The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-10

greater NUMBERS Wnen the tram old
come in, and greeted the great COM
moner with cheers. Mr.. Bryan busted
himself first in transferring his party
and effects to the car on which he was
to go to Salt Lake. In short time he
was ready, and with E. M. Conroy and
Chief Davenport made his way through
the crowd to the end of the depot,
where he mounted big dray drawn
up there for the purpose. When the
cheering had subsidized Chairman Con-
roy then said: Ladies and gentlemen,
the Hon. William Jennings Bryan
needs no introduction to an Ogden au-
dience."
Mr.. Bryan, in beginning, referred to
the Chicago platform and its approval
by 100000 voters in the fall of 1896.
He then said:
'Since then the Republicans have
been saying that the money question is
dead. If so, why did the administra-
ton send three distinguished gentle
men to Europe to get it settled. They
told us in 1896 that we had money
enough, but Immediately set about to
get more money. They tell US now that
the money question is settled because of
gold discovered in Klondike.
Claiming An Accident.
1.-THE Republican party is in hard
an accident in 1897. The Republican
party told us we had enough gold, and
now within year they are rejoicing
because we have more money. The Re-
publican party did not promise to dis
cover gold in Alaska. A Republican
cannot consistently claim that we are
benefited by the influx of more money,
because as soon as they do that they
admit that the cumulative theory of
ic nd no mi
tive theory is correct they have to adj
NIT that our minis should be opened to
the coinage of silver. (Cheers.)
1.-THE Republicans have practically
admitted that more money is essential
to our national welfare but refuse to
take independent action to get that
money. 1t seems to me the better way
is to get a party that will carry out a
policy which it knows is best. Every
plank in the Chicago platform was good
when it was written. 1t was good dur
ing the campaign of 1896. 1t was good
up to the war. It was good during the
war, and it is good now. (Cheers.)
1T is not too early to prophesy about
the next national convention, and l
here prophesy that when the conven-
ton is held there will be so little op-
position that a roll call will not be
necessary to reaffirm it.
question OF ITuSCS.
There is another subject that has
been forcing itself to the front. 1t is
the subject of trusts. 1t is not that the
trust question is a new question, but
they are receiving new vigor from the
present administration. 1t is fact
that more trusts, representing greater
aggregation of capital, have been
formed since the beginning of the pres
ent administration than during the en-
tire history of the country. The Re-
publicans are not disposed to interfere
with them, and naturally, for the trusts
brought about the success of the Re-
publican party. The Republican party
has read it's Bible and needs the pas
sage, Remember now thy creator.
daughter and cries of "Good!')
but there is a third question that
has come up since the war-the ques-
ton of Imperialism. The administra-
TONS policy so far as we are able to
guess it's policy, is to fasten on the
Philippines a colonial system similar to
that of England in India. When we re-
member a few months ago they sent to
Europe for their financial policy it is
not so surprising that now they borrow
another policy from the same source.
There are but two sources of power.
force and consent, the former repre-
senting the monarchy the latter the re-
public We have been preaching since
the Declaration of Independence thaS
government derives it's just powers
from the consent of the governed. If
the trainers of that document were
right, then the Republicans are wrong.
Empire or Republic.
''Tfis country must be either all re-
public or all empire, and / warn you
not to put into force principle in the
Philippines which you would not be
willing to put in force here The Re-
publicans boosted that they applied the
Declaration of independence to the
black man here at home. / warn them
not to cross the seas and take it from
the hands of a brown man. who, after
all. is only half brown. They tell us
that it is our duty to Christianize these
people. I am skeptical about going
over there and shooting the gospel into
these people. But let me tell you The
people who are friendly to us over there
are the Mohamedan portion of the pop
ulation. 1t is costing US 100000 year
to fly the flag over the sultan's harem
and the moslems under it are urging
US to go out and kill the Christian pop
ulation. (Cries of That's right'')
II don't want a Calling gun gospel.
They say there is money in it for us il
we take the Philippines. How do they
know? They do not tell US how much
it costs us, how much ii will cost US to
maintain fighting force there, but /