The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-07

relation to this the greatest of QueS-
tons before the American people, you
will find that the influence of the
leadership to which / have referred
OF the Morgans Of Alabama, of the
Vests and Biands of Missouri. Zap
plause), Of the Boises of Iowa, Zap
plause), the Stevensons OF Illinois, zap
plause), the Matthews of Indiana, Zap
plause), the Blackburns of Kentucky,
Napplause) and host Of men upon
whom we have been taught by ex-
perience 10 rely in the past, will shape
that platform, ard especially the des-
TIMES Of this party and this country
In the future. Loud applause). Why,
the wisdom Of brief sentences and SIM
pie declarations like equality for all
and special privileges to none" tine
eternal separation of church and
state" the aphorism that every man
may worship according TO the dictates
OF his conscience tariff taxation i'm
posed only upon the people for the
purpose of a government economically
administered" tax, so far as may be.
should fall like the snowflake equally
upon all the rich and the poor alike
(applaUse), and such crisp declarations
as the free and unlimited coinage OF
gold and silver at the ratio Of 16 to J"
(Applause). u is because such eX-
preSsions have grown up, repeating as
they do a world of sentiment and
world of conviction in the simplest
way, that it may be conveyed to the
minds of the yeomen of our coun-
try. 1t has become a fashion of late
to say that we are in favor OF the
coinage of gold and silver at the ratio
Of is to l. Why this cabaliStic ex-
preston? 1t means a world of con-
viction; and il is now to be inserted, as
] believe, in the platform of the
Democracy of Utah, to be followed by
its insertion in the national platform at
Chicago (applause); because heretofore
in the platforms which we have made,
and upon which the party has gone be-
fore the country. we have declared that
We were in favor of the unrestricted
mintage of both metals without dis
elimination as to either (Which was in
the last national Democratic platforrD
and which We thought. and l in my
weakness and ignorance. / thought,
was fair expression Of the convic-
lions of our party upon that question;
but il was followed by some sort of
verbal legerdenlain or hocus pocus
about parity, and when we got into
congress. through our representatives,
we found we had been betrayed; and
hence. our convictions have been laid
down in the form of expression which
1 urge upon this convention to adopt,
that no man need err therein
though he be fool if he be
not knave. It is because of this that
the declaration has been made Though
out the states Of this union which have
held conventions this year. that we are
In favor of the free and unlimited coin
age of gold and silver at the ratio of
16 to l, without reference to what any
other nation on earth may do. loud
applause and cheers.} No man can
mistake that. We can say to Mr..
Cleveland and to Mr. Hoke Smith, Mr..
Carlisle and the rest Put that in your
MI md ,.11-a 4
No, no we should not erect
any shrine at which we will
worship in any temple built
to financial Jarus; we should
authorize no Etruscan coin that has
for its vignette the face of that god
looking both ways. Gaughter.) Rather,
fellow citizens, should we worship this
cause in some grand cathedral,
boundless as our wonder. whose
qBenchless lamps the sun and moon
supply its choir the winds and waves,
its organ thunder, it's dome the sky"
Such a temple is worthy TO embrace
the host of that great political party.
men and women, in which they may
worship. (Applause.)
Why, my fellow citizens, they have
usurped the slogan. called by them
sound money" which has spread
Throughout the country-it is a little
dishgured and in disgrace of late-and
DN the very use OF mat expression, by
the very wrongful assumption of such
a battle slogan they have added insult
to your conviction, to your patriotism.
We are in favor of sound money; we
are in favor of the money of Jefferson
and of Jackson and of Benton; we
are in faVor of the money of the consti-
tuition, gold and silver and paper, con-
vertible into either coin upon demand
at the option of this government Zap
piause), and to say that we are against
sound money, is TO say that we are not
Democrats.
1t has been freely declared by the
great American humorist. Chauncey
Depew, Qaughter} that the cause of
silver is dead Senator Teller said day
before yesterday in the senate of the
United States, that il was a lively
corpse. Our friend, Mr.. Harrity. the
chairman of the national Democratic
committee, is reported to have saia
that he would not even permit those
lunatics of the south, the west and the
middle west. to enter into the conven-
ton, if they had ever uttered the senti-
ment that unless they got the free ana
unlimited coinage of silver az the ratio
OF 16 to l they would not remain in that
convention. To his credit be it said,
/ see he has denied this There will be
no hocus pocus with the national com
mlttee this time-the masses are being
heard. 1t is a cyclone. fellow citizens,
that has been conjured up by the
Great Father of US ALL for the purpose
of convincing that committee and the
world that cur cause is just and thai
we are thrice armed in this campaign.
(Applause.) It is not dead, Mr. Depew
to the contrary Notwithstanding, as
well as the yellow chrysanthemum
Statesman from Nebraska that pre-
sides in the agricultural department
We are confronted now with a con-
oition of the treasury, of labor and OF
business throughout the country thai
is almost appalling, by this cowardly
gold, which the great Latin poet says
this accused thirst for gold is be.
coming more and more intense" 1t is
taking wings daily, they say and is
fleeing from the country. because OF
the very agitation Of the question
They are running the people in debt
hundreds Of millions-fve hundred
millions of dollars-for the purpose OF
sustaining theory that is new tC
u.s. and which is sapping the very life
blood of our country. (Applause)
Ladies and gentlemen, 1 am detain.
ing you too long. 1 can and do an
nounce to you glad tidings Of joy in
the progress of this campaign AL
ready we have secured, or nearly so
enough Democratic states of the Unior
to write this platform, and when it /.
written it will be written by one dele
gate from each state, anG Utah, under
our form OF government, in the Demo
cratic convention and in the senate O.
the United States, is the equal of tn.
Empire state of New York loud ap
plause). We have these tidings from
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