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

ST. JOSEPH, Mo, July I.-At every
station between Kansas City and st,
Joseph crowds of citizens cheered
BRYAN. He shook hands with the en-
thusiastic people. At 12:3o the train
reached St Josenh where between six
and seven thousand people were at the
railway station. a. j. Enright, DR..
r Il. Doyle, F. P. YenoWine and c.
+. Cochran, editor of the st. Joseph
Gazette, escorted Bryan to the plat
form erected for the candidate. The
crowd cheered with marvellous enthu-
siasn.
Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-I believe
this IS larger crowd than we had
when we had our silver meeting here
lass November. ] don't know whether
to regard it as an evidence that the
curiosity has increased or as an evil
dence that the silver cause has grown
since last November. (Applause.) /
have been very much gratiied to find
the interest people are taking IN this
campaign l am not vain enough to
assume that these demonstrations are
INTENDED AS A Personal COM
PLIMENT.
"a voice, Yes, they are,") but rather
as an indica ton Of that respect we find
in the hearts of American people fer
our government and those who for the
time-being stand as the representatives
of our government and those who as
pire to positions of prominence in the
administration OF that government. I
said, the sign of that respect for our
government and, my friends, when
ever l think of the government 1 think
Of the words that there are no neces-
sary evils in government, that its evils
exist only in its abuse. The govern
nent is what it ought TO be, when it is
what the people desire it should be, a
blessing without alloy. and it IS our
duty as citizens to compel Iowa for our
government by every citizen making
the government so good that people
Will not only love il, bat be willing 10
lay down their lives that it may be
perpetdated to posterity. (Applause.)
When we declare against some law as
unjust, when we criticise a policy, it
must NOT be considered as
AN ATTACK UPON THE GOVERN
MENT,
and yet there are some who would de-
nounce every person who seeks l4form
and every person who seeks to change
q custom.
L say there are those who would
denounce every one such as an agita-
tor or disturber of the public peace. 1
notice there were several platforms in
some OF cur states which declared
against the agitation OF the money
question. Why the man who denounces
agitation derOunces the PRINCIPLES that
underlie our form of government and
she only method of redress left 20 a free
people. (Great appla use.)
Agitation Is the only means by which
policies can b, brought before the peo-
I'll aaro =
ton upon any subject they must re-
member that agitation has its causes.
the cause is in an abuse, and the only
way to remove agitation is to remove
the cause and give people
NO JUST CAUSE FOR COMPLAINT.
This agitation of the money ques-
tions arises out of a vicious system of
finance that has not had in view the
welfare OF the great masses of the peo-
pie, system Of finance which has al
lowed Few to gain an unjust advan-
tage over the many, and the result of
agitation is TO restore the gold and sill
Yer coinage of the constitution and TO
place silver back by the side of gold
as one OF the money metals of this
country. Great applausa1
But l am not mere to discuss noli+-
ical questions. Il is hard to talk at
this time without touching upon that
subject which is uppermost in the
minds of our citizens, and | desire
simply on this occasion to express the
qualification which 1 feel in the pres
ence of so large a number of people.
and to leave with you that advice
which ] feel il is
THE DUTY OF EACH OF US
to leave with every otner. the advice
that The people, not a few, bear the
responsibility which rests upon citizens
The Office to which I aspire is an office
which carries with 1t great responsi-
bility l realize it, and yet not those
who hold office. alone bear responsible
ity Every citizen in a nation like
this has a responsible position and if
our citizens would but study their
government. study the issues present.
ed and tileE-go forth to do their duty.
each one determined to make himself
worthy Of that greatest of all names.
an American citizen, the responsible
lies Of those who stand in official most