The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

w men Judge Powers said that the Re
publican leaders of Utah were SO busy
edIihS their own words of four wears
ago JhaI they had not time to invest
So lHe IuH dinner pail very closely.
there was another demOnStra ton The
speaker then told the story of the b,,,-
Who' IN order to make money. OfFereI
70 eat worms and frogs. but the ir1dra
thought that that was no more dis
agreeaDie Job than the Republicans
get office.
The Silver Question.
When Judge Powers said that the
silver question was not yet settled.
there came I'D a voice from the and
fence clear and strong. You beT If
ain t. and then there was thun5e~orls
applause FOR Bryan Judge Powers
read from the Republican campaign
text book which he styled the gospel
according To ST. Mark" in which ir
says The election OF BRYAN means
the free coinage OF silver" and then
there was another great autburSt OF
applause There WAS no doubt % 10
where the working people nj salt Lake
stand on the silver question The
speaker said that the silver cause was
being stabbed 10 the heart in this cam
paign here in the home of its friends
by those whose only ambition Is to feed
a. the flesh pots of Mark Hanna
The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the
fun that Judge Powers had at the ex-
pense of Roosevelt. who was rnuzzIe1
on the silver question while here. and
did not discover thai ne was for the
gold standard until he had got back
across the Mississippi The only issue
he knew while here was the flag.
The Republicans of Utah want to
fool some enc said the speaker.
They can't do it came d voice from
applause again.
Trusts and Owen.
When he said that it was Just as SEN
sible To send Republicans out to SUP
press the trusts as It would he for the
dominant church Of Utah to send
Charles MOStyn owen out 10 make con
verts to their religion. the crowd caught
the point and there was another round
OF laughter and applause When the
speaker read from the Democratic plat
form in favor Of secretary of labor
in the presidents cabinet there was
great cheering and cries Of Good boy
and Wen have one. too
Laughter and Cheers
And thus the discussion ran all
through the meeting with its laughter
cheers and retcrts from the audience.
and with its our bursts of eloOue0ce and
wit from the speaker. A marked fea-
tura Of the meeting was the ready and
spontaneous applause that greeted
every mention of Eryan'S name, and
when the sDea ker linked the name of
Bryan with that Of Lincoln there was
the greatest applause Of the entire
meeting. And when il was shown -Ea-
Lincoln in his dag stood on many great
questions just where Bryan is standing
today. each sentiment was cheered and
cheered again
There viii be many meetings held in
Utah during the remaining days Of the
campaign and some of these meetings
may be larger than the one of last
evening but IL IS very doubtful # there
viii be q more earnest one held. one
more fruitful Of gCOd TO the Democratic
party. or one in which there viii be
such a perfect understanding between
the audience and the speaker
It was q clear demonstration that in
this conflict The working people are
with the Democrats, and the way IN
which the mention Of coercion was re-
ceiVed was proof that SO lar as Utah
is concerned it will have no influence
on the voters IT the great oUJDourinE
Of working people last evening can De
taken as test. it may be taken for
granted that the WaEe-earCerS Of Jfal
are still LOYAL TO W J. Bryan and the
cause Of silver and that they are in
the fight To down the trusts.
The meeting was opened with music
from Held's band and the jefferson
drum corps Daraded the streets for
some time previous to the meeting It
is estimated that there We're 1000 people
present under the tent. and had the
weather been favorable It would have
been necessary to measure the crowd
by the acre
The speech of Judge Powers VIII be
found in full on the ninth page Of The
Herald this morning, and II VIII Vel
repay a careful perUsal.