The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-13
FRANK CANNON'S
talk TO MINERS
Continued from page -
Europe set the machine in motion to
secure a gold standard law ar home.
For Gold Standard,


In their present national platform
the Republicans renew their allegiance
to the single gold standard was the
next shot from the speaker. They
could not renew their allegiance now if
they had not given that allegiance be-
fore; that allegiance must have been
given in 1896 so that all that had been
done since then in the interest of silver
was intended to betray the people
The statement was made that the Re
tiOnal bimetallism if they had been
honest; the speaker told of the predic-
ton he made in Bingham two years
ago that the Republicans would fix
the gold standard by law; he told of
the men who had spoken on the same
they had foretold that if the money
power won in that fight the independ-
ence of the people would be destroyed
and they would be forced to bow their
necks to the yoke; and how some of
those very speakers We're now proving
the truth of their own predictions by
now worshiping the golden calf them
selves. Senator Cannon then pro-
pounded a few questions to those who
were silver Republicans in 1896. Among
them were the following:
Some Hot Questions.
You were a bimetanist four years
ago, are you a bimetallist now2''
do you still believe in the free coin
age of silver at the ratio of Is to l %
IF you do. why are you supporting
the Republican gold standard now?"
When did you find out that free sill
yer was wrong, and who told you2"
IF the Democrats were still led by
Cleveland and were for the gold stand
ard, and the Republicans were for BIZ
metallism would you not be for bimet-
alIism?"
Every Republican paper in Utah
q nd = oyN1 lro1- on fn
stump is proclaiming the beauties of
the gold standard because Mark Hanna
says it is the gospel
Hannaite Disturbed.
This shooting got too hot for one
Hanna hustler in the audience and he
Interrupted the speaker with loud de-
NAL of his last statement. This only
spurred the speaker and he peppered
the man in the audience till he did not
dare open his head again during the
meeting.
mo Republican in Utah was against
bimetallism in 1885, said the speaker;
no Republican would now bolt the
party and go over to the gold standard
If Mark Hanna said that bimetallism
was the gospel If it would be right if
the Republicans said SO, it is right
when the Democrats say So
This telling point made with all the
force and elOquence for which Mr.. Can
non Is famous the auQlence 10 a
high pitch of enthusiasm.
AT this point the speaker took up the
question of the greenbacks and showed
that the establishment of the gold
standard was not the only financial sin
for which the Mckinley administration
has to answer. He showed that the
intent of the new money law was to re-
tire the $685. 0O0, 600 in greenbacks now
outstanding and substitute for them
national bank notes based on govern
ment bonds. The difference between
the greenback that bears no interest
and costs the people nothing and the
bonds that cost an enormous interest
was clearly shown and illustrated.
''Coin'' Changed to HGold.r
The new law also takes away from
the people the option of paying the
government obligations in either gold
or silver, the word coin in the law
has been changed to gold The peo-
pie should have greenbacks. not bonds:
they should have the privilege of paw