Show I JUST HISTORY I IBy By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS I o J 4 W When en the election returns from the state bf bt Utah In the election of 1896 began to come In on the night of ot November 6 1896 the first election election election elec elec- tion for tor president and vice president president dent that the people of ot Utah participated participated participated par par- in It looked as If It the Republican Republican Re Re- publican party was not In the running run run- ning Indeed It was said at that time Ume that there were only two votes vote cast for McKinley In ln the state one ono of ot them being by Glenn Miller HIler then chairman of the Republican state committee committe and the other by Theodore Theodore Theodore Theo Theo- dore P P. W V a well-known well to tobacconist of Salt Lake and who Is now rounding out his life In the National Soldiers' Soldiers Home ln In Los Angeles Angeles An An- geles who knew McKinley as a boy and later as a soldier in jn the civil tt Ai At the election held in November November November Novem Novem- ber 1895 which election was a special one for the purpose of ot ratifying ratifying ratifying rati rati- the constitution of ot the state and electing state officers and congressman congressman congressman con con- gressman the Republicans carried the state by a a. plurality of ot 2314 for tor governor go the vote being for Heber M M. Wells R Republican publican for John T T. Caine Calne Democrat for Henry W W. V. V Lawrence Populist 2051 In the November election a year later the tho Democrats carried the state tato by a plurality of ot the total voto vote being Republican Democratic fusion vote 64 Gold Democrat 21 SPLIT RESULTS The slump and great change In the vote in Utah in one year was due to the silver question and which caused a split in the party as it did in the Democrat party There were v seven se national conventions conventions con con- conI I held in 1896 There was wa fusion on ott 0 the electoral ticket of the Democrats and Populists and In some states there was fusion on the electoral ticket of ot the Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- and Silver Republicans In twenty six of ot the states in which was Included Utah In some somo of ot the stated states like Illinois and Kansas there were Watson Waton on tickets run by the the Road Populists Early in the campaign It was a free-for-all free apparently in that the tho financial question was paramount the paramount the East for tor the gold standard and the West for tor silver sHyer at the ratio of sixteen to one From the Republican national convention there was a bolt and this included 1 tho the senator from Utah Frank J J. I Cannon who presented a protest against the money plank ot Of the platform Thirty Thirty tour four del el from the Western states from the convention l The split in the Democratic la I convention was duo due to i same trouble that existed In Republican camp the finan question The radical the Democratic party 1 d by Grover Clevel Cleveland nd his uncompromising hostility to tov t Iver t I tyer v yer ver er legislation S BRYAN COMES TO FRO FRONT I This convention afforded one J the dramatic seen In ln a national William Jennings Bryan Brjan oIl ot braska took the convention off ott I feet by an impassioned piece Ilece of O tor tory and which won Von him the no atlon for the tho presidency In i. i address he painted a a. word showing howing what he declared W contest between silver and gold tween wealth and the masses and turning turning- to the delegates in the convention h he c 1 the gr great at audience when t-heri exclaimed You shall not p p pi down upon the brow of ot labor crown of ot thorns You shan I crucify cruelty mankind upon this eros cros gold I l I The Tho convention went wild with tremendous enthusiasm convention by bv a two to on one declared for the unlimited o I of ot both silver and anti gold at of sixteen to one otto and Bryan Dryan for tor president the first first In the history of parties th th tb candidate for president was chon ch chon chon on a speech of ot his own The Thea test was a memorable one The Republican an national c co can n tion was held In ln St St. LouIs 0 16 Marcus A A. Hanna of ot Ohio hio chairman of ot the national com corn tee and W W. M M. Osborne of Ms M was secretary of ot thaT therL n bu tout but he resigned and Ch Dick of ot Ohio was chosen Jn I stead Charles W W. Fairbank 3 Indiana was temporary the convention and John II M. I. I T Tb ton permanent chairman i In order that the party given the cue on the mon money q tion Mark Hanna had called J Republicans of ot Ohio to meet II m imi convention on March 11 and convention adopted a platform money plank of ot which read We cont contend nd for honest mo me for a currency of gold and andiS Is and paper with which to n mea our exchanges that shall bar sound as va the government and as tarnished as its honor and anti to to- end we vve favor bimetallism an and mand the use of ot both gold a and d dver ver as standard money eithe elthe accordance wi with th a ration to be fj ki Kf by an international agreement that can an be obtained or un under er s restrictions and such provision be determined ov Iv by legislation I will secure tho the m maintenance of parties of ot value of the two mso m pm so that the tho purchasing paying pa-Ing power of or the tle dollar silver gold or paper shall shaH be bea al tImes equal I This was regarded as a J. J st on the question and did not acc ace cc pUsh what at was expected j 4 31 |