The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-22

ator Rawlins. He went to Washington
as a son of the west. People who live
here can scarcely understand the pre-
judice in the east against a man sent
from a western state, and yet Senator
Rawiins has been so able, so strong. so
powerful that he has been able TO
overcome this prejudice and he stands
today as one OF the strong men of the
United States senate. You cannot get
a Republican to serve you as Well and
do as much to bring credit TO the state
as Senator Rawlins."
Colonel Bryan then remarked that he
knew ex-Congressman w. H. King. Il
was glad when 1 heard that the banner
of Democracy was given into his hands
again." said he mo one is in as
good a position to look after your in
terests and defend your rights as Mr..
King"
Colonel Bryan declared he knew no
reason why person who voted for him
in 1886 should vote the Republican
ticket this year. He was proud of the
majority ne received in Utah in 1896.
and he confessed he was disappointed
at the result two years ago.
Il am satisfied it must have been
only temporary depression" he said.
II there was one reason why a Repub-
lican should leave his party in 1886.
there are sixteen reasons why he should
do so now. The Republican party has
been in power six years and it has
failed to settle any issue"
The Financial Question.
Colonel Bryan then took up a dis
cussiOn Of the financial question He
declared that the Democratic party had
stood for an expansion of the currency,
saying this was necessary to improve
the situation. The principal reason for
the present prosperity was the great
influx OF money from the Klondike and
other sources. The Democrats in 1896
said the country needed more. The Re
publicans said there was enough. Now
there is s5OO,OOO,OOO more, and still there
is not enough.
He told Of the Fowler BILL a Repub-
lican measure. This, explained, pro-
vides for the melting up of silver dol
lars and recOining them into subsidiary
currency. This would make silver only
limited legal tender and would be
only an indirect way of retiring silver.
The bill provides branch banks and for
an asset currency, allowing the issu-
ance Of notes secured by assets other
than government bonds.
When they get the scheme going, "
said Colonel Bryan, there will be only
one kind Of metallic money. and that
will be gold, and only one kind OF
paper money, and that will be bank
notes. They can retire the notes at
any time. 1t means the building UP
of the money trust"
The speaker then turned to the les
son Of the beef trust. Private monop-
oily will never be a safe thing" he de-
clared, until God sends angels to take
charge OF them, and my observation is
that those already in charge come not
from above, but from below
Roosevelt and His Trusts.
He said that President Roosevelt had
never denounced the trusts as bad
things while Senator Lodge had said
that IS per cent Of the trusts were
good, making nineteen good trusts tC
one bad.
IF you ever hear a Republican say
that his party is going TO remedy the
| trust evil" he said, ask him if he
thinks the Republican party is really
| going TO destroy the trusts when il
says there are nineteen good trusts tC
! one bad"
Colonel Bryan declared that the Re
| publican administration was not en-
| forcing the law against trusts. There
| is a statute which provides that NY
| person conspirlng to form a monopoly
shall be sentenced to prison for one
year. The penalty is light compared
with that for stealing a small amount
| but even this penalty is not being en-.
| forced.
/ The proposition for a constitutions
amendment was ridiculed as impraeti-
cable, and as one which would result
merely in delay. He declared that tht
| present administration had done moth.
/ ing against the trusts except to bring
\ two injunction suits to keep them from
/ stealing any more. He declared tn,
! enforcement of the criminal law wa'
/ the proper and most efficacious rem
edy.
Talks on Imperialism.
Turning TO the subject of imperial
| ism, he said: 81 have watched the rec
ord of Senator Rawlins on Imperialism
/ and 7 would cross the continent {,
help put back in the senate a man whC
| has so valiantly championed the Dec
/ laration of Independence.
He declared that the principles o
I
/ in dealing with Porto Rico and thu
| Philippines, and that, armed by a su
preme court decision secured by a mar
row majority of one, the government
was applying to the situation in Porte
Rico the principles George III adopte'
toward the American colonies previou
TO the war of the revolution.
The button of the life saving crew
bearing the American flag, appeare'
on the lapel of Colonel Bryan's coat
and he called especial attention 10 j
here and in the other speeches h
made. Bringing out the principle in
volved. he said the Democratic part,
OF Utah was appealing to the peopl
for its campaign fund, while the Re
publican party goes to the great cor
DoratiOns.
If the Republican party gets int
power the corporations are able to con