The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
A TOUR OF TRIUMPH
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strongest Democratic counties of the
great state. Great applause) Will
you go back on your record this fall?
cloud cheering and cries of "No") 1
want to say to you that 1 do not be-
lieve that we have ever adopted in
this country a more thoroughly Demo-
cratic platform than that which was
adopted at Chicago AT the Democratic
: convention. 1t sets forth the policies
of the Democratic party and 1 be-
lieve these policies will commend them
selves to the judgment of
THE GREAT COMMON PEOPLE
/ Of the United States loud applause.)
Gentlemen, ii you in this county will
give the electoral ticket as large
vote as 1 know you viii give your
candidate for governor-John P. Alt
geld-Qoud and continued applause and
! cheering) we shall be satisfied" Great
cheering.)
The home of Comptroller Eckels,
/ Ottawa, was hearty in its welcome.
Many more than thousand formed
| the audience. Mr.. Bryan said:
I'VE are entering upon campaign
! in which it seems that all of the peo-
pie are going to take part. Where
other leaders have gone back on their
records and have deserted the cause
in which the people believe new lead
ers have come to the front, and it IL
illustrates, 1 think, as well as any ex-
perience we have had, the capacity of
our people for self-government. In
this campaign there is going to be one
the money question. The Re-
publican platform declares in ia
vor of the maintenance of the
gold standard until foreign nations
take pity on our condition and come
to our rescue. (Great applause) The
Democratic platform declares its I'M
alterable opposition to the gold stand
ard, and declares in favor of the i'm
mediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of both gold and
silver at the present ratio of 16 to 1,
without waiting for the aid or con-
sent of any other nation. cloud
cheeurs) 1t is not difficult, therefore,
for you to determine on which side
you stand. Remember that the Re
publfcans do not say that the gold
standard is a good thing.
THEY DARE NOT SAY so.
The misery that has cursed every
country where 1T has been tried pro-
claims that it is not good, and no
party in this country has ever de-
Tended it. The Republican party, with
out daring to say that it is good, dares
to say that the American people must
suffer from it until some other govern
menGs will help us to get rid of it.
(Great cheering.) We appeal to a peo-
Pile capable of governing themselves,
and ask them to say whether they will
determine their own financial policy for |
their own benefit, or submit to a poll
icy which other nations think we ought |
to endure. (Cheers.) I am willing to
rest the question there" Gong con-
tinued cheering.)
The demonstration at Joliet was one
of the greatest given the nominee |
since he left Lincoln. It is estimated
that 5000 people were there, and they
were wild to shake the Democratic can
d1date's hand, and recklessly took
chances on life in the suffocating jam
THE SCENE APPROACHED A
PANIC,
and Mr.. Bryan finally refused to shake
hands with more people.
Mr. Bryan made a short address,
saying in part:
Our opponents sometimes say that
we do not know what 16 to 1 means,
but I want you to let them under
stand that 1t has one meaning, and
that is every silver man is to get is
others to vote with him in November.
(Great applause.) That is one mean
ing of 16 to l. that they will be inter
ested in learning during the cam
paEn."
The members of the Chicago commit
tee met Mr.. Bryan at Joliet and ac-
companied him to Chicago. The run
to Chicago, which was reached at 1880,
was made without further incident