The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-01

contest. We're friendly rivalry as tc can
GidateS for governor. They We're not as
/ to which boss should be nthroned.
1t : expected that your temporary
I chairman shall strike the keynote OF the
coming campaign. Well what keynote
shall be sounded on 4 silver chord. 1t
will be no new note but a proionsatloE OF
I that s>-nded by the national convention
at Chicago last summer and one that mas
grown in power and volume since carried
/ in grand procession of over 6oOO,ON
votes last November There may be some
I n this convention. though | doubt it, who
hoped that the silver note was silenced-
There were many in the land who imme-
diately after the last November election
both hoped and believed so. but TO all
such Republicans. Mckinley Democrats
or followers of the dudes and dOtardS who
met at indianapolis the renewal OF the
slogan of free silver here and in kentucky
will be a warning that the fiery cross is
/ speeding over mountain and valley. over
/ hill ana dale. over field and forest. sum
moning the silver clanSmen TO tight TIE
great battle for the people and receiving
no weak or uncertain response. Who
doubts that the rich men are despots who
J that looks calmly ahead but knows that
unless prevailing conditions are soon
changed the poor will become 'banditu2
Five millions of men are begging for
! leave TO toll. All classes cry 10 the Nc
1 KinIey administration for bread and are
] Onered stone.
THE people ask for money and Charley
/ Grosvenor pitches them sugar beet.
The panacea for all the ills attempted
| to be applied by the present administra-
/ ton is higher taxes. The duties provided
! for in the Dinsley bill are laid expressly
/ for the so-called protection of certain in
/ dustries. which must be so favored be-
| cause of an ante-electiOn contract TO that
[ effect made by Mark Hanna Tor valua-
/ Die consideration 1t is a Dill such as
] James G. Blaine denounced as not de-
signed TO furnish a market for q barrel of
/ -four or pound of pork.
The features of the bill if sufficient (aS
/ is claimed for it, to increase our revenue.
( do not disclose the elements that will
! bring prosperity generally TO the country.
/ ana the Dill furnishes no remedy TO put
/ stop TO raids on the gold reserve when
/ ever ii may suit the policy or greed of the
I Pierpont Morgans and the Rothschilds to
make them.
THE Democratic party believes there
/ IS a remedy for the present ills. 1t is the
restoration by laws 10 its ancient constit-
/ uent and lawful place along side gold OF
! the silver dollar. with free and unlimited
! coinage for both at the ratio of Is to l,
and both endowed by statute with the
full legal tender power in payment OF all
debts public and private.
I With such legislation accomplished
national bimetallism will exist and inter-
/ national bimetallism will soon follow and
( the peoples of the earth viii be free from
/ the tyranny of a selfish oligarcy.
All other questions sink into insignifi-
/ canoe compared with that of the restOra-
ton Of the dollar of the daddies.' Let
/ that be our war cry and make the end
ard aim of our warfare.
! Victory thus won Will be but the Dre-
/ Jude at the much greater victory we shall
win when. in 1900. under the leadership of
William Jennings Bryan. we shall sink
/ the golden idol in the sea of eternal OBJ
security. harmless forever more.
CROSS AND CROWN.
large gold cross having as ornaments
crown of thorns and a clock indicating
/ Is minutes to 1 O'Clock. formed the cen
: terDiece among the floral designs about
the stage Chairman Sloane in gesture
pointed to it with great effect as he pro
ceeded with his vigorous speech.
vrrnE a leo 1fx-frer
perched on the stage to add to the enthu-
slasm. Mr. Sloane'S speech was fire.
quently Interrupted with the widest
demonstrations. especially his reference
to silver. The keynote of everything was
silver. The glee club sang silver songs
and 1t was on the silver chord that Chair
man Sloane struck the responses. The
greatest demonstration of the morning.
occurred when ne referred to William ]
BRYAN as the leader of the silver cause for
/ 1890, and II was with this climax that the
speaker closed his keynote speech
A communication was presented from
/ the Pooulist state committee also asking
for place on the Democratic ticket with
a view TO fusion. Then the temporary or
SanlzatIon was made permanent.
General A j. Warner. as chairman of
the committee on resolutions. reported the
platform, which was loudly cheered and
adopted. He explained that the commit
tee was unanimous in presenting the ma
jority report that covered the financial
question. but that two supplemental resO-
lutons would be offered by a minority
The antitrust resolution presented to
the committee last night was offered by
Casper Lewinstein, and adopted. as fol
lows:
I'VE hereby declare all trusts and mo-
nopOlies hostile and dangerous to the peo-
pies interest and a standing menace to
the perpetuity of our free institutions.
and we demand the vigorous enforcement
of all antitrust laws and such additional
legislation as may be necessary for their
suppression
l. c. Cole presented the Cuban resoIu-
ton that had been offered to the commit
tee last night, and it was adopted, as fol-
lows:
1--WE demand the immediate recognition
of belligeTent rights of the republic of
Cuba as an act of justice to a nation
struggling for liberty against foreign op-
against the action of Senator Hanna in
voting to nullify the memorial presented
TO congress by the legislature OF Ohio in
favor of the Cuban patriots.
Nominations for governor were then in
order, and the following were presented:
Paul ]. Sorg, Allen D. Smalley, A w
Thurman. D. D. Donovin. r T. Hough.
Horace T. Chapman. S. NJ. Hunter. I. NJ.
VanMeter, A. W. Patrick and James F.
Rice.
When Stark county was called it was
announced that the county had no name
. to present. This meant that John c.
Welty. the neighbOr of President Mckin-
ley at Canton. had withdrawn. The name
of Mayor James F. Rice. of Canton. was
ty.
Before the ballot proceeded r. T. Hough
i, was Withdrawn with the statement that
there was no desire on the part of Mr.
Hough's friends TO dictate nomination
and that 10 was a free for all contest
The call of counties proceeded slowly
= Hamilton county the home of John r.
Mclean divided its vote almost equally
, between the candidates to contradict the
: report that Mclean was debating the
state convention
: Before the ballot was completed Joseph
Bowling withdrew Paul ]. Sorg and
moved to suspend the rules and nOmina t
Horace L. Chapman by acclamarion
Great confusion prevailed Mr.. ChaD-
r man is a large owner of coal mines. He
> has never held Office and IS very popular
: with the miners. never having had d
strike
PANDEMONIUM REIGNED.
The motion of Mr.. Bowling was finally
declared out of order. and DandemOniun
reigned for some time. There were %!
5 The first ballot for governor resulted as
follows:
t Sorg lis. smalley 12Ss4. Thurman IS
; Donavin 1874, Chapman 24lia. Hunter 81
! Vanmeter 20. Patrick 60, Rice 3, Reeve:
II Warner 3. Lentz g.
1t was announced that there was nt
nomination
Before the second ballot began. it wa:
t announced that the names of Hough aii6
q Sorg had been withdrawn. and that nj
, motion to suspend the rules and nominate
/, by reclamation could be entertained a:
, long as there was more than one nams
4 before the convention
I During the second ballot there wer'
2 several disturbances and more delay thar
during the first ballot Hamilton county
\ | cast its rs votes solid for Chapman Thi!
: set the tide strongly.
q The second ballot resulted;
: IN