The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-30

convincing to the audience. He set
forth the proposition that the Repub-
mean party favors selfishness and al
ways appeals to it. 1t pays bountieS
by protection and other methods to the
favored few at the expense of the
many He told the audience of the
great Standard Oil Trust and the i'm
mense dividends which had just been
disbursed in New York.
Quoting from a New York paper he
declared that the SIC, 0O0, 600 dividend
which had just been paid was larger
than any dividend ever before paid by
corporation. He declared that the
Democratic party had for its basis the
principle of Thomas Jefferson, of equal
and exact justice to all. He said that
though individuals made profits by Re
publican methods, by protection and
favors, others who paid for these suf-
fered.
King In Fine Form.
Judge King was in fine form when
he arose to speak. He took up the same
line Of argument as Mr. Sloan and
brought forth many new facts to sup
port the assertions that had been made.
Ihen he launched out in an eloquent
excoriation of the administration dou-
bic dealing in the matter of bimetal-
ism. He declared that though the pres
ldent and his party had pretended to
favor bimetallism four years ago their
hypocrisy was now plain to be seen.
When the president appointed an in
ternatiOnal bimetallic commission, and
while Messrs. Walcott, Stevenson and
Payne were in Europe negotiating with
foreign governments Secretary of the
Treasury Gage with the knowledge Of
the president was doing all in his DOW
er 70 discTedit their mission.
Then when the Indianapolis conven-
ton of bankers had concluded its la
bors and reported to the president the
bill establishing the gold standard, he
sent this report and bill to congress,
and advocated it's passage. These facts
show that the administration was max
ing no effort whatever to secure inter-
national bimetallism. And now all
pretense has been thrown off. The cur
nency bin whicfNsas just been passed
by congress and signed by the presi-
dent, not only established the gold
standard, but created a national bank
trust.
Almost the whole power Of issuing
money had been delegated to the banks
by the government. The banks had
gone into the government business, and
they will now have power to expand
and contract the currency at will. and
thus by controlling prices they have a
terrible power over the people. When
Judge King had finished with the silver
question he made a prediction that in
five years the national banks through
the operation Of this bill would bring
en- panic greater than had ever been
known.
Makes a Prophecy.
Il stake by political reputation on
this. said he, for 1 shall remain in
politine-Fm going to be elected
Immediately there was tremendous
applause. That audience seemed as
confident as he Of his election to con-
gress, for it ,cheered and cheered again.
But Judge King brought forth even
greater applause in an eloquent perora-
ton of ringing sentences and magnifi-
Gently turned periods when he wound
up by mentioning W. J. Bryan as the
great leader of Democracy. Every one
in the crowd seemed to break forth
spontaneously. There was a clapplng
OF hands and a stamping Of feet which
drowned the speakers voice Probably
greater audiences in the vast coils
seu1ns Of the east have arisen at the
mention of Bryan's name, but none ever
arose with greater individual energy
and earnestness.
Sandy has gone Republican hereto
fore, said Precinct Chairman Johnson,
after the meeting. but I tell you we're
going TO carry it this year. Every day
hear of Republicans who are going
to vote for Judge King. Many of them
heard Bryan's great speech in Salt
Lake, and they were convinced by it.
Still they hardly needed to be con-
WINGED, for these men who work down
here in the smelter know something
about trusts themselves