The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-13
FRANK CANNON'S
TALK TO MINERS
ROusing Democratic Rally
at Bingham Last Night.
TELLING SPEECH IN
BEHALF OF SILVER
Ex-senator Stirred His Hearers
Up to High Pitch.

one OF the most successful rallies in
! the history of Bingham was held hv
the Democrats last evening viii,
Frank J. Cannon as the prinoiDaI
speaker. He was Just in from a trim
through the southern counties in which
ne rode for $50 miles in a. wagon and
was very tired, while his voice v-ag
suHer1ng from the exposure and the
aust But when he jumped down from
the stage to be on a level with the
people and faced that magnificent an
dlence OF miners. the reception thar
was given him proved that the hearts
OF the people of the famous mining
camp were just where they were fo,,-
| years before.
The meeting from beginning to end
was grand success. in striking con-
trast with the cold and heartIess meet
ing held there by the Republicans tvvo
weeks ago. The crowd that went I'D
from Salt Lake, with the band and The
singers stirred things I'D and made r
seem like old times when nearly ever
nlILer IN the camp was shouting for
Bryan and silver.
democrats From Salt Lake
The train that left Salt lake shortly
arter 4 O'Clock carried over 100 enthusi-
aStlc Democrats headed by HeId's hand
of sixteen pieces. In the crowd $50
FRANK J: Cannon and Judge Henderson
the speakers Of the evening: Judge
Hiles. twenty of the candidates for
county and legislative Offices. The can
dldates on the train in addition To
Judge Henderson were Mrs. Joseph NJ
Cohen, Samuel W. Stewart. Joseph T.
Richards, David Hampstead Mahonri
Spencer, John a. Maynes John HAYES.
u o Wiley, James Thompson, w 3.
La Nellle, B. T. Lloyd. w H Dale.
William II. Evans, James z. LYNCH
Ham NaylOr, George H Wood H A.
Smith. George a. Whitaker and w. J
Horne.
The Democratic women of Salt Lake
were we'll represented There were up
ward of twenty on the train, including
such good workers as Mrs James H
MOyle. Mrs George H Wood and the
Ladi4S-DemOcratic Giee club composed
Of Misses Jones, Larson, McCaIlister
and Tyler
Welcome at Bingham.
There was a good crowd at the Bing-
ham station to welcome the salt Lake
delegation with flags and carriages for
the women A procession was quickly
formed, and to the time of patriotic
airs from the band and cheers from the
people on all sides the march was made
up the canyon to the main part OF
Bingham
Here a raid was made on the eating
houses, and they had a hot time.
For the meeting in the evening the
opera house was crowded to its utmost
capacity. Every chair that could he
secured was brought into reouiSitiOn
and yet hundreds We're forced to stand
in the rear of the hall and on the stage
It was a much larger meeting than the
Republicans had two weeks before. and
it was an audience that hung upon the
words of the speaker until the last SEN
tence was uttered.
The hall was nicely decorated with
flags, banners and pictures of Washing
ton, Lincoln and Bryan. The pro-
gramme was opened with a lively med
ley from Held's band and a song from
the ladies' Quartette. annie Laurie
that was heartily encOred.
Judge Henderson Speaks.
A w. Foreman called the meeting to
order, and when he introduced Judge
Henderson as the chairman of the
meeting there was hearty applause.
Judge Henderson said that up to 1896
ali parties in Utah agreed on enc 0ueS-
ton, that was the silver question All
parties were united on this point; all
platforms read alike; Republicans and
Democrats talked alike. The point of
disagreement was that both claimed
that their party was the only one that
would honor the white metal
But in 1886. when state after state
sent delegates to st. Louis to work for
gold platform and a gold candidate;
and when the same states sent dele
gates to Chicago TO work for bimetal-
ism, many Republicans IN Utah knew
that they had reached the parting Of
the ways.
What happened at St. Louis is his
tory he said. They tell US the silver
Republicans have gone back. It is Il
pleasure to me to introduce one who
remains true to his convictions, one TO
whom the people Of Utah have listened
with pIeaSUre-F'rank J Cannon
Senator Cannon was received with
a great demonstration when he arose.
the applause breaking out again and
again.
The speaker jumped at once into a
discussion of what he said were some
of the most vital questions ever sub
mitted to the American people, and
was Cheered at each telling point as he
laid bare the record of the Utah Repub-
licans in their betrayal of the people on
the silver question
Successor to Lincoln
Among other things Senator Cannon
said: IF the Democrats were still
with Cleveland and the Republicans
with Hanna I would take TO the woods
Cleveland represented IN the Demo
cratic party just what hanna repre-
sentS in the Republican party In 1861
the people elected that worthy sue
cessor of Jefferson and the predecessor
of BRYAN. Abraham Lincoln; this year
they will try the experiment of 1850
again and elect a president of the PEG
pie in the person of William J. Bryan
This statement brought out tremend-
Gus applause from the entire audience
and left no doubt as to where the peo-
pie of Bingham stand on that point
PARTY. names are dear to all Of US.
continued the speaker; but parties
come and go while the principles go on
forever. 1 have decided to leave the
party name and stay by my principles
The Republican party has deserted the
principle of the free coinage Of silver
and men who believe in that principle
must either leave the principle or the
party"
: The speaker then told of the betrayal
of the people by the Mckinley admin
istration in the matter of the commits
siOn. sent abroad TO secure International
birnetallism. and while they were dane
ing attendance on the nobility OF