The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-12

CHICAGO. Get. 11-Mrs. Helen NJ
Cougar. Of Indiana, spoke at the Peo-
ple's Institute this afternoon, IN an
swer 10 sermons recently delivered by
local preachers in advocacy of the gold
standard. The meeting was called for
. O'clock. but at that hour the hall was
still locked, and the trustees an
nouneed that these who rent the hall
for church services refused to allow it
to be used for political purposes on
Sunday. The announcement, in view
OF the fact that the committee in
charge Of Mrs. Cougars meeting had
PAID rental charges and held q receipt
for the same, caused much excitement.
Many ladies were il the crowd crushed
against the Cfoors,, and they were hur-
Led to the rear, and preparations made
fr testing the question by force. Just
at that moment. young man in front
forced the doors and the crowd, with
a, cheer. rushed in. 1t was reported
that the police had been sent for, but
there was no attempt 10 Gust the audi
ence.
Before beginning her address, Mrs.
Cougar requested the assemblage to
sing America" which was done with
a will. She then referred TO the sacred
ness Of the day, and said it was time
the people objected to combining poll
tics - tlsc saloon, and the devil. and
took il
INTO THE CHURCH AND THE
HOME.
She had no apology to make for speak
ing on this question on the Sabbath;
the preachers themselves had set the
example.
Mrs. Cougar drew a picture of an
imaginary 1own, where no money was
used but in its stead black and white
horses, and drew q parallel between
the decentralization Of silver and the
MISREPRESENTATION of the white horses
by the owners of the black animals,
and the train of evils that followed
the sending of these black horses out
of the country, and thus compelling the
payment Of taxes and all other charges
in white horses at a valuation arbi-
trarily fixed by the black horse trust"
Mrs. Cougar carried her parallel even
to the issue of bonds, and the attacks
of the financiers and preachers upon
those who willed to 'undehorseatize"
the white horses, who were termed
anarchists, repudiationists, fobos, etc.
The application Of the story was rea-
Oily made by the audience and heartily
applauded.
The speaker then turned her atten-
ton to Bishop Newman and Rev. DR..
Hills who had spoken from their pull
pits in favor of the gold standard, and
PAID HER RESPECTS
to Rev. c. H. Wolston, a Philadelphia
Baptist preacher, who recently wrote a
letter demanding that the debts of his
church and his own salary be paid in
gold. in event of the adoption of free
silver. which he stigmatized as 1.-THE
devils dollar The clergy, she de-
clared. was, as a rule the best paid
workers in the cities, and are not in a
position TO know the wants of the poor
laboring classes; they belong to the
same class who crucified Christ and
who supported slavery, claiming it was
sanctioned by divine Injunction and
precept. Not an argument is now used
by the gold standard people, she de-
clared. that was not used by the adj
vocates of human slavery. Taking UP
DR. Hills sermon, she declared that if
as he claimed. there. could be no such
thing as a double standard, then the
gold men were guilty innovators as
the original money metal was silver,
and was recognized by the American
constitution as such.
Forty trainloads of people had in one
Q1y TeCtully DtSli sc1aSll W Odlt-Ou "
"WITNESS a PORCH DANCE"
Presidents elected by running free
railroad trains Will not oppose legisla-
ton favorable to corporations and
trusts Her understanding of the
"over production theory of the Re.
ru1,licans was that The harder we
work and the more we produce, the
poorer we get" Yet statistics show
that every year 10000 children die in
New Yc=iS City of starvation. She
Isaid it was a shame and disgrace to the
Christian church that any minister of
the gospel should assist the money
power in IT'S nefarious work, and said
they we're doing more harm than their
efforts for good could overcome among
the people.
Quoting Senator Sherman, she char
acterized him as one of the three great
traitors in American history. Benedicl
Arnold and Jefferson Davis being the
others, and asserted that no honest
man could have acquired his great
wealth while serving the people in
congress at salary of $1,000 a year
and living at an expense of $4,000.
Blaine. had he lived, would be con-
sidered
AN ANARCHIST AND REPUDIA-
ZIONIST
of the worst kind, and McKinley's