The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-28
BUFFALO,.
No Public Man Ever Had a Henrtier
Reception.

Inception.
BUFFALO, N. Y, August 27-No
public man ever received a. heartier re-
ceptfon in Buffalo during a political
campaign than that given William ].
Bryan today.
The throng at the station when the
train came IN was great in numbers,
and it manifested its enthusiastic in
terest in the candidate in such a way
that Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan were nearly
crushed by the pressure around them.
Norman E. Mack, editor of the Buff
falo Times and leader of the Bryan
forces here; John Cuneen, secretary of
the Democratic state committee; Chair
man Cuddaback, of the county Demo-
cratic committee, and a. number of
other local Democratic leaders COM
posed the reception committee that met
the nominee and escorted him to the
waiting carriages.
The reception took place in music hall
where an immense crowd had assem-
bled. The enthusiasm was of a. char
acter never to be forgotten. When Mr..
Bryan came to the front, there was a
raging torrent of cheers and applause
He began his speech with
EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE
for the evidences of interest that the
in the campaign.
Il shall carry back to the people
of the west he said, ''the news that
the Chicago platform is supported and
endorsed-not by the people of the west
alone, but by all the thinking millions
of the east as well. (Cheers.)
II am aware that in the making of
a platform it is impossible to suit the
opinions of all l recognize that people
l.
find in a platform things with which we
cannot fully agree, and we sometimes
fail to find in it mention of policies
which we recognize as important. But
platforms are not written by all of a
party. They are written by a majority
OF party. And when the majority of
a party writes a platform the others in
the party must either stand upon it or
get out Of the party. (Cheers.)
ONE SUPREME ISSUE.
while a platform covers a great
many questions, necessarily there must
be one supreme issue in 1t; and in this
campaign there is a supreme issue. The
issue is made between those who be-
lieve IN a. gold standard and those who
oppose a gold standard. There is no
middle ground.
Those who are not with US are
against US.
There is no place between the lines
for people to stand.
THE Republican platform does not
say that a gold standard is a good
thing. There are those who are sup
porting the Republican party who be-
lieve that a gold standard is a good
thing; Dut they have MOI the courage to
risk the issue before the people who
have suffered from a. gold standard for
twenty years. We must judge people,
not by their words, but by their acts.
Our opponents tell US that they will
try to secure an international agree
ment, and that they simply want to
maintain gold standard until other
nations will help US to let go Of it.
Qaughter) The Democratic party is
opposed to a gold standard; not only OPP
posed to it, but unalterably opposed to
it. 1t is so much opposed to ii that 1T
will not permit the American people to
be bound by it, though every nation on
earth shall demand it. (Applause) We
did not achieve independence for the
purpose OF bowling to the yoke of any
foreign power. (Cheers) The argu-
menis in favor of bimetaliism are d.
rected towards the intelligence of a man
who thinks and the heart of a man who
feels.
WHAT WOULD WE THINK?
IF some men living in a foreign
land were to ask his nation to sur
render the power and right of self-gov-
eminent and vest their legislative power
in the United States, what would
we think of that mans patriotism? If
we should despise the foreigner who
would attempt or desire to let the Uni
ted States control his nation, what
contempt must foreigners feel for those
Americans who are willing to sur
render the right to govern themselves?
(Appiause.)
Our opponents tell US in their plat
form-and the one authority they con-
strue,the platform emphasizes the decla-
ration-that this nation cannot under
take to open its minis to silver without
the concurrent aid of other nations.
1t does not say that we are not able
to do so for month, or a year, or for
only a presidential term. According
TO the statement, this nation will never
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