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

masses, and that the United States
We're great enough. strong enough and
patriotic enough TO have a financial
system of their own. He called atten-
ton to the Independent Republican
and McKinleyite fusion and denounced
1t as an unhoiy alliance, and as being
a most aggravated case of political
bigHmy. Then he discussed King and
Holbrook. King" said the speaker,
is able, he is eloquent he is staunch
for the silver cause Holbrook is
good hotelkeeper, but he is as fit to be
member OF congress as l am TO be an
angel tonight"
QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE NOT AN
SEVERED.
Then Weber propounded some perth
nent political questions to his oppo
nent and challenged him to mention q
case, single case, where the Republic
an party had ever refused to respond to
a demand for legislation made by the
money power. He asked WhippIe and
demanded an answer, if Holbrook, if
elected, viii vote for Reed for speaker
OF the house of representatives, or will
he bolt the caucus and become a Demo-
crat. To the audience he next directed
his batteries: do you want Arthur
Brown he cried. do you wax. Ar
thur Brown, that miserable misfit who
misrepresented Utah and betrayed the
silver cause? Who is it that was right?
j. Cannon? One is a traitori Which
is the patrf9t?" Mr. Whipple was not
enjoying life about this time.
Then Weber asked Whipple to an
swer, on behalf of Bolitho whether he
(Bolitho), if elected, will go into the
Republican caucus and in case Arthur
Brown was the nominee for senator, if
ne will abide by its decision or bolt
Suppose they nominate C. w. Ben
nett, another pharisee, who claims to
be Tor silver, but will vote for McKin-
ley, what viii Bortlro do? Will he bolt
that caucus, or will he vote for Pow
ers, Henderson or Rawlins. about whom
there is no doubt as to their position
on silver, for senator? viii Morrill,.
the Republican candidate for the leg
islature in this county, vote for Ar
thur Brown if he is the caucus nomi-
nee, or Will he bolt the caucus? Which
faction was right at st. Louis? Mr..
Whipple, | ask you, did Frank J. Cam
non tell the truth when he said that
the nomination of Mckinley at st.
Louis was a purchased nominations
DID Cannon tell the truth, or do Won
dispute 1t? Was Brown justified? Did
he represent the people of Utah? Was
Cannon right?"
Whlpple was very uneasy by this
time, and Weber charitably again di-
rected his remarks to the audience.
He declared that nearly every bank.
all of the corporations, and every in
dustrial parasite in the country were
faVoring Mckinley. and that despite
the large corruption fund at the dis
posal of the Mckinley managers, Will
lam j. Bryan would be the next presi-
dent of the United States, and defied
Whipple to dis'prove his assertions.
WHIPPLE'S REPLY.
Whipple then took the floor and held
it for about so minutes. He is looked
upon as a good talker, but the McKin-
ley muzzle he wears affected his enun-
citation in hesitaIing way. He was
not present, he said. to abuse anyone,
as Weber had done, and that his mis-
sion was to tell the people why they
should vote the Republican ticket-the
local ticket, not the national ticket, for
ne had nothing to say about it, because
the state central committee had in
Structed him to let it alone. He de-
clared that he was for silver, but be-
lieved that it could not be maintained
unless it had protection behind it. He
was in favor of silver, he said, free
coinage and all, without the interview
ton of any foreign nation; denied that
the tariff question was not an issue in
the cAlnp2.sn and denied the
right OF any Democrat to say
that the tariff is or is not an
issue; said that the question OF
the free coinage and the tariff question
were political twins, because silver
could not be maintained at the ratio
of 16 to 1 without the backing of pro-
lection; that the Democratic tariff bill
was not properly adjusted and that the
Democrats claim to base their actions
in connection with the tariff question
on the duty principle and the Repub-
leans on the protective principle
Mr.. Whipple considered it remarkable
that the Democrats should praise and
eulogize Lincoln, Grant, Sherman,
Chase and other American patriots, and
in most dramatic manner turned in
the direction of Weber and thundered:
Your party, when Lincoln was, presi-
dent, was deluging this country with
blood. You had better eulogize
Buchanan and Davisr' The Mckinley
champion then Gained down and said
that four years ago wheat was worth
$1.25 a buShel, lead cents a. pound.
wool IL cents a pound and labor 81 80 a
day, and that the decline in prices
came soon after the repeal of the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman bill. but
he failed to state the Mckinley bill was
in full force for year after that event.
He objected to II planlxs in the Demo-
cratic platform, land because there is
one plank he exclaimed, that suits
me, am l compelled to swallow the
whole PLATFORM"
The Democratic plank relating to the
supreme court was next discussed.
s.'1Nhsa Tlev1nProt re cold, ha
the supreme court of the United States
and Altgeld, one of Bryan's lieutenants,
has said that If we succeed, we will
take them by the throat and crush the
life out of Them This is anarchy
cried Mhipple.
The Chicago labor troubles were al
luded to, and then the speaker de-
clared the Democrats proposed to CO.
cree the supreme court because the in
come tax was declared unconstitt-
tional. II say" said the orator. that
the supreme court is rightr'
THE Democrats" continued Whip-
pie, now on another tack, SAY that all
employees who are appointed for life
under the civil service rule will be
ousted. This means anarchy, They
propose to knock every prop from I'M
der civil service reform, to turn out
old employees of the government and
return to the spoils SYSTEM He de-
nouhced the planks he had referred to
as vicious and damnable.
Brother Bolitho will vote for a sr1c-
cessor to Frank J. Cannon" was his
next sally. IF you allow the legis-
lature to become Democratic" said he
you will get a senator to succeed Can
non from the Democratic ranks.
That was all he had to say about Po-