The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30

well, lie u.longht, to remember this fact
today.
The speaker then lauded his party
for having inaugurated the protective
policy, whereby, and under it alone,
the Republican party was enabled,
from $1,000, 100000 to $500, 200, 900. BY
tinued the speaker. He contrasted the
records of the two parties, Haunted
the bloody shirt and pointed with pride
to the liberation of the slaves But
the Republican party did not spring
into existence simply for the purpose
OF suppressing the rebellion. 1t was
soon confronted with graver questions.
They were met and successfully solved
by the inauguration of the protective
policy No history could ever record
a greater financial success than that
accompanying the protective poicy.
Not only had the nation been enabled
to wipe off the greater. portion OF ITS
debt, but it had also remembered
debt of gratitude to those who fought
for the Union and had maintained
pension system that was an honor to
the country.
Now, then, he wanted people to re-
member the history of the Democratic
party. You old men present ne
said, contrast the years of Buchanan
with the conditions during Harrison's
administration and see the effects OF
free trade
but they tell us that in face of our
success our system of taxation is I'M
constitutional And right here l want
to call your attention to the fact that
only year ago high tariff was de-
clared unconstitutional by one who is
now the Democratic candidate for con-
gress-I refer to Mr.. King"
CHEERS FOR KING.
But the speaker got no further. A
mighty cheer went up at the mention
of Judge Kings name. The speaker
tried in, vain to proceed; the applause
was general and long continued.
II shall have more to say about Mr..
King later" shouted the speaker.
Wen send him to congress any
way" shouted dozen voices, and the
building again re-echoed with shouts
of approval.
A TREMENDOUS BRYAN DEMON
STRATION.
and another man who holds similar
views is the Democratic standard
bearer, William"
The name was not finished. Cheer
upon cheer went forth. Senator Brown
tried to make himself heard, but his
voice was drowned in the tumultuous
noise.
Three cheers for Bryan" shouted a
lady, and hundreds responded. 1t was
not until Chairman Critchlow came
forward and appealed for order that
the senator could proceed.
When he did resume his speech Mn
Brown laid the depression of 1898 to the
Democratic policy of free trade. He
made the statement that the Wilson
bill caused deficit in the treasury,
and even asserted that it was the DEM
ocratic free trade policy that made it
necessary for Grover Cleveland to issue
bonds in time of peace.
At this point Senator Brown struck
the keynote of his speech-that free
silver was useless and impossible with
out protection. He also declared that
the Democratic party was not earnest
in it's fight for the white metal.
Pledges had been repeatedly broken
and the people should not trust 1t.
The tariff on lead had been stricken
off by the Democratic party, resulting
in loss of s250,000 to Utah yearly and
as a result of which silver mines that
before had been paying dividends had
now been forced to close down, re-
ferring particularly to the Anchor
mine at Park City. Had there been
tariff ON lead silver mining would to-
day be a profitable industry. And
now you want a change; you want to
put back into power a party which has
broken every pledge and ruined the
principal industry of our state; Gwen
do it," shouted a voice and q mighty
cheer went up) Yesy you may do it
in Utah, but thank God there are
other states in this Union to be heard
from in this contest. GIVE will sweep
the country" broke in several voices,
and the applause again broke loose.)
Possibly so, but 1 say let us return to
the party of Benjamin Harrison"
Taking the stand that no prosperity
under bimetallisn could be enjoyed
without protection Senator Brown said
the Chicago platform dstood pledged
not to change the tariff. Therefore
there could be no relief, no hope to
provide for the existing deficiency.
And right at this point-was manifested
the necessity OF sending a Republican
congressman and senator to Washing
ton. We want protection and bimetal-
lism he said. AS long as we sold our
products to England she would al
ways command the price and as long
as we are compelled 10 import SOOUS
from Great Britain she will receive the
put on high protective tariff so that
the mills would open and all goods
could be manufactured at home.
Money would then again go into cir
culation, increasing the demand for sill
yer money, and tllds system he con-
tended was the only way in which the
parity of the two metals could be
maintained. We can not have a finan-
cial system of cur own until we are
independent of other nations.
The speaker then devoted some time
in an effort to show that the Demo-
cratic party would do nothing for sill
yer even though given both houses of
congress. He referred to the Dingley
bill and said that when a free coinage
was tackled on to it by the
finance committee in the senate a ma
Jority of the free silver Democrats and
five Republican senators voted against
even considering it. The Democrats
repealed the Sherman bill and had
given no substitute. For these and
many other reasons he warned the peo-
pie not to trust the Democratic party
The only true friend of silver was the
party and the only prac-
teal method to adopt bimetallism was
by international agreement. And the
only thing we had to do in order to ac-
complish this was to place in power
that matchless statesman William Nc
Kinley. The Democratic party and
Bryan were only using free silver as
means to get into power.
A WORD FOR HoLBRooK.
Senator Brown in closing eulogized
Holbrook. He was true free silver
man notwithstanding his interview in
trl,o II.,.-l Ii 1xrlinln tho cannfnr. roo Il