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

democrats was heid this afternoon at
Tattersalrs. On account of the Chicago
day parade down town, the attendance
was somewhat slim. About four thousand
people, in all, we're present.
Senator Henry NJ. Teller was announced
to speak at the meeting and the crowd
evinced great disappointment when in
formed that the senator was in bad voice
and would be unable to speak. When Mr..
Teller entered the auditorium, cheer after
cheer went up. hats We're thrown in the
air and the uproar was tremendous. The
gentleman called for showed himself, but
not a word would he utter. Three times
It was necessary to assure the audience
that Mr.. Teller could not speak above a
whisper, before quiet could be restored,
and Senator Frank j. Cannon, OF Utah.
was introduced.
Senator Cannon made an appealing
speech, which met with loud applause
from the hearers. lie took for his text
words from Major Mckinley, in which
the Republican candidate called upon the
men to obliterate party lines and vote for
THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE.
Cannon reiterated the sentiment, ard
leave the Republican party. Il never
thought" he said, that l would ever vote
a Democratic ticket, but in this campaign
l will be forced to, as the Republican
party, fer the first time, has gone back
on the principles it has always heretofore
advocated"
The speaker then referred to the magni-
fcent parade he had just witnessed down
town, and in sarcastic terms expressed
his belief that many of the narchers were
in the procession, not from choice, but
because they are slaves to their emp. overs.
Senator Cannon, in speaking of the
Chicago convention, said he thanked God
that the Democratic party had the honesty
to stand by its convictions, and that a
man had been nominated by them who
was too poor to buy even delegate. and
one who could win more votes with his
voice than Mark Hanna can with his
money.
Mr.. Cannon's efforts were directed main
" at the sympathies of his hearers, and
aimed a. the rich oppressors.' He
closed by
PLEDGING HIS VOTE
to William Jennings Bryan. As soon as
the speaker had finished cries of Teller
were again heard. and once more Mr..
Teller came to the front OF the platform,
but did not say a word.
Mir. II. F. Bartine, editor of the BIZ
metall:st, was the next introduced and
spoke as follows:
4 am opposed to the candidate of the
Republican party, because upon the great
est, practically the only issue, before US, !
that party has ceased to be Republican,
as l understand the term. Contrary to all !
its past history and tradition, for the
first time since it was born, the Repubi- /
can party has openly declared in favor
OF the gold standard, and has lain down
of Europe and America. By history and
tradition, it was always a bimetallic /
party, pledged to maintain the gold and
silver money OF the constitution until its
and its Americsn.srn were
strangled together in St. Louis on the
18th day of last June. The power that
holds the
PURSE STRINGS OF THE WORLD
has the world at its mercy; that power
today is London, and London will con-
tinue to be that power. so long as the
gold standard is maintained. The hnan- |
ciers of England understand this perfect |
~ well; running all through the testi-
mony of the gold standard advocates who
made the statements before the royal COM |
mission in lSS6-S7, was the loea that the
restoration O. silver would injure Eng |
land as d CT editor nation, and depr:ve |
London of its present position as the |
worlds financial center. Mr.. Gladstone |
also understands il well. In the most I
explicit terms he has declared that Eng
land is a creditor to the extent of SO, Co.,
co., Geo, and that the restoration of BIZ
meJallism would reduce the value of the
money which she collects What did he
mean by that? Was he afraid Of Eng
land beng paid in cheap silver" Not at
all. He knew that under international BIZ
metall.sn gold and silver
WOULD BE OF EQUAL VALUE
at the ratio agreed upon, but he also
knew that the restoration of silver would |
true then the decentralization of silver
made gold dearer and gave England an
advantage that does not be.ong to her by /
any principle of justice and fair dealing.
And there is not the worst of it; the
declaration is made with a full knowl- /
edge that the restoration of bimetalism
would be for the best interests of the
Mr.. Bryan has frequently said
the promise to promote an international
agreement is itself an admission that
there is something wrong with the gold
standard. So the position of the Re-
publican party is simply this: 1t admits
terestS of the country, but at the same
time makes the hu1niiat!ng plea that we
can do nothing for our own good with
out the PERMISSION and the aid of a
country whose interests are directly op-
posed to our own. But even this does not
tell the whole story. When the St. Louis
convention met, not more
than one-fourth of its members were ac-
tually and avowedly for the gold stand
ard. More than three-fourths were
strongly for inletallism-or at least they
claimed to be- And yet the three-fourths
LAID MEEKLY DOWN
and allowed the one-fourth, representing
the English idea in American politics,
to bind them hand and hand with chains
of gold.''
After another prolonged call for sena-
tor Teller. and more excuses for his not
speaking, Congressman Charles NJ. Hart
man OF Montana, LOOK the Stanu. he,
too, opened with his reasons for desert
ing the Republican lines and said the
ST. Louis platform was in direct oppo-
sition to the one adopted last at Mime
apolis. He denounced the ST. Louis plat
sorm as un-Amer!can, unpatriotic and
disgusting in the extreme He then re-
ferred TO the gold parade and stated,
as his belief. that large number of the
men were marching under an implied
threat that if they did not march on the
9TH they would have to march on the
10Th. Mr.. Hartman said he was for pro-
lection. but that protection would not
protect with a gold standard. He re-
ferred to a recent speech of James Dob
son in support of his claim that manu-
facturers IN countries with gold stand
ard could not compete with those in a
silver country. The speaker was par
-iclIlal,l1. hitter in his reference to Pres.