The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30
ROUSING RALLY AT PROVO.
THE GREATEST HELD THERE d.
RING THIS CAMPAIGN.
The Opera House Packed With En-
thusiastic PeOple-Addresses by
Judge Henderson and Others.

PROVO. Oct. 29.-The rally held in
the opera house here tonight was the
biggest and most enthusiastic of this
campaign. The silver drum corps pa
raded the streets during the evening,
and canons doomed from early in the
afternoon until the meeting was called
to order Long before the time an
nounced for the meeting every seat in
the opera house was taken, and at
o'clock. when Chairman Cash called
for order. the house was damned
from pit to dome.
Chairman Cash introduced as the
first speaker Mr.. Andrew Eggertson,
Who is powerful speaker and easily
/ convinced the audience that he was in
earnest in advocating Democratic prin-
ciples. He said he was converted to
the silver cause some six years ago,
and following down to two years ago
he believed that the Republican party
was the one through which silver
would be restored to it's constitutional
place as money metal; and one year
ago, and. in fact, all platforms made
by the Republicans up to this year.
declared for SILVER. Then the two
parties met in convention the past
summer. the Republican party declar-
ing against. and the Democratic party
for the white metal That was the
reason the speaker renowned the
Republican party and was now ready
at all times to talk Democracy Mr..
Eggertson arraigned Senator Brown
for the stand he took in congress, and
said he proposed to put his x up by
the rooster and let it go at that
Sam A. King was then introduced
and he made one of his characteristic
cT0n Il ~
an party for its duplicity and dishon-
esty. He asked the audience if they
thought the United States was not
strong enough to make her own. laws
and declare her own Independence
from the money Shylocks of Europe
He exhorted the voters to go to the
polls on Nov. and there declare their
independence from all foreign power.
The speaker was listened to with close
attention.
The chairman announced '-the DEM
ocratic standard" when sixteen young
girls dressed in white and one boy
dressed in yellow marched upon the
stage carrying three large pictures of
Bryan. They were received with APP
pause, and three cheers were given
for the nominee, w. ]. Bryan.
When the applause subsidized, the boy
representing gold stepped forward and
gave very good representation of
/ the rooster by initiating that fowl.
which was applauded again and again.
The Boys Glee club was introduced
and sang The Old Silver Dollar
Chairman Cash then announced
that Saturday next would be flag day,
and asked every man, woman and
child in Provo who was in favor of
free silver to come to Democratic
headquarters and get flag and wave
it for freedom while marching in the
parade.
Hon. H. P. Henderson was the next
speaker. He said in part that it was
a crime to cut down the money of nj
innate redemption, as was done in
1878. The Republicans had declared
for the restoration Of silver and there
by gained following from the people
of Utah, who were honest in their be-
lief. The people believed that the Re-
publicans meant what they said, until
this year they threw off the cloak and
let the people see what a dishonest
party they were. The speaker said
there was only four billion dollars in
gold in all the world, and the American
people were owing thirty billion dol
lars. The American people would have
to buy all the gold in the world 20
times over to pay their debts with. The
people of this country are strong
enough to defy the Rothsehilds. the
Rockefellers and the other "fellers,''
who own the gold money of this coun-
try and England
He closed with a strong appeal to all
! friends of silver to support the entire
Democratic ticket