The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-21
BANQUET IN HIS HONOR
MEETING UNDER AUSPICES OF
FREE SILVER DEMOCRATS.
Regular Organization Held AlOOf
and Refused Assistance or. En-
enlargement to the Affair Which,
Notwithstanding Was a Great
Success.

sic han, the biggest auditorium in the
city. to its fullest capacity, and which
greeted him and his remarks with the
greatest enthusiasm. The meeting was
heid under the auspices of the Mary
land Democratic association, one Of the
Tree silver wings Of the Democratic
party Of the state and was not encOur-
aged IN any manner by the regular
Democratic organization. In fact, the
latter held strictly alOof from any par
dclpation in the affair. They made no
effort to discourage it in any manner,
but not one Of the Democratic leaders
appeared upon the platform. and an
offer Of stage tickets was politely de-
clined by the principal members Of the
Democratic central committee.
Mr.. Bryan came over from Washing
ton in special car, accompanied by a
committee under the leadership of s.
5. Field, chairman of the committee on
arrangements. Upon reaching this city
about els D. m. the party drove to the
Eutaw House for dinner, after which
they went to Music hail. At the con-
clusion of Mr.. Bryan's address he was
the guest at a banquet given in his
honor by his admirers in this city and
vicinity.
Where Honor Belongs
In the course of his Music hall speech
Mr. Bryan said: 4 want to assure YOU
in the beginning that my happiness
does not depend upon any honor which
the people of this nation can confer,
neither do believe that this nations
happiness or welfare depends upon any
one person. In politics as in the army,
the generals get the glory and the pri-
Yates do the work, and therefore I feel
that l owe it to those who for nearly
four years have been bearing the bur-
den in the heat Of the day; l owe it to
them to say that what l have done is
but an atom compared with what they
have done.
In 1886 the voters proved that they
could control the policy Of the party.
and during the last three years they
have proven that they could hold what
they gained in 1896. In spite Of news
papers, in spite Of railroads, in spite
Of banks and in spite Of every in
huence supposed to obtain. the plain
people Of the Democratic party have
stood and now stand for the Chicago
platform in all that it says. I want to
begin with an accepted proposition.
that proposition which I consider most
fundamental in government
Clouds VIII Roll By.
7 find it in the Declaration of hide
pendence, if you viii pardon me for
quoting anything from that old and
WORKOUT document as our Republican
friends seem to think il is. The DecIa-
ration Of Independence was once a
highly respected document; it is under
cloud just now. bgt have confidence
that IN a feWe moTs5ss the clouds VIII
be rolled by and that old document viii
GhiDa with an its former brightness.
That frrnHa mental mi, Dsr,To II
men are created equal
I do not mean TO say that all men
are created equal in physical strength:
i DO not mean to say that all men are
created equal IN mental ability or in
moral worth or that under any lust
form Of government men viii be equal
IN capacity for the enjoyment that we
nave. What l mean to say is this. that
whenever government comes into con-
tact with the citizen whenever the citi-
zen touches the government, than all
r1uSt stand equal before the law and
there must be no high, no low, no rich
no poor. That government must be ad-
ministered according to tho maxim of
Jefferson-equal rights to all and spe-
cial privileges to none
Continuing, Mr.. Bryan declared his
opposition to the policy being pursued
in the Philippines, expressed his belief
AA4eA~ ZIG AAD1LlDil u al income TAX
would be an important issue in the
coming campaign. and spoke at length
in advocacy of bimetallism and in op-
position to the proposal to bind the
country to the gold standard
Handles the Trusts.
After fully discussing the currency
question, Mr.. Bryan took up the trusts,
which he discussed at great length, in
-c+f To,----T-rs1,..
no intention whatever of interfering
with such corporations under any cir
cumstances. From the trusts he passed
TO discussion Of the standing army,
and declared that the presence Of 100.-
coo soldiers IN this country and the
Philippines was but a step toward rnil.-
tari5m. lie then discussed imperialism.
arguing that there was great differ
ence between that and expansion The
present policy of the administration, he
asserted, tended toward Imperialism,
although its friends and Supporters en-
oeaVored to show that it was exDan-
sion
He discussed the problem of the Phil
ippines from the point of commerce,
civilization and religion. and cited the
results Of English government in India
10 snow that none Of these would be
accomplished in the Philippines
You cannot find an argument" said
he. for the permanent holding Of the
Philippines that would not apply to
Cuba When we went into the war we
said that the people of Cuba are. and
CT rl-ht ought TO be free; and I chal-
lenge you to draw a line between the
rights of the Cubans and the rights Of
the Filfpin0s. Did God say that the
Cubans were entitled 10 their freedom,
but not the Filipinos? No, my friends,
there il only one difference between
Cuba and the Philippine islands. We
promised Independence TO Cuba; we did
not promise il TO the Philippine Islands.
But. my friends, our promise was but
the recognition of a right that would
have existed without any promise.
Il want" said Mr.. Bran, in c0nclu-
sion, ia I can, to help to restore
government founded upon the Declara-
ton ot Independence and administered
according to the doctrine Of Jefferson; a
government that VIII stand as it did IN
Jackson's day. between bank aristoc-
raey and the people.
Decree of Fate.
But, my friends, ! cannot tell you
what fate hiss decreed. / cannot tell
you whether it is to be cur lot to tri-
umDn. and in our triumph Law the
foundation again in the old places and
raise again the ancient landmarks
which the fathers had set UP. / cannot
tell: but ] know this, that if it is fate
that this nation is to cease to be re-
public and become an empire # It is
destiny that this, the greatest republic
Of history. is to extinguish its light ana
follow in the light of monarchies of the
old world; IL. in the providence Of COD,
the time has come when the pendulum
should swing back towards the dark
aEas of The triurnnh of brute Fore. l