The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-03

aSse tlS convention rose 20 a. man,
and there was a icene Of great enthU-
siasm- Delegates cheered and shouted
and waved hats, fans, handkerchiefs
and flags. and the spectators in the
galleries took part in Ghe demonstra-
t5on.
When DIR. Everett was able 90 make
himself heard again he said:
We Of Massachusetts are not here
10 act for any special candidates. Cen
tlemen Of the south and west. gentle
men from the Pacific and center, give
us any Two men. any men whom the
country knows and honoCs for dis
tlncfiocl, for purity, for worth in pub
lie or private life. north or south civil
isns or soldiers, and Massacd1use It's
viii do all she can for their support.
prolonged applsuse.) We are trtd'
that we might do as well by casting
our votes for the candidates nominated
at st. Louis, mean the first St. Louis
convention, not the second. daughter }
We are told that for the sake of sound
money we have nothing TO do but TO go
over to that camp. Mr.. President, 1
respectfully decline to admit that all
public virtue is centered in the Re
publican party. CApplause.) If it were
only for this year, if it were only for
TINS campaign, I might think differ
entity of what we are to do, but we are
not here only for this campaign We
are here for 1900, we are here
FOR THE FUTURE.
There are hundreds and thousands of
young men growing up and asking for
whom they are to vote, and know moth
ing of the traditions of the party.
They want to know to what party to
Join themselves, to know which is the
progressive party, the party of the day
and hour, and 1 say that this conven-
tlon is TO be not the last, but the first
OF series of conventions. loud ap-
plause) This is TO be the first sconven-
ton Of the party of young America.
lCheers0 We are fighting, not merely
Tor the honor and historic principles
OF cur party, not merely against
anarchlsm and populism, not merely
against protection and paternalism, but
we are fighting that the United States
may stand in the face of her sister ma
tons, undimmed in honor and I'M
shaken in courage"
DR.. Everett resumed his seat amid
loud and long continued applause
The report of the committee on per-
manent organization was then pre-
sented by the chairman of the COM
mittee, Mr.. James Wheaton, of New
York
Senator Caffery was escorted to the
chair by Mr.. Bullet, of Philadelphia,
and Mr.. Lawler, of Minnesota, and
spoke as follows:
CAFFERY'S SPEECH.
1 tender this convention my deepest
thanks for the high honor of selecting
me TO preside over its deliberations I
shall always regard it as the highest
ever conferred on me.
Charged by our party with the ftlnc-
ton OF ministering in its temple of faith
ana ieacnl0g the pecpie SIS true doctrines,
our priests have desecrated its affairs.
trlneS TO the people. We now enter the
sanctuary of the temple and take pos
session Of the ark of the covenant of our
faith which we viii hereafter vigilantIy
fy its deseerated affairs and rebuild its
broken ShdineS And lest the hearts of
the people be stolen away from true
Democratic faith--the faith of our fathers
and founders-we must separate from our
brethren who have wrought this evil
and from those who have followed their
evil teachings. We cannot follow them
in the road they have taken, for their
way is the way of death. The ties that
bound US were as strong as hooks of steel
and we part from them in sorrow.
LOYALTY TO PARTY
discipline and organization has ever been
the pride and strength of our party.
Loyalty to principle has ever been and
will be its cardinal and leading tenet,
paramount to all others, binding in con-
science and guiding the action of every
true Democrat.
If we do not look into evidence to show
the Michigan frauds and devious acts
and practices, designed to pack the con-
vention. the Chicago platform has the
stamp OF our party and claims its al
legiance. But is q, mere simulacrum; a
form without the substance of DEM
,,,I - 1,rrs ~
nor is it entitled to his fealty. The
declarations of that platform are "open,
palpable and fragrant departures from
all that Democracy. stood for. They as
sail the money standard Of the country
and declare for the inflated and depre-
cdated standard of free silver at Is to 1.
They assail the right and power of the
executive TO enforce the law and in the
custody of the federal courts in any stare
in the union; they attack the integrity
Of e. coordinate branch of the govern
mellt, they declare that the function of is
suing paper money is to be exclusively
exercised by the government Itself; they
aSsail the right of the citizen to con-
tract payment in any legitimate COM
modify, for they declare that the obliga-
tons of the government for which gold
was received and for the payment of
which in the same coin the national faith
is pledged, may be paid
IN DEPRECATED COIN.
these attacks and declarations are I'M
Democratic They are an assault upon
the constitution. the time honored princi- |
pies of the Democratic party and the dis !
inguished patriot and statesman who has !
twice led it to the only victories it has !
achieved in thirty-s6X years.
1t is the Isbmael OF platform. It raises |
It's hand against some of the principles !
IF both parties and nearly all the pd-nci- |
pies of the Democrats. 1t is begptten of |
the unhallowed union between So-called |
Democracy, Populism and anarchy, and |
that the scriptures may be fulfilled. 1T !
will be q fugitive and a w2nderer on |
the face of the earth.
We hold that no argument is needed /
% show the revolutionary and anachtstlc /
character of the doctrines that the lewe
.annot be enforced in a state to protect /
which is in the jurisdiction OF |
federal courts or to protect the United |
States mails. or that the supreme court |
ought to be recognized or that the ma |
ional honor should be stained or the ma |
ional faith violated or that the freedom '
II private contract ought to be limited, /
money ought to be exclusively exercised |
Dy the federal government We hold |
hat the theory of free coinage of silver !
With gold at the ratio of 16 to l admits of |
,rg1lment but we hold that the weight |
# authority, the strength of reasoning |
'a5lacy and the ruriouS consequences of |
Is ADDITION. We hold that it will
ROB THE POOR MAN
If his wages and the rich man of his
wealth. the widow of her savings the
,hiid of his patrimony, the solder of his !
pension, the industrious of his toll and |
he inventor the reward of his genius. |