The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-07-07
BRYAN NOMINATED
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money has cheapened it's value. stimu-
lated prices and set the wheels of en-
terprise again in motion. No more sig
nal demonstration of the bimetallic
! contention was ever witnessed. Had
the concurrent coinage and circulation
of the two metals been uninterrupted
they would have kept the quantity of
our money of redemption in harmony
| with our national growth and our de-
velopment apace with the increased
wealth and population The terrible
crises of the past quarter of a CEN
fury, with their attendant miseries
and bankruptcy, would have been
avoided, and prosperity would have re-
manned with US unbroken and enduring
The false plea of 1896 that the none
tary volume was sufficient and the
worlds supply of gold ample for it's
needs is now transparent. It's error is
admitted in the boast of our oppo-
nents that they have increased our per
capita circulation. The vast quaint
ties produced by the mines are readily
absorbed by the ceaseless demand for
its use and its multiplied increase is
earnestly hoped for. No voice is raised
against its continued production. No
fear is expressed that we can be en-
barrassed by it's abundance. Yet its an
nual output exceeds that of gold and
silver in the years when the latter was
repudiated because of its threatened in
undation. Our opponents stand con-
founded by the irresistible operation of
a law thew have denied.
Continuing, Governor Thomas said:
I'VE believe in that system of expan-
sion which, under Democratic rule,
brought half the continent as a galaxy
of commonwealth into the Union. We
denounce that expansion which, by
conquest. overcomeS the people of an
other hemisphere under the pretext
of giving them liberty which governs
them by force, which denies to them
the rights of citizens, which subjects
the American workman to increased
and deadly competition by confronting
him with hordes of Orientals coming
hither from so-called provinces to take
his place at the forge, in the mine and
the factory"
Governor Thomas closed his address
with an arraignment of the Republican
party for what he declared was its in
sincere course and its change from a
party of freedom to one of monopoly
and militariSm, and added
Against the continuance of this
party in power we enter protest. With
the man exalted above the dollar. the
constitution above the combination,
the equality of all before the law, with
solemn promises to correct the abuses
of administration and to enforce these
fundamentals of government which Sc
cure exact Justice to all, we shall not
appeal in vain to the wisdom, the in
telligence and the patriotism of the
American people
His severe arraignment of the EN-
trenched enemy" drew a ripple of ap-
plause and as he proceeded his we'll
rounded sentences were punctuated
with generous and hearty manifesto
tions of approval.
Despite his strong voice, the confu-
sion in the hall became so great that
much of the speech was lost to the
delegates and spectators. An inces-
SAINT hum sounded through the build
ing, mingled with the rustic of thou
sands of fans, the shuff1es of countless
feet of messengers and officials and
the occasional yell of some demonstra-
tive spectator. The audience grew
fretful under the disorder, and the in
ability to hear, and there were shouts
of louder" mingled with demands for
order Governor Thomas proceeded
boldly, however, and when above the
racket he was heard to eXciaim South
Africa" the crowd caught the idea
that he was paying tribute TO the
Beers, and enthusiastic applause went
up. There was annther chear wllen tho