The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-29
HISGEN HEADS GRAVES
TAILS HEARST PARTY
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house of representatives, as its direc-
tory and the United States senate as it's
executive committee. We have seen
it construct tariff wall around which
the Havemeyers and their kind have
been most concerned and the interests
of the plain people have been shunted
aside. all Legislation skilfully contrived
TO benefit the men who from the bank
ing houses Of Wall street absolutely
control it's destinies.
Labor has been sighted. the farmer
uncared for and the interests of the
peoJ generally neglected.
Democrats Equally as Bad.
1--WE have seen the once great DEM
ocrstic party turned into wing or an
mex of this party of the trusts-its ira
ditions Knocked. its creeds ignored, its
principles violated ruthlessly. its old
leaders turned out at the back door
while the front door was flung wide
open for the entrance of the Ryans and
the Belmonts, who are today most
potent in the council halls where once
sat a Jefferson, a Jackson and Til
den
1--WE have seen the Rockefellers and
the Morgans. the Ryans and the Bel
monts. the Hills and the Harrimans.
dominating forces of the two old par
ties-the bipartisan board of the ANAL
gamated political parties for revenue
only-breaking bread and drinking
wine together across the same board.
And then what?
Hearst An Apostle of Purity.
when. after the constant and heroic
proclaiming OF the new Declaration of
Independence heralded across the land
by your temporary chairman, William
Rand0lrh when after Mr.
Hearst had blazed in letters of fire the
new doctrine of reform and the people
had heard and lifted up their voices in
a mighty demand-a cry that reached
finally even to the banquet hall where
that BelstazZars feast of the pluto
cratic bosses was in progress, those po-
litical bacchanalians. reading at last
the handwriting on the wall. seized
upon the fundamental truths which Mr..
Hearst had voiced and. behold they
now present them as their own and
once more bid the people follow in the
wake of their chariot wheels. They
revile us, joke and laugh scornfully;
they say we have gone astray in pur-
suit of false gods and have departed
from our own faith / say II Is not
true. II is we who have stood stead
fast. And there stands the national In
dependence party today. We have not
you who have fallen behind"
Cheers for Hearst.
The address of Mr.. Walsh was heard
with close attention and greeted with
frequent applause, his mention of the
name of Mr.. Hearst being loudly
Cheered.
The next thing on the convention
program was the report of the resolu-
items committee. and Chairman Walsh
sent messengers to the Auditorium no.
tel to ascertain at what time II might
be looked for. The committee was not
ready and the convention proceeded to
kin time by the transaction of some
routine matters and by listening to a
number of speakers. pending the ar
rival of the committee.
The speech-making continued
throughout the greater part of the aft
ernoon, and IL was not until $50 O'Clock
that the committee on resolutions ex-
pressed itself as ready to report.
Platform Read
The platform was read by Clarence
]. Shearn of New York, as follows:
I'VE. independent American citizens
representing the Independence party in
forty-four states and two territories