The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-29

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oh the MdIlu STe6liIlS
given, as he sat down.
General Howard made little speech
before presenting the candidate. Mr..
Bryan asks one question" he said, are
these all business mem"
Yes" came in chorus in the audi
ence, intermingled with shouts of and
workingmen."
BUSINESS MEN"
81 told him they were business men,
according to his definition" General
Howard went on. The crowd under
stood the reference, even before Cen
eral Howard told them what the can
didate had said about farmers, labor
ers and miners being as much busl-
ness men as those who sat in back
offices and cornered the money OF the
world. When General Howard con-
Guided, there was another uproar. Mir.
Bryan jumped on a chair and tried to
quell the noise by raising his hands.
Quiet was finally restored and he be-
gan a speech that lasted an hour. He
said in part:
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men-I am glad that this meeting is
presided over by one who, until this
time, has been Republican, and by
one who was a soldier. (Applause.) Be-
cause, in this double character of ex-
trates the depths to which society is
stirred in this campaign. AS an ex-
Republican he stands as represent
alive of that large and increasing
number of our citizens who are wiling
to burst asunder party ties and to
leave party associations and make their
party affiliations suit the conviction of
the heart. (Cheers.) And as a former
soldier he stands as a representative of
those who, having willingly offered
their services to make this nation one
are willing to contribute to this contest
to keep this nation which they helped
to save, an independent nation rather
than a province of a foreign empire.
(Cheers.)
A SUBSTANTIAL FOUNDATION.
II am glad to talk to business men.
l have said that those who so often as
sumo to be the only business men
sometimes make great mistake in as
Stunning that the prosperity of the ma
ton rests upon them. / am going, to-
day, to talk to business men and to
say to them that, in pleading the cause
of the farmer and the laborer, | am
trying to lay a substantial foundation
upon which the business of this coun-
try can be done. (Cheers.) If you,
who are engaged in merchandising, en-
gagged in the exchange of wealth, sup
pose that the prosperity of the produce
ers depends upon you, you deceive
yourselves
Wealth must be created before it
can be distributed. Those who create
wealth could live, although you went
out of business. You cannot live if the
producers of wealth go out of business
(Cheers.) believe that that policy is
best for this country which begins with
those who toll and gives them, first,
the inspiration to work, and then pro-
tects them in the enjoyment of right
full share of the proceeds of their toll,
and proceeds from them up to the other
classes of society. (Cheers.)
IS A FRAUD.
Il say to you that the Republican
platform adopted this year is a fraud
l say that it was intended as fraud
(Cheers.) 1 say that the men who
wrote it, wrote it to deceive the peo-
pie and secure an advantage by decep-
ton that they could not obtain openly.
(Cheers.)
"De. you say that we have no right
to interfere with private contracts l
ask one of you to enter into a con-
tract to collect 20 per cent. and see
whether the government has any right
to interfere! Upon what theory is
usurT law based 1t is based upon the
theory that the man who borrows
money needs to be protected from the
avarice of the man who loans him
money. When a man tells me that
we have not a right to protect the
money of the United States against
the conspiracy of those who would de-
grade it, l tell you that we have more
right to prevent gold contracts or sill
yer contracts than you have to prevent
one individual from agreeing to pay
another more than certain rate of in
terest. (Great cheering.)
ENFORCEMENT OF LAW.
Il want to say to you that we who
| believe in enforcing the laws against
all classes of society, are better friends
of the government than those who
would make scapegoats of little Grim
inals and then let big ones run at
large and run the government itself
The very men who would suffer most
from the enforcement of the law are
the ones who seem to be most terribly
alarmed for fear this will be a lax
enforcement of the law. They are not
afraid it will encourage lawlessness,
but they know that if / am elected
the trusts will not select the attorney
general who will administer the law"
(Wild cheering and cries of "Altgeld
would make good attorney gem
eral.')
Mr.. Bryan's third address was de-
livered before an audience composed
mostly of women. 1t was a we'll
dressed gathering. Nearly all the
ladies who attended came in gowns
suitable for afternoon calls. They
crowded into the building as soon as
the doors were opened, filed the linz
tied number of chairs on the floor and
took possession of all available stand
ing room and every. chair in the gall
; lery. Several thousand who were un-
able to gain entrance stood on the out :
side to see the candidate when he
arrived. 1t was intensely close in
side the armory and a dozen women
succumbed. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
reached the armory at o'clock AS
quartette of young women had just
finished singing a patriotic song, the
audience rose en- masse and cheered
with vigor, the deep tones of the male
portion drowning the shrill cries from
the ladies' Mrs. Duncanson, president
of the Women's club, introduced Mr.
Bryan, who made a very brief speech
similar to those delivered on his tour
before other gatherings of women.
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
Leaving Mrs Bryan behind, the can
didate proceeded to the Transit House
in the Stocks Yards district, accom-
panied by Thomas Gahan, national
committeeman from Illinois, and ex-
Mayor Cushing of Omaha The stand
from which he spoke was erected on
the south side of the Transit House.
and in the narrow street just in front
of it a great throng had assembled.
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