The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-19
C. 6. VARIAN.

own choice. a Silver Knight.
Please accept in remembrance OF
UNCLE BEN.
C. s. vARIAN.
Mr.. C. S. varian, after a storm Of
applause, said:
Mr.. Chairman and Ladies and Cen
tIemen-I have no apologies to make
for my present associations. Gap
plause) nor have 1 any apologies to
make for my past associations. l am
glad now of the opportunity to vote
IS 1 have felt for the past ten years.
Cloud applause). There is but one is
sue now before the American people in
my judgment, and upon its determine
ton will depend the welfare OF human
ity. Aye, the stake is a great one! 1t
is not confined TO state or section. 1t
does not belong TO clique or 9eople-it
comes out of the universe and it is as
broad as the earth (ADplause.) We
realize now, what it means, this ques-
ton that is presented to The people. 1t
means either the building up and carry
ing out of progressive and high civil
Izdfion; or, it means the striking down
Of The people Of the earth and of this
country-it means either the building
up or the degradation of mankind To
me this call from Chicago was as
call TO arms Cloud applause) II is
pipe playing at a call Of the country.
and men were demanded, as they are
demanded now. and women toto
( throw themselves into the breach, and
contest by their patriotic devotion to
duty, so that the love of country win
not become one of the lost arts. Gap
Dlause)
Upon the volume of the money of the
nation must Of necessity be builded
the suDerstrIcture OF its civilization
AS 1t shall become contracted, made
scarce, or become out of reach and in
accessible for ordinary and necessary
industrial and labor enterprises of the
country, so, of necessity must come
want. pauperism and crime. 1t should
be stimulated and increased with the
ever growing interests Of commerce and
trade, as people shall multiply and as
their demands shall arise and the ext
gencies of the case shall REQUIRE, so
that there shall g all times be enough
on which the business of the country
may be based. When that is done,
there will always be hope for labor,
hope for capital, hope for the patriotic
sentiment of the country; there will
always be something upon which the
civilization of the country may grow
Cloud aDpIause)
You cannot withdraw one-haIf of the
SUPPLY of money of the world. or of a
nation, from the channels of trade and
commerce. and throw the burden of
serving the country upon The ether
naf without iIling the land with
trarnps and degrading your women and
children. Poverty and want will follow
in their wake, crime will come and the
country enters uOon the downward
road at once. (Applause.) Everybody
knows that. Who is he who can gain
say it? That being so, where is he. be
he Democrat, Republican, PopuIist.
Prohibitionist, aristocrat or what not.
who dare say to himself q will not
vote for the Chicago PLATFORM" cloud
applause.)
Why, under this system, which is
supposed to be for the use of commerce
and trade, a scheme mas been in exist
ence by which there is an endless pro-
cession out of the treasury of the Unit
ed States from day to day, week to
week, and month to month by the for
efgn banker and importer of all the
gold that flows into it. through the
medium Of duties put upon Imports.
right across the Atlantic to Europe
for the uses and benefits of mankind
there With that scheme in existence,
the condition of the country will re-
main as we find il today.
The Republican party eight years go
pledged itself to the American peOpie
to correct that in the platform of 1888.
which was read in oDen convention
and written largely by the distinguish
ed gentleman VINO is now it's candidate
Tor the presidency. 1t was then said
we believe in the coinage Of gold and
silver, and we denounce the president
and his party (meaning Cleveland and
the Democratic partly because of their
attempts to demonetize silver In
that is negative pregnant affirrns-
hat
puDllcan party to remonetize silver.
Many of Us, thousands of us, all over
the country, believed that-fools that
we were cloud applause and laughterO
Some of Us have confiding natures
CLaugh-er.) When a man looks US in
the face calmly and deliberately makes
promise, we are inclined to believe
MIN. The candidate nominated by that
convention, in his letter Of accordance.
stated he was in full accord with the
resolutions and the platform, and he
pointed to his services in the senate of
the United States by way OF confirma-
tion OF his position upon the silver
question.
AIR Morton, the candidate for vice
president, put forward as the apostle
OF New York Republicanism. was even
more specific; he said he knew the ef-
feet it would have Upon different sec
ions OF this country, and felt much
pleasure in committing himself to the
platform adopted at Chicago. 1t was
then thought thought so. and l
thought the rank and file Of my party
thought sO-it was then thought that
1t was true as that platform SAID. re-
ferrlng to the Democratic party upon
the tariff question-and it was read
by Major Mckinley in a manner that
orouSht out the plaudits of 10, GOO voices
IN tnat great assembly hall that it
served the interests of Europe. and
that the Republican party served the
interests Of the people of America l
believed that at that time. Gaugh-
teri Down IN Boston, about the same
time, Major Mckinley talked to the
Market club upon the tariff question.
OF course, and said: Let England do
what she pieases and thinks best with
her own subjects, and likewise Ger
many and France. but he said, call
ing upon the Deity, Sin Gods name
let America look after Americans
(Applause.) believe that he meant it
then. (Laughter9 I thought so four
years later al Minneapolis. The Re-
party again. though not quite
so pronounced. perhaps. but still with
more or less persuasion and signif-
canoe, stated hat it was in accord
with the traditions of Republicanisrn.
and Is was in favor CT bimetallism and
the coinage Of both gold and silver:
and its candidates went to the country
upon that platform. And now. after
this, after the Republicans in these
western states and territories. in ev.
cry convention assembled, from, every
busting, every village and every farm,
have proclaimed to the people that
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