The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-04

Providence, r. l., Sept. 3--The first
of the series Of meetings arranged bv
the New England Bimetallic League in
the interest of bimetallism was held
at Crescent park this afternoon. The
session was held in a large. open area,
the audience occupying the seats of
the grandstand surrounding In. All
around the platform on the outside
were the noisy money making attrac-
lions OF Crescent park, which materi-
ally interfered with the attention of the
audience to the speakers, and with the
ability of the speakers to make them
selves heard.
The platform was decorated with the
national cOlors, together with those OF
Great Britain, Ireland, France and
Cuba
Judge James P. Tarvin Of Kentucky
said: 1T is well settled that the Chi
cago platform of 1896 will not be mu-
tilated; that the Democratic conven-
llon OF 1900 will adopt that platform
| without omissions, and independent BIZ
metallism at 16 to 1 will continue to re-
ceive the support of the Democratic or
ganlzation of the country. 1t becomes
every day better understood that onIy
Democrats in this country accept and
believe and are ready to vote for the
platform of 1896 as a whole. The ef-
City, in Chicago and elsewhere to OBJ
struct and to defeat those who de-
clared for the laborer and producer.
before the holders of capital and or
ganlzerS of trusts, have miserably
failed; and there is nothing left for
| them but to choose between the pre-
tense of party loyalty and an open
transfer to Republicanism-
Decentralization Of Silver.
''In 1873 silver was denonetized and
half the money of the country was
taken away by legislation; one of the
only two sources of supply of money
was closed by legislation, and that con-
dition has practically and virtually
continued from then until today. IN
that period we have seen legislation
concentrate wealth, make tramps and
criminals of men, and suicides and
prostitutes of women.
1.-THE demonstration of silver was a
part only of this legislation, but it was
an important and vital part. The pro-
tective tariff laws, the laws making
government bonds payable in coin, the
general Incorporation laws were also
parts of this legislation, and all of it
tended to concentrate money, the fruit
of labor, to enable the favored few to
fruits of the land without labor of their
own and because of the labor of 9TH
ers.
Every man is entitled to the benefit
of his own labor, and no man is en-
titled to the benefit of any other mans
labor. That is the Democracy of to-
day, and that is the meaning of the
Chicago platform of 1896.
1--WE will have again the platform
made by the people in 1896, and there
will not be a dissenting voice when
William j. Bryan is placed on the plat
form to again lead the common and OBJ
scure people in this land to contest
against the control of the government
by those representing the money power
of this country.
There will be appropriate declara-
lions as to imperialism and trusts; and
as for me, / would be glad to see a
declaration favorable to the public own
ership of public utilities; a declaration
favorable to the initiative and referen-
dunn. and a demand for the election OF
United States senator's and United
States judges by the people
Congressman Lentz' Speech
Congressman John J. Lentz of Column
bus, o., was the next speaker. His sar'