The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
AT THE SALT PALACE
Waited Patiently For the Famous
Statesman's Appearance.
Eloquent and Convincing Argument
On the Silver Question Handled
Imperialism and the Trusts In a
Vigorous Manner Strong Speech
By ex-senator Dubois of idaho
Reception In the Salt Palace
Flowers For Mrs. Bryan.

Crowds swarmed into the Salt Palace
grounds between and S5o'clock last
evening to hear the great Democratic
leader. The Midway Piaisance was
overrun, the palace was full of people
and every road and bypath had large
crowds. They walked upon the grass
and over the lawns without regard to
the damage done. Many thousands Wis
tied the grounds and probably 1000 re-
manned to hear Mr.. Bryan's address.
But it was a long time before Mr..
| Bryan appeared. The train which
should have reached Salt Lake at 1880
did not come on time. The south YER
where a platform had been built for
the. occasion, were filled and damned
with ladies and gentlemen and chile
dren anxious to get as near the great
Nebraskan as possible. Fred Leonard,
who had charge of the arrangements,
made many attempts to clear the ver1
anda, but they were ineffective.
| The platform had been built in the
center of the steps, leaving q passage
way down on each side. People
thronged these steps and would not
leave them. Ladies were damned to-
gether anxious to catch glimpse of the
orator of the occasion, and it required
the efforts of many policemen to keep
the passageways open so that persons
could walk up and down the stairs.
The crowds were very patient. There
was a sea Of faces out in front of the
palace, stretching all the way over to
| the entrance of the streets of Cairo.
! Senator Rawlins Presided.
A long time after 8 o'clock Senator
Rawlins and ex-senator Fred T. Du-
| bois of Idaho, accompanied by COlCsel
| John w. Jones of the First Idaho vol
unteers; C. j. Bassett of the Idaho I'm
migration company, p. w. Exum,
Frank w. Beanc of Idaho and J. D.
Flenner, editor of the Boise Capital.
Senator Rawlins made an effort to
speak, but the Midwayt spielers" and
musicians drowned his, voicerSo that he
could hardly be heard. They were in
duced to stop when he introduced Sen
| ator Dubois. The gentleman from Idaho
made quite an extended speech upon
the silver question, and Colonel Jones
spoke a. few words.
A mighty shout went up when Bryan,
whose face is known to Utahns, came
in sight. Every one. in the vast audi
ence standing on the ground below
knew him at once. Though it, was near
ly 10 o'clock when he arrived he was
not discouraged. He spoke for almost an
hour and a half upon the silver ques-
ton, trusts and imperialism. He was
witty, sarcastic, serious and humorous
by turns. His speech was laden with
jokes and funny sayings which kept
the crowd in a splendid humor. One
noticeable feature of his address was
his constant reference to the Bible
Many of his points were illustrated by
parallels, stories and quotations from
the Bible.
Discussed Imperialism.
His argument upon the question of
Imperialism was strong statement of
his position upon the Philippine war.
THE treaty with Spain,'' said he.
Ought to have provided for the indie
pendence of the F,ilipinos. The presi-
dent might now call special session
of congress and make the same prom
ises for the independence of the Phil
ippines as have been made to Cuba
There were many and thunderOuS
cheers as he attacked ana piled up ar
gument upon argument against the Re-
publican party's position in regard to
the islands.
Those who accompanied Mr.. Bryan
were Congressman B. H. Roberts, Judgd
o. w. Powers, James H. M0yle, Bishop
o. f. Whitney, Hon. Moses Thatcher,
Hon. George, w. Thatcher, ex-Congress-
man John T.. Game and Councilman
John Siddoway.
When Senator Rawlins came upon the
platform he called the meeting to order,
and spoke as follows:i