The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19

ton unless it comes through McKin-
ley and the Republican party. loud
applause.) What we have been pray
ing for is restoration of silver in ac-
cordance with the provisions of the
constitution, and if denied it by
our own party, common sense
and self-preservation say, seek
it elsewhere. loud applauseo This
clinging to tradition has, blocked the
wheels of progress all along the ages.
Christ met it in the Pharis.ses; they
would not have him that way; they
wanted a Saviour, but they did not
want him out of Nazareth Some of
them, like Saint Paul, however, saw a
great light and each succeeding gen
Grafton has risen up to call tham
blessed. Others stuck to the old party
and are now doing business under a
three-ball sign, debating the admin
istration Of this government from Lon-
bard street. loud applause.)
Martin Luther met this spirit when
laundering against the corruption OF
the church, but the church was purified
nevertheless. Cromwell met it, but the
yoke Of a corrupt royalty was lifted
from the neck of the people, neyarthe-
less. The revolutionary patriots met it,
but we achieved, for a time, our in
dependence of England, nevertheless.
Lincoln met it. Those conservative
men in the east wanted slavery abol-
lshed, but not his way; and right here
l am reminded that history repeats
itself" These eastern gold men say
the silver question is sectional, that no
one wants free silver now but few
cranks in the east and d lot of luna
tics out west; that some time we shall
get bimetalIism by international agree
ment. Well, this is not the first time
that the west has been iii advance of
the east upon a great moral and econ
omic question. (Applausa.) l read in
the history of my country that while
the citizens of Connecticut were still
tearing down negro school houses and
maltreating noble women for teaching
negro children how to read and write;
while in cultured Boston William
Lloyd Garrison was being mobbed and
dragged out of church for saying
that slaves should be free; while
preachers in Princeton Theological
seminary were still telling embryonic
divines that slavery was a divine in
stitution-noble, liberty-loving citizens
in Kansas and Nebraska were striking
heroic blows and shedding their life
blood for the cause of freedom. loud
applause.) Abraham Lincoln of Hill
nois was farther west than Bryan of
Lincoln, Neb., is today, and as Lin
coins Cooper institute speech became a.
classic in American literature, so will
Bryan's convention speech thrill tbs
hearts of future generations. (Ap-
Dlause.)
No. my friends, this is a campaign
where you've got to be on one side or
the other Remember what Saint Paul
did to the man who was neither cold
nor hot. The gold Democrats and the
gold Republicans will unite; we must
do the same.
These gold men seem to think that
if Bryan is elected he will march down
upon them at the head of his hosts and
rob them of their gold. Don't get
scared. Bryan don't want your gold,
but if elected he will say to you, "Give
back to the people their silver" CAP
plause) We who believe in the free
coinage of silver are not anarchists;
we do not propose to rob the rich; but
we do say that they shall not rob US,
and we do know that given their
rights under the constitution, the
tireless industry, the heroic persever-
ance, the high intelligence, of the