The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-22
PROVO GIVES The
ORATOR AN OVATION

Whistles footed, cannon doomed, a
band played. and 5000 voices rose in
mighty cheering roar as the train
stopped in Provo and William Jennings
Bryan stepped into view OF the popu-
lace. The space around the station was
thronged, and the crowd packed the
street for half a block to the platform
which had been erected there. The
human mass surged eagerly forward
and nearly carried Bryan off his feet.
Chairman Cannon and Major Sam King
played right and lift guard TO Bryan ;
center and bucked the resistance.
The crowd parted for them and
quickly closed in behind. The members
Of the Bryan party had difficulty in
forcing their way through. and many
were obliged 10 remain beyond ear
shot, so dense was the mass. When the
famous statesman finally reached the
handsomely decorated platform he was
greeted by another loudly enthusiastic
roar of cheers.
He looked down upon what is said
by old residents of Provo to be the
greatest political gathering in the his
tory of Utah county. Several conserv-
alive persons made close estimates as
TO the size of the assemblage, and all
agreed that not less than 5000 persons
were present. They came from the
quiet homes of Provo City. from the
mills and the stores. They gathered
from Heber City, from Midway and the
beautiful valleys of Wasatch county,
coming in a special train to the num-
Der of 300.
Miners Came From Tintic.
A special train brought $50 under
ground toilers and other Wage-earners
from Tintic. The farmers of Utah
county were there TO listen TO the far
mer from Nebraska talk TO them, man
| to man and heart to heart, on what
concerned their common interest. They
were warmly sympathetic before he be-
gan TO speak. Ere he had finished the
enthusiasm knew no bounds.
| Major King introduced him, and the
/ booming of cannon was still in prog
| ress when he began TO talk. Begin
ming by recalling his previous visit TO
/ Provo, he paid a tribute to the women,
/ who formed a large proportion Of the
I audience.
ut has been well said" he declared,
that woman is the conscience Of the
| human race"
| He appealed to their conscience and
TO their sense of right and justice. He
| discussed the question OF trusts and
monOpolies and pointed out the futility
of looking to the Republicans for a
| remedy. Then he took up the claim
OF the Republicans that they are re-
sponsible for prosperity.
/ They have a habit" said he. "of
seizing upon favorable circumstances
and claiming the credit, and of shirk-
I
| events"
There had been two great panics,
he declared. One was in 1878 and the
I other in 1898. The panic of 1873 came
after twelve years of Republican rule.
/ and the party was in power for eleven
years after that, so the Democrats
could scarcely be held responsible for
that panic.
Democratic Good Times.
There was a Democratic administra-
ton from 1884 10 1888, and there were
no hard times then, so the statement
must be false that there were always
hard times under Democratic rule
When the panic of 1898 came. the Re-
publican Mckinley law and the Re-
publican Sherman law were still in
force, so the Democrats could scarcely
! be made to shoulder the entire blame
AS far as ClevelsIds financial policy
was concerned, that was Republican
inherited from one Republican admin
istration and turned over 10 another
Cleveland had supported the Republi-
can ticket in 1886
IT think il Is cowardly In the Repub-
licans." declared the speaker, Ito take
our president away from US and use
him to defeat US, and then blame Us
for him.
Speaking of the Republican habit OF
claiming credit for everything, he said;
when we have good crops they praise
the Republican party. and when we
have bad crops they pray God for q
change"
There had not been enough rain in
Utah during the year, and there had
been too much in Nebraska, but he did
not think the Republican party had
much to do with it.
Il can prove that the Republican