The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30

larry to Republicans who believe in sill
yer and dislike to leave their party, say
ing: -, sor+
to the party that best represents cur
views. few years ago. some of you
were denouncing the Democrats and es-
pecially Mr.. Cleveland l have no obJec.
ton to that We have read him out OF
our party and the Republicans have taken
him in. The goldbugs that we have
driven out of our party and the Repupll-
cans have constructed go.den TEMPE
where Mr. Mckinley and Mr.. Cleveland
worship, and as they kneel down, the
great high priest, Mark Hanna, says HOW
pleasing it is for brethren to dwell TO-
not always preserve their purity. Such is
the history of the world. Shall we say
that they are infallible? Shall we give
allegiance to one, when 1t is trying 10
fasten upon us the chains oil tyrant tllat
lives across the sea? There cannot be a
neutral ground in this contest. 1t is a
memorable contest and you must choose
as did the Israelites when Moses sad
to them Choose We this day whom we
shall serve (Applause-)
WILL NEVER REFORM.
st have mingled with the Republicans
of the east. and have heard nothing
to justify the belief that the party Will
eventually take up the cause of silver
Everywhere in the east they are strongly
for the yellow, and call silver money a
debased currency"
To prove the hopelessness of looking for
relief from the Republican party, he read
a sample speech of McKinley's wherein
the candidate said such change must
never. never come about.
1.-THE people of the United States owe
England 5000 100000 which draw at least
per cent. per annum. Our annual gold
product is more than Sf0000.000. If we
gave them all our gold we could not pay
that debt in gold during generation. OF
r1ar will -nr% n
change in the policy that enables her to
hold commercial supremacy over u.s. In
ternational bimetallic conferences do no
good. we are no nearer b-metalism now
than we were when the first one was
called way back in 1870. (Applause)
WHY?
why can't we have bimetallism? Shall
we confess our inabality to do this? Amer
lea, with her 100000, with riches locked
in her hills, shall sit down supinely and
let England rivet the chains of financial
slavery upon her? (Cries of mo, no.
and cheers.) Alexander Hamilton the
great patriot said that America must
base her business on gold and silver He
expressed 1t in the first report ever made
a-a in the first bill ever written by the
newly -emancipated nation. When silver
was demonetized, it was not because
It was cheap. for it was, worth more IN
England than it was in this country by
cents an ounce. (Applause)
on Will always 1lNC III every county
in every time. that whep money becomes
cheap the shylocks try to contract the
circulating medium by some scheme. We
bestow our sympathy on the people of the
Emerald Isle we say that the landlords
have brought ruin and suffering to that
land. but / tell you, we are becoming
nation with oppressive landlords. Gap
plause ana cries of "That's sou
HEARD REED.
while in the east 1 heard Tom Reed
talk about the honest dollar, which he
classed as dollar that could be melted
into bullion and would lose nothing OF
value thereby l say that is not a fair
test. An honest dollar is one that is
subject to the least fluctuations and
c3ia ~ in Va Inc. tAnplause.)
However. silver will bear even the test
of Tom Reed. You can take a dollar
ana melt it and. It will buy as much
wheat or cloth with it as you could with
a dollar of 1873. The only difference is q
gold dollar will buy more. Gold has done
the fiuctuating. (Cheers.) OF ali the dis
honest dollars that ever were coined il
is the dollar that rises higher and higher
and higher. while property goes lower
and lower prolonged appiause.)
Gold and silver are but commodities
The money made from them is as much