The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-11

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. 10.-Four
fairly long speeches constituted Will
lam J. BTyan's tribute tonight to the
fight for free silver that is being waged
in Minnesota.
After a number of brief talks to
people at many stations along the line
of the Great Northern railroad, be-
tween Fargo and St. Paul, he reached
here this evening at $50 o'clock, ac-
companied by members of the state
and local escort committees, and was
taken to the Hotel Ryan. A delegation
of old soldiers from Minneapolis and
this city met and cheered him there.
At o'clock Mr. Bryan, Ignatius
Donnelly and other speakers, Demo-
Gratis and Populists. were escorted to
the auditorium. a large structure ca
pable Of holding about 1000 people,
seated and standing. 1t was
CROWDED TO THE DOORS
and the candidate received a fiattering
reception. cheer after cheer being Civ
en- on his appearance.
Mr.. Bryan made his most important
speech of the evening there. His au-
dience did not warm UP to his remarks
y first. despite the greeting it had
given him, but toward the conclusion
of his address the audience became
very enthusiastic
The next address was at the West
Side hall, where a congregation equal
~ as enthusiastic as that at the Au-
ditorium, had been waiting some time
for his appearance. Then he went to
Market hall and spoke briefly. 1t be-
gan to rain hard while Mr.. Bryan was
addressing the enthusiastic crowd in
Market hall, and the open air meeting
at Rice's park, the last on the pro-
Eramme. was abandoned. Mr.. Bryan
returned to the Hotel Ryan at IL
o'clock and went to bed.
During his speech at the Auditorium
Mr.. Bryan was interrupted several
times by questions One man wanted
to know what was the
CAUSE OF THE HOMESTEAD
STRIKE,
and another asked him if it would be
easier to get silver from the silver
kings than it was to get gold from the
gold kings.
S L. Pierce. the chairman of the
meeting. introduced Mr.. Bryan after
Louis Nash had presented him with a.
silver pen in behalf of the Organized
Labor Bryan club Of st. Paul. Mr..
Bryan said:
mr.. Chairman. ladies and gentle
men: Tt gives me q, great deal of
pleasure to be permitted to defend our
cause in the presence of an audience in
this city, and before addressing myself
to the subject in hand, / desire to ex-
press to the organized labor Of this city
my grateful appreciation of the gift
which they have presented. Tt is a
gold pen with a silver holder. and if I
shall be elected by my countrymen to
II
that pen and holder shall be used to
sign a free coinage bill at the earliest
possible moment Capplause), and I am
glad that the pen with which my
signature shall be affixed is the
GIFT OF THE LABORING MEN.
because I believe that the laboring men
of this country. nay. more than that.
the laboring men of all this world. are
interested in the restoration of silver TO
its ancient place by the side of gold.
(Applause.) / would not favor the free
( coinage OF silver did / not believe it
would be beneficial to those who toll,
because my political philosophy teaches
ne that there can be no prosperity in
this nation unless that prosperity be-
gins first among those who create
wealth. and finds its way upwards to
the other classes CT soc ETY.. (ApplauSe.)
More than that, civilization itself rests
upon the great mass of the people, and
it is only by carrying the means of the
people upward and onward that you
can legislate any advance in civiliza-
ton. There can be no civilization where
a few in a land have more than they
can use. and the many flave an insult
fjcienf amount to give the comforts of
life. (Applause) Nor do believe that
these greas inequalities can exist in
a nation where the government OBJ
serves the old maxim Of equal rights to
all and special privileges to no one.
<Applause-1
when government is properly adj
ninistered, there viii be no representa-
tive OF q coal trust sitting by every
fireside to exact tribute from those
who desire to be protected from the
cold Of winter. lApplauseD
when government is properly admin
>istered, there viii be no Syndicates fat
Dtening out of the governments ADVERSE
ties. after they have brought those adj
versities on the government, for their
own benefit. CApplause.)
when government is properly admin
istered. there viii be no corporations
which assume greater authority than The
power which created them. (Applause.)
when government is properly admins
tered, it will recognize those fundamental
principles put forth in the Declaration of
Independence that all men are created
equal, that governments are instituted to
preserve their rights, and that govern
nentS derive their Just powers from the
consent of the governed. (Appiause)
'sWhen these four principles are APP
piled, then government Will be what it
ought 20 be. Jackson has well said that
laere are no necessary evils in govern
1nent; that evils exist only sin its abuse.
and, my friends, it is not the government
that We raise. our hands against. No
man who understands society or the
necessity for government will raise his
hand against the government. 1t is