The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-06

also spoke. saying that the Democrats
| of Oregon will support Bryan at Dem
Yer and in the campaign to follow The
| convention took a recess until 1880 p. m.
Stirring Address of Mr.. Hanks.
THE campaign of 1908 began in 1896"
\ said Mr.. Hanks Against the Chi
cago platform and the nominee have
been hurled denunciatlon. vituperation
1 and accusations of anarchy. Vain are
! the battles against the right Where
are the defenders of national honor?'
/ Where are the organizers of the safe
and sane Democracy? Their mask has
been torn asunder and they stand con-
demned before the bar of public opin-
ion. This band of men told US to pre-
serve the national honor when they
were devoid of personal honor.
''The people for years preceding 1895
CROPPED in darkness. No leader dared
defend them. Their representatives were
bribed. Men of wealth banded together.
with but one purpose. and that to plum
der the people. They knew no political
lines, save for business interests. They
were Republicans in states that were
epublican-Democrats in states that
were Democratic. They nominated the
candidates for both political parties and
financed both campaigns. that they
might control the administration, no
| matter who was elected
Rebellion Against Oictation.
Against this dictation and usurpa-
ton of power the American people have
rebelled, getting their inspiration from
the early patriots of our country, get
ting their encouragement from men
who are battling for purer politics, with
a determination founded on eternal
right; they will yet nominate, they will
yet elect, they will yet rule.
There is a feeling of unrest every
where that BODIES i'll for the Repub-
lican party. The time is ripe for a
change. 1t is vain for the Republicans
to claim credit for widespread prosper
ity and try to avoid the blame for q
widespread panic
1.-THE Republican party defends aris-
tocracy and grants it special privi-
leges-the privileges of taxing the many
for the benefit of a few, the privilege
of controlling our finances, the privi-
leges of monopoliZing the necessities.
and the privilege of disObeying the law.
Aristocracy Challenged.
1.-The Democratic party challenges
this right of privilege of aristocracy.
They demand that they obey the law:
they demand that they shall not rob
the public; they demand that private
monopoly must be destroyed: they de-
mand equal rights to all and special
privileges 20 none.
THE United Democratic party well
comes the conflict. 1T will be a con-
test between the few that dominate
the commercial world and control the
Republican party and the many that
carry the living masses toward equal
ity and justice.
Thousands Of Republicans are tell
ing us that if a reform candidate is
not nominated they viii vote FOR Bryan.
LaFollette is their only reform candi-
date-the only man bold enough to take
his stand with the people. Roosevelt
laundering Democratic doctrine in his
message to congress. has opened the
minds of millions of Republicans to the
philosophy of Democracy. His call to
arms to the masses against the classes
has opened the hearts of the thousands
to the evangel Of Democracy.
No Reform With Taft.
I'VE 90 not know which one of the
special representatives of the special
interests their candidates will be-Fair-
banks. Cannon or Foraker Or will it
be Taft who has not committed him
self on any public question?
The is 10 reform with candidate
like Taft. You search in vain for his
convictions on vital questions that has
been he policy of candidates in the
past whose administrations were owned
completely by the financiers.
The Democratic party is not ex-
IRENE. The extreme radical is the So
cialist l,arty They believe that legis-
lated equality is the panacea for all
government Ills. The extreme conser-
vative IS the Republican party. They
are SO extremely conserve tive that ia
riff protects g few at the expense of
the many; so conservative that a few
own the necessities of life, while the
millions of people must pay the price;
so extremely conservative that they
would ape European governments and
establish a colonial policy.
The Democratic party is not radical.
but conservative. not the conservatism
of special interests, but of Jefferson.
Jackson and Bryan. : don't agree that
Bryan is radical He is simply advo-
eating earnestly ana fearlessly Demo-
cratic doctrine. To the special interests
he is a sorrow to their thought and a
nightmare to their dreams. They fear
hin; nOt because they think him radi-
cal, but because they know if elected
he will be faithful to these principles
The Democratic party will name q
man for president who would rather
live on farm at Fairyiew than to be
president owned and controlled by spe-
cial interests, a man who would rather
go down to defeat in the third battle
than to mortgage his party before cleo
ton; man who for twelve years has
been oak and rock to the Democratic
party. He IS Demccracy's choice-Dem-
Ocr1ey's hope They tell us that he has
been defeated twice Twice defeated.
be has convinced the world that he is
right; twice defeated. he has convinced
the world that he is worthy to be presi- |
dent; twice defeated, he has forced
Republican president to turn his back
upon the Republican party and to take |
ms stand upon a Democratic platform"
ADDRESS OF MR.. BRYAN.
Greeted by Applause Which Turned |