The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-10

the corruptive influence of money, thai
brought about the downfall of Rome
claim II was that condition of affairs
which forced the colonization of Amer
lea, that sent those heroes to our shores
They were intellectual millionaires
they had gone away from the power
and Influence of wealth and, acting un'
der divine inspiration, they set up &
government here to dispense justice
This government was a new star in tbs
armament. L say that those people
who came here and set up this govern
ment were suffering from submission tC
and worship of money. for, after all, II
was its influence which forced them tC
acknowledge the divine right of kings
Hence the people that seIuled this LAND
came here because they longed fol
freedom, for independence without any
trammeling influence; they longed fol
the open fields and the blue sky, under
which to work out for themselves an6
their offspring a better destiny. Then
sir, is it any wonder that in free Amer
lea the encroachments of labor upon
capital is bitterly contested inch by
inch? Is it any wonder that religious
influence is repudiated and stamped
out? l say it is not, it is heritage
which has descended to us from ouI
national forefatbers. But there are q
SNAAo
system of direction, of opportunity
of equal rights to all, is an accomplish
ment of yesterday, and that today the
guiding star of our nation is money
l can say that our material tendency
and development are opposed TO the
fulfilment of yesterdays promise. This
condition, this segregation of wealth
into the hands of a few. is only equaled
by the restrictions placed upon the
c..s. A. III
ton confronts us, if all this is true,
then in a short time the ratio of de-
tendency will be greater than ever be-
fore known. My friends, this is a terri
BILE condition that confronts us, but ter
rible as it is, greater and more depiora-
BILE is the fact that this same power,
not content with controlling all the
wealth, are and have been trying to
control the civil and political rights OF
this people. l cite you silverites, you
Bryanites, to your own charge made by
the united press that in the election of
1896 all the aggregations Df wealth, all
the monopolies and combines, We're
arrayed on the one side, against the
cause of one of Americas brightest
sons, and he was turned down. You
have said, and L say, that it was not
a victory for principle, but a victory for
money, brought about by abe unscrupu-
lous use of money. by corrupt influence.
By my remarks | do not want you TO
think / am opposed to wealth or under
estimate its usefulness, for l have the
greatest admiration for the man who is
successful in battling with life, so
much as to obtain wealth; but 1 have
no use for the man who, having at
tanned the distinction of millionaire,
becomes so bigoted and debased in his
ideas as to assume that he is the su-
perior of his fellow beings, merely on
account of his money. L say, sir, that
it is this assumption of superiority that
am opposed to, and when that takes
precedence in an American mind, that
he will use his money to OBTAIN official
honors, then L draw the line, and say
that l will never consent to this desc
Grafton of American institutions. Mr..
President, that is the position that L
have taken in this contest, knowing as
do. that this influence and this con-
dition of affairs, confrOntS US, we know
ing that efforts have been made to cor
rupt the members of this assembly,
the peoples representatives, / consider
that it is my duty to do the utmost in
my power to expose it. l ask you what
the people would say on this point. How
can we regard the sale of the highest
Office possible to be given any man?
this debasing Of American institutions,
and I, as one of the peoples represen-
tatives, hereby declare that so long as
I have health and strength, and God
gives me courage of my convictions, /
viii protest against this degradation of
our fair name, this degradation of the
United States senate.
"As long as I am an American citi-
zen | will never debase my citizenship
so far as to consent to such methods
and | want to say to these high-minded
honorable gentlemen who have threat
ened me with expulsion, you may go
ahead and do your worst, / am not
afraid of you-i rest my case with God
and in the end l believe | shall be JUS
titled Now, ladies and gentlemen,
just want to occupy about one more
minute. I want to make a short refer
ehce to what was said by Senator Whit
ney from Salt Lake county this MORN
ing. Sir, the unjust and inconsistent
remarks of the senator from Salt Lake
county this morning, after listening to
them. l want to say that believe that
he was totally unfit, by reason of his
prejudiced mind, to sit in judgment on
that case. And [ ask every one here to
read again what he said here today,
and the testimony taken, / ask you to
question yourselves if what he said,
that the evidence was insufficient upon
which to hang a yellow dog, if he be-
lieves that he can reconcile his state
ment that he has the utmost confidence
for the minority members of that com
mittee In view of the fact that the
gentleman has been given the privilege
of expressing his Judgment of the mi
nority members of that committee, and
myself l want to express to him and
you my utmost contempt for his judg-
ment, and l want to say to the people
here tonight that I honestly believe that
if his body were no bigger than his soul
he could walk for a week in the shadow
of a gravestone.'
Il rise to a point of order" inter
rupted Senator Evans. mo member of
this body has a right to indulge in per-
scnalities.''
Personalities will not be INDUCED
in" the president ordered. And Law
voted for Frank ]. Cannon and ended.
MQUARRIE GOES TO GEORGE Q.
In a brief speech. Representative Nc
Quarrie changed his vote TO George q.
Cannon. This was his explanation:
L do not intend, ladies and gentle
men, to weary you with a long speech.
1 voted for five-Tninute speeches, and
think at this stage of the game at least
we should limit our remarks to that
time. But ] am approaching the sad
dest time. perhaps, in my life, and when
[ cannot fulfill all the pledges, if we
may term them pledges, which 1 made
to my constituents that L would elect
a United States senator, and one who
believed in the free and unlimited
coinage of silver, and who stood firmly
on the Chicago platform. This to me
seems TO be an impos;5ibility. and any
one who judges me from the outside
none Of my constituents can ever feel
worse than l do about it, who must
take the responsibility.
L believe that it is still within my
power to elect here a United States
senator, and, ladies and gentlemen, I
propose to do all in my power to do it.
They have talked of power, of traitors
to men such as my friend Mansfield
hare who has l.ntad tnnis.ht for C.ac,:cra.