The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-19

lists. The fusion of Is to independent
free silver men, PopuliStS and so-called
Bryan Democrats is complete. Some
of their leaders attempt TO disguise the
fusion but they dare not dispute its ex-
istence for they depend on votes of the
fllsionists. The opening OF the mirts
to the Independent, unlimited coinage of
fiat silver dollars IS but an inteIme-
dlate stage; the employment of the
government printing presses for the
issue of fiat money is the ultimate aim
OF the fusion party
Continuing, Mr.. Belmont said:
AT the conference at Washington of
the fiat silver organization last Jan
uary, the Populist claim was recogniz-
ed, and if free coinage should not yield
enough of fiat silver, then greenbacks
would be issued. The fat silver party
thereby abandoned the hard money
contention put forth by Mr.. Bland
years ago, that the quantity of gold
and silver coined under free coinage
should be the test Of the volume of
government currency, and that Con-
gress should have no other control over
the issue of full legal tender money.
That was
THE REAL REASON
Mr. Bryan was preferred over Mr..
Bland at the convention.
Mr.. Bland was not enough of Pop
ulist. The candidate chosen has been
and is a PopuliSt. He himself an
nounces that he is not a Democrat"
Mr.. Belmont trusted that the Demo-
cratic party in the state of New, York
in this crisis would hold faithfully to
the attitude it assumed at the Chicago
convention. 1t would be monstrous, he
said, to suppose anything else.
of TNY~f1-
missing opposition to what delegates de-
bounced as an attack upon the social
order. But even if every state conven-
ton in the Union, including our own,
should declare for the Chicago candi-
date, they would lose their Democratic
character. The issue, stripped of all
verbiage and sophistry, of all sectional
ism and prejudice, is now, as it was
before the nomination of Mr. Bryan,
one Of morals, one of honesty. He would
nos
QUESTION THE MOTIVES
of any one, nor say that all the sup
porters of this. extraordinary movement
We oppose are Intentionally dishonest
But to speak plainly" said he, Il
do say that behind them are unscrupu-
lous men and a crude and flimsy free
silver literature clearly dishonest in
purpose, for they lead directly to re-
pudiation, to fiat money, the degrada.-
ton of the supreme court by political
control, an unconstitutional impairment
of the obligations, and interference with
the freedom of contracts, a reckless
attack upon our national and monetary
integrity. as we'll as upon our whole
system of commercial credit" AT one
point in his speech where he was par
ticularly severe on Populists and Popu-
lism, in which category he included
Mr. Bryan, a number of Kisses were
heard, but these were quickly drowned
out by the counter cheers of the ma
jorfty of the auditors.
Mr.. Belmont concluded his remarks
at S:45, and then introduced the speaker
of the evening, Hon. w. Bourke Cock
ran. The vast auditorium was imme-
diately in an uproar, and the ovation
Of the night was rendered the ex-con-
gresham. Men and women stood in
| their places and cheered themselves
hoarse at the same time waving small
American flags vigorously.
When the cheering had subsidized in a
measure the New York f4lee club began
to sing the Star Spangled Banner.
The audience joined in and helped out
with the chorus.