The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-23

under Republican rule, has gravitated
into the hands of the few, and now,
when the trust of all trusts, the money
trust. is to be formed. the party of the
classes, the Republican party, endorses
the plan of turning over to the banks
the finances of the world. 1t is pro-
posed TO give to the money brokers the
power to control the currency of the
country. They can expand when they
ike and contract when they like the
bankers being the sole judges. Ameri-
cans. If you value your liberties, you
must resist that power which would
tie your liberties and place you in she
hands of the favored classes.
THE MASK OFF.
The Republican orators of the east,
while ostensibly for international BIZ
metallism two years ago, were all the
time working for the gold standard.
BUT now they have come out in the
open, where the fight will be clear. The
mask has been torn off and we shall
see them face to face. After all their
snufi1ing and evasion, we have them
where we know where to find them.
sun they tell US there is danger in
the Democratic party undertaking to
Go what it has declared for in the plat
FORM They tell us that our bonds Will
De thrown on the market, our Securi-
ties deprecated and our financial con-
utlon al shaken when we try to coin
silver We reply and tell them as we
create an unlimited demand for an
article which has but limited produc-
ucn. we will create a value for that
article: that II the value of silver has
fallen as result of demonstration. it
VIII rise 2S = result OF reconciliation
until IT reaches the level 1t occupied
prior 10 the treacherouS act which
struck down its money quality.
In the language of Patrick Henry
Ihey tell US we are weak, but when
snall we be stronger" L ask when
snail we be in better condition to meet
this money issue than now? VIII it be |
when we have been tied hard and fast
by the money power? | saw to YOU |
we shall never be stronger while the |
present system obtains.
PROMPT ACTION NEEDED.
We should act promptly. firmly. and
II we put our trust in those resources !
that God and nature have given US we |
Shall fail no more than those who gave /
us our constitution. The nineteenth |
century is drawing to a close l trust /
to remember in that circumstance it
was III the nineteenth century that the !
Democratic party took charge of this
government IN the magnificent admin
of Jefferson. In Washington's
administration there waS a disposition
10 return TO monarchial government
Men began to doubt the wisdom of re-
publican government. The doctrines of
Hamilton began to poison the very
Well spring of republican government.
Thomas jefferson presented his views
that the people are capable of govern
ment, and that the people should be
trusted 20 work out their destiny. AS
the twentieth century begins to appear
over. the eastern horizon, in the skies
you see disposition to return towards
Dlutocracy in this country favored |
classes. You see a disposition to de-
part from the plain democratic Drin-
cloles o. Americanism, and a love of
manifested on every hand,
and row the time has come when the
democracy inherent in the American
people should be appealed to- and again
should be written on our banner: "The
sovereign people of America can be
trusted with their own destiny" And
they can work out their destiny TO a
glorious contamination.
The Glee club sang a selection, and
the great meeting was over.