The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-06

Los Angeles, Cal. July 5.-The
cheers of 2G,00G people greeted William
Jennings Bryan at Forest park this
afternoon, where he spoke for two
hours and twenty minutes and held
the close attention of the audience.
Mr.. Bryan was Introduced by Mr.
George Patton of Los Angeles. and af-
ter brief reference to sentiments con-
nected with Independence day he pro-
ceeded at once to the discussion of the
subjects of taxation, the income tax,
bimetallfsm and the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at 16 to l.
At the beginning Of his speech Mr.
Bran said:
There can be no better use TO put
this day than TO educate a pubic
opinion that will drive out of your city
any and every man who attempts TO
defraud his government in the non
payment of his taxes. There is no
city. no county in the country where
there are not men who are respected,
who move in the highest circles Of
society, who are looked up to. but who
are robbing their neighbors by the
evasion of their proper share of tax
alton, or their avoidance of the law.
L wish to mention one form of tax
alton now before the American people,
because this form of taxation has been
the object of a class of men who have
tried TO shield themselves behind a de-
cisiOn of the supreme court. and WHO
are the very men who would pc the
first to try to evade the law Of that or
any other court if it was against their
wishes.
i mention the income tax. ] favor
the income tax. II is a just tax.
No man can denounce this tax with
out asserting that those who have
wealth should not bear their share of
the expenses of the government.
After devoting' considerable time 10
the arraignment of trusts and corpor-
ations. he said:
4 don't want you to think that I
would ask you TO do anything wrong
against corporations. l only say that
corporations are created by and sub
ject to the laws, and that the laws are
created by men. al l ask is that the
power which calls corporations into
existence should have the power to re-
strain that instrumentaiity. l say, my
friends. that the people who are en-
dangering the nation are not the an
archists but those who are threatening
the safety of the government are the
great men, the rich men, the powerful
men. who think themselves SO strong,
so free from all interference that they
can corrupt our government, buy up
our legislatures and with safety defy
the seventy millions of people. Of this
great nation.
But the money question is the main
question" he said. III tell you what
is the best kind of money: That which
leaves feWest starving men. You
tell me the melting-pot test is the
correct test of an honest dollar. ] tell
you that gold can be melted without
a loss because il can be coined with
out loss. Il is a charac eristic given
by law and not a divine attribute.
Suppose all the nations of the earth
should take all OF the money and de-
termine that we had 80 times too many
dollars. and then dump this money
INFO the ocean. Suppose, instead of
contracting the currency. it was ex-
panded-that somebody should end
enough gold to coin 200 times as much
gold as we have now. We would have
100 times as much money. Because
IL could be melted without a loss, il
would be honest money
'Bime tallism is necessary. Two
things must be considered in money
as in food-quality and quantity
There is no satisfaction 10 have you
tell me the desirable qualities Of gold
If 1 cannot get any of It. There is not
enough gold for the basis of the worlds
money. II you make collars scarce,
You make dollars dearer. The dollar
Is best whose purchasing power is the
most stable
In conclusion Mr.. Bryan said:
The financial classes are very in
fluental in politics and society. If
there be any one doubtful of this in
fluence let him run To- president On a
free silver platform and he Will never
doubt l..