The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-20

word and letter Of the platform. The
life OF the nation. he said, is at stake
in the issues made by that platform:
the silver issue is the same as in 1896,
and another great issue has been added
to the fight begun then-whether this
nation cai, endure part empire and part
republic. Heretofore this nation has
been as a city that stands on hill-it
has been the light of the world-the
hope of people everywhere struggling
for liberty. Judge Thurman e!abor
ated this idea and made forcible little
speech in advocacy Of the Kansas City
platform.
At the close of his remarks Judge
Thurman introduced one whose name
he said was q household word in Utah
"a Utah boy-one who had h0nored his
state, Judge w. II. King.
Applause For Judge King.
Judge King was received with aD-
piause, anu without any Dreliminaries
jumped ar once into one of his char
acteristie speeches. The speech was
largely an eulogy Of William 3. Bryan,
and was in Judge Kings best vein. He
repealed the SANDER being hurled at
the Democratic leader He was IN
right in politics and stood for the right
He caught ~ the hammer when chaos
reigned in his party. he espoused the
cause Of the people; he is heroic, chiY-
alrous and gallant. Who can point to
a mistake he has made2 He cannot be
swerved from the path of duty; he is
the worthy leader of a worthy cause:
he has led in victory and defeat, and is
today the leader chosen by the people
Of the nation TO fight against the allied
forces Of 'DlutOcracy under Hanna and
Mckinley.
At the close of Judge Kings speech
the ladies' quartette sang a comic song,
Billy Me- that seemed to please the
crowd very much.
Speaks On Silver Issue.
Chairman Thurman, in introducing
the next speaker. said that he was a
man who was always to be found fight
ing where floats the flag Of Democracy,
the ablest exoounder of Democratic
principles in the state of Utah, Judge
II. p. Henderson.
Judge Henderson was received with
hearty cheers. The speaker thought
that it was not time TO enter into a
discussion OF the issues of the cam
paign, but he thought that there was
one issue of peculiar interest in Utah
the silver issue. He told how ever since
the division on party lines the Repub-
hcans had wed with the Democrats in
their loyalty to silver; and the only
question was TO determine which party
was the real silver party, and which
would do most for the white metal.
Finally, in the national conventions
of 1896, the Democrats came out in the
open for free coinage, and the Repub-
hcans, While still. claiming that it was
good thing, took the position that it
could not be had without foreign help
the Utah delegates walked out, tore off
their badges, supported Bryan, and as
a result Utah gave the silver champion
a larger percentage of her vote than
was given by any state in the Union.
How Delegates Changed.
In view of this the Utah delegates to
the Philadelphia convention got down
on their knees before Mark Hanna, said
that the single gold standard was a
good thing, and came home to tell the
people that they must trample on the
principles of four years. ago, reverse
themselves on this issue, and this is
the kind of campaign the Democrats of
the state must meet this fall. All the
power of the officehOlders, all the power
Of organized wealth, all the power of
England must be met in this campaign.
The Republicans viii have plenty of
money, and although 81 per cent of the
people of the state are in favor of the
free coinage of silver at the ratio of Is
to 1. the Democrats have a fight on
their hands.
AT the close of Judge Henderson's ad-
dress, Miss Julia Curtis, by request.
repeated her solo, "The Boys of the y.
;. A." and was accorded another well
deserved encore.
The programme closed with the "Star
Spangled Banner" sung by the ladies'
quartette, and the audience adjourned
to the upper floor Of the pavilion, where
dancing was INDUCED in until train
time.