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

/ good to be Democrats and not good
/ enough to be Republicans. daughter and
One gentleman has said we desire to ac-
I complish great good by obtaining legisla-
tion upon matters which We recommend
/ 10 the attention of congress. II is posSi BILE
I To get it if we express ourselves upon a
/ question that has assumed a partisan
tlnge-wIH IL not antagonlze the action of
congress upon all those questions? Is it
I policy therefore TO bring up this issue
Tor discussion? Why, gentlemen, the an
s~e- TO that, so far as l am concerned.
is simply this: First is it right and proper
tn2t II should receive attention? If SO,
then II IS our duty, representing a con-
sutueney OF millions of people. to present
arc consider il. But what congress is
gong TO be an1aSoniZed? The congress of
the United States today consists of ninety
senators in one house and one representa-
tive IN the other daughter and these
ninety representatives, thank God are
b:met2H.c today. and stand as the rock
OF Gibraltar (applause) between the in
teresfs OF the people and the ultimate
domination of the gold standard If pol
icy is TO dictate the action of this conven-
llon, remember that the senate of the
ctHted states mas majority of two on
11o;a ballot in favor of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver (Applause.)
But | have one or two more reflections
and / am through. | deny that this is
partisan question in the sense that great
pohtlcal parties as organized at present
are divided upon party lines. | know hun
dreds and thousands of good. honest con-
sclentiouS Republicans east as well as
west; who supported the ticket nominated
oy tne9r own convention although their
convictions were upon the other side
one OF the most distinguished delegates
% TINS eoavenJon. as good a silver man
as l am or any man wnu lives IN he
state of Utah; he saw his duty in mat d.
rectEon and he is here today thank God.
ana joins his views with the views of the
lr-ends OF t4nieJ24lissn in behalf of appro-
pirate action upon the part Of this con-
VentSOn.
Bun we are looking anxiously, YEARLY.
hopelessiy, for that bright and beautiful
sometime when al shah be Wen when
the children of men shall rise in the morn ;
Ing and lie down at night feeling that
prosperity is With Us and among us to
bear us on and provide for our children in
ire future. The way TO get il is to de-
mard II and demand il through means
nd agencies which we are SATISFIED WI /
produce it-and il will come with bimefal- I.
ism, and ttmd.2il-s1m will come through /,
the patriotism. the resolution. the energy. /
the courage of the great western peopie (
that migrated from the east and the souIn /
and have made the deserts of the Rocky {
mountains blossom ike a rose. loud .
and continued appiause.)
SMALLEY OPPOSES IT.
Mr.. Thomas was followed bv Mr..
Smalley of Minnesota, who spoke in |
favor Of the minority report. he said
that he wished to make an earnest an /
peal 10 the silver men in the cOnven-
ton not TO adopt a resolution declaring |
in favor of the free coinage of silver.
There were many Republicans present |
and it was proposed TO crowd a Demo- |
cratic doctrine down their threats and |
they had not come here for that pur-
pose. He declared that he was him
self In favor Of d single gold standard
and he asked the silver men. if the
conditions were reversed and they were
attending commercial congress
where men with gold tendencies were
in the majority. how they would like
to have gold resolution forced upon
them: He then entered into a long
discussion of the merits of the financial
question, and continued that if this
was free silver convention he did
not belong here and he never would
have come had he known that the |
subject was to be taken up. He felt
that he had no more business in
Tree silver convention than he would
have in a Democratic ward caucus He
declared that his Colorado friends
were beaten in their own city a few
weeks ago when an effort was made
to pass free coinage resolution in the
gold mining convention that met there.
and il had been voted down. and now
they had come here TO try to force one
through the Trans Mississippi con-
yress.
VARIAN FOR FREE SILVER.
Mr.. Varian of Salt Lake favored the
Tree coinage resolution, and made
speech. He said that the sub
Jet was perfectly proper one for the
congress to consider, and that it was5
he first duty Of every citizen to pay
attention to political matters.
Mr.. Burkett of Nebraska took the
position that the subject was not a
proper one for consideration, ana he
legged the silver men not to force the
ssue and cause a certain element
among the delegates TO a commercial
congress TO go home feeling chagrined
de urged the fact that the congress,
Is commercial body, had within the
asst two days acted upon a number of
important matters. and had made
lumber of recommendations to the ma
ional congress. and he did not believe
hat if the members of congress in
got the impression that
his was free silver convention the
commentators il had made would
ave any weight there.
Mr. Quinn of Montana was not
Harmed by the effect that the passage
# the free coinage resolution might
ave upon congress. He was more in
crested in the welfare of the people OF
his section. I
Colonel Crisp of Missouri made a
cry witty speech in favor of the ma
GRITTY report.
Mr.. De Mattos of Montana also fav- !
red the majority report, and he Gre
ted much excitement in declaring that !.