The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-17

| he becomes greater than the constitu-
ton There is no place where you can
draw the line; il viii become all pres
J ident and no constitution
FILIPINO STAND.
Quoting the Republican platform as
| TO the disposition to be made OF the
| F1lipinOs, he said:
Who is to decide their welfare2 We.
/ Who is 30 decide our duty? We What
/ has the Filipino TO DO with it2 Nothing
| at all They do not dare defend that
/ plank, and / am afraid before this cam
paign is over that they viii try TO
prove that ii was not written by the
/ Republican convention at all, but II
was put in there by some one who had
no authority"
He said his authority for expressing
! this opinion was the fact that the rati-
| fication OF the peace treaty had been
| placed at his door. He then took Up
/ the question of his connection with the
ratification Of the treaty, ana said that
1 the Republicans could not find SEN
ator who would say that he had voted
/ for it because he Cdr- Bryan had IA
vOred IL, and continued:
But 1 can prove by Senator Well
ingtOn, Republican, that without his
vote it would not have been ratified;
that he would not have voted for it but
/ for the fact that the president prom
ised him that the Philippine islands
would not be held permanently
In closing. he said that instead of de-
string a nation ever ready to resort 20
force, he wanted il to be a peacemaker
among nations. Then he said, I'VE
can claim the reward promised to the
peacemakerS, and say, blessed are the
peacemaIers, for they shall be called
the children of Cod
When Air. Bryan began speaking his
voice "Fas scarcely audible a hundred
feet away from the stand, but ne gra-
dually spoke louder, and in a moment
! his voice could be heard by the gal
leries.
The crowd listened in silence for q.
time, but when the speaker said that
the Democratic party recognized the
right of ability of mind and muscle TO
the fruits of its toll. the crowd broke
forth into cheering.
Mr. Bryan concluded his speech at 8
O'Clock precisely. having spoken one
| hour and fifty-One minutes The crowd
rose and cheered as he left the plat
| form in company with Mr.. Croker.
shaking hands as he eft.
STEVENSON SPEAKS.
The applause for Ny Bryan as he
went away blended with that for Adj
lal. b Stevenson as he rose to speak
The cheers died out and the noise of
the crowd getting out prevented Mr.
stevenson from speaking. Three min
utes after Mr.. Bryan left there were
vacant seats all over the building
Z y
the galleries and on the main floor.
Mr. Stevenson began. speaking, but
his voice could not be~&eard fifty feet
away More than half the people left
Frequent attempts were made by
Chairman Shepard and Mr. Stevenson
to stop the exit and quiet the audience,
but they were unable 70 do so. A few
crowded close to the stand to hear him
above the noise. and he was cheered-
He tsCOke on Imperialism
Webster n0vES was introduced nd
condemned the Americans treatment
of the Beers He said that on the visit
of the BOer representatives to the
/ White House the president took them
to p window looking out on the east
side OF the mansion and showed them
the beautiful scenery. Just then. ac-
cording to Mr.. Davis, a message came
that three senators representing large
| trust interests were in an adjoining
room. The president left al once and
| the Boer ENJOYS were compelled to
leave without being permitted to say
one word Of their mission.
At the conclusion of Webster Davis
speech Mayor Jones of Toledo was in
trOduced and spoke briefly. He was
heartily received.
The 4.0G0 or 5000 who had remained
to hear Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Jones
cheered John b Stanchfeld, candidate
for governor, when he was introduced.
a number started to 60 out as he began
speaking and he was interrupted as
Mr.. Stevenson had been
William F. Mackey. candidate for
lieutenant governor, was the last
speaker. When he concluded the band
struck 10 Dixie" and the small re-
naming portion of the thrOng that had
gathered in the garden early in the
evening filed out