The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-01
VAST CROWD
HEARS BRYAN
At ST. PAUL
Democratic Candidate Tells
Minnesota Farmers of Re-
< publican Extravaganza.
NEBRASKAN GUEST OF
HONOR AT LUNCHEON
CONFERENCE WITH GOVERNOR
JOHNSON AND OTHER LEAD
ERS ON SITUATION.

St Paul, Mimi. Aug. 3l-Wlillam
Jennings Bryan, Democratic candidate
for president, is Minnesota's guest TO-
day. He arrived here shortly after
O'Clock this morning and was met az
the station by Governor Johnson, For
mer Governor John Lind, National
Committeeman Lynch. Mayor LAWYER
and other notable Democrats OF the
city and state and conveyed In an auto
mobile to the Minnesota club, where
breakfast was served.
At noon Mr. Bryan was the guest OF
honor at luncheon given by Mr.. Lynch
at the Merchants hotel. the interval
between breakfast and luncheon
being filled by Mr.. Bryan, Governor
Johnson and the party leaders In CON
ference on the political situation OF the
state as affecting the interests OF Gov
ernor johnson and the national ticket
1t is understood that a plan of ac-
ton with respect to the campaign in
the northwest was talked over
Talked to Enormous Crowd.
The feature of the day was an ad-
dress by Mr.. Bryan at the state Ialr
grounds. his theme being governmental
extrava eance The weather had
cleared by this time and a vast throng
assembled to hear the Democratic cam
didate who was cheered continuously
He spoke from platform erected
especially for the occasion at the cor
ner of Smelling and Langford avenues
outside the fair grounds. B. F. Nelson
of the State Fair association presided
over the meeting and introduced Gov
ernor Johnson. who in turn introduced
Mr. Bryan. On the platform were q
number of distinguished Minnesotans.
Speech of Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan spoke, in part, as follows;
THE Democratic platform makes Re-
publican extravaganza one OF the Is
sues of the present campaign he Re-
publican platform is silent on the sub
Jest. and naturally so: to have prom
ised economy would have been a
mockery. and to have defended the ap-
preparations made by the last congress
would have been impossible. The Fiji
ty-first congress was commonly called
the 'biilion-dollar congress. The APP
preparations made by that congress
covered two years. amounting for the
first time to a billion dollars, or five
hundred million dollars year. The ex-
travagance of that congress contribut-
ed to the overwhelming victory won
Dy the democrats III the campaign VI
1890 The last congress. however. has
made new record in extravaganza. In
spite OF Il deficit of more than sixty
millions in the last fiscal year, the ap-
preparations made during the last SEES
sion amount to more than billion
| dollars or twice as much as the APP
propriations for a single session of the
Fifty-frst congress.
Cro>u4b Of Extravsoance
THE increase over the year before
was ninety million dollars, showing I
growth in expenditures far in excess oil
the growth of the population. Whil4
this tendency to extravaganza mani
| tests itself in nearly all departments, i
| is especially noticeable in the army anC
| the navy department. The army Is
more than twice as large as in 1896, and
the appropriations for the army NOR,
than three times as great as they were
eleven years ago. The expenses of tn;
navy are also about three times wha
| they were a decade ago. The increas.
! in appropriations for the army ant
navy alone are Sl20. 600. goo a year in ex
cess of what they were in 1897. This
| imperialistic policy, for which the Re
publican party is responsible. is the
only excuse for this enormous and in
creasing drain upon the taxpayers.
Multitude of Offices.
| Our platform calls attention to tn.
! fact that 80 600 new officers have beer
created. at an expense of $4,000, 900 :
year. as against an increase of 1900
new officers. with salaries amounting
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