The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-17

II was time when the great masses
/ of the people were enjoying the measure
of the blessings intended for their reward
fo- honest toll The rose was in the
/ cheek of the wife as she watched at the
gate for the home coming of the husband
and father. The laugh Of innocent child
! hood sounded like sweet music on the ears
of the parent as he came back from hif
I tasks, and the WEAKNESS of the day was
! forgotten in the delights of domestic feiic-
/ ity. Then, through the savings he was
. able to accumulate. the head OF the house
/ hold was enabled to provide for those de-
pendent upon him in manner common
surate with their needs and at the same
] time lay by something to cheer him and
/ the companion of his youth in the years
I when their heads should have become
whitened and their forms bowed with
/ the weight of many days. 1t was then
/ the fires of true patriotism burned bright
, in every breast, when the safety of the
nation was assured by the support of
! those who were a part and parcel of its
people; whose homes were portion of its
domain; when its area was the property
/ of the common people.
change came over the scene. While
I the hardy yeomanry of the land was abb
sent from their firesides fighting for the
! honor and preservation of the nation, a
new power arose and stretched Its iron
: tered armies had disappeared from the
! battlefieids and the soldier had returned
) to his wife and children. it had spread
its meshes for the catch it was to make
!.
working in the dark that no man might
know its doings but as day followed day,
and year pursued year. il became more
apparent: more bold in its undertakings.
that influence which controls empires and
kingdoms. which wrecks homes and de-
stroys men that it may mount higher on
the ruin ii has created.
No longer was the nest of the laborer a
nook of content. The task at which the
father toiled was abolished. because, for
- h. rf..l.r =
TO limit the production. One-half the
money of the world was stricken down.
that the same trust, which owned the
gold. might fasten its clutch on the heart
strings of the nation the tighter The
man sat at his hearthstone detected, I'M
til the cries of the children awakened him
to the fact that hunger stood at the
Threshold. To get bread he mOrtgaged
his home, which had sheltered his loved
ones from the day they saw the light
The day of payment came and there was
naught with which to pay; nothing with
which to satisfy the demand, and from
the cottage where they had enjoyed SO
many happy days they went to the howell.
The rose in the cheek of the dear COM
panion gave place to the lily, the pallid
flower which marks the pathway of
death. and the round faces of the chill
dren became pinched and drawn. Misery
had unSealed Peace, and Despair sat on
the throne where JOY had reigned a king.
He turned to the rich and powerful for
relief. The appeal of the honest heart
was SCOrneQ- For MIN tilere was no re-
lief. He threw himself at the feet of
those VINO were his oppreSSors and begged
for chance to exist. His request for
bread was met with the gift of stone.
Anarchy whispered in his ear and riot
and ruin followed. All over the land was
heard the tread of marching feet. The
newspapers were filled with reports of
troops firing on men whose ambition was
bread. Unable to cope with the conditions
which confronted him. he sat down in the
dumbness of despair; waiting for the end.
No longer had he any pride in country.
for he no longer owned a part OF IL his
cottage was the property of another; his
belongings were sold.
Hope found him in his detection and
affair in the land where the sun smiles
his last good night, came the BE OF good
cheer, from the men who were willing
and anxious to better his condition.
Doubling, lest he had not heard Alright,
he turned his head westward and with
arms outstretched, he sent wailing cry
across the green Drairies and up the
slopes of the giant mountains, and back
from the purple glory which crowns the
alabaster peaks came words of cheer.
, But the same ruthless power which
PROSTATE form and forbade anyone CIV
ing him succor. And so powerful was it
that those who would have gone TO the
assistance of the unfortunate were
deferred and held back.
Then it was that from one of the great
states of the middle west came one of
those men whom God sends to humanitys
assistance in every emergency. Strong in
the faith and true TO the hearts core TO
the cause he had espoused he threw him.
self into the thckest OF the fray which
followed. Men made him their leader;
their standard bearer. And all through
that intense battle. ever waving high
above the spears; where the fiercest
blows fell: where the strongest met in
conflict ever fioated triumphant the sill
yer plume of this Henry of Navarro The
battle was not lost. Though overpowered
by numbers, the cause was not lost. Well
might those opposed to us say. Another
such a victory and we are lost. for
scarcely had the smoke of the conflict
died away ere the forces once more be-
gan to rally. until today they stand in
one unbroken phalanx, ready to march
forth TO the victory which awaits us
three years hence. under the same gall
liant leader William J. Bryan, under the
same banner: Free and unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver at ratio of
During that great conflict. you sir,
earned the right to live. as you do in the
hearts of the people who are struggling
10 free themselves from the condition of
semi-slavery which has enthralled them.
And it is for the purpose OF testifving TO
YOU the gratitude and the love of those
Of this section of the great west that /