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

distant when its deliberations must be
Solin,ed 10 sucn important topics as the
] superiority of Mellen's fool over con-
! uensed milk for the raising of healthy
oaoies- daughter I'D great applause.)
l, SIR, as delegate to this convention.
nave no desire 10 intrude upon the con-
sheraton of this illustrious body any
/ proposition which may lead 10 the arOus-
/ ing of those political passions which IN
fortunately in this country play so great
part in human action: but | believe that
II this convention should adjourn without
considering this greatest of all issues. its
acton would not only be misunderstood.
but misinterpreTed. and indeed / might
say perverted in view of existing condi-
tons-an undoing to a large extent at least
OF the fight of the great trans Mississippi
region Sir, II am correctly informed.
this is the tenth meeting of the Trans
Mississippi congress. and at each of these
conventions the money question has been
a subject of discussion. The doctrine of
blmetail-sm has sometimes prevailed and
sometimes II has not; but like all great
issues, 1t has forced itself to the fronl Tor
CONSIDERATION That being the case. If
precedent determine our action. those pre-
cedents are in favor of and not opposed
TO the majority report of this committee;
bit If II be true that precedents are not
in favor of its discussion. then many sub
jects which have been made the topic of
consideration. both by the reading of pa
pe-S from this platform and by reSolu-
tons that have been offered and now I'M
der consideration by the committee on
resolutions. would clearly be out of place
Why, gentlemen. We have heard a good
deal about arid lands. and that is neceS-
sanity and naturally a topic for discussion
here, but the great question which divides
the public mind as to the disposition Oh
them is whether the general government
shall continue TO provide for such dispO-
sItion or whether they shall be relegated
10 the state governments for action That
brings up the great question of the rights.
powers and duties OF the local sovereign
ties as contrasted and compared with the
nat.onal one. have not the time and
you have not the disposition 70 listen to
the smile of il which presents itself with
reference to almost every toDic of discus
sion here The annexation of Hawaii is
emphaticaily political question. Inter
veption in behalf of Cuba necessarily in
wolves a political topic. Indeed. / cannot
recall al present 10 mind anything of
general character upon which the action
of this body is expected thar does not TO
Now if there is solitary question of
genera and woTld-wide importance that
primarily and necessarily, and. TO great
extent locally affects the interests and
the welfare of this great trans-MisSiss1ppl /
rerion, it is what is popularity known as
the silver question. Great applause.l |
do not propose TO take up the time that
has been allotted to me to go into argu-
nents or discussion as to the merits of
the bime4alic controversy. That great
issue has been thoroughly discussed from
one end of this continent TO the other by
fine Distinguished gentleman who pres.deS |
over the deliberations OF tnlS convention
fapplause) and VINO carried that banner |
during the last campaign from the sea- J
board TO the mountains and from the gulf
TO the lakes. everywhere proclalning the |
doctrine of humanity and free coinage
Thai the listening peoples not only of this /
republic but all the world might near /
Great applause.) | snail therefore sim |
plv as far as / am concerned. give some I
of me reasons why the consideration of I
This topic is a matter entirely within the I
province Of this convention
The minority report has called TO your |
attention a number of questions which /
ought to be tabOoed because it is said /
they are political. One of them is the /
tariff That is an economic question that /
has been the subject of discussion in past 1
meetings of this body, and upon the
clerk desk today lies a resolution with |
reference TO the tariff upon lead and
fuxjng ores, introduced without comment
or question and UP 10 this hour no OBJ
lection whatsoever has been heard CAP
plause) :,
only recently that this question has as
siIned Darr5san change. WY, in 1882 u
was made the banner cry OF national
oofitical orga nszs-iOn which succeeded up
IN fbat proposition in obtaining twenty
hrae o1l4 of the votes OF the electoral col
epe OF the election of 1891, and Will gen.
.lemen undertake TO say that notWiTh-
that fact TINS SUBJECT mas not
,ean properly before this convention for
prior to this tImeE But the
r,.s1v.s- TO that as l understand H. Is
"a
NJ srreai political parties have arrayed
f'e,-,ssesve~. the one upon the side OF the
,nij Standard and other upon re side of
n 5ol1lole standard. Why, MY friends,
we're we not told during the last election
hat tS,e Republican party was not only
lot hostile 20 bimetallism. but the only
me friend of it2 C-aughterD When is II
mar rhe Republican party has become
old standard parry-since the election OF
he present president Of the United States
n the time of the illumination of its doc
-sne in s. Louis, or since this conven-
ion has met The people were not told
: 81 can that one OF the great national
,arties. with Major Mckinley as its can ]
ija+e was an -bimetalhc party; on
he contrary. their declaration was that
NH some international arrangement
erid he made we ought TO bear the ills
re nave rather than fly to those we know o,Ns
~ a segregation in this country. so 5
ar as a declaration Of political platforms
Concerned. is that heterogeneous COM
;,,a+to,1 which met at the city of Indian
polls and sang anthems to the glory and
80 - ,,-es~;pre Of Grover Cleveland tap {
I ls lot of political soreheads, too {