The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-20
THE RISING TIDE Has ROBBED HIN OF HIS CLOTHES -

self and friends at b o. CLOCK. and when
he arrived he found the ancient
Rhinebeck hotel, where the meal had
been ordered, decorated with bunting
in his honor. Not only that, but a re-
ception committee was awaiting him
and they had a brass band and were
prepared to do honor to his present
prominent position. There We're Re
pubicans as we'll as Democrats on the
committee, and Mr.. Bryan was inform
ed that the reception was intended
to be entirely non-partisan.
Three hundred people gathered in
front of the hotel and applauded when
Mr. Bryan stepped upon the decorated
balcony. He was introduced by George
l.. Esselstyne, prominent Republican,
who is sometimes called the golden
tongued orator of Northern Duchess"
Mr.. Esselstyne said:
owe appear here altogether in an
impromptu gathering. Many centuries
ago it was said that to be a Roman
was greater than to be a king; and it
can be said today that to be president
of the United States is to be greater
than to be
EITHER A ROMAN OR A KING.
Irrespective of either party or other
considerations, we extend you a hearty
welcome"
To this Mr. Bryan replied:
.Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: L think l cam go further even
than the chairman on this impromptu
meeting. He says that to be presi-
dent of the United States is to be
greater thai to be a. Roman or a king
But few can be president, and rejoice
that 1 live in a land where those who,
for al time being, exercise authority,
derive that authority from the con-
sent of the governed, and do not rule
by right divine. In this land, Whethef
we live along the Hudson or on the
western prairie, we stand upon COM
mon plane and we participate in a gov
eminent which represents US all. we
may belong to different parties, but L
trust [ may be able to express the
desire of each OF you, as we'll as OF
myself. when 1 say that we ought to
belong at all times to that party winch
in our judgment will enable US best 10
serve our country. Parties are instru-
merits not ends. They are the means
we use to secure that which we believe
to be best for us, for our families and
for our fellows. Issues arise from
time to time, and it is
THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN
who loves his country, who appreciates
the responsibilities which rest upon
him. to study each issue as it arises.
Il am not here to make you pol1tl-
cal Speech am in your midst to rest
but [ cannot withstand the temptation
at this time, to beg that you will study,
if YOU have not done it heretofore, that
issue which in this campaign is para
mount / know that among our neigh
bors in the east there are many VINO
have regarded our position upon the
money question-the position taken by
the Chicago convention-aS entirely
wrong, and they speak of the silver sem
timent as a source of disease.
II want to beg you, my friends, to
believe that we who advocate the res
toration of the money of the constItu-
ton are not seeking that policy be-
cause we believe that it is going to
give US an advantage over somebody
else We have studied the question as
best we could and we honestly believe
that there can be no permanent, nc
general prosperity, in this country I'M
til
WE STOP THE CONSPIRACY
of those who would make gold the only
standard of the world and make all
other things depend upon that alone
/ e,+,, e1,,
! gold goes on, other things must become
cheap; that as we increase the demand
for that one thing, we must decrease
| the price of all those things that we
change for gold, and we believe that
! this falling of prices. compelled by leg
isIa.tion, is destructive of the energies,
! the industries and the hope of the toiling
masses of the United States and al
/ over the world. (Applause) 1 beg OF
you, when you are considering this
! question, to remember that this is 9
I great nation: that it is made up of TO-
! co., 900 people; each is the equal of every
other
Il have visited some of your beautiful
villas along the Hudson. [ have beer
1 charmed with the beauty that com
mends them, but beg you, when yor
/ study this question to remember thai
/ those who, instead of occupying these
/ magnificent places,
MUST TOLL ALL DAY,
under the summer sun, have just as
much interest in the money question
/ as anybody else.
Remember that this question cam
not be viewed from the standpoint OF
any class of people-it reaches every
man. woman and child in the land You
Should make your view broad enough
4 to comprehend them all; because, I be-
/ lieve 1 speak the truth when I say that
the prosperity of the well-to-do rests
upon the prosperity of those who toll
and that you cannot have a financial
policy which brings distress to those
who create wealth, without, in the end
reaching those who rest upon these
toilers; and, more than that, you can
not have a policy which brings pros
perity to the masses without that
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