The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-26
Immense Crowd at Night.

MIR. Bryan talked tonight at Syndicate
park to one OF the largest crowds he has
addressed during the campaign. Indeed,
there were many more persons present
than could hear HIM. the Democratic
candidate was III unusua4Iy g0Od cOndi-
ton He was among friends and neigh
bOrs and he manifested his conhdence by
his freedom of manner and scope OF
treatment The speech covered much OF
the ground which has been gone over be-
fore, but the language was generally
fresh and the Illustrations new. The
speech was not concluded until 10:l5
o clock.
Defining some-of his general views and
speaking of civilization in the abstract
and as applied to politics, Mr.. Bryan
said:
II have my idea of what civilization
should mean. / want 10 see if it IS your
idea. Some people say that we Demo-
Gratis are enemies of property. 1t is not
true. l have a home; / hope l may some
time have a better one. | would Chat
every head of a family had a home, and
the better the home the happier l would
be- L want property to be the reward of
industry, and l want every citizen to be
secure N the enjoyment of the proceeds
of his tel L do not envy the rich. l
am not DESTROYS of pulling them down.
Il want a civilization that makes every
poor man hope to be better off and re-
lieves the rich man of the fear that his
children will be trampled on IL they ever
become poor. (ApDlause.) I want a civ
every deserving member Of society. / do
not want q civilization that will prevent
man from riding in carriage, but L
want a civilization that gives hopes to
the driver of the carriage as well as 10
the man VINO rides in IL. l want a civil
iZatiOn that gives hope to the girl who
works in the kitchen as well as TO the
one who sits in the pariOr. Great APP
plause.) L want a civilization that makes
life worth living to every human being.
And when l speak thus, l am not an IN
selfish man. l am selfish. do not know
what may be my lot in years to come. l
e not know what will be the lot of my
children, and if 1 dared to favor a sys-
TEN that helDed the poor at the expense
of the many, my children may be among
the many who viii suffer rather than
among the few who will profit by the
law. (Applause-)
Audience With Him.
ct want to ask you what is your idea
of civilization? Are you satisfied to have
a few grow rich by unjust laws? (Cries
of ''No!O Are you willing that q few
shall nono3olize the better things that
God intended for all his children? (Cries
of ''No!O 1 believe that the laws of God
are good. The longer / live, the more
see, the better satisfied 1 am that God
is infinite in wisdom and in love, as well
as infinite in power. (Applause.) 1 find
that the evils from which We suffer- not
GOd-giVen evils, but man-made wrongs,
and l seek, and You seek to improve the
conditions which surround the people.
(Applause.l
Now, which party today is going to do
most to bring that civilization which you
desire? If the Republican party can do
more to bring civilization in which all
shall participate according to merit, you
ought to vote the Republican ticket"
He then went through the list of issues,
comparing the views of the two parties,
to the great advantage, from his stand
I Democracy