The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-24

and compared the planks of Utah with
those of the national party. The peo-
pie believed in free coinage and elected
representa- tives on that belief.
These opinions still maintain as
those of a sturdy, independent and
people like that to do a bidding, he and
associates had done what they could
to carry out the behests of their con-
stituents. His duty as a delegate is
over. People of Utah, will you stand
on that plank?" (Voices, "Neverr)
We had your honor as a people, as
state, to maintain and we leave the
matter with you We could not do
otherwise than we have and be true
to ourselves and you. The matter is
now in the hands of the people and
must be settled by them. The battle
between the iaboring man and the
money power is on and must be fought
out. Labor finds no adequate return
anywhere. The time is ripe and the
people are ready to declare that this
slavery must cease.
SENATOR CANNON.
Judge Colburn next introduced Sen
ator Cannon, who was the last
speaker.
senator Cannon was received with
cheers. In part he said when he was
elected senator he humbled himself SO
far as to pray that he might always
keep near to the common people.
Hitherto he had believed that the
Republican party was the savior of
the common people, but when the gold
platform written in Wall street was
adopted at the convention his prayer
for the common people forcibly re-
curred' to him. The adoption of the
gold platform said to the man in rags,
there is plenty Of broadcloth in the
world, but you can't have any because
you have produced too much. He had
no quarrel with capital; ne was no
agitator; but this silver question was
a question of plenty or starvation, a
question of whether or not the people
of this land shall or shall not be di-
vided into patricians and pleibians.
There is land enough, food enough and
clothing enough for every man, but it
is plain that civilization is not doing It's
duty when SO many go landless, naked
and hungry.
The root of the evil is pernicious
money laws. Protection was and is a
very dear doctrine to the speaker, and
he considered himself a. better Re-
publican today than ever before; yet he
did not think the convention had the
right to say that a man who happened
to be in the minority must sacrifice
principle and what he believed to be
right. He had no word of censure for
| those of the silver party who had not
done exactly as he had in leaving the
convention; but in boiling he was but
carrying out the reiterated pledges
given to the people of Utah last fall
/ Neither did the speaker want to CEN
sure the Republican party, but he
could not forbear from saying that
men in that convention were seduced
from the truth by dishonest means.
| He was a Republican in the state OF
| Utah and if the party would not allow
him and others to be Republicans be-
yond the state line, they could at least
stay at home. The state convention
may read a great many of US, said
Mr.. Cannon, out of the party, the same
as we wer: read out of the nationa
! convention; they may say we have
given UP protection, but 1 am not
aware that 1 have given up any pro
lection. Protection is secondary to the
monetary question, and there is nc
party which will not give the people
protection of some kind; either party
will force it on the people.
To the Democrats Mr.. Cannon de-
sired TO say a word. He was glad tC
see some Democrats present and gla6
that they commended the course of the
boilers. You, said the speaker, will
have an opportunity to show your de
voticn in your own convention by re
naming in and maintaining a free sill
yer man like Henry NJ. Teller, who, i
he was nominated, all Wall stree
could not prevent from being elected
He asked the Democrats to sacrifice
some of their cherished ideas anC
nominate for president the only mar
who can be elected in opposition t.
Mckinley, and that man is Henry M
Teller.