The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-24
Maryland Crowds Are Enthusi-
astic Despite the Wet.
AFTER THE BIG THIEVES
LEADER SAYS HE WILL PROSE
CUTE ALL LAW-BREAKERS.


more this evening. The Rockville meet
| ing was the only one of the day that
was not marred by rain. On account
of the downDour most of the meetings
we're cut short. but the crowds in each
case remained until Mr.. Bryan had
| concluded his remarks.
( The greeting extended to Mr.. Bryan
| on his arrival here this evening and
/ during the meetings held inside and
/ outside Music hall was limited in num-
| bers only by the capacity of the places
| in which the meetings were held, and
| in enthusiasm only by the ability of the
| immense crowds to give expression to
| 1t. 1t was raining steadily when the
special train bearing Mr.. Bryan pulled
| into Union station an hour late, but
! this did not prevent the assemblage of
| a crowd of fully 10000 persons about
! the station A parade was formed, and
Mr.. Bryan drove at its head to the Ho-
/ tel Rennert, where he dined with sew
| eral Democratic leaders, including ex-
! senator German, Governor John w.
Smith and Mayor Hayes of this city.
Mr.. Bryan's first speech was made on
platform erected outside Music hall,
and the plaza surrounding the stand
( was crowded as far back as Mr.. Bryan's
voice could possibly be heard.
Republicans as Amenders.
Inside the hall the scene was inspir-
| ing. Every inch Of space was packed
with sWeltering, cheering, jostling hui
manity- On the stage were nearly all
the old-time leaders of the party in the
state, including Ex-Governor Whyte
and Former Senator German. who have
not thus affiliated for more than a
decade.
Mr.. Whyte introduced Mr.. Bryan,
who said in part:
"In wondering what TO take for a
text tonight it occurred to me that it
might be profitable to cali attention to
the tendency of the Republican party
today to amend everything that we
nave been taught to believe sacred in
the past. I think / can show you that
the Republican party of today is at
tempting to amend the Declaration of
Independence, the constitution of the
United States and the Ten Command
ments- II L were to take these up one
at a time 1 think that 1 could suggest
an amendment proposed by the. Re
| publican party and you would recog-
| ntze that in each instance the indict-
ment made against the Republican
| party Is correct. If L were to take the
Zen commandments to begin with l
| would call your attention TO the
| charge that the Republican party has
amended the commandment Thou shalt
! have no other God before me- and
| make II read, Thou shalt have no god
/ but money Money is the only thing
/ today which the Republican party is
/ SlNiAiS supreme Importance. II was not
so in the early days of the Republican
| party
Stealing Should Be Wholesale.
ION the trust question they have
| amended the commandment to make
/ 1t read, Thou shalt not steal on
small scale
In every state there is a law on the
| statute books against horse stealing
/ and If a man steals a horse he will be
! put in the penitentiary. On our statute
| books there is a law against the or
| ganization of n trust or monopoly to
| control the price Of any article of mer-
! chandiSe and the penalty is fine or i'm
| prisonment; but if man steals a horse
| they hunt him with blood hounds: if
ne organizes trust they give him a
\ banquet"
The Republican party. he said, has
| amended another commandment and
1 says, Thou shalt not covet thy neigh
| 3or,s land unless it is valuable"
| This, he asserted, had served as an
] excuse for the seizure of the Philip
pines.
Visits the National Capital.
Mr. Bryan spent an hour and a quar-
ter at the national capital today. His
| train arrived over the Chesapeake &,
Ohio railroad from West Virginia at
| I;55 this morning, an hour late. About
/ 1000 persons were waiting at the de-
! pot Three score policemen and detec-
| lives were QlSLI1Duleu between the TWO
depots to maintain order. Amid cheers
| OF the crowd eX-Judge William NJ
! Springer former chairman of the house
! committee on ways and means an old
colleague and warm friend of the Dem
| Ocratic candidate, stepped to Mr.. Bry-
! ans private car at the rear of the
| train and welcomed him. The two
J then passed down through the depot,
| followed by a large and enthusiastic
! thrOng, boarded an automobile and
were taken to the residence of Judge
Springer. opposite the capitol, where
! Mr. Bryan had breakfast. Colonel
! Isaac Hill, Democratic whip Of the
! house of representatives, was the only
other guest. A few minutes before Q
! o'clock Mr.. Bryan was driven TO the
Baltimore & Ohio depot, where he made
a brief speech on imperialism and civil
service. About 5000 persons were
| massed about the depot.
| Mr.. Bryan said:
| Occasionally hear it suggested that
| persons engaged in the civil service who
are opposed to Imperialism will vote
the Republican ticket for fear of losing
| their positions with the government.
Certainly there are. not many who
| would prefer government employment
, under an empire to whatever risk
might attend their employment under
! a republic. / am not much of an adj
mirer of that civil service which is
suspended when a president is inaugu-
rated until he can fill the offices with
his friends, and is extended by the
president when he is about to retire.
in order that ne may protect his friends
in Office. I believe that a system of
civil service might be devised wherein
| appointments would he made upon
| merit and wherein the appointees
| would hold for a fixed term and not be
| dependent upon the will of an appoint
ing officer. Inc industrial despotism
/ now inaugurated by the Republican
! party is closing the door of opportunity
against young men and driving many
to seek government employment who
under better conditions would be en-
ployed IN producing Industries
| 4 delegation from the Maryland state
| central committee met Mr.. Bryan here
ard at a few minutes after he left in
a special train of three cars for Rock
Vile, where he made the first of the
series of speeches in his tour of Macy
| land towns
After the Big Thieves.
At Frederick. Md, he made this
| declaration:
| You will hear people say that if
| elected I viii not enforce the law. That
| is not the danger. They know that if
/ am elected / will put the same kind
! of striped clothes on a big thief that
are put on q little one"
| At Bruceville he spoke of the Cuban