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

convention today made clear officially
that his home state will support Bryan
principles throughout the national con-
vention of the party. They followed
this action by turning out en- masse
tonight to cheer a platform which ad-
mittedly reflected Bryan's views on ma
tional affairs and to greet their leader
with an outburst of cheering that
brought flush of pleasure to the coun-
tenance of the recipient. All the pro-
| ceedings of the day were planned with
an ascending scale of enthusiasm in
view. How well this worked out was
evidenced by the scenes in the conveH-
ton hall tonight. Close to a thousand
delegates, hundreds of other active
party members and thousands Of pri-
vate citizens hailed Mr.. Bryan as 1.-The
next president of the United States.
Applause, that quickly changed to
cheers, then instantly turned into wild
yells. greeted him when he appeared
to begin the speech which wound up
the day During his remarks this dem
onstration was renewed frequently, and
at the end was repeated with renewed
VigOr.
Hard Hit at Taft.
Two significant points were noticed
in Mr.. Bryan'S speech. In one he ack
nowledged his debt to the Populist
party, and in the other he replied to
criticisms of his policies which Secre-
tary Taft is reported to have uttered
in a recent speech in Oklahoma.
my creed is 'Exterminate the pri-
vate monopoly. A legitimate corpora
ton can be regulated. but a criminal
corporation is beyond the reach of
regulation, said Mr. Bryan. MIR.
Taft said that I wish to annihilate
business combinations, while he de-
clared himself willing to regulate the
great corporations. l accept this is
sue. And. in reply, l will call attention
to the fact that the trusts have regu-
lated the Republicans, not the Repub-
leans the trusts
As to the Populists.
Concerning the Populists, he said:
If any Democrat has prejudice
against Populists, / would admonish
him that a POpulist who crosses the
road to vote for a Democrat is not
to be despised by a Democrat who has
merely to vote the ticket of his own
party"
Mr.. Bryan was in splendid voice As
he warned To MS subject, he emphas-
lied his points with clenched fists and
stamping foot and drove his argument
home with vocal vigor that carried
his tones to the farthest corner of the
big auditorium.
He began his address at $50 o'clock
and for nearly two hours preached
Democratic doctrines to a willing con-
gregation. After a review of his early
political struggles in Nebraska, he
thanked the delegates for their action
in indorsing him for the presidency
Then came his reference to the Popu-
lists and thanks for the Endorsement by
their state convention hero
Encouraging Words of Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan entitled his speech "A
Word of encouragement" and devoted
his remarks to the producing of evil
denee to show the growth of Demo-
cratic policies and principles and the
basis for Democratic hope. He spoke in
part as follows:
Our troubles used to be TO persuade
the Republicans to accept Democratic
policies; our work now is to expose the
imitation by them of Democratic ideas
and to point out wherein they come
short in their effort to appropriate DEM
Ocratic doctrines.
Take, for instance. the trust ques-
ton. We had difficulty convincing the
Republicans that there were trusts.
Now they admit trusts exist We had
difficulty convincing them that criminal
now they admit it should be enforced,
but fail to enforce it. In so far as they
have acted against the trusts at all,
they have acted along the lines laid
down by the Democrats. but the trust
magnates are still at large, the trusts
are still fOurishing and even the sup
porters of Mr.. Taft have no specific
remedies TO offer for relief and trusts
arise while Republicans are boasting
of their crusade against them
Republican Promises.
"On the tariff question the Republic
can leaders now admit that tariff re-
form is necessary, but a careful read
ing of their promises shows that they use
language identical with that employed
in former platforms which have been
the basis for the present extortiOnate
rates What reason have we to believe
their promises are worth any more now
than they have been i'm the past TWEEN
ty years?
THE Republicans now admit that
railroad legislation has been needed,
and yet for ten years the Republican
party allowed itself to be overawed by
the railroad lobby at Washington and
having. with the aid of the Democrats
secured a little relief the Republican
leaders now rely upon what has been
done and outline no program for fur
Their legislation.
Capital ano Labor.
Under Republican rule the relations
between capital and labor have become
more and more strained and yet the
Republican leaders resist each attempt
to bring employers and employees into
more harmonious relations.
Instead of applying American ideas
to the Philippine question the Repub-
Iican leaders initiated the empires Of
the old world and entered upon a CO.
lonial policy which has involved us in
enormous expense. brought us weak
ness instead of strength and humilia
ton instead Of glory.
THE present financial stringeucy is
another illustration of Republican in
competency. In the full possession of
power, il has allowed the country to be
run by Wall street financiers and in
the crisis is impotent to do more than
furnish money out of the public treas
ury to support the market. 1t has
made no effort to stop gambling-the
fruitful cause of panics: il has made no
effort to furnish government notes for
an emergency. and it has made no eff !
fort to protect depositors.
Future Bright With Promise.