The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13
AT LEAST ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND
fcontim led from Page u

AIteLea al the Union station by a crpWC
OF several thousand people who made
the spacious train shed ring with THEN
shouts.
Alter supper, Mr.. Bryan, at o'clock,
started out on his round of spec ch-mak-
ING, DONG the jumping from place 10
place IL special trolley car.
Concordia park, the Auditoriu n, and
Y SporrsIneDs park were the places where
he spoke. Concordia PARK has a great
forming he seats for the multitude Is thai
nave gathered there Tonight eve Cy bit
81 space on the floor and on the te traces
As taken up by spectators, and when
Lhe democratic candidate arrive I'd he
found an audience of between 15,OtD and
2e0O0 people
THE SCENE WAS PICTURESQUE,
= It'll the solid lines CT humanity along
the sloplng banks of the arena, ana
Sllglllly higher than that below, while
ShneSe lanterns suspended frona many
lllage.
pr. Bryan was received with Eo md
after round of applause, and after an in
PRODUCTION by the chairman Of the 81 tie
central committee. made an address OF
haf an hour long. The great auditoriR "a
where Major Mckinley was nominate d
by the Republican convention was mon 2
tslan three miles away and when MI.
Bryan arrived there at 8:45 he found tae
anterior packed from floor to ceiling Wlth
people anxious to hear him talk. 1t is
stated that 1000 chairs had been placed
IN the hall, and tonight not only did ey-
cry chair have an occupant, but at least
5000 people crowned the stage, aisles and
the spaces back of the galleries. The
heat was enerVatiug, and several women
tainted Private John Allen, congress-
man from Mississippi, entertained the
vast audience untl Mr.. Bryan arrived.
was the same story over again at
Sportsmen's park, which Mr.. Bryan
reached at 10:i5. The crowd there was
eQuae to than at the auditorium and was
quite as enthusiastic.
AT CoNCoRDIA PARK
At Concordia park, Mr.. Bryan said, in
part:
".rhere are some who believe that the
maintenance Of the gold standard until
foreign nations come to our reilet Is an
absolute necessity for the welfare OF
this country. There are those, on the
other hand. who believe that restoration
OF free and unlimited coinage Of gold
and silver at the present ratio of is to I,
without waiting for the aid or consent
of any other nation, Is absolutely essen
tial to national prosperity, (Cheers and
cries Of Good. } This IS the great ques-
ton which must be submitted to the
ballot and il order that you may under
stand this question, ! desire TO submit a
few arguments tonight in behalf of the
restoration of free coinage. assume IN
the first place that every American clt-
zen is competent to form an opinion upon
this issue. In the first place, the Repup-
lican party, in its platform and through
its public men, is making no effort to
supply the people Of the United states
with sufficient. money to 40 business
with. (Applause.) If I were to tell you
that a grown person could wear the
clothes Of a child, you would THINK me
foolish; If 1 told you grown person
could live on food necessary to sustain
life IN a child. you would call me toollsh'
and yet
THEY CALL THESE MEN FTNAN-
CIERS
who assume that people, growing in
population, can survive on money de-
crease in its minis. (Cheers,) 1 want
you TO remember now, the figures which |
i am going to read you. These figures
are taken from a government publiea- |
ton issued on the Isl Of july, 1886.
Now, give me your attention, my
friends. In this government publication, |
issued by the treasury department. on the !
1st of July, 1896, l find a statement OF the |
amount of money OF all kinds in clrcula- |
ton among the people Tor the various |
years 1894 1895 and 1896. In 81 the |
amount of money in circulation, according /
To this report. was Sl,660 UO0VJ0 In 1880, |
the amount OF money in circulation had |
fallen to 81. 60l. COO a decrease in one |
year of S59, COO On June 80, 1876, the !
amount in circulation had fallen 10 ST. |
5O6 100000 It means that IN Two years
time, according TO the treasury report
the amount of money in circulation
among the people had fallen about $l99,-
600 coo in amount. In other words, in TWO
of about or nearly, 10 per cent IN the
amount of money in circulation among
the people. This, my friends, IS the
trea sury report, and this report SHOWS
that while the per capita circulation IN
1894 was S242S per capita, IN 1896 II had
fallen TO $2L10, a fall Of more than s. per
capita (Cheers) NOW that nave cal, ,s1l
your attention to this decrease shown by
the treasury report, letsme snow you, my
friends, that instead of being a decrease,
there should have been an increase each
year.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN
made a speech on the 5th of July, 1890, and
in the course OF that speech he said that
we needed an increase in the currency or
something like $50 090,090 every year, and
Yet instead of having an increase OF $oe,-
ofC GOO per annum, the last two years We
have a decrease of 55,0O0,O0O, making a
deficit Of about S225. 000.0 600 in the currency
of The country. Now, If Senator Sherman
was right in 1890 in saying that the people
needed more money each year, then
want to ask YOU why it Is that the Republ-
can party has, in the face OF a decrease
ia The circulation of money, made no pro-
visions 10 supply the needs OF an lncreaS-
ing populatiOn. When We speak about
these matters, our opponets tell us that
we don't understand mathematics, and
man does not have to know much about
-l7afhe1aatics to know that a nation that
REQUIRES an increased circulation must
know that it demands an increase Of the
purchase of silver bullion. Not only does
The Republican party make no provision
for the increase of the currency to meet
The needs Of the people, but The Republic
can party has been silent with regard to
the manner in which this circulation has
been contracted. If the Republican party
succeeds, we have every reason to be-
lieve that the Republican administra ton
will follow the example set by the previous
administration and go on contracting the
circulation instead of increasing 1t. Gap
p.ausel
AT THE AUDITORIUM
Mr.. Bryan said in part:
s.If the Republican party had declared
in favor of a gold standard, its orators
might have gone before The people and adj
,-ncafe6 the gold standard as d good thing.
no have done so they would have had to
close their ears to the cry OF distress which
comes up everywhere. But they did not
declare for a gold standard. Why? Be ,
cause those who favored a. gold standard 1
never fought an open fight IN their lives. ,
Gold is a coward. 1t will not meet its
enemies in an open fight and those who !
8 dvocate a gold standard never have been ,
willing 10 face their enemies before the ,
q American people. Let me give YOU an | ,
evidence of the fact that our opponents !
are not willing to take the American peo- :
Die into their confidence and declare be-
fore American people the policy which !
they desire.
hall a little less than three months ago .
/ attended a national convention held in T
this hall l saw here adopted the first ! !
platform ever adopted by national cor | !
yention in all the history of the United :
States which declared that we must de- ,
pend upon foreign nations for permission !
to DO what orr people desire to do. {