The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-25

marvellous. Their history is glorious.
Ihelr achievements are wonderful. and
their future is beyond any human
comprehension. Their government was
founded upon the great ideas Of liberty
ana equality Each man was guar
anteed an equal chance with his neigh
Dor to unlock with his industry The
gateway of opportunity. Education.
advancement and absolute freedom
from oppression, either by force or
through cunningly devised laws. is
their rightful heritage. With the birth
OF our nation, the rights of the lowli-
est human being were recognized and
his ambitions were limited only by the
extent Of his abilities and the earnest
ness of his endeaVOrs. Thus encour-
aged, our people have advanced, until
America is world power and the stars
and stripes have become the represen-
tation of virile manhood and virtuous
womanhood, whose strength is known
ana respected wherever the sun shines
and humanity lives.
BY reason of our constitution, our
chief magistrate Yields a power which
but few comprehend. He shapes our
destiny, moulds our laws and controls
our policy. His Office is one requiring
the lofueSt craftsmanship and the Sc
VeFeSt f-abnegatiOn. Il should be
filled by a man so close to the people
that he can hear their heart beats and
understand the longings that throb
along the pulsations of their earnest
life. Deaf to the voice of fiattery, his
ear should be quick to discern the moan
of distress from the lips Of toll. Blind
to the dazzling jewels Of wealth and
power, his eyes should see that our
strength and influence depends upon
the Well being Of the millions who fight
the amending battle for existence Be
heving in eur institutions and in our
ability to work out our own salvation,
his motto should be, America for
Americans" He should insist upon our
right to legislate upon matters affect
ing our own system Of finance, without
the aid or consent of any nation upon
earth. He should declare that upon this
continent we have the right to advance
internal improvements without ask
ing permission Of the old world, and to
protect the property which We create
IN our own way, and without let or him
ORANGE from abroad.
Constitution Follows Flag.
He should recognize that whenever
our fiag is raised over our own terri
tory, that it is raised there by virtue
OF the power of our constitution, and
permitted, even though demanded by
the concentrated power Of unlimited
capital He should show to the world
that we do not use the sword for con-
quest, and that we have never been
taught TO subdue an alien race TO make
OF them source of wealth. He sSould
scOrn all entangling alliances abroad.
and resent all foreign Interference with
our own affairs. With the vigor Of An
drew jackson, he should drive the
banks from the government business.
he ought TO be one whose fidelity to
principe is such that ii would be X own
that he was in earnest when he should
declare, as he ought, to the Insurers and
the money changers who make traffic Of
human hopes:
You shall not cruelty mankind upon
a cross of gold"
Such a president must come from the
ranks of the people. He should come
from the great west, where the voice
OF God, borne upon the breezes of the
Prairies, bears a message OF more i'm
port than that heard from the tongue
OF the stock ticker in Wall street. Such
a president must come from the Demo-
cratic party, whose principles were
crystallized from the innate longing of
the human heart for liberty Such a
president was nominated at Chicago
in 1886, when the Democracy of Jefer-
son was reincarnated and the roar of
human acclaim which greeted his name
swept out of the convention hall like d
tidal wave of hope and bore upon it's
crest the suffrage Of 5000, 900 of I'M
bought voters, who named him as their
choice. He rallied a we'll nigh hope
less party, and so well did he endow it
with his lofty courage that il looked
upon defeat as but the Skirmish line
for 1900. and never lowered his name,
but proudly held it aloft as a beacon
of promise. He is today the choice Of
the Democratic party for president. He
is today the choice OF the common peo-
pie for president He is here tonight
TO plead the cause Of individual liberty.
He is here TO ask you by your totes for
William II. King for congress. to de-
clare that Utah is not yet ready to kiss
the rod of gold nor to bow 90 the Geser
cap Of greed. 1, therefore, present that
untifing servant of the people, the can
didate of the Democratic party for
president-William J. Bryan.