The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-15

shadowing question of financial reform
to the front. 1t was the Peoples party
that made it impossible for the old
parties longer to keep in the back
ground the real natioral issues while
they fought battles over the tariff and
other minor local issues. The Peoples
party Is the real force, the handspring
behind this great political revolution.
1T was the indomitable force that
| drove the Democratic party to make
/ its patriotic declaration in the Chicago
| convention, and is now the constant
and strengthening force that holds
them up to that declaration If this
| patriotic and elevating influence as an
organized force were removed, then
inevitably the evil and blighting influ-
ences that have dominated and
CORRUPTED THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY
/ in the past would creep into its coUn-
ellis and control it again. Besides, there
is considerable minority of the Demo-
cratic party, who for policy, are sup
/ porting the action of the Chicago con-
vention, yet who are radically opposed
to Mr.. Bryan and the principles which
ne represents. These are the natural
allies of the boiling plutocrats Of the
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no effort to defeat the reforms which
the people and every principle CT good
! government demand.
Thus the Democratic party, so long
! debauched-a party beset from without
and from within by the gold and
monopoly Democrats, is plotting to
! again control it-cannot be relied upon
! to carry out these reforms of the Peo-
/ pies party and restore prosperity TO
the American people. Therefore, there
was never greater need for the con-
/ tinued
EXISTENCE AND VIGOROUS
GROWTH
of our party than now Without it, the
Democratic party, if in power, could not
/ redeem its pledges. Without it, the
next national convention of the Demo-
cratic party would repudiate the plat
form it has so recently adopted at Chi
cago. and MI. Bryan would stand no
more chance of becoming its nominee
uhan would Thomas Jefferson If he were
again on earth.
In 1892, the Democratic politicians
denounced the principles of the Peoples
party. In 1885, these same men were
forced to purge themselves of their
modern false doctrines and return to
the principles of Jefferson and Jackson.
That party, in it's national convention,
nominated for the presidency William
J. Bryan, a man who was ready to re-
nounce the false gods of a corrupted
Democracy as Henry NJ. Teller had re-
nounced the false gods of a corrupted
Repubicanism.
The Peoples party, in its second ma
tional convention, held a few weeks
later, put country above party and rose
to a higher plane of patriotism than
has ever been shown by any other
party-it recognized in this
YOUNG PATRIOT OF THE WEST
man who stands in the broadcast and
truest sense for American institutions
and American princip4es-a man as
worthy and as true as anyone within
our own ranks, and besides, one who
had already several millions of votes
pledged to his support, and who, there
fore, we could be sure of electing in
the present contest. Thus was present
ed to us an opportunity to elect a man
who would be the first friend to the
people in the White House in twenty
years-such man as the Peoples /
party had scarcely hoped to elect before
1900 If the Democratic party had been
true to the people and its own platform
in it's selection of a candidate for vice
president, we would not now have the
honor of addressing you, one of the
worthiest and most beloved sons of the
Peoples party, in this official capacity;
for in that event, the Peoples party !
would have nominated the whole Demo- /
cratic ticket by even a larger majority
than it nominated Mr.. Bryan. But
such was not the case. 1t seems that
the party was not able. at one effort
TO purge itself of its modern heresies, /
cast off it's plutocratic leaders, and at
the same time it nominated Mr.. Bryan
gave him a, running mate who had not
earned in the arena of action, contend
ing against
THE FOES OF THE REPUBLIC,
the affection, confidence and trust of
the masses of our people, as Mr.. Bryan
himself Had it nominated a man for
the vice-presidency who was known to /
all America as a chieftain and leader I
in defense of the toilerS and producers /
of the land, one who by the use OF /
voice, pen and means had endeared [
himself to the American peOple-One |
with past not obscured in a silence I
suggestive OF either ignorance or indff- I
ference to the struggle of the people |
with the money power, the occasion OF /
this communication to your worthy |
self would not have occurred. The PeO- |
pies party, true to its principles and [
true to it's teachings nominated for the
high Office of vice-president a. man |
worthy to have headed the ticket, a
man who represents what Mr.. Bryan
represents, and therefore presents To
the people today in the persons Of
Bryan and Watson the best silver ticket
in the feld-a ticket that is more rep
resentative of American interests than
any other; ticket that stands for just
the opposite of that for which the Re
publican ticket stands.
IF the people win this fight for imam
cial reform, il must be accomplished
by the cooperation of the silver forces
of all political parties. To secure such
cooperation of the different parties it
is necessary to have a cooperative
ticket. Therefore,
BRYAN AND WATSON
is not only the best, but it is also the
true cooperative ticket.
1--WE have the honor, representing
the second national convention OF the
Peoples party, to formally notify you
of your nomination for the vice-presi-
dency of the United States, and hope
you will accept the high trust, and
carry our banner OF equal rights to all
and special privileges to none to vic
tory against the combined n1infons of
special provisions, aggregated capital
and organized greed.
1--WE have the honor to be yours most
respectfully,
MARION BUTLER,
Chairman ex oficio for Notification
Committee.
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