Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-19

lit lUhNh'h Oh lHP people reel lllut lHt
reins OF power are slipping out Of theii
| hands, In spite Of all that can be done
| by partisan press, the fact can not be-
concealed from the eyes OF the average
! citizen that the vast preponderance OF
! all the wealth producted In this land is
| transferred by legali2ed robbery I'm the
| hands Of few. that the courts are run
| In the interests Of the few; that the law
| making power Is Manipulated by the
| few. and that while both the old politi-
| cal parties pretend TO devote themselves
| TO the interests of the common people
they are both financed by Wall street,
both dominated by Wall street, both the
willing and servie tools OF Wall street.
DO you need proof that the masses
are ready to rush TO the support OF any
leader who IL brave enough TO chal-
lenge the right Of the corporations TO
rule the land2 Why did they rally TO
w. r.. Hearst Because he had taken
sides with the masses. because he was
denouncing oppression and pleading for
the rights Of the common man. There
vas from ocean to ocean an upheayal
IN his favor which astounded the pro-
fcssi0nal politicians and strained all the
resources Of political strategy to defeat
that noble hearted champion Of the JEFF
fersonian Democracy
FGGHTNG FOR BRYANITEs.
Continuing. Mr.. Watson said: II do
not belieje that 6,500,00O men who fol-
lowed Bryan can now be delivered like
cattle TO the Cevelandltes who knitted
the ticket or boted I'm 1896. | believe
that the great majority Of the men who
voted for Bryan are men Of convictions;
/ can not but hope they viii realize
that ! am lighting their battle now
THE men whose cause ! would plead
before the bar Of American public opin-
ion are chiefly those who toll I'm the
hundred different fields Of Industry and
who have never lifted their voices to
ask anything nj this government except
just laws and honest administration.
They are the men Of the mine, the mill.
the shop and the field. | am proud
to speak Of these men and proud to
proclaim their creed"
CURRENCY QUESTION,
Mr. Watson declared for the public
ownership Of railroads, asserting that
the trusts got their greatest support
from the railroads. He spoke in favor
OF an income tax and on the currency
question Said
THE discoveries OF new methods in
treating gold ores. the opening of vast
deposits Of precious metal in so many
different parts Of the world illustrated
and indicated the Peoples party con-
tcntion on the subject Of currency
rather than dlscredited IL. But no man
can tell when these veins will be eN-
hausted and when vast increases In our
currency will be discontinued. And l
warn you now that when that day ar
rlves contraction and the frightful re-
suits which have always flowed from
contraction viii be upon you"
TYRANNY OF CORPORATIONS.
In conclusion, Mr.. Watson said; For
myself | do not believe that the pres
ent tyranny of the corporations, the
monopoly and the autocracy Of wealth,
can endure forever, Some day,
the American people will rise IN
their resistless majesty and drive the
usurpers from the places they have
seized Some day, some popular SOW
ereIgnty will come again and put it's
foes to rout as 1t did In the time OF
jefferson, as II did IN the time of Jack
son.
MIR, TIBBLEs NOTIFIED,
When Mr.. Watson concluded he was
ioundly cheered, Then jay w, Forrest
of Albany notified Mr.. Tibbles,
Between Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Fair
banks and Mr. Parker and Mr. Roose-
welt" said Mr. Forrest, there is only
little to choose and little II any ditfer-
ence. All represent the plutocracy Of
the few"
Mr.. Tlbbes was greeted with cheers
when he arose to respond
1T is an honor" he said, ito be ten
dered a. nomination by n party that
feels you viii come forward and ac-
cept IT, prompted only by honest mo-
tves Of principle
Peter Cooper told me many years
ago," continued the candidate, that
We would raise great crops in the west
build great manufactures and yet all
be poor"
How Is that" ! asked Mr.. Cooper.
Because said he, John sherman
Is putting up n scheme Of finance
which II adopted by Congress viii put
all the wealth of this country In the
hands Of few men and leave all the
rest Of us poor"
~ have lived to see his prophecy
come true
A public reception followed. Mr.. Wat
son and Mr. Tibbles greeted hundreds.