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

| are they going to do when the Senti-
ment begins to increase. l am afraid
| that l cannot make myself heard over
! any large part of this audience, but
/ hope that those of you who find il
/ difficult TO hear, VIII assist me by being
1 as QGiet as possible, SO not to disturb
/ others who can hear. We are enter
ing upon a, great national campaign.
+ The nominations have been made, the
/ ISSUES HAVE BEEN LAID DOWN,
and the voters are choosing their sides
upon this question. In former cam
paigTls we have been able TO measure
the vote of each party with some de-
gree of accuracy. In ordinary times
the platform adopted by the party rep
resented the sentiment of the party,
generally speaking, and the number OF
changes from one side to the other was
few, but we are in the midst of a
great upheaval in politics. Men who
used to wait to have the party man
ayers to tell them what ought to be
done. are now telling the party mana
gers what they ought to do. Great
aipplauSe.) Men who, in ordinary times,
made their opinions to fit into party
creeds are this year making their
creeds to conform to their deep con-
victions. (Applause)
To my mind this political campaign
proves anew the capacity Of the Ameri-
can people for self government. Cap
plause and cheers.) I have believed
at all times that power could be safely
entrusted into the hands of the Aneri
can people. (Applause.) 1t was the
doctrine of Washington, it was the
doctrine of Thomas Jefferson, it was
the doctrine of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN;
it has been the doctrine of every man
who had faith in Republican institu-
tons. (Applause.) 1 want tonight I'M
g. very few words 20 impress upon you
the Importance of the part which you
are 80 play in the conduct of the gov
eminent of the United States. Do you
believe in the restoration of bimetal-
lism? (Cries of 'yes.D If you do, then
you are opposed to gold standard.
(Cries of yes, yes.) Between a. gold
standard and bimetallisn whether that
binetallism be independent or inter
national, (cries of independent, } there
is an impossible gulf.
1.-THE United States is the greatest
nation, iii my Judgment, among all the
sisterhood of nations. We are an ex-
ample to be oppressed everywhere and
ought to be the chief among the first
in every movement that has for it's OBJ
ject the betterment of the conditions
which surround mankind (Applause.)
Upon the action of the United States
may depend the action of other nations
upon the money question.
IF you have hard times now what
will it be when India, China, Japan
and other silver nations are driven to a
gold standard. where will the gold come
from to supply their vast wants as
we'll as those of other nafions?"
MIR. Bryan went on to state ait length
the evils that would follow. In closing
he said:
L simply quote what has been said
by thousands before me when [ tell you
that the establishment of gold as the
sole standard Of the world means a de
crease in the value of all your prop
eTty and in the virtual increase of all
your debts. More than that, it means
the stagnation of business, the
PARALYSIS OF INDUSTRY;
more tenants upon the farm in the place
of home owners; more laboring men ON
the streets and fewer at work. They
may gloss it over with sound money!
but 1t is sound omney' that means the
sound Of the wall of distress. Great APP
Dlause)
Now, you may think I have been en-
phatic in my descriptions of the effect
of a gold standard, but in this cam
paign we are at liberty to denounce a
gold standard with all the emphasis we
cam Why? Because no party in the
United States has ever dared TO defend
a gold standard before the American
people. (Applause.) The Republican
party does not do it. The Republican
party, in its platform, says that That
party is pledged to the restoration of
bimetallism. What Goes that mean?
It means the Republican party thinks
bimetadlism is better than the gold
standard. The Republican party dare
hot call the gold standard good, for
then millions of people will ask why do
you try TO get rid of a good thing? And
yet the Republican speakers dare net
tell the people that the gold standard is
bad because millions more wifi ask
them if it is bad, why DO you submit
to it. (Applause.)
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
They will try to make you believe that
after all the money question does not
amount to a great deal. They will try
to make you think there is some other
question, I waGNr you to understand,
and so long as there is a. party in this
country declaring that the control CT
our financial policy shall be dictated in
London, instead of in Washington,
American people. (GreaR applause.) AS
long as there is a party that denies the
ability Of tine American people to iegis-
late for themselves ON every question,
there is no other question that can
force itself upon the attention of the
American people. The Democratic
platform declares against a gold stand
ard. II does not say we shall submit
to the gold standard for q. day, or a
week, or a year; it declares unalterabte
10 q gold standard. 1t de-
nounces the gold standard as not only
but anti-American, and
1t pledges the Democratic party, if en-
trusted with power, to get rid of the
gold standard by the immediate res
toration OF free and unlimited coinage
Of gold and silver at the present legal
ratio of 16 to l. without waiting for
the aid or consent of any other nation
Great applause.) "a voice, Keep it |
up al night, we are noe tiredp)
Mr.. Bryan: NOW, my friends. 1 stand
upon that platform. (Cries of good
and three cheers for Bryan which
we're given.) ! don't think there is any
one in this campaign who Wild doubt
but what if elected I will carry out
that platform. (Applause.) That being
true, [ do not expect the support OF
any man who believes that the gold
standard is necessary for the welfare
IF this country. l do not want you to
think because l am only little older
than the constitution requires, because /
am classed among those who are
called young, that there is going to be
ANY CHILDISH PLAY
IN this campaign. (Great applause.) |
There is lots of work in this campaign
md l don't know but what a young