Show UTAH FALLS IN LINE FOR F SILVERIj j A Magnificent Mass I p Meeting at the Theatre ELOQUENT ADDRESSES The Cause of the White Metal Most Ably Championed Cham-pioned I THE EESOLUT10NS ADOPTED GOT West Hon J L Rawlins C E Allen and Col Montgomery waken The Wildest Enthusiasm One of the Most Notable Gatherings the History of Salt Lake CityThe Action Taken Will Have Its Effect in the Great Fight for Silver HE theatre was crowded crowd-ed as never before and Red t was a great night for L I I silver t Every one was there except those who could c not get in and in words N I of burning eloquence 1i the cause of the white i metal was presented to a magnificent audience Taken all in all the 1 gathering was one of the most notable in the history of Salt Lake The crowds commenced gathering at 7 oclock and before tho doors were thrown open the sidewalk in front of the theatre was blockaded By the lime the I meeting was called to order the house forts and that the two metals will eventually event-ually be put upon a fair footing CheersPRELIMINAIfr PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS When Governor West had concluded it was moved tnat Thomas J Almy be elected I elec-ted secretary of the meeting which was put and carried by a unanimous vote II It was also moved that seven vicepres idents be elected and the gentlemen chosen were J J Daly A E Hyde George W Scott David Keith Colonel Sam Merritt W E Hubbard and J Q Packard It was further moved that a committe on resolutions be appointed with Judge C C Goodwin as chairman the committee com-mittee to consist of fifteen members Carried and the committee elected as follows fol-lows Mackintosh R C Chambers C E Allen A F Holden E A Wall C E Stanton T G Webber W S McCornick F H Auerbach W F James W H Dickson J R Walker J H Bacon and A B Emery The committee on resolutions retired to take up their labors and after a selection by Helds band there were calls for Hon J L llawlins The gentleman responded to the call and said This occasion must indeed be an extraordinary I extra-ordinary one to bring so many people together to-gether to consider a subject so serious It is one which not alone affects the people of Utah but thepeople of the west and the peoples of the world You have already al-ready heard told in eloquent terms how for 1000 years the money of the world has consisted of two metals maintained at a ratio of 15 or 16 to 1 Silverside Silver-side by side with gold was a legal tender until 1873 Then it was that by act of Congress 25 grains of gold were put into a gold dollar and declared to be the unit of value It was made absolutely ab-solutely as a standard it was to be coined freely and without stint but the same privilege was denied to silver By its do monetization onehalf of the money oi the country suffered annihilation which was immediately the result of the act of Congress Con-gress in establishing the single standard Since that date the indebtedness has increased in-creased to such an extent that in some places it now reaches a per capita of 170 The people of the east ca 11 us of the west inflationists we are not We are only seeking a solution for a state of affairs which should never have been What is this solution It is idle for me to stand here and tell this people that the present k ct CU cs I INTERIOR VIEW OP THE THEATRE was literally packed from pit to dome among thosepresent being many ladies It was a representative audience the capitalist cap-italist and laboring man standing side by side all enlisted under the same banner and cheering in chorus The logical presentation of the great question by the speakers evoked the wildest enthusiasm and every address was punctuated with cheers which lairly shook the house The meeting was called to order by A Hanuer who stated for what purpose it had been called and ha was followed by A F ilolden who read the call Issued to to the pecple of Utah through the press at the time the call was formulated Governor West was enthusiastically elected chairman and advanced to the place of honor amid a thousand cheers After the applause had subsided he said This great assembly packing the theatre I indicates that there is something intensely in-tensely interesting to the people of this city and the indication is not false I It there was ever a time when the people of this city and of the west had an important matter to consider we have it now The silver question is a matter which deserves the most serious consideration con-sideration When we see the streets full of idle men who are unwilling to work we consider the situation serious but when we see the streets full of idle men who cannot get work to do the situation i is still more serious We must do nothing noth-ing in anger or passion but put aside petty differences and work to the one great end With us it is not apartisan question but simply a question of existence ex-istence Nothing should be allowed to enter into our efforts but honest consideration con-sideration and a determination to succeed by honest and conscientious endeavors Vehement speeches do not avail much but what we want is a calm and earnest expression the truth We must protest pro-test against the destroying of that which hag been a medium used by those engaged en-gaged in commerce and trade for years and must not allow the money kings ot the east to degrade the white metal in order that their wealth and power may increase We are here tonight to protest pro-test against the demonetization of silver a commodity which has answered the purposes of the world for centuries Silver and gold are both produced pro-duced in the same countries The Almighty Al-mighty has joined them together and what God hath joined together no man put asunder Prolonged applause I believe we will be successful iu our ef condition of affairs is wrong because you know it or elsa you would not be here in such numbers It is idle for me to tell you that the money which has been a standard for 1000 years should be rehabilitated because the 1000000 people in this country coun-try who are dependent upon this industry know that it should ba done We have heard much about THE REPEAL OF THE SHERMAN ACT but the question it seems to me that will come before the next Congress will not be shall the Sherman act be repealed but what shall take its place We must succeed in this matter There can be no such word as fail if we go at it in the right way In the treasury of the United States there are now piled up between be-tween 4000000 and 5000000 which should be paid out and be used by the people as a current circulating medium The aggregate national debt is about 527000000000 municipal debts amount to the same and private debts are about equal How are these debts to be paid in gold Even the gold of the world is not in the hands of the debtor but in those of the creditor If these debts are to be paid in gold then the metal as a circulating medium is in a hopeless state of insolvency The people of the east are simply trying to cover the financial bed with a gold blanket which is entirely too small allowing al-lowing an absolutely indecent exposure For four hundred years the parity between be-tween the two metals did not vary more than 1 point in 16 Coin them equally and the same will be true today All we ask is that we may have A PAIR FIELD AND NO FAVOR and we will make our industry successful Let us have 16 to 1 if we can get it but we must not be too extravagant in our demands A majority of the Congressmen Congress-men so far as I have been able to see would be in favor of the absolute free and untrammeled coinage of silver at a ratio of 20 to 1 So we must be cautious for if any disasters should arise from the free coinage of silver they would result more disastrously from hasty action than if we I went more slowly |