Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-06 | Page 4 | Campaigning in Utah

CAMPAIGNING IN UTAH. Away biiclc in 1S03. AVilliam Jennings Bryan usinic to Ogfln to apeak. His" only fame thou was the faet,.that he had delivered two masterful speeches,' uiiu on tariff, theolhc'r on the demonetization of silver.. ' - Yesterday that same Bryan was" in .Salt Lake, the guest, of the Jeffcrsonian banqueters, and, si range as it may seem, he was the idol of the gathering of the leaders of Utah's Democracy. The distinguished dis-tinguished Xcbraskau wears well. Une reason is that, regardless of tho harsh things said of Bryan's theories of government and the man's extreme views on peace and other political issues. Bryan is recognized as one of the greatest moral forces in the United States, and. as a public speaker, he is without a peer. When Bryan left the "Wilson cabinet, where he was honored as mm uiui v ox siiiLi-, Leiiii'i-raus me rummy uer hum mm; (.umuiuun Hlpft ' had destroyed his usefulness, for he had geme out of the council of Hk ft llation at a most critical period, semijigly deserting his post in Hiff J'n unjustified manner. Last night in Salt Bake, when be arose to H-Af speak, the ovation he received proved he had not lost in the affections II 111! y PeoPc u' ns P"'l.v- Senator Owen, who preceded him. was H ' 'it! J warmly greeted, but when Bryan was introduced the welcome was IE W 3 prolonged and the great audience stood and cheered. , ui 4b The banquet proved to be the vehicle for introducing Senator II i ' 1 Hubert Owen of Oklahoma as a candidate for president on the Demo- n .ri cratic side and Bryan, in most eulogistic terms, -endorsed the ean- WiM A , didacy of the southern gentleman. IK H I " Senator Owen h a man of fine appearance, an orator with the H H pleasing accent of the South, just slightly noticeable, and a diction H tl j proving the scholar, lie said nice things of Abraham Lincoln, Theo-II Theo-II W dore Roosevelt and the Progressive. Republicans, disclosing the devil dev-il 1 1 tac a P'ls'1Ct' politician, lie took up much time explaining II ! T Nv-V vot'c ur t'le treaty of peace, with and without -reservations. II 1 q ai1 Bryan, when he spoke, also dwelt on that subject, declaring that H 'S j, he would resent any attempt by his party to make campaign capital MM du Peaee treaty, by so doing, the ratification of the treaty, II 1 1 even with reservations, be delayed, as he asserted that delay was dan-Hi dan-Hi i'i gcrous to the peace of ihe world, the elements of discord already Mm? being at work in Europe, and war again looming large on the eastern II -1? horizon. llrJ"! Bryan said he would fight at the San Francisco convention, in- llr,; fl! sce P0SS10'C' but outside if necessary, to prevent candidates of the II " I. type of Edwards of New Jersey- or Hitchcock of Nebraska, receiving H ?3'' endorsement, as they stood for whiskey. He also said he would bat- H tj tie for a plank in the platform condemning profiteering and monop- II oly and h'e indicated that, in his opinion, one of the big issues of this IIF!4 year's national conflict would be profiteering. lie said that in l F Omaha a clothing merchant was found who was asking $87 for a $13 j ' suit of clothes, and in Lincoln a shoe dealer was making a profit of H .".I S6 per cent on the shoes he sold. Bryan declared that the income IT S reports at Washington showed 300 coal companies had made excess H & fi profits in the war period and four companies had accumulated prof IE '- 1 s -QQ Per ecn 011 l-hcir capital stock, lie affirmed that, to elim- I r inate such robbery, Avas the first obligation of his party.