The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-20

anu IdEInGE apart as the speech pro-
ceeded, and at last ceased altogether.
Ireland as an Example.
Mr.. Bryan's first stop of the day was
made at SOlvay, a suburb of Syracuse,
where he spoke briefly to several thou
sand persons congregated at the rail-
road station. In connection with trusts
he said: II do not believe that il is
good thing for Ireland ~ have a few
landlords and the resi- of the people
tenants. Neither do 1 believe that it
Will be a good thing in this country to
have a few men standing at the head
of great industries and all the rest
merely clerks under these industries"
He again referred to the increase in
the size of the standing army, and said
that upon the present. basis of 100000
soldiers the expense TO the country
would be not less than $4,000. 900 a year
for the military establishment, or an
average of 81 for each individual, or So
for each family. Taking up the Philip
pine question, Mr.. Bryan said that the
Republican party was promising Ito be
good to the Filipino.
That" he said sis what every king
promises to his SUBJECTS"
Denounces Attempt to Coerce.
Mr.. Bryan reached Auburn at $50
and spoke to several thousand people
The stand from which he addressed
his audience was SD located as to put
him face to face with the bronze statue
Of William H Seward. During his
speech Mr.. Bryan made incidental ref
erence to Mr.. Seward, but he did so
while speaking of a present resident Of
the city named Metcaf, who is the
head of a large agricultural implement
manufacturing company located at this
place. Referring to Mr.. MetcaIf, Mr..
Bryan said:
Il have had my attention called to the
fact that you have here g great manu-
featuring plant, and that at the head
Of ii stands a man by the name of Met
calf. Mr.. MetcaIf is reported in your
Republican paper as saying that in the
event of my election the plant viii be
closed. / want to tell you that today
the argument of the Republican party
IS not based on human rights, but it is
based merely on cOmmercialism and on
business.
There" he said, pointing to the
statue of Seward. stands the statue of
the greatest man your city produced
until Mr.. Metcalf arose, and there is
the finger pointing upward, and 1 be-
lieve on the pedestal you viii find the
inscription: There is a higher law
Now. when our good friend who stands
al the head of this great manufacturing
concern is called to his fathers, L pro-
pose that you erect a statue of him
nearby and have his finger pointing
doWnwards. and have it say: There is
a lower law Lincoln said that the Ec-
publican party believed in The man and
the dollar, but in case of conflict il be-
lieved in the man before the dollar.
To-day the Republican party believes
in the dollar first and the man after
wards If at all, and today when you
confront the Republican party with the
charge that il is abandoning the Decla-
ration of Independence: with the
charge that it is destroying the foun-
dation Of free government; with the
At
trine that governments derive their
just powers from the consent OF the
governed. what is their answer II is
this.
IF you dare 10 vote the Democratic
ticket and manifest an interest in the
old principles. we viii close down our
factories and destroy your town. -
Later on Mr. Bryan on reverting TO