The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-26

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 25.-The
ninth annual convention of the Ma
tionaI League of Republican Clubs as
sembled in Exposition hall today with
an attendance of delegates and spec
tators which did not equal expecta-
tons.
This was due in a large measure to
the inability Of the managers to secure
the presence of speakers of national
reputation. owing to the exigencies OF
the campaign and demands Of local
conventions in various states.
The two sessions were devoted to the
preliminaries of the convention, and
in the afternoon notable addresses
were made by Congressman McCleary
of Minnesota and A. B. Cummings Of
Iowa, who bore to the convention the
greeting and good will of the national
committee.
Tomorrow's session will be devoted
to the consideration of committee re-
ports, with mass meeting at night.
The election of officers will probably
occur Thursday.
1t was Ills when President McAlpin
called the convention to order. His
appearance evoked loud applause from
the New York delegation.
introduced a.
berger, pastor of Grand Avenue NJ. e.
church. who opened the proceedings
with prayer.
ADDRESSES OF WELCOME
were made by Mayor W. o. Rauschen-
berger Irving NJ. Bean, chairman Of
the local executive committee in charge
of the committee on arrangements,
and Samuel A. Harper, president of
the Wisconsin State league. His state
nlent that Wisconsin was in favor of d
protective tariff evoked greater ap-
plause than any other sentiment. Re-
Spouse was made to these addresses
on behalf of the national organization
by D. D. Woodmansae of Ohio. His
allusion TO the title given to Bryan,
THE Boy Orator of the Platte" as be-
ing peculiarly appropriate, the river
being $500 miles long and six inches
deep" was received with shouts of
laughter.
President McAlpin read his annual
address. In the course of it he said:
IF 1 understand the political condi-
tons Alright. and interpret correctly
the actions of the various conventions
that followed the Republican conven-
ton, we appeal to our fellow citizens
above and beyond our belief in our
own party, along lines broader and
higher than that. as a matter of pa
triotism, there shall be united front
opposed to those who are trifing with
THE NATIONS CREDIT,
disturbing her business interests, or
appealing to human prejudices as a
means of arraying section against Sec
ton or class against class, in the hope
Of gaining political preferment.
Have sacrificed lives and treasure
ceased to teach their lesson? Grave, in
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man who would try, as he stands
within the shadow of the rebellion, to
deliberately divide the country into
sections; her people into classes, ar
raging them against each other either
for personal advantage or to subserve
political ends Such course, although
begun merely in public discussions,
will, If persisted in, threaten the per-
manency of our institutions. That such
an effort will not be successful [ firmly
believe.
GAS the blood courses through the
body and by its various functions sus-
tains life, so does an honest currency,
passing through the channels of trade.
sustain the prosperity Of our citizens
and establish
THE NATIONS INTEGRITY.
We are contending, therefore, for hon
esty in government, the inviolability
of contract rights, and the assurance to
everyone in return for his labor or in
exchange for commodities Of a full and
honest dollar.
1--WE are all creditors and we are all
debtors. We cannot cheat others with
out cheating ourselves. Our present
money standards are neither the result
of chance nor conspiracy, but are
rather the outgrowth of experiment
and the result of centuries Of progress.
The government can neither make
value nor give it without a cOnsideTa-
ton To ask, therefore, that it shall
create a dollar of intrinsically half it's
nominal value and force it's acceptance
at it's face value, is to ask the govern
ment to actually take property from
our citizens and commit legalized rob-
berry.
'"That must necessarily be the best
money whose intrinsical value is near
est to it's declared value wherever it
NAV be presented for use.
eve are told by our political oppo-
nents recently assembled at Chicago,
that the government shall coin
THE SILVER OF THE WORLD
into dollars actually worth SO cents in
value and declare them
worth 100 cents. The government must,
therefore, present from its own fund
Of credit At cents of value or by stat
utory enactment rob its citizens of that
amount of property which they have
already accumulated. For myself,
protest against the inconsistency which
denounces the existence of trusts, and
at the same time seeks to compel the
government to take the entire product
Of one field of industry at a specific
price, measured by an absolute standard
and to disburse it at fictitious one.
Such a course is opposed to the spirit
Of our institutions, and contrary to the
functions of government. The nations
integrity rests not alone ON the surplus