The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-16
DELEGATE THURMAN.
GREATLY PLEASED OVER THE
LATE CONVENTION.
All Questions Were Dwarfed in
Comparison with the One Great
Characterization of the Utah Dele
CATION.

PROVO, July 15.-Hon. S. R. Thur
man, delegate to the Chicago conven-
ton. returned to his home in Provo
last evening, and has been kept busy
today shaking hands with his-hosts of
friends here and going over in detail
many incidents of the great convention
which named the silver champions,
Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. SeWall for the next
president and president CT the
United States. Mr.. Thurman is not
well physically, nor has he been while
away. He is just recovering from a
slight attack Of malaria that has been
On him for some weeks, but he is so
huoyant in spirits over The grand sue
cess of the silver cause and so brimful
of genuine, stern and earnest Democ-
racy that it all fairly beams through
his ailment and shines brilliantly on
his honest face. His every word IS
ringing in favor of silver and Democ-
racy, and an hours conversation with
him, such as your correspondent had
this afternoon. is indeed "a delight. Mr..
Thurman says that the advocates of
silver here are luke-warm in compari-
son with the enthusiasm of the earnest
advocates of the res toration OF the
white metal from other states whom
he met at the convention. There every
other question in party politics was
dwalfet alongside of the financial
question. Then, in that great body"
said Mr.. Thurman, we saw many of
our old time Democrats who would
either bolt the convention or knife the
ticket at the polls, and we also saw
many Populists and Republicans and
others, earnest bimetallists, who would
support us AS the financial question
is the burning the all-important ques-
ton to solve, it was right that other
questions should be dwarfed by this
convention at least. The other ques-
tions, tariff reform, etc, are as dear
to me as they are to any other and AID
true Democrats in the land, but in our
own ranks we have enemies to the only
sound and correct revision of our finan-
cial methods, the accomplishment of
q bimetaliic monetary standard, the
free and unlimited coinage of silver and
gold at the ratio of Is to l. Therefore
we need the help of our Republican and
other friends of whatever name who
see eye to eye with US on this question.
While we still want to revise the tariff
so that the burdens of it will be borne
more equally by all people of all classes
all over this land and be lightened as
much as possible, yet we must have
revenue and tariff to raise that rev.
enue, and what more of a tariff do
Republicans want than we now
have 1 am of the opinion that
by the next administration, which
will surely be Democratic, that little
or no alteration of the tariff will be
made. only such as is necessary to
raise revenues that the present tariff
was not laid to raise, for it must be
remembered that the legislators In
fixing it had in mind very big help in
the raising of revenues, additional to
the tariff, by the operation Of the in
come law. This opinion is not my
own alone, but that Of many leading
Democrats with whom l have con-
versed, and if the opinions of intelli-
gent leaders of the silver Republicans
is of any weight, they and practically
all of their followers are going to join
in with US and elect Bryan and Sew
ALL
mo" said Mr. Thurman, in response
to a question, the Utah delegation did
not go into the convention pledged to
support Bland first, last and all the
time, but we did recognize in him
silver advocate whose record on that
question was old, answering and
true, and believed he was entitled to
the honor. Of course, his record on
other questions might be asSailable by
Republicans, but where is the old Demo-
crat of any worth, who has been true
Democrat, whose record is not assail-
able from the Republican standpoint?
If it is not, what is the use of being a
Democrat? But you know how the
convention went, and frankly 1 say to
you that 1 believe we could not pos
sibly have nominated better man
than Bryan Not that Bland is any
less a silver man or less deserving,
but Bryan is a young man, full Of
energy, and bright and with not a
blemish He is all for silver. He will
be our next president"
AS to local politics this fall Mr..
Thurman had nothing to say. Il am
as intense a. Democrat as ever l was.
In fact. 1 think my devotion to the
cause grows as the years roll by and
l am not going out of politics in the
meaning in which that expression is
generally used. I deeply appreciate
the many honors my friends have be-
slowed upon me, but I have firmly
made up my mind not to run for any
office l shall help some in the cam
paign, of course, and I believe with
the spirit that is now on we can't help
but win victory from the head of the
Democratic ticket clear down, all over
the state, for ii goes without saying
that we are to have g good ticket. I
said expect to help in the campaign.
but it must be understood that my
first attention must be paid to the
practice of my profession, for it is
upon that I depend for my living, and
am far from being a rich man.
The date for the grand ratification
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