The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-04

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 3.-Candidate
William J. Bryan was tonight well
coined by cheers from 1900 threats at
the Auditorium, where he addressed
| officially as it were, the delegates of
! the national Democratic clubs now in
session, but really an outpouring of the
people of st. Louis. At 7:40 p. m. the
doors of the building were surrounded
by a crowd of at least 5000.
The pressure was so great that the
sergeant-at-arIns was ordered. to open
the doors of the building to the public
and in less than ten minutes the entire
auditorium was filed. The crowd was
so great that the police force was in
adequate to the emergency.
At $3.50 p. M the crowd had become
so demonstrative that Governor-elect
Jones, of Arkansas, responded to the
CLAMORs OF THE AUDIENCE
and delivered an address in favor of
the silver standard. When Mr. Bryan
appeared, the scene became rampant
and it was some time before he was
able to proceed. He spoke in part as
follows:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men: For just a little while, l ask
your attention. L do not require a
great deal of time to say all that l
have to say to you tonight. The cluos
can be OF more service now, than in any
previous campaign, because this cam
paign is being run by the people them
selves. (Applause.) The clubs have
adopted a button which presents the
likeness of Thomas Jefferson. Cap
plause.) If you had searched through
all history you could not have found
man more worthy OF being taken as an
ideal statesman. A voice: Except
Bryan.') Because in all the history Of
the human race there has never been
BUT ONE THOMAS JEFFERSON.
applause and a voice: You're an
other.") OF all the constructive states
men whom the world has ever seen,
Thomas Jefferson stands first a
voice: "And Bryan neXt.'D
AT time when representative gov
eminent was an experiment he wrote
that immortal document, which de-
clared that all men are created equal;
| that they are endowed with inalien-
able rights; that governments are in
Stituted to preserve those rights; that
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed.
(Great applause.) In stating these four
propositions, he stated the alpha and
omega of Democracy. (Applause.)
! Men may write books and men may fill
libraries with volumes, but
THEY CAN NEVER IMPROVE
upon that statement recorded in a few
sentences, and comprehenSively that
there is the government of the people,
for the people and by the people. Cap
plause.) In my judgment no states
man ever lived that so fully understood
human nature as Jefferson did. No
one more fully understood the capacity
of the people for government, 10
one more fully understood the dangers
to be guarded against. He stated the
principles which underlie Democracy,
and then he applied those principles to
every question that arose during mis-
time. The greatest danger which a
government has to fear, when trusted
to human hands, is favoritism. Fav-
oritism is the curse Of all govern
ments (applause), least among govern
mentS like ours, and yet favoritism
is the dangerous strength, even in our
government, because our government
is administered through human beings
and human beings are human.
My friends, if you would have gov
eminent just if you would have gov
eminent to fill the ideal of a perfect
government, you must have a govern
ment that is no respector of persons, a
government which deals with an equa,
hand, a government which gives tC
none, which takes from none, and q
government which, in the administra-
tion of law and justice treats all alike
and Furnishes the great villain as il
does the petty scoundrel. Great ap-
plause) If you ask me what is
MY HIGHEST AMBITION,
L will say that above all Offices that
human hands can give, above all honor:
which care and esteem can bestow, il
[ could choose the name by which
/ should be known 1 would have it thus
! that I have done my best to make tht
government what Thomas Jefferson de
sired it should be. Great applause.
My friends, government has driftet
, away from the old landmark. CA voice
we have not'') In times, Of passion
in times of selfishness. the instrumen
tality of government has been turned t
private gain and government; instead
of melting out equal and exact justice
has been a refuge of those who, having
obtained positions, have used it to en-
rich themselves out of the toll anC
. sweat of their fellow men. APPLAUSE.
:
r opponents have been gathered
every public enemy who prey
upon the people. And If they cal
/ call to their aid but small proportion
of the unjust gains that they have
wrung from the public through vicious
: legislation-but a small portion O
$ those gains, and yet that small pro
portion will be a corruption fund th'
like OF which was never before known
/ in any government on the face of the
earth. applause and cheers-a voice
''If Mark Hanna could only hear that,
| and laughter) Against this enemy
armed with all the implements of part
. warfare; against this enemy, supplied
with all the material that is supposed
to be valuable in such q conflict
, against this enemy,
5 CONFIDENT, ARROGANT AND IN
SOLENT,
we have nothing to oppose except tn