The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-19
BRYAN TALKS To- WOREINGMEN
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20 shorten the hours of toll? When
the eight -hour law went before the
senate, the Republican senate did not
nave time to pass it, but the Republi-
can senate had plenty of time to pass
financial bill that gave the national
banks the. control of the paper money
OF the country. (Applause.)
Inc Republican party has had
plenty OF time to legislate when ii
wanted to iegiSlate. but where is the
bill that protects the laboring man
from the fear of the injunction? We
are opposed to government by injunc-
ton.
Labor Bureau Demanded.
IN our platform we ask for labor
bureau with a cabinet officer at its
head What does the Republican party
ask Tor! Why, a department of com
merce and industry.
We also ask for the election of sen
ators by the people. You cannot get
any remedial legislation until your
bill passes the senate, as well as the
house Under the. present method OF
electlng senators the corporations have
more influence in the selection of a
senator than they should have, and the
common man, the ordinary voter, has
less influence than he should have
(Applause.)
1--WE want an income tax. The Re-
publican party is not willing that we
should have an income tax which
would give to the laboring man some
relief from the burden of taxation.
You iabOring men ought to consider
the question of taxation and these
other questions, but the only reply you
get TO all those things is the full din
ner pail (Applause). Whenever any
Republican holds up before you the
full dinner pail argument ask him
what he thinks of the anthracite coal
region. (Great applause)- Ask him
what he thinks of less than dollar a
day which is received by the men who
are mining anthracite coal. less than
a dollar a day the year round. Under
those circumstances what chance is
there for the laboring man to improve
his condition? What chance for him
to raise his family and 10 give his
children higher place than he has en-
joyed? What chance is there for that
development intellectually and for that
recreation and for those things that
are necessary to the Iaboring man as
we'll as TO anyone else? (Great APP
plause).
But the full dinner pail will not last
this campaign. The Republican party
has got to meet these questions and
cannot entice the laboring man into
the imperialistic trap by putting a lit
tie cheese in the trap" (Applause).
Talks In a Tent
The night meeting in this city which
was addressed by Mr.. Bryan was held in
a big three-ringed circus tent, which COW
cred several thousand people Mr.. Bryan
did not appear until ten minutes past o
He was received with deafening cheers,
and the applause did not subside for sew
eral minutes He spoke with evident eff
fort. his voice being quite hoarse as a re-
suit of the severe campaigning of the
past few days The speech was upon
general lines, and did not develop many
new points.
Much attention was given the Philip
pines. shrill-voiced person in the au-
dierce asked Mr.. Bryan why he had adj
vocated the. ratification of the Spanish
treaty. to which question he replied:
II will tell you, my friend, why 1 want
ed it ratified. / wanted the treaty ratified
because wanted the Spanish war closed;
l wanted the volunteers brought home,
and 1 wanted to take from the Republi-
can party The war expense.
His reply brought out demonstrations
of approval and jeers at the expense of
his tHte=locutor, with cries of Now will
you be goOd?"
Mr.. Bryan closed about 10:45. He will
leave early tomorrow morning for Leav-
enw0~th. Kan, going from that point to
AtchiSOn. and thence TO St Joe.