The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09

pJIIIICdI DIJtIt
Of this or any other age; battle which
IS to determine whether this nation shall
be province of Great Britain and bt
governed and controlled as that nation is
by the money barons of Europe, OF
whether it shall be, as the fathers in
tended II to be, free and independent
and sovereign nation.
The people who constitute that grand
army. inspired as they are by the noblesi
sentiments of patriotism, under your lead
ershlp, viii, there can be no doubt on
that day lift high their banner in triumph
over the defeated allied hosts of plutoc-
racy.
Mr.. BRYAN'S RESPONSE.
1t was 1920 o'clock before Mr.. Groot
concluded and Mr.. Bryan began his
speech. He said:
Mr.. Chairman. Chairman of the Mott
fication Party and to the Members of
that Committed beg 70 reply at this
time without the formality OF letter
The platform adopted by the silver
convention contains but one plank, and
that plank, the plank upon the money
question, or upon the silver question:
is Identical in substance with the silver
plank Of the Chicago platform. AS 1
have already discussed at length than
plank. and it will not be necessary to
enter into any extended discussion at
I this time, beg 10 assure the commit
tee that l accept the nomination so
/ generously rendered by them on behalf
OF the Silver party, in the spirit in
which that nomination is presented.
/ (Cheers.) l can appreciate the feeling
/ which animated those who assembled
/ in that convention. l can
APPRECIATE THE HESITATION
in which the assembled there and
turned their backs Upon the party with
which they had been associated l
know something of the strength of the
parties and because l was in a position
WHINE | looked forward to a possibility
OF ike action on my own part, l can
appreciate the depths of a conviction
that led them to place the interests of
their country above the welfare of their
party. (Long cheering and shouts of
"Good.) More than year ago, when
we We're engaged in a struggle to
bring the Democratic party to an en-
dorsement of free coinage, the ques-
tlon was put to me whether in case of
failure l would support the Democratic
nominee if he We're on a gold standard
platform. | never believed that such
action was possible in the Democratic
party but when those who questioned
me We're not content with probabilities,
DuH asked again whether in the case
OF that event, l would support the
that under no circumstances would my
vote be given to the man who would,
in the executive Office, use his influence
to fasten the gold standard upon the
american people. Great cheering
My convictions upon this subject are
not shallow convictions. / may be in
error, my friends; none of US can claim
Instability. But we have experience
OF history to guide us, and our judg-
ment and our consciences, and L stand
where the members of the silver con-
Ventlon stood. / would rather have the
APPROVAL OF MY CONSCIENCE
than the applause of the entire earth.
1 may be in error, but I believe that
the gold standard is a conspiracy
against the human race. (Great cheer
ing) L would no sooner join the ranks
OF those whose purpose is to fasten
that upon the people than to enlist in
an army that was marching to attack
my home and kill my family. Gre
newed cheering.)
1 can say, therefore, that 1 can ap-
preciate the spirit which animated
those who have just rendered me this
second nomination, and 1 can. there
fore, accept it in the spirit in which
they present it. And I pledge them
that, If elected, they shall never have
cause to accuse me of being false to
that trust. More cheering) MY
friends, when l declared that | would
not support a gold standard candidate,
was standing upon the history of the
democratic party. l was defending its
principles as well as the interests of
the country at large. And when these
Republicans who assembled in the sill
Yer convention at st. Louis refused to
worship the golden image which their
party had set up, they were defending
the history of the Republican party,
Great applause) The Reoublican
platform Of 1883 denounces the Demo-
cratic administration for having at
tempted to degrade silver, and in 1891
on the 18th day of February, in Mem
orial hall, at Toledo, Ohio, on the LIN
coin day banquet, the present candi-
Gale upon the Republican ticket used
the words which 1 shall now read TO
you. have found these words pub ,
iisReo IN a Toledo paper, and they have
peen published so long without correc-
ION tHat We may safely assume that
he was correctly reported. If he shall
deny the correctness of this renor.t ri 7
shall hasten to Go him justice bv re-
uact1nS these words.
THESE ARE THE WORDS
which he is said to have used:
During all OF Grover Cleveland's
years at the head of the government,
ne was dishonoring one of our precious
metals, one of our own great products.
discrediting silver and enhancing the
price OF gold. He endeavored, even be-
Tore his inauguration to office, to stop
the coinage OF silver dollars, and after
wards, and to the end of his admins
ira ton, perSiStentlV used his noyvar 10
that end. He was determined to con-
tract the circulating medium and de-
one of the coins of commerce,
unit the volume of money among the
people, make money scarce and there
fore dear. He would have increased the
value OF money and diminished the
value OF everything else-money the
master, everything else the servant"
Great cheering.)
tollowlng these same lines the Re
convention in 1892 declared
II Minneapolis that the American peo-
Die from tradition and interest were
n favor of bimetallism. Voice-"Tha,ts
%. That is the language in 1892, that
he American people from
TRADITION AND INTEREST
ire in favor OF bimetallism. Have
traditions changed in four years? "a
MOI. Have interests changed
n four years? CA voice-"No"). No.
ny friends. and yet forgetting the
platform of 1885, forgetting the de-
uttered by their distinguish
d leader IN 1881, forgetting the plat-
orm of 1892, the Republican party in
assembled, declared that
he American people must forego the
advantages of the bimetallic system TO
which tradition and interest enCIaarett