The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-23
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Logan, Utah, July 22-William J.
Bryan of Nebraska, spoke in the tab
eTnacle in this city this afternoon. The
hail was crowded and the silver cham
pion was received with enthusiasm.
On the stand were Or. and Mrs
| Ormsby, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Jones, Miss
Cassaday. Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis, Paul
Carbon, R Davidson. A visiting dele
cation from Ogden included Judge
Webber, Messrs. Cook, Christensen,
Royie, Loftgren. Judge shurtlfff, Hon.
Lorin FarT, Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Marsh and
Mr.. Crowley.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan held a brief re-
ception in the anteroom of the taber-
nacle before the meeting began. When
they entered the building there was a
shout of applause. Judge Goodwin an
nounced that the committee had Sc
lected Hon. Moses Thatcher as chair
man of the needing, whereat there was
renewed applause.
Mr.. Thatcher made a brief speech.
saying, in part: You all know ina
l am not given to laudation of men, but
i
has the moral courage to stand forth
and oppose the entertainments CT op-
pressors Of the people that I wish to
here pay my humble tribute of admira-
ton to our honored visitor of today.
With his eloquent voice, attuned TO Is
silver, 1 golden tune of harmony, he
has declared to all the people that OBJ
preston of the poor by the money
changers must cease. I introduce to
you Hon. William j. Bryan"
BRYAN'S ELOQUENCE.
1t is doubtful if Mr. Bryan was ever
in happier or more eloquent mood than
he was today. His bursts OF eloquencs,
fiOwery sentences and brilliant meta
phors We're sounded into every corner
OF the great building and aroused tie
audience to q frenzy of enthusiasm and
admiration. AT the conclusion of near
" every sent ence there was a great
burst of applause.
Il have had a most pleasant time
since / came 10 Yah" said he. In Sal
Lake 1 had the pleasure OF attending
the Trans Mississippi congress, also the
opening exercises of the Pioneer JuDi-
lee. I have learned that the people o.
this state are Overwhelmingly in favor
of bimtallisn, and | tell you, my
friends, we propose to continue the bat
tie until financial freedom IS won. We
are solving great problems in this age
and probably the greatest is the money
question. which is almost as near tC
our physical well being g is the blood
in cur veins. I am not egotistlc5i
enough to believe that demonstrations
of favor which 1 met along the road
are because OF my personal worth. They
are rendered me because 1 teach
principle that IS dear TO the hearts of
the American people. a principle that
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There is something that is worth
more than money We cannot take
money with Us when we leave this
earth. but we can take away with US
the satisfaction that we leave our chill
dren a good and stable government. !
believe and you believe in a dollar that
smiles as sWeetly upon the producer p
upon The capitalist. and this is not the
case with the gold standard. When va
turn the solution OF our financial prob
lem over TO the dnanciers, we give them
the power to control our financial af-
fairs and It is TO their interest to make
money dear in order that our produces
may be cheap.
SCHEME OF THE BANKERS.
I'VE learn that q commission is TO be
appointed to settle the financial ques-
ton. # they would say what they
want we would find they want to retire
the greeabacks and issue national bank
notes. The reason they desire this is
that the bankers win be able to make
vast sums out of the nations credit. |
Lending government money, which
they get for nothing, at q hisn rate of
interest beats farming in Cache valley !
Nebraska does not produce an ounce |
Of cold or silver. yet she is as much |
interested in the double standard as |
YOU are Her interest is not SO imgne- |
- i x-f+ al
son is that il is necessary for our coun-
Try to, have a far greater measure of /
values than we have now. There is |
no money save that the government |
makes.
Suppose someone went forth to de-
stroy half the houses and other prop
erty of the country. would they not put
them in the pen;tenti2ry? Yet that is
what the conspiretors of 1873 did when
they destroyed half OF our money.
Did you ever hear a goldbrg defni-
tion Of on honest dollar? When you as,
z goldbuS what he means by ar homes
dollar. he viii tell you he means sound
money. Ask him what he means b.
sound money, and he win reply that
he means al honest dollar, and that IS
an the satisfaction you can set from
lin.
u take the ground that we must not
wait Tor foreign assistance to inaugitr-
ate b.metallism. We send coa,nissio1
over there and ask them to adopt cur
rlap. OF course they refuse. because
IT is against their interest, and yet
when they have refused. we
lave told them: All right. we viii still
teep on under your plan and our COM
mission comes home apparently salts
fed. We are now following their plans.
ard the result is general distress and
poverty. The people have a right to
demand the financial legislation that
5-as good enough for Washington. Our
iathers used the two metals until 1873.
shen the financial class brought about
ton. and derived the pe0-
lie If their means CT subsistence. The
OF bond5uyers drawing money
sem the treasury TO pay for bonds to
epienish the treasury is ore that filed
lverv patriot with shame. Il IS rot
Iver production that is the trouble with
Iur country. The gold standard means ,
hat a few men shall control our money
Il there was bur one spring OF water
puld charge what he pleased for water,
lnd he would ge, rich selling it, while
lou would get Door buying it. 1t is this
FAY under our present financial sys-
m.
If foreign nation came TO our
hores and demanded 70 per cent trib
te Of our property. not one man in the J
buntry would pay It. Yet foreign cap S
laiists demand lager tribute than /
fror,, 10 now r. EIou- iorc- :