The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-14

tional Bank Notes-Increasing
Power of the Trusts-Democracy
VIII Meet All New Issues.
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4 "I am taking no risk when I =
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4 steps taken in 1896 shall be re- \
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Milwaukee, Wis, April 13-The JEFF
ferson club of Milwaukee observed the
natal day of the founder of Demo
cracy in a most fitting manner by a
banquet at the PlankingtOn house to-
night, which was attended by over 400
guests. Colonel William ]. Bryan of
Nebraska was the guest of honor and
delivered the principal address. Dele
cations Of Democrats were in attend
ance from many towns throughout the
state, and nearly all the Democrats
from the state legislature We're present.
Colonel Bryan was escorted on a train
early from Chicago by a large delega-
ton from that city, and Mayor Harri-
son came later, also with a. large num-
Der OF escorts.
The banquet hall was beautifully
decorated with the national colors.
Colonel Bryan spoke on Democracy. p"
He said in part:
THE ADDRESS OF COL. BRYAN.
I'VE are. now near enough to the
next campaign TO be able TO form some
idea of the'lines along which the con-
test viii be fought, and j am taking no
risk when | say that those who in 1896
gave their allegiance to the Chicago
platform are united today in the de-
termination that no step taken in 90
shall be retraced. The platform APP
piled TO the conditions then existing,
the principles which had been Demo-
cratic in the beginning of the govern
ment. Suggestions that we abandon
the money question sometimes come
from those who deserted the party in
'96. but those suggestions are not sup
ported by evidence tending to show
that the organization in '96 was wrong,
but was predicated upon the theory
that the issue upon which the party
once lost can never he revived, and,
what seems most strange, this arSu-
lnent is made by those who have fol-
lowed a different course in the past.
In 1855 Mr.. Cleveland was defeated
on the tariff issue. and yet the tariff
was made the main issue in 1892 and
Mr. Cleveland was elected. In 1892 Mr..
Harrison was defeated largely on ac-
count of the Mckinley bill, and four
years later the author Of the bill was
nominated on a platform reaffirming
1...Is Gr1n
cessful. Thus il is seen that in two
instances recently, a losing issue in
one campaign became a winning issue
III the campaign following.
THE test ought to be not whether
the issue has been presented before,
bur whether the position taken is right.
il the gold standard was unmerited in
1896 it is unmerited now. If its main
Jenance was a detriment TO the inter
ests OF the people of this country then.
ii is a deriment now. If in 1886 it was
SO LUTtful that the Republicans prom
iseG 20 put forth their best efforts to
substitute international bimetallism
Tor II. and after the election, was Stlll
SO hurtful that the president sent
commission TO Europe 10 secure for
eign aid in abandoning it. what has
happened since then To make the Amer
lean people accept it as a blessing? If
Increased discovery Of gold in Alaska
had been of any advantage to the
United States 1t is but another eNi-
deuce thar the uuantitatiYe theory Of
money is correct. If a large balance
Of trade for the United States gives
any relief because of the money thus
brought into the country. it is an adj
diuonal argument in favor Of the guam
ltative theory of money.
THE QUESTION OF RATIO.