The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-05
PLEA FROM THATCHER
Stirring Address TO the Voters
Of Cache.
THE ISSUES At STAKE
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO BRYAN
AND THE DEMOCRACY.
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Logan, Nov. 4.-AIoses Thatcher made
the finest speech Of the present cam
paign in Cache at Richmond last night.
a magnificent audience greeted him.
and when he appeared he was rendered
an ovation which lasted several min
utes. Mr.. Thatcher came out squareiy
fer Bryan, stating that he stood behind
him as firmly now as he did in 1896. He
euIogized the great silver leader in
most eloquent language, commencing
him for his unfaltering devotion to
every principle that he had laid down
in 1896 as true. "On Nov. g." said he.
I'VE viii settle the question as to
whether this country shall be half free
and half slave. Remember that he who
would be no slave should have no slave
They tell you that the gospel must
be preached to all men before the end
shall come, and that in the imperialistic
policy of the Republican administration
there Is offered way for introducing
the Word unto the Filipino. The Cos
pei shall be spread, but after the man.
ner Of the Great Master. and not at
the point of the bayOneC or the mouth Of
belching artillery.
They talk of il being a paying prop
OSitiOn to keep the Philippines. but
whom does it pay? The mother ind
father who offer up their sons upon an
altar of exploitation and not one Of
liberty2 Does il look Ike a paying
proposition for the toiler who viii be
brought into competition with 5000. 900
of black men, who live on 10 cents per
day and work for % cents per day?"
The speaker here drew d. vivid pic
tuTe of the glorious work Of our SOL
diers in the Philippines and in Cuba
and then contrasted with it the treat
ment they received in the Destilence
camps and on the illfated Sherman
Coming to. the question of trusts he
said,
Monopoly is grinding from the tOiler
the products Of his labor. and is slowly
forging upon his wearied limbs the fet-
ters of industrial slavery Think of the
power of a Rockefeller Last week the
announcement came forth that a Salt
Lake genius had invented a new sys-
TEN of lighting. superior to that of cleo
tricity, yet the discOverer of the Won
derfui secret must first reckon with
Rockefeller before he can be assured
Of success, because the basis of his in
vention is petroleum, and Rockefeller
controls the petroleum output of the
United States and can increase its
price to any limit he chooses.
The Republicans boast OF our pres
.
ed that prosperity? Not William Nc
kinley, not Mark Hanna nor the Re
publican party It was the man who
blew I'D the Maine and set moving in
this country the mills of industry to
supply the wants of the army that was
to crush and humiiidte Spain 1t was
Joseph Chamberlain in England who
pTeciDitated the South African war.
which made demands upon all -our re-
sources These and the Chinese oop,-
plicatiOns were what brought about the
so-called prosperity. But the bills are
yet to be paid, and it looks as if it will
be the lot of a. Democratic sadministra-
ton to begin the payment
They tell you that Bryan is insin-
cere, but I tell you no more honest, sin
cere or true child of the Creator ever
stood before his fellows than ". J..
Bryan. If there is insincerity. il is
upon our part Bryan has not changed
his principles. He stands today for
what he stood in 1896. IF we have
changed or modified our views it Is we
that are insincere-
Democrats. stand for your princi-
pies, stand for the constitution. for
equal rights to al men and for the per
petUity of American liberty. If YOU Will
do that. satisfaction and happiness will
be your lot Vote for the gold standard
and the day will speedily dawn when
the enOrmity of your error viii give YOU
many a pang, for the crime Of 1873 is
insignificant as TO its effects compared
with the crime of 1860 which the Re
publican party would perpetra te."
When Mr.. Thatcher closed he was
cheered for several minutes The
speech has had an almost magic effect
in the north end of the county and in
CTeaSes in the Democratic majority will
be the result.