The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-27
SAYS He
ISN'T CANDIDATE
Makes Statement in Address
on Moral Issues.
PREDICTS 4 PARTY VICTORY
MONEY THE RUINATIoN OF
THE GOVERNMENT.


al EW YORK, Jan. es.-Eyery seat in
II the Madison Square. Concert han
was taken tonight when William
j. Bryan began his speech on Moral
Issues In the audience there were
many women. while the body of the
han was more than half filed with
ciefgymen- There was no presiding Of
hcer, Mr.. Bryan being escorted to the
platform where he was greeted with
prolonged applause. He said. in part:
have preferred to speak independ-
( entity OF any organization because ] do
: not care 10 embarrass any friends or
supporters who may differ from me in
opinion Both ! and they. therefore.
are left to pursue in the future. as we
have in the past, the course that seems
to us best
/ do not speak with authority; I am
not candidate for any office: / am
only a private citizen, and / can prove
by the editorial pages of nearly all of
our leading daily papers, that I have
: excellent prospects of remaining a pri-
/ vate citizen during the remainder Of
/ my life.
Money Rules the Government.
The trouble with our government to-
/ day is that it is too much Influenced in
( its operations by men whose only 10y
atty is loyalty to the money bags. VIII
/ it pay2' has been substituted for Is it
Tight2 and as a consequence our legis-
! lative assemblies, city, state and ma
/ tional, are becoming auction rooms in
which governmental privileges are
/ knocked down TO the highest bidder.
! "One evidence that our party was non
/ estly seeking 10 secure lusuce 70 tlis
masses IN 1896 and 1870 IS 10 be founo ID
I the fact that cur campaign funds we're
/ insignificant in both campo rs. In lSsz
! the Democratic party collected large
! campaign fund from the corporations IL
/ spent more than 81, 000.o00 in the two states
/ of New York and tndlana aiohs. duu
I what was the result: The most pluto
/ cratic administration this country iisls
/ ever known. We witnessed a surrender
/ to organized and predatory wealth. 80
abjecf and so complete that seven years
/ of exile from power have not entlreiy re-
/ moved the stain from the party
/ You ask why I am opposed to. the re-
organization Of the Democratic party. BE
/ cause ] want my party 20 oeieHd ttlS
I fearless champion Of their interests; L
| want it to present the moral issue li,
/ volved in public questions and 70 appear
4 10 the public conscience .,..o.,
| when the next Democratic convention
/ undertakes to write new platform u
/ will find the last one model OF GEAR
/ ness and conciseness and Of square dta /
/ ing and ] hone that the delegates 10 tie
/ convention will be instructed by the Nari-
!
/ Gus states to endorse IT.
Predicts Democratic Victory.
| And how about candidates It does
{ not matter much what the name or the
/ presidential candidate rs, hut II does mat
/ ter what he stands for, and IN what u
/ rection he is going to lead the party Let
the Republican party be challenged 70
! meet the moral issue preseilted-thls IS
/ Democratic, this is patriotic. Let Sh1s be
/ done. and unless reason ana love OF coQH-
/ try have fled we shall fight without be-
! ing ashamed. If we lose it viii be but a
! temporary defeat, and viii bring no dis
| grace with it, If we win. the victory viii
/ mean much for our country ard Tor the
! world.
Coming to the subject of Imperialism.
! Il believe that in the last compaign this
/ subject appealed To the American people
/ I was willing to put all other subjects ~
| the background. although ] was welded
! TO them. / must confess that J was ~Qis-
/ appointed that so many were Indifferent
as to the issue and the questions. some
people thought. as the Republican party
{ must have done. that the gambling
chance in the Philippines was Gods will
! Some people are quick 20 see the hand Of
God If It has dollar IN IT, what PANIED
me most in the campaign was that ths
[ ministers of the gospel saw the hand OF
| God in the killing Of the brown people III
! the Philippines and allowed carpet-bag
| government out there
/ Mr. Bryan referred to speech or MI
| Mckinley, when in congress. at acklils
President Cleyeland's fiscal policy. Mr.
Mckinley he said. practicaily i1timattc
that Mr. Cleveland was making money
the master and all else the servant.
Capital Has No Conscience.
81 agreed with Mr.. Mckinley" cor
ttnued Mr.. Bryan. That is why ] die
what I could TO reOrganize the Demo,
cratic party. ] never regretted what !
did and il necessary viii do it again
Later Mr.. Bryan said:
Labor organizations allow each mat
TO have o conscience. Capital is a com
binati0n Of money and money has not q
conscience. ] am told that labor organiza
tions are in danger. I am willing C
stand this danger FOR a little while unit;
we rid the country of dangers you don.
i complain Of. There are very many diff
! ferences between organizations of labor
and organizations OF capital Remenbel
that the l8DOr1ng man IS your bT0Iher
/ and as such you must treat him as youl
1 brother. F7e has his rights just 5 muci
1 as we have our rights.
II want you 10 know that the iabOrinE
man has done great good to this country
/ Where has the trust in any way done
good2 We must settle the labor question
/ by a moral issue
| Mr.. Bryan closed with an invocation 81
divine aid for the iaboring man and the
/ equal rights Of all.