The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-23

They are devoted to this un-American
and destructive policy, and were chiefly
instrumental in putting upon the stat
ute books tariff legislation which as
destroyed American manufacture p,
checked our foreign trade and reducS ,
the demand for the labor of American
workingmen. cloud cries of You are
right. } 1t stands opposed to recipro-
city, too, the splendid results of which
were so signally manifest during the ad-
! mlnistrafion of President Harrison. Gap
pl2use.) The people of this country have
condemned the policies of this party in
these particulars in every election since
1872. Cries Of That's so, and ap-
plause) They are only
WAITING NOW FOR A CHANCE
to register again, and all along the line,
unitedly, their opposition to this free
trade heresy in the general election next
November. applause, and cries of I'VE
can hardly wait till the election. Ma
Jor. , Ii there was, therefore, but one
/ question other than that of protection
against free trade we have it Just as
Sharply drawn and as distinctively pre-
sented through the Chicago convention
wing OF the Democratic party as we
had 1t through the united party in 1892
and triumph this year for the Chicago
platform would be a signal victory for
Tree trade and for the continuance OF
lfee trade legislation, which has al
ready resulted SO disastrously to the
american people and entailed upon the
government deficient revenues and upon
the people diminished trade abroad and
starvation wages at home. (Cries OF
That's SOD
This wing of the Democratic party
believes not only in free trade, but it
believes in free silver at the ratio of is
TO l. (Cries of Down with free sill
ver'D Having diminished our business,
they now seek to diminish
THE VALUE OF OUR MONEY.
Having cut wages in two. they want to
cut the money in which wages are paid
IN Two and we will not have either the
one or the other Tremendous cheering
and cries of "Hurrah for McKinley.'9
The other wing of the Democratic party
is periodically standing for the public
honor, and is opposed to free silver be-
cause it believes that such a policy
would disturb existing values. contract
the currency Of the country by depriv-
ing US of the use of gold, and putting
US upon a silver basis, thus creating
Widespread panic and bringing to every
american interest serious injury
My fellow citizens, will the people
turn to that party for relief whose pol
Icy has created the conditions under
they are crying out to be relieved? Gre
newed cries of mo, never.') What we
want now is business activity and con-
fidence. With business
CONFIDENCE RESTORED.
money will be invested in private and
public enterprises, and when so invest
ca labor viii be well rewarded, and the |
Toll OF the huSbandman will be fully re-
Quilted. Great applause) Without con-
hdence, money will be boarded and the !
Wheels OF Industry stopped, and what |
that means many of the men before me
know. CA voice: eve have lived on /
sunshine too long.) Then the farmer. !
the merchant, the manufacturer. the la
porer and those of other useful occupa-
tons alike suffer. Gentlemen. con- /
fdence lies at the foundation of active
and successful business operations. We |
cannot restore confidence by a PROPOSE
ton to debaSe the currency of the gov
eminent and scale down public and
private obligations Such proposition
strikes at the
VERY LIFE OF CREDIT
and business. It makes it harder to
get money for legitimate and worthy
enterprises by deliberately proposing
to pay back what has been already
borrowed in a deprecated currency.
tCries of You are right') The people
irrespective of party will unite in, de-
featlng financial scheme which will
conflscate the partial earnings of abor
IN the savings banks and the building
and loan associations and the invest
ments of the people in insurance com
panies; and L don't believe that the
American people will ever consent to
have the pensions of our soldiers re-
pudiated by single farthing Great
cheering and applause) The people
want neither free trade nor free sill
YER (Cheers) The one will degrade
our labor, the other our money (Ap-
plause.) We are opposed-unaltera biv
opposed-to both of them. We have
tried the one in a modified form with
disastrous results to every American
home, and we are strongly opposed to
making an experiment with the other.
(Applause.)
MY fellow citizens, the people have
a chance this year to take the Wilson
law off the statute books and put
good American protective tariff law in
Its place enthusiastic cheering and
cries of They will do that all right.'O
which will provide adequate revenues
for the government and gladden. the
home of every American workingman.
CGreat applause and cries of ''Hurrah
for McKinley.'0
IIE1 11ANE "A CHANCE
this year to prevent a free silver law
from going on the statute books. and
thus keep our money of every kind
now in circulation as good as gold !
and preserve our national name above
(Cries of They will do that.
-oo.) If they don't improve the chance
they will not have another such op-
portunity for four years. Does the
the farmer, the manu- ]
facturer, want the Wilson law to re- :
main on the statute books four years
longer? Cheering and loud cries OF
No, no.') Do they want reciprocity !
which will give us a foreign market '
ior our surplus agricultural and manu- 7
sactured products to remain off the :,
statute books four years more? Re-
lewed cries Of mo. no.') Do they
want any law enacted which would /
compel them to receive for their wages c
md products dollars worth less than :
me hundred cents? (Cries of .'No.") /
These are questions which every voter
n the country must answer in his 9
conscience and by his vote next No :,
Tember. Gentlemen, what shall the :
answer be? (Cries of Elect McKin-
ey, followed by tremendous cheer
ng)