The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-28
Strong Presentation of the Is
sues of the Campaign.
THE REPUBLICAN RECORD
LEADERS WE'RE ALL SILVER MEN
A LITTLE WHILE BACK.
How the Price of labor Has Been Re-
duced-Joseph Lippmnn's Recent
DecIarution-CoI. Pickett Praises
Judge NorreIi.


Another large crowd of voters as
sembled at county Democratic head
quarters night to hear the issues of the1
hour, locally and nationally, discussed
by Hon. r. w. Sloan and Colonel H.
L. Pickett. A choice collection of
character sketches and songs by
Leroy Haddoek added TO the entertain
ing features of the meeting; especially
did the crowd cheer the latest sue
cess: Archie Geddes is Hustling for
Votes
MR.. SLOAN'S ADDRESS.
Mr. Sloan made a very strong pre-
sentation of the conditions confronting
the American people. He took the
position that parties were made for
men, and not men for parties. When
ever party fails TO carry out the
wishes of the people, as in the present
instance of the Republican party, it
was well for the citizen not
to be so closely welded to
partisanship as TO go to the polls
and vote against his convictions. Then
he exposed the various positions taken
! by the Republican party on questions
4 in the past. In 1858 it was the aboli-
/ ton or states rights question that was
4 dividing the people. In 1868 the Re
publicans passed a high protective
tariff law, with the excuse attached
to it that, owing to the enormous ex-
penditures incurred by the civil war,
an extreme measure was necessary
He challenged anyone to show but
/ that every Republican advocate at
the time declared himself in favor of
temporary protection only, with an ul-i
Innate recourse to free trade. 1t vast
not until 1883 that the Republican
n ~ ra6 hi c,-,,p
a necessity for the maintenance Of
the government. The Republican
party has always advocated that the
ignorant negroes of the south should
vote, whether they were able TO I'm
derstand public questions or not, and
still these same men who took this
stand relative to the colored men in
the south, supported the Dole move
ment in Hawaii, on the grounds that
the intelligent people only, though
representing less than 10 per cent of
the entire population, were entitled to
have any say in the government. He
mentioned these Inconsistencies to
show that the men who now preached
the gold standard. or bimetallism
through international agreement,
could not be relied upon as infallible
in their judgment. Blaine, Sherman,
Reed and Mckinley had all preached
free silver al some time or other, and
it was reasonable to suppose they all
erred in their judgment What can ac-
count for the change? Nothing else
but their adherence to the empty
name of their party, which has be-
come the tool of the moneyed inter-
ests of this country.
The speaker said this was not a
contest for day or a year. 1t was
the same old fight-the common people
against photographic same contest
which has been going on in empires
that have risen and fallen.
The money-lender on the one side
was seeking to make money scarce in
order that he could control the prices
of toll. Without sufficient money
labor becomes idle Every idle man
fixes the price of labor. A steady con-
traction of the currency therefore
tends TO make idle labor, and idle labor
must have the inevitable result of re-
ducing wages.
In closing, he urged the people who
believed in free silver TO vote the
ticket straight. Many of the Republic
an legislative candidates have not de-
clared themselves unequivocally in ia
for of the white metal. Arthur Brown
is now stumping the southern part of
the state, which has a tendency 20
Mckinley and gold. In Cache county
the Republicans have put up a mixed
Even in our own county there was a
question about the loyalty of some
candidates. Not all have been as
honest as Candidate Harker, who,
. nominated on a free silver platform,
has come out square-footed for gold.
Naughter) Joseph Lippman has
: come out publicly and announced he
would under no conditions support a
J Democrat for the United States senate.
Now what does all this mean?" con-
tinued the speaker. 1t means that
in case such condition should arise
as a choice between a gold man and
a free silver Democrat, the Repub-
licans, the Lippmans, would support
the gold man. Are you going to take
any chances? If you are sincere in
your free silver declarations you will
forsake the party of gold and trusts
and array yourselves on the side IF
the people and free silver The fight
) will not end with the election of
Bryan. 1t will continue as long as
trusts and monopolies exist"
COLONEL PICKETT.
Colonel Pickett paid high tribute
to Judge A. Norrell. who had been a
classmate of his. He referred to Mr..
Norrelrs record in Mississippi, where
: he was among the foremost members
! of the bar, and said his election II
! the district bench would be an act
that would reflect credit to the entire
state.
Colonel Pickett created much enthu-
siasm by his logical arguments in be
half of silver, and was cheered to the
: echo.
Our Lady Renders
t. should know that the torturing pains
and nervousness which accompany