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

Salt Lake City gave Hon. B. H. Rob
erts and the others who spoke witt
him at the theatre last evening a grea-
reception. The house was filled. tbs
lower portion being jammed. while the
balconies were thronged with enthusi-
aStic people.
There was no frost" about the meet
ing, either. Every expression Of Demo
cratic sentiment found ready response
in the hearts of those assembled there
Every one of the gentlemen who APP
peared was warmly received and none
in any wise has cause for complaint
for the manner in which the audience
manifested its approval of the state
ments made. From the time Chair
man Lloyd called the meeting to order
until the glee club closed the meeting
there was no cessatiOn of interest. L
was evident thai traIe was going q
be a good meeting rom the ti1ne 80
band began playing medley OF pa
triotic $. The first strains of the
music brought forth applause. When
the band finished. it was given a
hearty demonstration, which in no
wise lessened when the drum corps took
up the refrain and the flies sounded
Marching Through Georgia.
/ The entrance of Mr.. Roberts, Chair
man Moyle of the state committee,
Judge Henderson and County Chair
man Lloyd was the signal for consid-
cradle applause. 1t was renewed when
Mr.. LLOYD approached the front CT the
stage and called the assembly to order
IN the following language:
Ladies and Gentlemen-I am CRATE
ful at being permitted to call such a
n agni6cent audience as is this one to
-.
alence of the sentiment of Democracy
among you. But 1 am not here for the
purpose of making a speech. but Will,
without further delay, introduce to you
as the chairman of the meeting, Hon
James H. Moyle."
CHAIRMAN MOYLE'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Moyle was received with every
indication of approval, the people
greeting his appearance with hearty
applause. he said:
Ladies and Gentlemen am not
here this evening for the purpose of
making an address and Will detain you
but a few brief moments. l VIII briefly
state that the Democracy of Utah is
in a fiourishing condition and every in
dication points to a victory for the
cause of bimetallism. In the platform
of the party, which was formulated at
Chicago, the Democracy declared that
until the issue of money reform was
settled. that the tariff and other issues
should be content to wait until the
silver issue was decided and decided
right But few weeks ago. Mark
Hanna. the chairman of the Repub-
Hcan party, declared that the RepUb-
Hcan party should not endorse the
cause of silver. and since that time,
the Tribune, an erstwhile friend of sill
yer, has been lukewarm in the cause
The Republicans here are trying to
blind the eyes of the people to the is
sue They go before the people and
declare that they favor bimetallism,
but is such the case? The Republican
party here is under the control of men
who stand for the gold standard. The
men who are aspiring to the senator
shin. Arthur Brown and John Henry
Smith, are men who believe in the pol
fcies of Mckinley and the policies ad-
vocated by the parties. II is only the
other day that Mr.. Whittemo-e, in his
address to the people OF Ogden. de-
clared the party in Utah was il favor
of free coinage. How did Whittemore
oNtain the office which he holds? Was
II by telling Mckinley the people of
Utah were in favor of bimetallism and
favored the free coinage of silver? No.
Arthur Brown told the people at that
meeting that to accomplish the free
coinage of silver we must approach the
n suit slowly. That K would take ten
wears to retire the notes which are in
circulation, by a coinage { silver dol
lars: that the large privaIe debts Of