The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-13

ture OF Utah last winter failed to elect
a, senator. Pennsylvania, the strongest
Republican state in the nation. failed
III the same way. To be consistent these
patriots should urge the people Of
Pennsylvania TO vote the Democratic
ticket The same is true. of California,
another Republican state. The same IS
true OF Delaware. another Republican
state. The ratio in this is not 16 to 1
but it is to L.
The Democrats are charged with
the fact that We have no congressman
from Utah. 1t is far better TO have no
congressman at al than it would be
to have a gold bug who would vote for
all the vicious ass unconstitutional
measures now being rammed through
Congress. There is q worse thing than
being unrepresented; it is being be-
trayed. which would have been the case
if Alma Eldredge had won at the polls
But we have man az Washington,
that sterling Democrat, hat honest
Utahn, Senator Joseph L. Rawlins; a
man who is doing more for silver, more
for the cause of justice, more for the
constitutional rights of the people and
is worth more than any three or any
six of the gold bug advocates that the
Republicans have in the senate"
+ This tribute to Senator Rawlins met
with a storm of applause that left no
doubt IS to what the Utah Democracy
/ thinks of Senator Rawlins.
Judge King next took up the gold bill
now being enacted into law and dis
cusssd it at some length. After show
I ing that it meant not only the estab-
/ lishment for all time Of the single gold
standard ana the still further abase-
ment of silver; but also the distribu-
/ ton of S340 000, 600 of greenbacks, $S6,-
/ 100000 of treasury notes and nearly
] $500, 900, 900 of silver and silver certifi-
/ Gates, the speaker argued that this con-
/ traction Of the currency by more than
one-third would bring a catastrophe
upon the people the misery of which
/ could not be measured in dollars and
cents.
Where Is Hammond?
"And where does Mr.. Hammond stand
on this proposition? Does he endorse a
measure that destroys one-third of
! the peoples money and substitutes
/ therefor gold bonds, to perpetuate the
national debt and to fasten the letters
of gold on the necks of the people for
/ ever? The Republicans are afraid the
| circulation is too great. They will
| bleed them, then bleed them again,
then have the trusts prop them up"
Judge King then read from the Re-
publican campaign book the gospel, ac-
/ eording TO st. Mark, the Republican
1 Bible in which il was said to be wrong
/ to agitate for free silver and men were
! condemned as unpatriotic who eontin-
1 ued to agitate for silver.
WAS W. ]. Bryan right when he
! agitated for silver in 1882" demanded
/ the speaker. who has changed? Has
| the Chicago platform changed? Has
our party changed? Have We aban-
doned the cause? Who has laid down
=. 80.
/ Again I ask who has changed2
L have not changed since 1885," said
! Judge King with great emphasis and
the thunder of applause that went up
! showed that his audience was with him.
4 stand now" he continued, amid
repeated applause, where stood four
! years ago. I was for bimetaIlism then
/ am fer it now. l was for that funda-
mental principle laid down by Thomas
| privileges to none, equal rights to all
| I stand there now. Have you changed?
/ If so why have you changed?"
The subject Of prosperity was next
I taken up. It was shown how the
/ Bland-AllisOn act of 1878 and the Sher-
man act of 1890 brought temporary pros
| perity by putting silver in circulation;
/ how the conspiracy against silver sent
/ Harrison out of Office with an empty
! treasury anu lut pidlCS ditCctuy iietAS
J to issue bonds; how the Sherman law
/ was repealed and the panic increased in
/ all its awful ravages
Now" said the judge, "the RepUbli-
cans came in; there were bad harveSts
/ abroad and good harvests here; the
( balance of trade was largely in our IA
Vor; money became more plentiful and
I times grew better; the goldbugS, to
/ prove that there was no necessity EEf
ars,ff al
tiles; the gold fields of KIondike and
the Transvaal did their part, and all
proved the Democratic contention that
more money makes good times, a short
age Of money makes bad times.
! when crops are good in this cOun-
try and bad abroad. the Republicans
take the credit. When the reverse is
true, the Lord or the Democrats are
to blame. If it is given credit for rais-
ing the price Of wool, must it not be
blamed for Accent wheat2 If it has
Omnipotent power TO raise prices, why
does ii not raise them all alike? Why
does it discriminate against wheat?
I can well understand why those in
trusts should vote tie Republican
ticket; they would be ingrates if they
did not. For instance, nails have gone
up in two years from sf.65 to $40 per
hundredweight; wire fencing from S1.S5
to 81; tin plate, from 1926 to $3.50 per
box. Two years ago two and two-thirds
bushels of wheat bought 100 pounds OF
nails; now it takes FIVE and one-quarter
I bushels. Two years ago three bushels
Of wheat bought 100 pounds of wire
fence; now il takes six bushels. These
are but samples
Hammond Endorses Trusts.
'Mr. Hammond endorses these things
because his platform endorses the Nc
Kinley administration. He appeals to
the farmers Of Utah on these lines. He
must favor the single gold standard;
he must favor the contraction of the
currency; he must favor the trusts. be-
cause that is Republicanism.
mo wonder the Republicans in their
convention called on someone to pray;
but they spell it prey.
''The suit Of Prick VS.. Carnegie
throws a food of light on the workings
of the trusts. When thieves fall out
honest men get their dues Here it is
shown that on an investment of S25.-
0G0.O00 a profit of $21 GOO coo was made
last year and $42, DOC, coo is promised foi
this year. The people of Utah are
asked by the Republicans. to endorse
this because they have not one WORD
Of denunciatiOn for this robbery
Judge Kings close was a most elo-
qUent appeal TO the people to stand by
the cause of justice and humanity; not
to despair, but to fight on till victory is
finally won.
At the close Chairman Game an.
nouneed that Governor c. s. Thomas OF
Colorado would be in Salt Lake on Sat-
urday next and would address the peo-
pie in the evening. He also announced
that W. J. Bryan's meeting would bc
held on Saturday evening, March "a
in the EXPOSITION building at the state
fair grounds. After three rOusins
cheers for Judge King the crowd dis
} persed-