The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-21
CROWD CHEERS BRYAN
ORATOR AT BIG MEETING
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UNA Uh n Blu ME- IWC
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| electors of this great republic. The plat
| form of itself should insure Democratic
| success this fall, but in addition to tn,
platform adopted the Denver convention
| nominated man as the candidate of the
| Democratic party for the presidency thar
| whom for the past twelve years none
/ has stood higher in the estimation of his
! countrymen or in that OF the citizens OF
the civilized countries of the world VIII
| liam Jennings Bryan.
When the enthusiastic applause thai
| greeted Bryan name had subsidized, the
| judge continued:
And IT associated with him as the
| integrity, honesty and popularity are I'M
questioned, John w. Kern of Indiana.
From the character of the platform
and the personality of the candidates
feel sure that nothing can prevent Utah's
being in the Democratic fold this year"
Judge King said that both the Demo
cratic national candidates had been In
Vited to be present to address the gather
ing, but that the press of campaign work
in other states had prevented their at
tendance. He then read this letter from
Mr.. Bryan:
Letter From Bryan.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 10. 1908.
Mrs. Elizabeth ]. D. Roundy, Salt Lake
city, Utah.
MY Dear Madam-Your favor at hand.
thank you for the invitation to be pres
ent at the ratification meeting on Aug.
20, and regret that il will be impossible
for me to come, owing to the pressure of
campaign work. l wish you would pre-
sent my greetings to the Democrats of
Utah, and say to them that are ex-
pecting Utah to take her place in the
Democratic column this year. and that
we feel that our platform entities us to
hn -1rNf of he Anp1n of hn rr1nr
tain states. Approaching the enthusiasm
with which your club is entering upon
the campaign, am very truly yours,
Following the reading of the letter a
storm of applause and cheering broke out
that made II impossible for the Judge 70
proceed for several minutes. Then he
read this letter from Mr.. Kern. which
was also received with applause:
Mr.. kern's Letter.
Indianapolis, Aug 10.
Mrs. Elizabeth j, d. Roundy. Secretary,
Etc.
my Dear Mrs. Roundy-I regret ex-
ceedingly that my engagements are such
that | cannot accept your very kind invi-
tation to attend the ratification meeting
of the Woman's Democratic club of Salt
Lake City on the Goth inst. Nothing
would give me more pleasure than to
witness a rousing meeting of women who
have the right TO vote and who are de-
termned to exercise that right for the
good of their country Thanking you
earnestly for the invitation; L am yours
truly, JOHN w. KERN
Judge King then introduced the orator
of the day. Raymond Robbins of Chicago.
AS Mr.. Robbins arose he was urged by
the crowd to get on chair, which he did
willingly To the cheering Democratic
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies of the Woman s
Democratic club. Fellow Democrats,
Friends: l come here today to say to the
Democrats of Utah that all over the ma
ton the campfires of Democracy were
never burning brighter than they are to-
day; all over the country the people are
being awakened by the Democratic prln-
ciples that appeal to the masses ana III
that awakening, my friends, lies the hope
and harbinger of victory. We expect 10
win because We ought to win
"ShaIl the People Ruler"
LAS our distinguished leader has so
aptly put it. the issue of this campaign
is Shall the people rule? But beyond
and behind that question is the question
Why should the people rule? My friends.
either the people must rule or someone
else will rule. Who shall it be? Those
who have been ruling? The representa-
tives of the recipients of special privi-
leges will rule not in the interests OF the
people, but in the interests OF small NIL
nority who thrive by the plundering OF
keep from being ruled. The question then
is. who best represents the interests of
the people the Republican or the Demo-
cratic nominee?
candidate personally l have nothing de-
rogatory TO say. He is in most peculiar
position however The Republicans OF
the east are clamorIng for his support
cause he is not like Roosevelt, while in
the west they are shouting for Tart be-
cause he is like Roosevelt And it is be-
coming more and more difficult TO recon-
Gle the support of the group OF piunaer
in the east, which they have, with the
support of the group of toll In the west
which they hope to get
Not long ago in the Republican ma
tionaI convention in Chicago there gath
cred the most respectable gathering that
ever assembled on the continent 1t was
estimated that that group of men was
$500 900. 900 respectable. And these respec-
table millionaires presumed 10 represent
the masses-not the privileged plumber OF
the few.
Faithful to the Trusts"
Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, one of
that group. who as speaker of the house,
was more concerned in protecting the
plundering of the people by the corpora
lions than in assisting the passage or
remedial legislation, in that convention
hall seconded the nomination or the Re-
publican candidate for vice president,
Jimmie Sherman. Cannon may not have
known where Taft stood. He may not
have known whether or not Taft would
cause him trouble as trust buster,
but he did know what Jimmie would do.
Cannon knew that as chairman of the
committee on rules Jimmie was willing
to obey the slightest motion of the speak
err: he was always willing to assist in
strangling reform legislation and in pro-
noting that which might aid the trusts
in evading the law. He knew that with
old Joe as speaker of the house and
Jimmie as president of the senate. Taft
could not do anything that would hurt
the interests of the trusts very much.
That fact was warning to the whole
country. a warning that the country will