The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-18

oeWdll, WIFI the silver plank, were rat
flied in complete fashion here tonight
by Democrats, Republicans and Popu-
lists, in mass meeting held in the
opera house.
Mr.. Glasmann made good Demo-
cratic speech, on the same platform
with Powers, Rawlins and Evans
c. c. Richards was unable to be pres
ent, but sent letter of regret in which
! he said:
The issue is squarely presented, and
is one that should deeply concern every
citizen of the republic, and none more
so than the voters of Utah. The ques-
ton is: Shall the character and guam
tity of our circulating medium be de-
termined by the owners of the gold of
the country, or the people themselves?
have all confidence in the judgment Of
the people: the majority want silver
! as we'll as gold and, unless all signs
fail, on election day they will decis-
lively declare for the free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver, by electing
OUR MATCHLEsS CHAMPION,
William j. Bryan, president, and Ar
thur Sewal1 our vice-president.
cit should be the pride of every voter
| in this state to assist the peoples cause
| by voting for Democracy and the free
! coinage of silver"
/ J. L. Loar called the meeting to order
and was cheered as he made a vigor-
! Gus speech.
A song by the Big Four quartette,
! especially composed for the occasion,
was heartily applauded.
William Glasmann was the first
speaker. He said that if all people who
! talked silver on the stump last fall
were as honest as he, they would all be
on the platform tonight. He considered
the Democratic platform broad enough
! and patriotic enough for any citizen
to stand on. He announced his inten-
ton of supporting Bryan, and the plat
form he stood upon.
| A. J. Weber likewise made a strong
speech, being frequently greeted with
applause.
There is" he said, "only one issue
and no mock drama on a mimic stage
can make it otherwise" He contrasted
the two conventions, saying that
AvARICE AND GREED
dominated the one at St. Louis and
wrote it's platform. Of the Democratic
platform he said:
1T rings with honesty and truth
every line of 1t. Above and beyond, it
says that the money which was good
for a hundred years is good enough
still Shall we have an American finan-
cial system for Americans? Shall
America rule American" Cheers and
4 cries of "yes.') His references to Bry-
an, the great commoner, were loudly
cheered.
( James Mcfarland of West Weber,
heretofore an influential member Of
the PopuKst party came out fatty for
Bryan and Democracy. Il am Popu-
list and have been called a, mailman.
1 propose to put some method in my
madness. I propose to vote for
Bryan"
w. L. P. Peyton sent the audience
wild with a characteristic speech,
/ Astounding in witty sayings and pa
triotic periods Time and again he
had to pause while
THE CROWD SHOUTED ITSELF
TIRED.
He said Rogers had caused more men
tai distress than all other men in the
world He had made him relinquish
/ the hope that Christ would come to
/ earth again, because Rogers would be
apt to grab the Savior's chair as soon
as it was vacant.
! The Big Four sang an original cor.l-
position to the tune of John Browns
. BODY, anu were lOUQly CuSGISQ
Francis Ritter, who has not voted for
! twelve years, but who has been thor
oughly aroused on the silver question,
! made brief speech for free silver,
! saving that if the laws of Europe
had suited him he would have stayed
there He had been a slave to foreign
laws once, and hoped he would not
be given over to thein again. He will
vote for Bryan this year.
David Evans said among other
things: eve have met the enemy and
they are ours. A free and unlimited
coinage plank in our platform with
nominees standing squarely upon it
are the fruits of our victory" The
Demochatic party of the nation has
received a new, an American birth de-
signed for the American people. Our
friends, the enemy, claim that
!. OUR ACTION IS REVOLUTIONARY.
If it is revolutionary to nominate can
didates who will stand squarely for
restoring our original monetary sys-
hem. then I am a revolutionist. If it
he revolutionary to strike from the
limbs of the people the shackles of
| financial slavery, then
lam A REvOLUTIONIST.
Did you ever know of the business
men of the world to lead great move
ments, and did they ever run up the
flag of liberty? In 1860 they clamored
for peace, but the people forced and
fought the issue. I believe the Chi
ago convention did the proper thing
at the proper time. I know of no man
so well fitted for the work before him
as young Bryan-the brilliant young
Wellington of 1896 A young man who
has sprung from the loins of the great
west, a man who met Hill, Villas and
the late lanented Russell, and answer
!, ed them on every point. Some of our
/ Republican friends are disappointed
because that brilliant patriot, H. NJ
Teller, was not nominated. But let
me remind them that the nomination is