The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-12

HOOSier Senator mI
Oqden COnVen-
ton. !
Remote Speech for
Republican Cam
pdign.
Especial to The HeraldA

Especial 10 The Herald)
OGDEN. Sept u.-After the selec-
ton OF the state committeeman
had been announced. the Repub-
r.la convention did not adjourn. but
t6ok a recess until s p, M, so that aft
srau it was technically the state con-
ysntloa that senator Beveridge adj
dressed this evening, with John f.
Booth as the presiding officer. instead
ala grand rally with Governor Wells
IN Jlr chair.
There was an audience OF perhaps
tao boo attendance in the evening, the
number including many ladies. The
s-sr balcony was well filled. and
fringe Of spectators even occupied the
ao gallery. II was an audience thor
wrhrv In sympathy with the speaker.
ana bursts of applause were frequent
As fh, youthful appearing orator rolled
,gt his polished periods and marshaled
bis s6norous paragraphs about hun
Jrads Of millions Of dollars worth" of
hings.
Taffy For Kearns.
The speakers tribute to Senator
Kearns. who sat near him. was hearth
Iy applauded, and the junior senator
from Utah had a countenance aglow
with pride as his young HOosier col
league assured the audience from the
moment Keang entered the senate, be-
coming his seatmate that he. Bever-
dge. had personally loved and trusted
him for his rugged honesty and sin
certify 81 purpose. and the whole sem
ate soon learned 20 do likewise.
we soon learned said Beveridge,
that he would always vote for the
American hae, even If he had 20 in
euire the reason afterwards"
There was a hearty round OF APP
uause al This commentator. AT the
conclusion OF Beveridge's address
Kearns was the frst 10 grasp the
speakers hand, being Immediately fol-
lowed by Chairman Booth, John Hen
" smith, Governor Wells, and 9TH
ers. The meeting was opened by
music from a Provo quartette. and the
speaker Of the evening was intro
ducrd by Chairman Booth. with lit
lie ceremony.
The total cost Of the war with Spain
was nearly S4OO 600 600. The cost Of
Suppressing insurrectiOn in the Phil
ippines was $40 00 COO The payments
for pensions In the last FIVE years were
nearly S15OO0 G0O. The other expenses
OF the government in the same period
were more than 81 600 000. 000 All told.
the expenses OF the republic since
March {. 1897, until now. were nearly
Z .
der a Republican administration. Ex-
cept the expenses OF our civil war, IL
IS the greatest charge ever sustained,
In a Ike period. by any government,
ancient or modern, i'm peace or in war.
And yet every dollar Of IL has been
paid, and in these expenses the books
of the nation balance. Balance, yes,
more than balapce. For we have not
only paid every cent OF this vast sum,
but during the same period we have
reduced the debt OF the republic more
than $40 900. COO Not only have we paid
this vast sum and at the same time
reduced the nations debt but we have
reduced the nations interest charge by
more than S7000.0 00 every year Not
only have We paid these mighty
charges. not only have we at the same
time cut down the nations interest,
hut IN the same period We have raised
the gold reserve In the government 5
Urea sury 10 the highest point in our
history And the last congress COM
pleted this series Of financial achieve
ments hy abolishing every dollar OF in
ternal war taxes upon every item thus
hurdened throughout the country. This
IS the record.
Array of Figures.
III IL is said that these thousands OF
millions OF expense measure the imam
ci5i oppression of the republics SO.O0O.-
600. the answer comes from another-ar-
ray OF figures no less astounding. Dur
ing this same period when We counted
our expenses by the thousands Of mill
lions. the wealth OF the republic in
creased beyond comprehension. The
farmers livestock alone increased over
Nl"tUuN 600. The cash value Of the
products of American farms in
creased over 81. 500. goo 600. Ameri-
can manufacturers added nearly
100000 new factories 10 their for
mer plant; and the value Of the ar
tU-es these factories made Increased
almost StuOU 000, 600, During that same
period the factories. mills and shops Of
The nation employed over 1000 900 more
MOrAuEmeu than they employed five
Years aIu. The labOrins people of the
United states increased their deposits
p. savings banks alone by nearly ST.
''.O'.. during this period Of I'M
Aratd-H. national outlay. During this
same period our exports 10 foreign
countries We're greater than our i'm
ports hy over S2.SO0 00O. 600. Let me re-
peat that statement In another form.
DO aN" wears Of war. OF commercial re-
construction. OF financial readjustmenG
ih- balance of foreign trade In favor
OBJ. OBJ. United States. I'm spite OF all
These drawbacks. was over 81 500. 600 600.
..-i mr repeat it I'm still another form.
'-.Hus" 10 is the largest fact not only
p. .aa history of our commence but Ia
'.- history nf the commerce OF the
world Dor the five years beginning with
..r 'rauEuration OF William Mckinley
me n.auea of trade IN our favor was
-'"H'.. than in the entire century Of
mo nations life. II was not only great
or Than thr combined balance Of trade
aa.n- 40 the rest OF our history, but
wa, nearly 500 per cent greater than
NE combined balance OF trade in our
AF"- during cur entire history as "a
nation Yet the opposition ask the peo-
pie to rapudiate that management OF
national affairs
He Favors Trusts.
On the subject Of trusts. Senator
teya-lIa said
The only law ever enacted 20 regu-
.t'. Them was passed by "a Republican
congress. the only president who ever
attempted % enforce that law was our
republican president Theodore Roosc-
tr' The tarin Is not the parent of
trusts. r. 70 is. why did not trusts de-
l-.Nn during the Morrill, war tariff.
,Aa' lasted from the civil war to the
enactment Of the disastrous Wilson
,-rlT' ~ the tariff causes trusts, why
"H Thew first 4DD-ar la fraa rroHa Enu-