The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-21

TO hear some of the great men OF Utah
say something, for 1 know there are
those of you who can talk. and as we
have raised some very aDle men down
( in Nebraska. 1 90 not know but ii
would be a good thing to have them
Ditted against each other.
Missouri, pointing to Crisp, speaks
for itself. Q4au-hter)
Now, my friends. We had great
campaign. which ended differently from
what was expected. Yet there was
something peculiar about it, in this,
that the day after election, we who
were defeated, were full of hope of the
future: more so than our successful OPP
ponerts who won. They knew they
had TO fulfill the promises they had
made. Gaughter.) Confidence was re-
stored, but our people seemed to be
the only ones who had il. 1Laughter.)
You see, our people have got used to
the hard times, and they are cheered
by the hope that they only have to
stand them three years longer. Cheer
ins.)
Now. they promised US prosperity
but take the samples they exhibited
during the campaign, and see if that
which we have received is up to the
standard. Oaughter.) Had we won
the victory and elected a senate and
ilOQSC- lLClC DIT lIOSC " III NOQlQ nav (
been today paying their debts in silver
and gold. and times would have been
in an improved condition (Cheers.)
SAYS BRYAN WAS ELECTED.
I received a letter from a man in
Texas a few days ago, who insists I
was elected president. He said ne was
glad to hear it. He told me the Re
publicans said If I was elected, banks
i
break up in business, and haven't they
been doing it since election? Oaugh-
ter) Take the facts as stated by my
friend. and how can You doubt that l
was elected. daughter and eheers.)
Now. let me tell you something, my
friends. When 1 went 10 Washington
seven years ago, l thought all the goOd
in politics was embodied in the Demo-
cratic party. I thought all the bad was
to be found in the Republican party.
But when / found so many gold Demo-
Gratis and so many silver Republicans.
l was compelled to change my beliefs
When 1 found so many silver Republic
cans who voted in the last campaign TO
save their country from the ruin which
a certain element would bring upon it,
changed my views. (Applause) When
| found so many who were taking the
name OF Jefferson and Jackson in vain.
who arrogated to themselves the right
to be called the element which should
be classed as that which would pre-
serve the government. / came to the
conclusion that l had been mistaken.
(Applause.) Democracy believes the
will CT the people is the supreme law
of the land. Tt means that we will
have a. government for the people. by
the people, Of the people. The Demo-
crat who believes in the teachings Of
Jefferson and Jackson, and the Repub
lican who believes in the doctrines OF
Lincoln. and the Populist who believes
in the principles of both Lincoln and
Jefferson. were the ones who united
last fall and made a grand fight for
the preservation of the principles of
this government.
do not take much credit for the
work 1 did last fall. You see the candi-
date gets great deal more credit than
he is entitled to and those who really
do the work are not credited with
what they accomplish. 1t was the
multitude which made the fight and
no man. It was the people who made
the total sum of the result which was
achieved. (Applause)
You are not helping me and I you
at the sacrifice of self. We are work
ing. and we were working together for
self, and not only for self. but for our
children, our families, as we will work
until the victory is won, as it will be-
Great cheering)
While the money question is the
great question which divided the peo-
pie, while it will remain the great
question until the victory shall have
been won, it is only one of many. We
have drifted awav from the ancient
form of government and the effort TO
restore it is growing stronger every
ciple of equal rights to all, special
privileges to none. We do not mean
equal rights as. to the possession OF
because we believe that so
long as humanity lasts, it will be i'm
possible for al men to have equal
shares of property. What we do mean
is that no man shall have the right to
secure the cooperation of government
in aiding him as against his fellow
man (Cheers.) That all shall stand
equal before the law. This government |
is not going to be made perfect in our
nor in the succeeding one, |
nor IN many more to come but it is
our duty 10 do all we can 10 make it
better for those who come after US.
(Applause.)
THE INCOME TAX.
Three years ago. the Democratic |
party in congress attempted to levy
IN income tax. We found in this coun- !
try there were men with large In
comes and men with very small in /
comes. So It was decided that a man
who had an income of $4,000 or less 1