The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-09

Opens the Wisconsin Cam
paign to Big Crowd.
SPEAKS OF SILVER
AND OF IMPERIALISM
Points Out Inconsistencies of
the Republicans.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. s.-W. ].
Bryan made a record breaking rail-
road run from Chicago to Milwaukee
today to open the Democratic national
campaign in Wisconsin Ninety-s
minutes after the candidates special
train left Chicago, Mr.. Bry an was bow
ing to an enthusiastic crowd which met
him at the station here.
Chicago had a conspicuous share in
the days doings, Mayor Harrison and
the Cook County Democratic Marching
club, with a brass band, accompanying
Mr.. BRYAN on the train. The special
was met at Western Union junction by
Mayor Roso and other Milwaukee Off
Gals and citizens of prominence At
! the Milwaukee station a band was play
/ ing.
/ Mr.. Bryan and Mayor Harrison were
/ taken II carria geS at the head of a
/ procession to the city hall, where the
national candidate made mute acknowi-
/ edgment to the crowds greeting.
After a brief pause Mr.. Bryan was
/ driven to the residence of w. G. Bruce,
/ chairman of the Milwaukee and county
Democratic committee. for luncheon.
Mayors in Ball Game
Mayor Harrison and Mayor Rose
went to National park to pitch a base
| ball game, ard the Cook county march
/ erS We're Z Ken in street cars to Ma
! tional park, where they were served
| luncheon until the speakers arrived at
/ AGO o'clock. The crowd grew impa-
| tient with waiting The band played
I popular airs and coIored MINISTRIES sang
| in a vain effort TO asSuage the weari-
/ ness OF the throng. Finally ex-Gover-
nor Peck introduced Mayor Harrison,
who apologized for his part in the de-
! lay pleading his engagement at the
] bail game and complaining because the
Chicago players were defeated. Louis
| j. Bohr.Tich, candidate for governor,
followed Mayor Harrison. speaking I'M
til Mr. Bryan, who was cheeTed en-
] Enthusiastically, was ready to begin his
4 address.
! Mr.. Bryan smiled as he walked to
4 the front Of the platform, adjusted his
/ blue and white battered necktie, hicked
] the dust off MS blue serge coat, waited
/ for the cheering TO abate, and proceed
1 ed to attack the Republican party and
I its platform, with which he said the
! Republican party was engaged in joint
! argument.
} Bryan Speaks on Silver.
Mr.. Bryan said in part: THE Re
/ publican party is not prepared to de-
fend its position upon any question
/ now before the country. 1t is or the
/ defensive on every question, and yet it
| is not able to defend itself The cues
] talk about is the money question, and
yet theI are no better able to defend
! the Republican position on the money
! question than they are on other ques-
tons The only reason they prefer to
talk about the money question is that
when they talk on the trusts and i'm
perialiSm they cannot use any argu-
ments. applause and iau=hter.}
THE difference between the RepGb-
lican party and the Democratic party
~, hn q hot n rod
the double standard, the Republicans
wanted to secure the double standard
by foreign aid and the Democrats
wanted TO secure il without the aid
or consent of any nation on earth CAP
plauSe-) Since %S96 the Republican
party has put itself On-reCOrd in favor
of the two metals as against the one
metal For how else can you defend
the action of a president in sending a
commission to Europe to ask other ma
lions to hel0 us restore the double
standard? How else can you defend
the action of Republican congress
which is apDroDriating morey 10 pay
the expenses of q. commission while IN
Europe trying to get the double stand
ard? How can you defend it except on
the theory that the double standard is
good?
Read the financial bill that was
passed within q year, and section IA
declares that the bill is not intended
restoring the double standard when
other nations viii help us to restore
II. (Applause.) That is within a year,
and that bill received the sanction OF
a Republican house of representatives
and a Republican senate and q Repub-
lican president put his signature TO
the bill that had section IA in it. Gap
plause)
Since when did the Republican par
ty become convinced that the gold
standard was good? That conversion
took place at Philadelphia, and only
since the national convention has the
Republican party stood openly and
avowedlv for the gold standard.
You will find that the Republican
party now is in joint debate with its
platform Oaughter.)
Points Out Inconsistency.
Read what their platform said at
Philadelphia: We renew our allegi- |
ance to the people for the gold stand |
ard. We renew our allegiance why, !
to renew means to restate what you |
said before and that is the first time |
they ever stated that positiOn-'and 1
declare our confidence in the wisdom |
of the legislation of the Fifty-sixth |
congress by which the parity of all our /
money and the stability of our curren- !
cy on q gold basis has been secured |
congratulated the country that il had |
been done that now it is secure, and |
within two months they are afraid II /
is not so. CLaushter)
THE position of the Democratic par |
ty on the money question is known. 1t |
has undergone no change. (Applause.) |
The same Democratic platform that de-
clared in favor of the restoration OF BIZ
metaIlism also declared that in this /
campaign the restoration of the Drinci
ples of self-gOvernmenJ found in the /
Declaration of Independence, wes the
paramount issue of the hour CAP
plause.)
Now. the Republicans say that the
Of The gold standard is