The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-29
GENERAL HARRIsoN's SPEECH.

importance than another mans opinions
because Of the great trust and response
bil1ty that have been placed upon him.
For this reason the speech of General
Harrison at Carnegie Hall, New York,
Thursday night, becomes important. No
matter how much one may differ from
him, one cannot but give respectful con-
sideration to anything he says, for he
IS an able man.
His speech at Carnegie Hall viii un-
questionably be circulated as a cam
paign document by his party. Next to
McKinley's letter of acceptance it is
the most important document it can
circulate. AT the very outset of his
speech he declared that he spoke as a
partisan; and that he did, there is no
question. He declares he never had so
much respect for Democrats as today,
and all because they differed among
themselves as to the declarations of the
Chicago platform and some Of them
had bolted.
"A bolt from any party is now and
then a most reassuring incident" said
General Harrison, land was never
more reassuring and had better cause
than now" He undoubtedly had in his
mind the bolt of the gold Democrats
but the truly reassuring bolt was at the
st. Louis convention. though this was
not present to the generals mind, most
likely.
Coming down to the question of is
sues, he declared that in his opinion
there is no issue presented by the Chi
vital than the question they have raised
of protecting the power and duty of the
national courts and national executive.
The defense of the constitution and of
the integrity of the supreme court of
the United States, and of the presi-
dents power and duty to enforce all of
the laws of the United States without
awaiting the call or consent OF the
governor of any state, is as important
and living issue in this campaign" The
constitution not having been attacked
needs no defense, neither has any
branch of the government. If citing a
fact, although that fact relates to the
supreme court and must not be per-
mitted, then things have arrived at that
stage in this country where freedom of
speech and the press is but mock
cry.
General Harrison says that the at
mosphere of the Chicago convention
was surcharged with the spirit of revo-
luton, and that the platform was adopt
ed in a frenzy. If that platform was
adopted in a frenzy it was because half
of the Americans who sent those dele
gates to that convention were in a
frenzy. And what had frenzied them?
Years of depression and of oppression,
years in which they suffered in silence,
hoping against hope waiting for the
dawning OF that day that never came,
that day Of prosperity and plenty which
will only come with the restoration of
silver to that place in our monetary
system which it had up to 1873. The
British ministry looked upon that con-
vention which put forth the Declaration
of Independence as being frenzied. In
trenched power, kingly or moneyed, al
ways looks upon a people struggling to
obtain or maintain their rights as fren-
zied
General Harrison Endorses the theory
Of government by injunction. Two years
ago, when it was instituted, it practi-
cally superseded for a time in parts
Of the country all other forms of gov
eminent. That the authority of the
la
but judges can become tyrants as we'll
as other men. Down in the state of
Nebraska the people beheld the outrage
Gus and tyrannical spectacle of a Unit
ed States judge issuing an injunction
men to continue in the en-
ployment of railroad company
they wanted to or not And
not protest against such things, for if
they do it will be an attack upon the
The general rushed to the defense
and rescue of the supreme court when
it needed none whatever. Gentlemen
who are opposed 20 an income tax are
taking a great deal of trouble about the
Abraham Lincoln, who was as great
a patriot as any of them, did not hest
tate TO criticise that distinguished and
august body; nor did those who had the
power to reconstruct it hesitate to use
that power when it was desired to have
the greenbacks held to be legal and
lawful money. And upon one occasion
a predecessor of General Harrison and
Mr.. Cleveland did not hesitate to say
of the supreme court that, John Mar
shall having made his decision, now
let John Marshall enforce his decision.
General Harrison declared he did not
intend TO spend any time discussing
the tariff question, but it is so allur-
ing to him that he did, being in this
regard Ike Donna Julia who, though
protesting she would n'er consent, coa-
scented. He says debate on the tariff
question has been won and need not be
protracted. True; it was won in 1892.
Speaking of the bond issues and the
gold reserve, he says the bond issues
were made to supply the deficit caused
by the Wilson-G German bill. He failed
to mention that there was a very large
deficit during the last year the McKin-
ley law was in force. Then he praises
Mr.. Cleveland for using his power to
maintain the gold reserve. To do that
very thing was the reason Mr.. Cleve-
land issued the bonds And General
Harrison knows that that was Mr..
reason for issuing the |