The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-05
DEMOCRACY'S ALLIES
MEET IN CONVENTION

HILL iU UUH I'LL IUH
Continued From Page II
needs of the people may demand meets
with the appreciation of the people.
The people believe that gold and silver
coins are the money of the ccnStitu-
ton and that if paper money is to
be issued it should bear the stamp Of
the government and have back of it the
wealth and power of the nation. and
notsthat of a private corporation"
He criticised the gold standard legis-
lation of the last session of congress,
and asked if we should place obstacles
in the way of those who search out
hidden riches of the earth and dedi-
cate them to the use of human kind.
MASK THROWN OFF.
The senator, after reviewing the &C
ton OF the national Republican con-
vention of 1896 and the subsequent leg
islation. said:
The Republican party has thrown
off the mask and no longer pretends
TO favor even international bimetallism.
It is well that it should be so, for the
platform of 1896 was made TO secure
votes. as was frankly admitted by
leading Republicans as soon as the
campaign was over"
The senator claimed that the stimu-
lus to business experienced in the last
few years was due largely to the in
crease Of the gold output and the con-
tinued production of silver, thus con-
flrming the bimetallistS' cumulative
theory of money.
The Republicans boast said the
speaker. that they have reduced the
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ton the fact that they have increased
the national bonded debt 500. o0O, 900
before they attempted TO reduce it, Nor
did they mention the fact that they are
collecting an internal revenue from the
people nearly if not quite $50. 100000 a
year more than any other adminiStra-
ton did in time of peace
He contended that the present pros
perity was not due to the Republican
administration or TO the Dingley bill
or the gold standard.
With a United States statute for
their control, declared by the highest
court Of the land to be constitutional,
the Republican attorney general de-
clares that the great trusts are be-
yond the power of the courts and can
not be restricted in their work of
spoliation of the public. 1t is certain
no honest effort has been made by the
party in power to control the trusts or
in any way mitigate their pernicious
influence, nor will such be made by that
party in the future Evidently trusts
are secure While the Republican party
is in power"
PHILIPPINE POLICY.
Mr.. Teller reviewed the war with
Spain and its results, conceding with
reference to the Philippines that there
appeared TO be no way TO protect the
people of these islands. to maintaiL. the
peace of the world and our own honor
except to exercise sovereign power over
the islands until the people could form
| a government of their own. ~ be-
lieve, he added. that public sentiment
and the interests of the abitants of
! the Philippines demand that of us"
He had never doubted that il was our
! duty to accord to the Filioinos the
right of self-government in their do
nestle affairs.
! The Porto Rican legislation and the
administrations sudden change of
4 front on that question were criticised.
/ and the speaker continued:
The Republican platform declares.
as TO the inhabitants of our new nos
| sessions: The largest measure of self
/ government consistent with their well
fare and our duties shall be secured TO
them by law This is the language of
/ the despot.
Consistent with their welfare'-so
! says kingly power, always professedly
| exercised for the welfare of the SUBJ
! jeets.
The results in Cuba do not iustifv
any laudation of the appointees or of
/ the method of their selection. for a
! more diSgraceful chapter in American
/ history has not been written than this
/ of the administration of postal affairs
/ in Cuba under Republican officials.
Rhetorical flights about our DESTINY
and our duty to take charge of the gov
eminent and morals of the FiIipinos
/ against their will and to secure to them
/ the blessings of free institutions will
not deceive the American people. any
more than It will the objects of cur
| supposed benevolence.
What they demand of US is that we
/ shall be true to our traditions and de-
clarations that the Just powers of gov
eminent are derived from the consent
| of the governed A guarantee that
i such will be our policy will doubtless
bring peace to the Philippines"
NOT THE PEOPLES PARTY.
He declared that the Republican
party is no longer the party of the
people as it was for many years. and
| SAID; Today it stands for all the COM
blnes and syndicates that vre robbing
the people, because il derives its great
strength from such combinations.
It's policy is not as it was once. to
rely on the people TO support Repub-
neaplsm and to maintain order and
obedience TO law, but, on the contrary,
II now demands an army of 100. 00C
men. not to defend the country against
a foreign Zoe. but to defend the wealth
of the country against the people of
the country
AT one time individual judgment and
conscience governed senators and rep
! resentatives in congress: now it is a
caucus that controls the action of the
representatives of the states and the
people Caucus domination is bad. but
! = Sc Vf>-Sa whom as now thaI csu,,I1s Is