The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-31

ready abandoned their principal cam
paign argument. which was the full
dinner pail. Starting with the prOpC
sitiCn that the Republican platform
was largely devoted to the subject of
prosperity, he said:
Compare the space devoted to con-
graduation with the space devoted to
all other questions and you will find
that the Republicans expected 10 make
the issue on the grand prosperity arSu-
ment. The full dinner pail is full of
holes; the full dinner pail is the most
completely battered and beaten up en-
blem that any party ever had. Why is
IT that the dinner pail is referred to
more by Democratic speakers than it is
by Republican speakers If a Repub-
HCan attempts to refer to the dinner
pail low they ask him. How about the
anth-ACite coal regiOnSZ' 90 not be-
lieve that the labOring man today IS
receiving his fair share of the wealth
he produces or his fair share of pro-
lection from the government
How Trusts Rob the Public.
Mr. Bryan then took up the subject
of trusts and said the combinations of
that kind increase the price of the ne
ceSSitieS of life faster than they do the
wages of their employees and that IL
there was complaint on that score or
any other the only response was large
army. He went on to say that If the
New York officials were disposed TO do
so. they could get rid of the ice trust
Just as the Democratic and POpulist
officials had gotten rid Of on ice trust
in Nebraska
We'll have "A president from Nebras-
ka, too" some one shouted. Mr.. Bryan
responded:
IF YOU do have president from Ne
braska YOU will have the same kind of
trust policy in the United States at
large that we have in Nebraska. We
prosecute them out there
Arguing that the country does not
need big army for Democratic pur-
poses. Mr.. Bryan said:
All the nations on earth combined
could not whip this nation in defen-
sive warfare and we should have no de-
sire to fight wars of conquest 20 go out
and take other peoples lands. thus
violating he commandment. Thou shalt
not steal "
Al Alfred the seat OF Alfred univer-
sity, he had an interesting meeting. He
said;
i am told that Mr.. Teller was once a
student here. That would be enough
to distinguish your institution if You
had produced no other E-eat men. for
I regard Senator Teller as not only one
of the ableSt men Of our country, but
he mas shown strength of conviction
and willingness to follow his cOnVic-
tions. that ought to be an example 20
every young man in this country, for a
young man can afford 70 be in minority
but he cannot afford TO be wrong You
Will fird as jefferson said. that a firm
adh arence to a great principle is the
best handmade, even unto ambition. "
Continuing his remarks to the stu
dents. Mr. Bryan admonished them 20
form high ideals and to hold fast to
them. even after they enter upon their
respective careers in the business
world.
A middle aged man in the crowd
with a large cOIOred picture Of Presi-
dent McKinley's face on his chest adj
vaucNd T. a position in front of Mr..
BryEu and said in a loud. shrill voice:
You can talk about free silver with
out any paper To this Mr.. Bryan
responded:
Yes sir. II / had no regard for hui
man rights l. would talk about dol
lars. but I am talking 70 your heads
and not 10 your pocket books"
To the audience Mr. Bryan said:
For the benefit of that poor, sordid
soul that wants to talk about money, 1
want 90 ask him why il is that he is so
worried about a 5O-cent dollar and not
worrying about an IS ger cent citizen in
Porto Rico"
Apparently the questiOner in the
crowd was not dismayed. for he broke
into Mr.. Bryans remarks with Ques-
ton. waiting to know how IL happen
ed that you can go to Mexico with a
dollar Of American money and set two