The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-18

RALEIGH, N c., Sept. 17.-North
Cardinals capital city had William J..
Bryan for its guest for two hours to-
night.
Mr.. Bryan arrived at Z o'clock, with
Governor Carr and others and was met
at the Southern railway station by a
reception committee, a flambeau club
and a brass band. He was escorted to
Nash square, a beautiful open park
near the station, where 5000 people had
gathered, in defiance of the heat, to
hear him. The speaking stand was
aglow with electric lights, the name
Bryan being displayed in big electric
letters over the place where the Demo-
cratic candidate stood. At each corner
Of the square big bonfires burned and
The lights threw the big crowd into
picturesque relief.
CHEER AFTER CHEER
went up as the candidate assembled the
stand. Clement Marley, the chairman
of the Democratic state committee and
Hall Aver. the chairman of the Popul-
list state committee, presided jointly
over the meeting. After his speech
Mr.. Bryan went to the Park hotel and
held a reception. The corridors and
lobby and the streets outside being
packed with people while it lasted.
Mr.. Bryan said
Il am informed that the Republican
national committee has sent out cir
culars to various religious papers and
organizations calling attention 30 a
danger which they say threatens these
religious orge nizations if we have free
coinage OF silver. 1 want you to re-
member that the Republican party and
the Republican speakers, and the Re
publican candidates. most of all these,
have denounced the Democrats for
/ trying to array class against class.
want to say TO you that the Republic
can party is doing more in this country
today TO array class against class
than any others. They appeal to the
laboring man and tell him the gold
standard gives him
A HIGHER-PRICED DOLLAR
for his wages, without telling him that
it also makes it impossible for a very
large number Of men Who want to
labor to get a chance to earn one of
these high-priced dollars (Cheers.)
Our in our state the Republican COM
mittee of one Of the counties appealed
to the school teachers, trying TO show
them that a gold standard was a good
thing for them, thereby trying to set
The school teachers against the rest
of the people, and now they have APP
pealed to the church organizations and
church papers and are now trying to
array them against the free coinage of
silver. Well. l could stand any appeal
made by the advocates Of the gold
standard to almost any class better
than an appeal made to the preachers
and teachers Of religion. If there is
one thing that the church people of
this country could afford TO array them
selves against 1t is the gold standard,
and il is being advocated by the Ameri-
can people at this time. applause
And vet the Republican party is
APPEALING TO CHURCH PEOPLE
20 take their place upon the side of the
gold standard. How things have
changed in the last 1,SO0 years. Look
at the people who are at the head OF
the gold standard propaganda in the
United States. Look at the bond-hold-
ing class AID the money-changing
classes, and turn back 1880 years when
the meek and lowly savior threw the
same kind OF people oft OF his temple
because Chey had made his house a
den Of thieves. Enthusiastic cheer
ing9 and then think that these people
come and appeal TO the minis ers OF
the gospel and religious papers to save
them from the wrath to come
sIaughter and applause) Ny friends
when certain ministers of the goSpe
denounce the great mass of people who
stand behind free silver: when these
ministers nave denounced these advo-
Gates of free coinage and have taker
their places upon the side of these
great aggregaJions of wealth, remind
them that when the savior was here
it was the common people who heard
him gladly, the very people whom
these ministers .o1ay call anarchist.
and socialists Great applause.) Ny
friends when ] find-there are no
rnany of them. but they are quite con
spscuous-when / find these men cast
ing their lot upon that side exhaust
ing abusive language in their descrip
ton Of the great masses of the peopl.
of this country ] feel like saying u
them that il they would take theil
chances with Dives, l win risk my
chances with Lazarus. Decide whether
YOU want to support the pclitica
finance policy or not"