Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-14

natal day OF the founder OF Democracy
IN a most fitting manner By banquet
at the Pinnkngton house tonight.
which was attended by over 900 guests.
col. william J. Bryan Of Nebraska was
the guest OF honor. and delivered the
principal address. Delegations OF DEM
ocrats were In attendance from many
towns throughout the state. and near
~ al the Democrats from the state
legislature were present. Col. Bryan
spoke on Democracy"
BRyAN's SPEECH.
We are now near enough to the next
campaign to be able TO form some idea
Of the lines along which the contest
will be fought. and ! am taking no
risk when | say that those who In 1896
gave their allegiance io the ChicsEo
platform are united today In the deter.
mination that no steps taken In 'g5
piled to tho conditions then existing.
the principles which had been Demo-
cratic In the beginning Of the govern-
incnt. Suggestions that we abandon
the money question sometimes como
from those who deserted the party In
'g6. but those sugE ,stionH nru not sup
ported by evidence tending to show /
that the organization In 'g5 was wrong, /
but waa prcdlcatcd upon the theory that
the issue upon which the party once
lost can never be revived. ana what /
rccmH most strange. this argument II
made by those who have followed a
different course In the past
In ikss Mt. Cleveland was defeated
on the tariff issue, and yet the tarin |
WAS made the main Issue ~ isl2. and
Mr. Cleveland was elected. In isgs Mr.. |
Harrison was defeated largely on nr- /
count ~ the Mckinley bill. and four
years later the author Of the bill was /
nominated ON platform rcaillrmlng |
the belief In protection. and was sue /
ccrsful. Thus u " seen that IN two
Instances recently n losing issue In one
campaign became u winning issue Ia |
the campaign following.
THE PROPER TEST.
The test ought to be not whether the
Issue has been presented before, but |
whether the position taken In right. II |
the gold standard was unmctitcd IN |
1876. u IN unmcrltcd now. II Its main |
tcnancc was dotflmcnt 10 the inter.
esta OF the people Of thia country then. |
II II dctfimcnt now.
THE RATIO.
While II il unnecessary To discuss
the question OF ratio until some other |
ratio Is proponed. u may not be out OF |
place 10 suggest that 10 10 being the
ratio at which the present gold and
silver coin circulate. II Il the natural
ratio at which the mintA should BE- re-
opened. To increase the ratio by In.
cfcatlng the Hizc u the dollar would
ncccasitatc the fccolnagc OF our pres.
ont silver dollars Into a less number u
doiinrs, and the Increase OF the ratio
made throughout the world would re-
suit In a large decrease In the volume
OF standard money, ana since the value
OF n dollar depends on the number OF
uOiluFN such IA CHANGE ttaiIll
narlly incrcnse the purchasing power OF
dollar. and Increase the burden OF
debts.
THE oREESBAcRs,
The attempt OF the Republican party
10 retire the grecnbnckH and substitute
Tor them national notcs viii give 10 the
question a greater prominence than Il
enjoyed In 1896 During the war me
national bank note never became more
valuable Than the Rrccnbaek. because
! was rcdeemalie In the Erccnback.
The national bank note II good only be-
cause the national government stands
a. an indorAar Of the bank.
QUESTION or TRUSTS.
The trusts are now absorbing an In
oreanlng share Of public attention be-
cause OF their rapid growth during the
last two years. We had sugar trust
and an oil trust some years aRo. We
now have "a biscuit trust and a match
trust and meat iruat--in fact, q trust
IN almost everything that N used. The
milk trust reaches the infant na he en-
tens the world. the Ice trust coola him
~ the summer. the coal trust Keeps
him warm In the winter. while the
coffin trust waits 10 receive him when
lifc'H fitful dream IL over.
FEAR or STANDING ARMY.
The Democratic party In prepared 10
tnge lilo future
Without abandoning the old The Re
puhlichn party has demanded that the
standing army be Increased TO 100, 600
men. if cltisonA born IN the United
state. are Ignorant OF the burdens %
standing army. they eau receive In
htructionn from those born IN European
countries. Many Europeans who are
now worthy citiEenA OF this great Re-
public left their European homes be-
cause OF the burdens Imposed by the
enormous military establishments. A
great army may be a good thing for
the railroad companies which Will car
~ the men from place TO place. and
Tor the large contractors who viii fur
nlnh food and ralment for the soldiers.
but II IN a distressing burden upon tho
plain people OF the country. and eSpe-
claily upon the laboring men and the
farmers, upon whom an unfair share
OF the load has fallen.
Upon the subject OF Imperialism I
h''u tnll huu u Mofls lUr lutt OF
forciblc conquest and Of colonization
after the plan adopted by European
countries cannot receive the support Of
the people OF this country when the
principles Involved are clearly UNDER
stood
In 1859 Abraham Lincoln was invited
20 attend n Jefferson banquet given by
the Republicans OF Boston, In
expressing regret that he could
not attend the Boston banquet Mr..
Lincoln used these words In regard TO
jefferson; IAN honor To Jefferson. to
man who In the concrete pressure OF
struggle for national Independence
BY n single people had the GOODNESS.
forecast and capacity 10 Introduce into
merely revolutionary document an
abstract truth applicable To all men
ana all times, and 40 to cmbalm II
there that today and In all coming days
u shall be rebukc and stumbling
block to the harblngers OF tyranny and
oppression"
IN the proclamation recently issued
to the Filipinos we Ind these words;
''rho commission desires 10 assure
the people OF the Philippines OF the
cordial goodwill and fraternal feeling
which II entertained for them by the
President OF the United States and by
the American people. The aim and OBJ
ject Of the American government.
apart from the fulnllment OF the sol
cfun Obligation II has assumed toward