The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-05
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.

Chairman Thomas then called for the
report of the committee on permanent
organization When it was announced
that Hon j. D. Richardson Of Tennes-
see had been selected as permanent
chairman cheers swept over The great
audience.
The report recommended that Hon
j. B. Richardson of Tennessee be made
permanent chairman of the c0nven-
ton; also that the temporary secretary,
assistant secretaries, rgeant-at-arnnS,
reading clerks and special officers be
made the permanent officers OF the
convention. and that in addition Hon.
Lincoln Dixon Of Indiana, Hon. Jeffer-
son Pollard of Missouri, Hon. D.
Cromwell os New York and Hon n
Berna Der of Illinois be recommended
as assistant secretaries.
Chairman Thomas, after the adOp-
ton OF the rooo' without debate, ap-
pointed a committee consisting of for
mer Governor McCreary OF kentucky,
Daniel Calnpau of Michigan and Mayor
Phelan Of San Francisco 10 escort the
permanent chairman to the platform
Owing TO the densely packed condi-
ton Of the aisles. il required some lit
| tie tine for MesSrs. CampaU, McCTeaTy
and Phelan to get near enough to .GIr
| Richardson 20 escort him 70 the plat
/ form. The four men, mar - ng in sin
( gle file, the column headed by Governor
| McCre7ry. plowed their way to the side
/ of Chairman Thomas. Governor Nc
4 Creary advanced to the front of the
platform and said:
/ Gentlemen of the convention. il
{ gives me great pleasure to introduce
| convention. Hon. James d. Richardson
| of Tennessee
RICHARDSON'S ADDRESS.
Mr.. Richardson repeatedly bowed hi
Acknowledgements Of the cheers tina
| swept in wave after wave through tn
! hall.
Mr. Richardson said:
4 am deeply sensible of the great homo
you have bestowed upon me in calm
me 10 preside over this great DemOcrdu
convention. We have been clothed wit
| the authority to formally name the can
didateS who. II the next election. are [
be chosen president and vice president c
1 the United States. and TO lay down
platform of principles upon which tn
battle is to be fought and the victor
won With your permission I will ad
dress myself to some of the issues of tn
impending campaign
THE last great national contest for 81
premacy was fought mainly upon one /:
sue-that is to say, one issue was para
J
Familiarity called Sixteen TO One
involved the question of the free cOinag
of gold and silver at ratio OF siXtee
parts Of silver to one part Of gold, wit
which all of US are familiar.
1.-The mOmentous issue this year
again sixteen 70 one. but the sixteen par
to the one part of this campaign, whiC
will briefly discuss, are wholly differer
from those of 1886. I will first refer I
the sixteen parts and then 10 the OF
part"
Mr. Richardson then took up and di
cussed at length sixteen national issue
| On the subject of trusts he said
"Paternal and fostering care has bee
given by those with whom We confer
10 the combinations of corporations az
companies into powerful organization
; Familiarity known as trusts. Under thr'
/ years of Republican rule while they co.
troIled the presidency. the senate and u
I house of representatives, that is the laT
making power OF the government, trus
have been propOgated and fOstered
legislation until they not only DONNA
all markets. both the buying and Sellin
but defy the very power of the govern
ment itself
"The farcical efforts put forth by Il
Republican party in an alleged attempt
restrain them in the dying hours OF q
late session Of congress only excited nc
: cule and contempt, and served TO emph
size their inability and Discrimination
} grapple the monsters and regulate the
! conduct and actions. No matter VIII
! their excuses may be, the fact Is the
l policies have created them, and, thou'
clothed with all power, they refuse TO {
: act legislation to control them
2 THE GOLD STANDARD.
This administration came into DOW
with a solemn declaration IN favor OF
I metallism and a pledge to promote it.
has failed TO keep that pledge 1t h
erected in its stead the single standa
c of gold and has en6eavored to destroy
q hope of bimetallism. In doing this, il h
{ built up a powerful national bank tru
n and has given US currency based up
I the debts and liabilities of the COVER
ment We stand for bimetallism and I
for a monometallic standard of either o
n or the other metal
e ''In order to obtain place and DOW
: they pledged themselves. in the inter-
:, of an expanding commerce. TO constrI
= a waterway to connect the two gre
u oceans. They have repudlaIed Z
h promise. They have negotiated the Hs
s Pauncefote treaty. which. while