The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-14
PRYAN's SPEECH AT MADISON
SQUARE GARDEN.

cation OF his nomina ton. shows him Il
be a master of argument as we'll a:
of oratory. 1t was a great occasion
but Mr. Bryan was in every respect
equal to it. His speech will raise him
in the estimation of his friends and
challenge the respect and admiration
of his opponents.
So soon rs he began to speak he
plunged into the middle Of things. AT
! the very outset he repealed the charges,
the unjust and unwarranted charges,
recklessly made against the delegates
to the Chicago convention. declaring
that the citizen, either public or pri-
vate, who assails the character and
questions the patriotism of the dele
gates assembled in the Chicago con-
vention, assails the character and
questions the patriotism of millions
who have arrayed themselves under the
banner there raised
Seldom has there been a clearer
enunciation OF Democratic doctrine
than that part of Mr. Bryans speech
which preceded his full and able dis
cussion of the silver question, a dis
cussion that was permeated with the
Democratic theory of finance Could
anything be more Democratic than
this:
we cannot insure to the vicious the
fruits of virtuous life; we would not
invade the home of the provident in
order to supply the wants of the spend
thrift; we do not propose to transfer
the rewards of industry TO the lap Of
Incidence. Property is and viii remain
the stimulus to endeavor, and the COM
pensation for toll. We believe, as as
serted in the Declaration of Independ-
ence that all men are created equal,
but that does not mean that all men
are or can be equal in possessions, in
ability, or in merit; it simply means
that all shall stand equal by the law,
and that government officials shall not,
in making, constructing or enforcing
the law, discriminate between citizens.
assert that property rights as we'll
as rights OF persons, are safe in the
hands of the common people"
No true American viii dissent from
the doctrine that vicious legislation
must be remedied by the people who
suffer from the effects, of such legisla-
ton, and not by those who enjoy its
benefits Glass legislation must be
destroyed by mass legislation. The law
demonetizing silver was class legisla-
tion.
Tho defarea &c 49, ;,,o,.. 49, -,
Of the Chicago platform was bold and /
masterful to degree. 1t attempted
no palliation, it offered no excuse for .
that which needs no palliation or ex-
cuse. The declaration that he would
refuse to apologize for the exercise by
the Chicago convention of the right to
dissent from decision of the supreme
court of the United States has the
right ring to it. When that right
ceases in this land then the right to
freedom of speech and opinion will
cease. There has been no attack any
where upon the supreme court; it is
held in the same high esteem and re-
gard that it ever has been, but that
esteem and regard do not preclude the
light of respectful dissent from its
decisions. Those who assail the Chi
ago platform for its reference to the
supreme court cannot overlook, or ig-
lore, the fact that it is possible to dis
ent from the decisions of a court and
'et yield it cheerful obedience and
maintain the highest respect for the
curt.
By far the greater part of Mr. Bry-
ms speech was devoted to a discussion
the money question, which he term
d the paramount issue of this cam I
align, which 1T certainly is. His treat
lent Of it was thorough and exhaus- l
We, and absolutely without passion.
was a model of what such a discus
on should be- His treatment of the l
uestion of the stable value of money is /
owhere surpassed. His statement of
hy bimetallism is better than mono |
letallisEn covers the whole question.
He answered completely the pleas, :
nd very sorry ones they are, too, of
lie life and fire insurance companies for ;
le maintenance of the gold standard;
aswered them so completely that they 7
aven't a leg to stand upon, save that
selfishness.
Is there any answer to this PROPOSE
on: IF the relatively few whose Q
eaath consists largely in fixed invest Q
ents have a right to use the ballot i
enhance the value of their invest r
ents, have not the rest of the people t
lie right to use the ballot TO protect t
emselves from the disastrous conse- g
fences of a rising Standard" The n
ivocates of the gold standard are cas- g
SITS of the most profound class, but il
their skill and casuistry will not p
all them to frame a satisfactory an o
yer to the proposition here laid down. s.
All that the advocates of free silver r.
i've ever demanded. as Mr. Bryan said C
THAT the same mint privileges be ac-
rded to silver that are now accorded o.
gold" That right silver had I'D TO IL
ebruary l., 1873. Where is the wrong. n
acre is the idea of Reputation, where w
e suggestion Of anarchy when it is a.
lnanded that that right be restored? u
A favoriGe argument of the gold a.
lndard advocates against free silver q
than if we have 1T all our gold will =.
abroad. That argument, if argu- =. ~
mt it can be called, was answered in -,
sse words: -,
In answer to the charge that gold Il,
II go abroad, it must be remembered DE
1T no gold can leave this country pr
til the owner of the gold receives re