The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-11

William J. Bryan's conference yes
terday with a number of Utah's most
prominent advocates of silver was the
chief event growing out of the great
leaders stay over Sunday in Salt Lake
City. The conference was held in the
parlors of the Knutsford hotel 1t was
called to get an expression of the views
of prominent local leaders and to hold
a closer consultation with the ac-
knowledged party leader of the nation.
There were present at the confer
ence, in addition to Mr.. Bryan, James
II. Moyle, chairman of the Democratic
state committee; Henry w. Lawrence,
chairman Of the Populist state COM
mittee; John j. DAILY, who represented
the silver Republicans of Utah on the
electoral ticket in 1896; Senator Joseph
L. Rawlins. Judge H. p. Henderson,
Judge o. w. Powers, Judge William
II. King, Moses Thatcher, A. w. Nc
eker, L. E. Hall, W. H. Dale,
Noble Warrum. f. w. Wilson,
William Igleheart, F. S. Rich
ards, r. B. Shepard. D. H. Peery. jr.,
c. S. Narian. S. r. Thurman and c.
w. Penrose, editor of the News. Messrs.
Thatcher and Penrose arrived too late
to take part in the discussion, as did
also II lSHtI I1dTIlS, AQutid NGp6hGT,
Major Dick Young, Judge Sasl1in,
Frank B. Stephens, r. c. Chambers
and many others who called to pay
their respects to Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
in the course Of the afternoon.
Moyle Opens Meeting.
James H Moyle opened the confer
ence by stating that it had been as
sembled in order to have an exchange
of views as TO the position the party
at large should take in the next cam
paign and to hear from Mr. Bryan on
the subject of silver, the Philippines,
the trusts and the best method of CO.
operating with the silver Republicans
and Populists.
Senator Rawlins, who was first called
upon, said thar there was no question
as to where the people of Utah stood
on the question of silver. with the ex-
ception of a fesT who have been infiu-
enced by the administration. As to the
Philippine question there is some diver
sity of opinion even among Utah Dem
ocrats. He still thought. as he did
when this whole question was up before
the senate, that the same action should
be taken as was taken with regard to
Cuba
The question of trusts. he thought,
would be an important issue and that
the silver Republicans and Populists
should be invited to cooperate with the
Democrats on all these questions. He
thought sentiment would crystalline as
people understood the questions better.
Blunders had been committed by the
present administration and much trou-
bic brought upon US that could have
been avoided.
Judge Kings Ideas.
Judge King was next called upon for
his views. He said a good many who
had been called silver Republicans were
returning to their old party allegiance,
but on the silver question the people
should take no backward step. There
is a diversity of opinion as to what
should be done with the Philippines.
Personally he believed that people
would not approve of any attempt to
make subjects of the Filipinos
Judge Powers said that he was one
of the men who, while he was not an
expansionist, did not believe the Demo-
cratic party should be merely a party
of obstruction without offering some
plan for governing the islands before