The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-23

SaldrleQ employees OIL every rSHSlOuS,
educational, speculative and CONNER
cial interest of the country are arrayed
in p1laGisaical disgust against the west
the mining sdates-lesr they be contain
mated by western heresies.
Now, we do not think that a western
state is in a deplorable condition no.
tice that quite a number of the keenest,
brightest. cleareSt and ableSt men ard
women make a home here and there
throughout the west. and even select
mining camp for a residence and en-
ployment.
'.Oh would some power the gitfie gle us
To see oursels as ithers see us.
'Twould from many folly Tree US
And foolish notion"
The opinion expressed by the presi-
dent of the United States before an
assemblage of cultured phifanthroplsts
in the city of New York possibly gives
the average estimate to which you are
held in the money centerS OF our coun-
try. Here in Park City, to use slang
phrase. common TO ell parts OF our
country, where are you at?' we are
probably in the average mining camp
s. 900 feet above sea level. our homes
do not indicate that we are SILVER
barons" Not a pound of FOOD is mere
raised from mother earth; not a Mall
ufacturing establishment to give EN-
ployment to men and women, mere anu
there is a small repair shop; and mere
are gathered five or six THOUSAND peopie
and our cabins are perChed along the
gulches and foothills of the Wasatcn
range. Our food comes from the tertlie
valleys below us. Our machinery, cloel-
ing, merchandise of every descrlptioil
come from the Atlantic and the racine
coasts. / see four magnificent scnool
houses and other smaller STRUCTURES
used for educational purposes. see
four beautiful churches and another IN
the process of completion. Two rail-
roads tap our town and another strlV-
ing to get here. And what are our
resources to maintain this condltlon Oh
things? Every man that can Work ana
can find employment is night ana DAY
underground at our feet, or driving MS
way against rock and water-deep
down in this mountain region. Dan
ger and death, and possibly streak
of "pay ore are the possibilities that
surround him. From these we pay our
way, if we can, and live and die hght-
ing for an honest existence.
In this mining district are located
between 5000 and 1000 mining claims
that require an expenditure of $lOo a
year each. These are all pros
poets" Less than ten are call
ed mines, and but four pay
dividends for the investment. The
owners of these four dividend-paying
are here and there, over our own coun-
try and Europe and other parts or the
world. We have here the lordly Onta-
rio mine that has paid in dividends over
$13, 600 900, and the owners of this stock
live in every state of the Union Dut
two. and across the sea in foreign
lands. And the dividends distributed
add 20 the money of the world. TO
produce this replenishing ore miners
live and work Our climate is good
but the most of us would get away IL
we could for our prospects" are no
more remunerative than is so much
area of the sky and clouds above US.
We selected from among our num-
Der a delegate to attend the Demo-
cratic convention meeting in chicago.
We recommended to the state conVen-
ton as our choice to represent the
mining interests of Utah,
ROBERT CRAIG CHAMBERS,
and we welcome him back today to
the confidence, respect and esteem OF
this community. We do ourselves honor
in honorin~ him He is not a silver
baron" but a miner From handing
the pick and shovel and windlass he
became the superintendent of the on
tariO.
He stands where Edison stands in
brain is employed for your good and
the good of the world.
The representation from Utah in the
convention at Chicago was the ableSt
Utah could send. Our delegation under
the leadership Of Judge Powers, who
is a master in parliamentary achieve
ments, devoted every energy for the
good of the people. When the roil-cail
of the national committee was read, %
names were for the restoration of silver
and 81 for the recognition of gold alone.
When the roll call of delegates from
every state and territory was made
more than two thirds answered for sill
yer and the sovereignty of the people.
No domination from a foreign coun-
try. or office seekers, or offce-holders,
or bankers, or brokers, obtained a
foothold in that convention. The COM
mon people determined and wrote out
it's Dla tfornl and as that battle flag
was unfurled and the principles in
scribed thereon were revealed, from
those who stepped forward to defend
it were w. j. Bryan of Nebraska, and
Arthur Sewall. of Maine, humble dele
gates and Representatives of the SOW
ereign people of the United States, and
vet the peers of any two men in the
republic.
BY an intuition born of the moment
these men were unanimously deSignat-
ed as the standard bearers and now
must begin the fight. ITO arms! to
armsip is the war cry and the long roll
is rousing the nation TO battle.
My friends, nearly central to the vast
area Of this republic are the states of
Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. To this
trio the votes of women have been adj
ded to that of the men. These women
here witnessed the peril and the escape
from defeat at Chicago and like the
prophecies Miriam and the daughters
of Israel, they strike their cymbals
and sing and shout, as the sea. pours
over the enemies of liberty and pros
perity, of hope and life. Sing We to
the Lord, for He hath triumDhed glo-
riousy. The horse and his rider hath
he thrown into the sea-"
Now that we have fighting chance
in the coming campaign, let the friends
of the money of the constitution gath
er from time to time as did the is
raelites of old. on their Mount Ebal
on the one side and Mount Gerizim on
the other side, and the constitution
of the United States and the sovereign
ty of the people as our ark of the
covenants before us we are, by the liv-
ing God, to live and die. if needful, in
defence of our covenant-our homes
and our affairs
THE DIAMOND.