Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-23
The Delegates Listen 10 Speeches
ard Campaign Song.
THE PROHIBITION QUESTION
Great Considerable Coniu,lui- Col
Stands Up for the INV uk.c
and NJ. Lruil Bar

tue Guy. tongrtthman NoWlHuuH
moved that committee on whys AMI
means ba appointed to raise funds TO
dsifay the expenses Of the convention.
Charles a. T0wne, vict-chairman,
was introduced. He said the pfcss OF
tho country had apparently forgotten
its sacred duty aud bs.om0 the plant
tool Of monopoly. Money was the rod
1t wonhipToJ. But the day 1f fogen.
GRAFTON was At hand. History whs be.
Ing made today. People had bacn lex,
but had determined 10 manage their
own aiinlrs. They had funsiri gtlov.
loudly nj the hands u monopl.lrs and
trusts, hut hereafter they would look
alter their own uiiaifB, Ne denounced
tho pcrniuiuusness OF the present
money rystem.
The delegates chsorod long aud loud.
The tinglo goli STANDARD, be said,
would ruin the mhssra. Ia November
they would relugate the parties OF
mouopollcs 70 oblivion hnI nut In
power men who had the interests Of
the people at heart. The srcnkor 70.
fcrfed TO tho bolt OF senator Teller
iram the Republican convention and
spoke OF the hUf0ism aud patriotism Of
the Colorado o. piOt, 20 the delight Of
the delegates. Next he referred To tne
nomination Of Bfyn1, who. he said,
was bern In tho year Of the election OF
liBcolu. lis oul0gized tho Demo.
cratic candidate Ia glowing terms.
This evoked tho biggebt Decentralization
which thus far had character. Rcd the
convention.
lilo sald Chaunccy NJ. DeroW5s ikea
were sought Tor on this .u vi the
water anu his opinions on tue other,
where ho IA not 20 well Known. d..
rev was gold standard man ANA %
mUnopollht and wanted 10 Impose the
English yoke Of gold on tho necks Of
tho people u America. Tho speaker
explained thu free silver qu -tiOn aud
attempted to show how hard times
would vanish when free silver APP
peafed. When tho free silver parry
got control OF .ho government the rob.
berry Of .hriiI iUr the beneiit ofiuienesa
would cease. Three monlbg ago man
who would have dared % predict that
free silver would win Ia the coming
election would rave been set down a.
nm imbocilr. Now tho movement had
grown TO such proportions that victory
not only was possible but certain, 10
tic forces wuto united, bAoTiiirts
must be- made on nil sides. The fac.
tons must all unite nnd the patriotic
people would DO relieved Of their bur.
dens.
There was uproaTi0us cheering by
the delegates when ToWno ended. Elk.
Governor ~. JOhn was called upon 90
speak. lilo told how corn was worth
ten cents buBhUl ana oats eight
cents, and potatoes ak cents n
buHhel In Minnesota. This was why
80 many iarmon believed In free ALL
yer A few months ago Yearly every
one believed that nothirg could defeat
Mckinloy for President, But the
surrender Uf American inteTrsts 10
Great Britain Of the Republican cou-
ventlon changed the sentiment nj the
whole country. Free silver at 10 10 /
would sweep the nation. But a vast
deal OF missionary work must be done,
There were thousands OF voters mislsd
by this gold huge.
A cry was raised that II tres silver
was adopted II would make this cou "a.
try tho dumping ground for the silver
Of the world. The speaker hoped Il
would. II all the silver In this world
were dumped on 10 this country ami
coined II would only make $50 per
capita and that was not too much,
Should this be done II would make
this the most prosperous country OF
lhe world. Never In tho history Of
America had II been No hard TO Keen
gold here ~ under the present system,
Under II s.62, 10000 worth OF bonds
had teen Issued and tho working peo.
plo "plundered by Wall Street syndi.
Gates anu English bond sharks"
Alter -, John, Mrs. Helen NJ.
Gougher Of Indiana made a speech. Eho
denounced the goldhur mOnopsIists.
"wall street pluloorals" ana English
bond shArke, and eaid the only saliva.
ton OF the people from seTidom was to
declare Tor tree coinage Of silver. She
denounced Mckinley and the platform
on which he STANDS, SaloCnkeepeFs,
rum power and anarchists, she said.
were with Mckinley. 30 were the
thieves OF Wall street.
As Mrs. G5ughur concluded sho
called on the band TO play "Amsrloan
And tho delegates 10 Join Ia singing.
which they did. At the request OF the
Connecticut delegation Judge Joseph
Seldom was given the STAND. His re-.
marks were review Of tho foreign
trade relations ms affected by the silver
issue.
Delegate Hall Of Illinois said the
most potent influence upon the voters
In behalf OF silver would be the an.
nounoemont that former affiliations
were ut an end. He moved that pOIl
Of the delegations DO taken tor publca.
ton. The motion was carried anu roll
call on resolutions taken next,
The following resolutions were
offered for tho Individual cOnsiueTa.
ton OF tho delegates preparatory to
official consideration next session:
"lhat In the present situation the
organization Is anu logically must ue
Ia the coming campaign peculiar aud
representative Of tho independent free
silver Republicans, Gnd the efforts OF
thO national committee should DO care
fully directed towards combining and
augmunting this Republican element
40 an independent force, cooperating
with Others for the election NJ uanui-
dates who shall be nominated by this
convention for President ana Vice
PTesident and free silver congress-
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