The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-15
Special to The HeraIdN

MS gun OF the campaign IN the Old
Reliable camp. The opera house was
/ fllled with ladies and gentlemen. who
! had come 10 hear Judge King and Hon.
A. j. Weber Of Ogden tell them why
! they should vote the Democratic ticket
at the special election Though the
meeting had not been very well adver-
used, the audience was larger than at
tends most political meetings in the
town. On several occasions there were
hearty responses to the remarks of
Mr.. Weber who was the first speaker.
and Judge King held the closest atten-
ton, and was frequently applauded.
At the conclusion of his speech,
Judge King held an informal reception,
greeting many old friends and being
introduced to new ones by the Hon. A.
w. Foreman. He shook hands with
very many persons who remained in
the hall to meet him. Democratic lead
erS OF Bingham are delighted with the
meeting. They declared emphatically
that there is now no doubt of the way
the camp will vote at, the special cleo
ton.
Mr.. Foreman. who was chairman of
the meeting. introduced Hon. A. ].
WebE Of Ogden as the first speaker.
Mr.. Weber's Address.
Every political party which has a
right to exist has a statement of its
belief" said Mr.. Weber. Your church
has creed. and the man who sup
ports party does so because he be
lieves in its creed. care nothing for
party name; principle alone is sacred,
and the Democratic party has g prin-
clple as distinct and as firm as yonder
mountain range.
Three parties will support our prin-
ciples next fall. They have different
names. but they believe in the same
principles and their names are of no
consequence. ] supported for United
States senator that brilliant orator and
non (Applause). I supported him be-
cause believed he represented best
that cooperation of Democrats. Sill
yer Republicans and Populists which
will assure the election of William ].
Bryan next fall
What do you thing of a man who
says he is a bimetallist and yet sup
ports the Mckinley administration?
He's no good" said voice in the
hall, amid laughter.
If you are Democrat continued
Mr.. Weber, you must believe in the
free and unlimited coinage of silver at
the constitutional ratio of Is to l.
without getting down on your hands
and knees like whipped spaniel to any
potentate or foreign power. What
would the world have said OF Thomas
JEFFERSON II in writing the declaration
of independence the inalienable rights
Of man set forth provided We have
the consent Of the leading commercial
nations of the world?''
Mr.. Weber closed by asking the Dem
ocrats of Bingham to vote for Judge
King for congressman Applause greet
ed the exortation.
Our next speaker" said Chairman
Foreman. amid hearty applause, needs
no introduction to the people Of Bing-
ham,"
Judge King For Silver.
Judge King told the story of how the
last time he came to Bingham he was
caught in a blizzard. But I'm not go
ing to be lost this year" he said, be
cause the Democratic party is going to
win this election and the national cleo
ton. am satisfied the people of Utah
still believe in silver. It makes no diff
ference if the Salt Lake Tribune. the
Ogden Standard, Arthur Brown and ex-
Governor Arthur Lannan Thomas have
managed TO slip back into the Repub-
lican party.
In 1873" said Judge King, .'silver
was surruptitiously and silently
stricken down, but now that which was
done secretly in 1873 is done openly and
boldly and in broad daylight. The cur
rency bill. which President Mckinley
signed today, makes the blacklist and
most infamous page of Republican his
tory, for 1t fastens the gold standard
firmly upon the American people.
The Republican party has nomin-
ated Mr.. Hammond, gentleman and
a friend Of mine. but they have adopted
a platform upon which he is compelled
to make his canvass. which means
nothinS-a platform which banks at
both ends and all around But the
Democratic convention has stood bv its
colors and it has named delegates 10
the Kansas City convention, who are
instructed to vote for William ]. Bryan.
You gave Your allegiance 10 him four
years ago because he lifted his voice
against the money power, because he
said to you miners there should be no
government by injunction, and that
men should not be imprisoned without
trial
Did you not believe in free coinage
then? Don't you believe in it now?
Does the passage of time sanctify slav-
cry and consecrate it into a virtue?
Alexander Hamilton 100 years ago
advocated bimetailism. Are you Re
publicans going back on the creed of
OuI 1dlnerS. Are you gong back upon
the creed of Alexander Hamilton? Are
you going to stand by Abraham Lin
coin, the immortal, the greatest of all
Republicans, who told the miners OF
the west TO dig gold and silver that the
national debt might be paid with them?
Are you going TO follow Abraham Lin
,oln and Alexander Hamilton, or Mark
Hanna? Are you going TO follow them
1r the Salt Lake Tribune and Arthur
Brown?
IF You are Democrats and believe
n the Platform of free coinage, is there
any reason why You cannot vote for
ne? l stand where ! stood four years
lgo. stand on the Chicago platform. ]
Il you were with me then. is there any
'eaSon Why you are not with me now?''
concluded Judge King. as he bowed
good night to the large and appreci- T,
ltive assembly.
The speakers viii take a private con-
7eyance TO Murray early in the morn [.
ng. reaching Salt Lake in the fore
soon.