money question
Sometimes our opponents tell us
that the tariff is the issue of the cam
paign and that they will make lit such.
Whom viii they consult on it? Not the
politicians.
THEY MUST CONSULT THE PEG
PIE.
The money question is in the campaign
and they cannot take it out of it,
Referring 10 the enthusiasm shown
by the people of Des Moines, Mr..
Bryan expressed his appreciation of
the fact that the enthusiasm was not
for him personally. but for the cause
which he represented. Continuing he
said:
We'll, you may feel interested, be-
cause, my friends, we have reached a
great turning point in the history of
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