Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-03-29
Bryan and Dubois at Salt Lake

received great ovation at Salt
Lake last Saturday evening and
delivered masterful speech before
5000 people. Ex-senator Dubois
was also there and made talk that
had the true ring and from which
we make the followEs extracts:
Mr.. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle
men-There is a silver Republican ed
itor of a paper in north Idaho, my
state, who said to me not long ago,
when it was rumored that some OF the
silver Republicans of Idaho were go ing
back to the old party "Well, there is
one thing about me, Dubois, never
had a dollar, and never expect to have
dollar, and, therefore, / can be hou-
est, provided I can provide for my
family" We'll, am in almost the same
position as this editor. There is one
thing that has always escaped me; that
is wealth and the desire 10 accumulate
money. l think, therefore, / can
judge dispassionately of those who,
through vicious laws, accumulate m re
money than honest men are entitled
to gain under free system of govern
ment. (Applause.)
| had the great pleasure of being in
the senate of the United States When
Mr.. Bryan served as member of con-
gress, and afterwards when Mr. King
of Utah served rs member OF con-
gress. During the fight over the repeal
OF the purchasing clause of the repeal
OF the Sherman act, the entering wedge
Of the subsequent contest of the Re
publican and Democratic parties the
Democratic party as then constituted
under Cleveland, was for the gold
standard. During the fight to prevent
the repeal OF the Sherman act, as soon
as there was declaration by Mr.
Cleveland, who represented the gold
standard men then, as to what they
would put IN the place of 1t, we said
we would resist that repeal to the Ut
most OF our power; and | remember
many and many a time when Mr..
Williom j. Bryan would come over
from the house and give me all the
encouragement that he possibly conld
when | was standing there fighting the
policy Of the Democratic party aud
the Democratic president. (Applause e,
When 1T came about that the reform
ers of the Democratic party succeeded
in gaining control Of the organization
and when the Republica1 party passed
under the domination of the moneyed
classes and adopted the gold standard
platform, it became my conscientious
duty, standing at the head OF my dele
cation for the state of Idaho, to walk
out of that convention and out of the
Republican party. Cloud applause and
cheers And there never was an &C,
of my life, and there never will be, o.
which ] was SO proud as on that oc-
casion. applause and cheers Mr.
Bryan, whose views | well knew, was
nominated afterwards at Chicago on q
platform which had endorsed by my
vote as a Republican senator. / had
voted for the income tax, and so had
many Of my conf eres from this west
ern country, who afterwards voted
against an income tax at the dictation
of the Republican party.
1t was no trouble to me to accept the
leadership of William j. Bryan. Gap,
plause) And why should any silver
Republican who, for principle, in 1896
supported Mr.. Bryan and the Chicago
platform, desert him noW2 applause
and cheer) 1t is cowardly to do so
He is standing now where he stood
then he has enunciated his principles
in New York City and through the
east he has never wavered or falterd
he was eontendlng then for my good
for the principle which believe in; he
was rejecting my lnmost conscience,
as he was of every genuine silver Re
publican. applause and cheers) And
he has stood there from that day to this
fighting this great battle; and | say il
is cowardly for the silver Republican
who was conscientious in 1896 to de.
sert HIM now. Great applause.) They
are not going to do it in my state of
Idaho. We have there splendid silver
Republican organization, splendid
Populist organization and Democratic
oreanization-all three of these parties
will unite. There are some things on
which we differ, but on the great ques-
ton of opposition to trusts, in favor OF
and putting the control ii the govern
ment back once more into the hands
of the people, we are united; and Mr..
Bryan is good enough leader for us.
loud and continued applause and
cheers.)
Silver Republicans gave no excuse
worth analyzing when they say they
are,going back to the .old party. see
their organs announce that the silver
question is over; therefore, it is use
less to bring it up or TO make fight
for it. The silver question has never
been dead since 1916, when England
adopted the single standard of gold
and the silver question never will be
dead until there IS a permanent law
fixed and maintained which will give
good money to the people all the time
applause and cheer) There has
been so much gold dug out since
1896, which certainly could not have
been foreseen by anybody, tie sup
ply of basic money has been made as
great almost, if not quite, as it would
have been bad we had the free coinage
of silver l6 to |. This enormous and
unexpected output of gold has added
to the worlds supply of basic money
and in consequence increased a little
the price Of products all over the
world and raised the price Of living.
1t would have been much better ii at
the same time we had had the free