Show SS0 5 = S BIGOEST AT MERCUlt Most Enthusiastic Political Rally Yet Held There Was by Enthusiastic Republicans L Repub-licans Last Night Hon Thomas Kearhs Says Bryan Has Too Many Issues and Republicans Repub-licans Will Settle the Silver QuestionJudge Goodwin on Silver Sil-ver His Long Fight for I and Despair of Any Relief from the DemocratsHon Arthur Brown on Protection and Expansion i Republican Party Can be Trusted l r TRIBUNE SPECIAL t Mcrcur Nov 1The most enthusiastic enthusi-astic political rally that has yet been held in Mercur was held by the Republicans Re-publicans this evening Before the speaking at the operahouse 0 fine demonstration was made on the streets One hundred torches led by the Golden Gate band marched through the streets while red lights blazed ant firearms shattered the air By S oclock the operahouse was i filled to overflowing and standing room I was at a premium C O Whlttemore I acted as chairman Music was furnished i fur-nished by Joys orchestra and a quartette 1 quar-tette of young ladles sang several campaign songs THOMAS KEARNS was the first speaker He complained that Bryan had too many issues had n different one for each section of tho country He believed that the free coinage of silver would come through the Republican party that our exports were drawing so much of the general money of the world to us that four i years more would make the world cry out for more money On expansion he said Ye want no President who Is afraid to trust the people He then recalled the objections to our previous experiences In expansion and the same objections are urged noW He believed this century would give freedom to the 7000000 people of the Philippines and afford openings for young Americans to develop the minerals timber and I agricultural resources of 0 the Philippines I JUDGE C C GOODWIN was the next speaker He said he had heard a man say at the hotel that the rich can afford to vote the Republican ticket but not the poor man He pointed point-ed out that the greatness oC our country coun-try showed that the free schools were of Republican origin that the elght I hour Jaw had beea urged by Republicans Republi-cans and fought by the Democrats clear across the continent The Republicans I Re-publicans had passed the homestead law against the opposition of the Democrats Dem-ocrats The Paclllc railroads were the result ot Republican legislation opposed op-posed by Democrats A free ballot and a free count were Republican principles princi-ples and when had there ever been an accusation of fraud In a Republican precinct Protection had been fought by the Democrats for fifty years and it had opened Innumerable opportunities for I young men What has the Democratic party done for labor Nothing He had left the party four years ago with which he had been associated for some years on a question of principle Times were hard prices low and money scarce After the Democrats came Into In-to power he saw them anxious only for office Their interest In silver had Democratic State waned He saw 0 Democrtc for two months Legislature squabbling Coto over the election of a United States Senator who might have secured international In-ternational blmctnllsm This year we hear much from the Democrats about silver But what Democrat east of the Mississippi 1 river Is in favor or silver I Bryan Is elected we wont hear anything any-thing of silver There is a great change in Bryans demand from what there was four years ago He demands first ago 1 next free coinage of silver at 16 to that the bonds and national notes shall be taken up by greenbacks Under such a policy there would be no gold in sight Jol three weeks and very little silver The country would be on an irredeemable paper basis Bryan is n Populist and not a Democrat During the past three years primary money has Increased 6 per cent and prices have advanced The Democrats under Cleveland called an extra session of Congress and repealed the silver purchasing pur-chasing clause of the Sherman bill thing they did was to repeal The noxt thlpgthe wa repeal the Republican tariff and dealt a blow at lead from which Illdnot recover until the D4ngley law was put Intq operation This bill has made a difference differ-ence of 52500000 to the lead Industry 6C Utah S He denied that he was any traitor to silver He had worked all his lite for the cause Four years ago he caw 2000MO men idle today employers cannot can-not find enough men IIc would bo c fnd to labor to take the risk of turning back to that time again Judge Goodwin raid that next year 2000000000 would be drawn from European Eu-ropean nations and they would be the ones to first demand free coinage The speaker paid a line tribute to Imperial America which will glvo good It has to government to alien races as the downtrodden of Europe who have come under its bannerS banner-S ARTHUR BROWN was the last speaker he poke for nearly an hour He asked If the condition neurlr utica of the country was not more satisfactory than eight years ago We can only Judge of the future by tho past There arc no accidents in legislation legis-lation They are the result of cause and effect Clevelands theory was In favor ot low prices BO the tariff was taken off The result was that prices began to fall there was leas buying I and a panic struck tho country In I which n Utah was Involved I you want that condition repeated vote for Dem ocrallp principles An soon as McKInley was elected the result was beneficial Prices went up there were large Imports the production produc-tion of wool Increased In Utah and all enjoyed prosperity Judge King had eljo bald It Is not genuine prosperity that the United States It was caused b1 Unied borrowing wa 200000000 to prosecute the Spanish war Why did not prosperity wal come when Cleveland borrowed 2oO 000000 In times of peace Il KIn knows that prosperity came with increased in-creased prices and a flow of money to this country S Speaking cuntn on tho trust question ho said trusts were not daused by the tariff Trusts exist in 1tCQ trade England ns well a In this country Tho organized Jon f Standard OH trust was oniilzc tonH before the McKinley the Wilson or the DIngle bills were passed The tariff can not affect the Ice trust But there are no doubt trus t that ajrc injurloujj S rusts and laws should be made drastic against all unlawful combinations The Republicans could be tons legislate against trusts as they did In 1SSO The Harrison law passed by the I Republicans In that year had been en forced In many cases and had dona good In 1S02 the Democrats demanded demanccd stringent antitrust measures but when Cleveland came in they forgot all about ItS torgt al It-S When the Republicans last spring tried to pass a Constitutional pas Conltulonal amendment amend-ment to control trusts the Democrats voted against It Congressman King said he believed It should be left to Ing States But what have the Democratic Demo-cratic Legislatures of Utah done Instead In-stead of passing antitrust legislation l they wasted precious time squabbling I over a United States Senator The only remedy they proposed is to take the tariff off trustmade goods Is that the way King would deal with the smelter smeler trusts of Utah Put lead on the free list and ruin the lead miners of Utah When the tariff came up King voted for l the schedule putting a tariff on lead But when the whole tariff bill came up he voted against It wool lead and everything S Referring to the Heralds statement in regard to Mr Sutherlands votIng against the eighthour law he voUng there was a difference of opinion among1 lawyers n to the constitutionality ot the bill Ho had been assured however how-ever that Mr Sutherland had finally fnaly voted for the bill Senator Brown read the labor article In the Constitution which was proposed by Mr Thomas Kearns supported by the Republicans and opposed by the Democrats With the previous speaker the Senator Sen-ator believed that free coinage of silver would come from the Republican party They believed in practical bimetallsm and more silver has been coined under the present Administration than dxu Ing all of Clevelands term The East is opposed to free silver five to one I and the Democrats are no more in favor fa-vor of It than the Republicans They are for fiat money arid under their I theory neither rod nor sEWer vould be needed a paper would afford a much cheaper money 55 S He then went into some of the financial fnar cial and tariff legislation of the Democratic party and pointed out Its evasive tricky character He called Congressman King to time for his Statement that Brown and Goodwin weie traitors to silver He declared he had always spoken for free silver He had discussed it on every platform and when Mr King can show ascon sistent a record n the speaker he can congratulate himself On the subject of expansion Senator Brown referred to the complaint of Mr Bryan that we were governing in tho Philippines against the consent of the governed He contended that we I have always done so that Jefferson himself did not include negroes or Indians In-dians among those whose consent Is required re-quired for us to govern them Under the Louisiana purchase the people of New Orleans were governed without their consent but no harm came from I IL Under Mr jfr Bryans theory tho States ot the South seceded and were being governed without their consent Lincoln was the great imperialist who brought em blck McKinley is only stepping slowly In the footsteps of that grand Imperialist and will give to the Filipinos the rights of free government when they arc capable of exercising them He will give them free schools and true liberty And It can be safely left to future generations whether they shall be taken in as full citizens or what relation they shall sustain to the American Republic Our llrst duty Is to restore law and order then we will bring the light of liberty and the ban ncr of civilization to these Islands oC the sea S In conclusion Senator Brown asked the Democrats and Republicans to stand alike for the flag and for their country S The apcakers were several times interrupted in-terrupted by persons in the audience and the disturbers were only quieted by threats of being put out Several questions were sent up to the stage in writing which were satisfactorily answered an-swered by Mr Kearns The evening concluded by the lady quartette with an bilglnal song by Judge Goodwin to the air of America |