The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-02
They are In Line for BRYAN
and SewaII.
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT.
BEIsF ADDRESSES MADE AND SEW
ERAL COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
The CIrb Now Has a Membership Of
-Four Hundred and FOrty-An
Ansyer to the Address of Sickles,
Franklin and Porter.


board of labor hall on Second South
street last evening.
G. r. Berry presided and the follow
ing were appointed a committee to
draft a constitution: Messrs. Norrell,
Anderson, Bush and Moony.
Of tsadore Norris read a copy of a
te1ee ram that had been sent to Mr..
Bryan which has already appeared in
The Herald, pledging him the support
of the club.
Henry w. Lawrence was called upon
sn6 made a brief speech, commencing
the club for its action.
The Glee club sang a couple of lively
campaign songs. entitled Brown and
Shcup Are in the Soup and Grover
Wen, Fishing
Following this, Mrs. Dickinson made
some appropriate remarks and the Sec
rotary at the request of T. J. Ander-
son, read the address from the presi-
: dent Of the Union Veterans Patriotic
league, which was recently published,
urging them to support Mckinley and
sound money.
In reply 10 this. Judge Anderson read
the following:
AT a regular meeting of the Old Soldiers
Bryan Silver club Of Salt Lake city. Utah,
September /, 1896. the following answer
to the address Of Generals Sickles Frank
lin aud Porter was adopted and ordered
spread upon its records and a copy or
dercd to be sent to each of the above
named gentlemen:
Salt Lake City, Utah. Sept. l. 1896.
To Major-General Daniel e. Sickles, Pres
ident, and Majcr-Generals William b.
Franklin and Horace Porter, Vice-Pres-
dents Of The Union Veterans Patriotic
League" New York:
Comrades The members of the Old
Soldiers Bryan Silver club of this city
have read the address 10 the Union veter-
ans OF the late war, issued by you under
the date OF August Sth, in which you urge
all old soldiers to organize themselves
into clubs or associations to be called
The Union Veterans Patriotic League
for the purpose of more effectively aiding
IN the election Of Comrade Major William
Mckinley to the presidency of the United
States at the approaching election in No
yember.
In your address as published in the
newspapers you proceed 10 give your
reasons why the old soldiers should sup
port Mckinley, and, as you are gentle
men of at least ordinary intelligence we
take II that In issuing your address you
knew which of the alleged reasons given
are true If indeed any are true, and which
some of your statements and point out
their falsity and Will endeavor to do so
IN language as courteous at least as that
used by yourselves
Your opening sentence is as follows:
Comrades: Your country is again in
peril. IN the present presidential cam
threaten the integrity of the government.
Misguided men conspire to bring repudia-
hon, dishonor and financial ruin upon the
nation once saved by your valor''
Further on you appeal to US Ito lay
aside all partisan differences, to prefer
country to party now as you did in the
dark days of the civil war;
The substance of the foregoing is that
the adnerentS of Mr.. Bryan are engaged
IN cause which is dishonest dishonor-
able, unpatriotic and III fact treasonahle
soldiers . 70 Id
body of citizens to organize to prevent
the dire results of such reasonable con-
duct. Now, We denounce the foregoing
as absolutely false in every particular
\ GU do not believe your own utterances
II you do, If you believe the adherents /
o. Mr.. Bryan are making treasona bic and 1
dangerous combinations" against the in
tegrity OF the government so that it is in /
peril you are derelict in the discharge 4
OF your duty as good citizens in not ad- /
wishing your soldier comrades to organize /
military companies regiments, etc. TO !
squelch this incipient rebellion and save |
the country second time. The fact that |
you do not make any such suggestion |
shows that you do not believe that any |
such peril exists, or is likely to-
Again, you say in substance that if
Bryan should be elected EVERY pen |
4 sioner. every depositor in a savings bank.
every policy holder in an insurance COM /
Pany, etc. would lose one-half of what
IS due hmm by being paid in 50-cent dol
lars TO say that such a statement is
pure "bosh" is mild criticism Did either
of you ever see 50-cent dollar of United
States coin? Have either of you any such
United States dollars to sell? If YOU
have not will you undertake to purchase
and deliver them after Mr.. Bryan's cleo
tson2 Pensions are not now and never
nave been paid in gold, but are paid in
silver or currency; but the holder of gov
eminent bonds gets has pay in gold if he
demands II. As to depositors In savings
banks, We venture to assert that not one
old soldier in a thousand, exclusive of
the endorsements has now or ever has
had dollar on deposit in a savings bank
and as to the soldiers pensions, we have
no doubt but that they Will ALWAYS he 4
paid in as good money in the future as
they have been IN the past. The soldiers 1
and the laboT1ng people generally are
more anxious to obtain prices for their
Labor or the products of their la Dor which
VIII enable them to live and support their
families, than they are about the kind
of money that may be paid out to those
who have money on deposit in savings
banks invested in life insurance Rv /
reason of the dennonetization of silver and
the adoption Of the gold standard and
other legislation favoring the rich at The
expense OF the poor not only have wages
been greatly reduced. but the opportunity
to procure work and earn wages at any
figure. even "a '50-cent dollars has been
destroyed, until TODAY vast numbers Of
industrious men are idle, and distress and
suffering are widespread. This clu4, h;s
only been organized about two weeks and
has I'll members. 16S being Republicans,
"a Democrats and Is PopuliSts all Union
veterans of the late war, and represent
ing q considerable number of states. to-
wit: 81 are from Ohio. 30 from Illinois
2S from Indiana, IA from Iowa. IA from
New York and Z from Michigan. The
rest are from various other eastern
states.
The veterans Of the late war, east and
west. are generally poor men and support
themselves and families by their daily
toll. which by reason of the hard times
caused mainly by the adoption of the
gold standard, daily becomes more and
more difficult. while their capacity for
toll, mental or physical is rapidly dinin-
fishing by reason of advancing years and
as patriotic and far more merciful If YOU
would devote your wealth and influence
IN trying to cause silver to be relnone-
tized and restored to its former place in
our monetary system, so that the gray
haired and poVerty-stricl6en veteran and
his family may be able to earn a living
by honest toll than by playing into the
hands of the Shylocks, money changers
and other non-producing parasites of
Lombard and Wall streets.
We therefore respectfully suggest that ,
YOU change the name and purpose of the
clubs you are attempting to organize from
ssIvne Union Veterans Patriotic League
TO that of the "Old Soldiers Bryan Silver
club" and that you do all in your power
as individuals and members of the club ]
to secure the triumph of the right
c. R BERRY,
Attest: President
T. c. BAILEY, Secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The president then appointed the fol-
lowing executive committee: t J. An
derson J. r. Bush, Mrs. L. S Dickinson.
T.,g,,, TzTfrTe1x Rallar-