| Show mi SILVER AND Y the champions of the people ratified speeches by leading citizens THE OPERA HOUSE CRO everybody cheered for bryan judge powers hon david evans J L rawlans ns wm glasmann col and A J weber make brilliant speeches silver songs by the bis four A grand ratification amidst the music of bande the cheering of crowds and fervid of eloquent oratory the nomination of jmj bryan and arthur sewall by the democratic party on a free silver platform was ratified at the grand last there was a large crowd and at every mention of the of the nominees there yere tumultuous demonstrations of applause app laure the speakers were wll s received and the sentiments uttered touched responsive in the hearts of the audience mr J L loar was chairman and after a selection by the citizens band be made a brief address saying in substance we are met here tonight to 0 W POWERS ratify the nomination of the next president of the united states grover cleveland the gold bug will be succeeded by win J bryan the silver advocate the champion of the people the chairman announced the big four who rendered an ordinal full of bryan free dilver 16 to 1 and other references appropriate to the occasion they were encored and bad to repeat the last two verses william was introduced as the pioneer silver man ol 01 the west who had left bis party in the pride of its success to ficht the battle of silver mr glaesmann Gla Emann began by saying that if every republican stumper who had promised the people of the state that if the republican party did not do something for dilver they would leave the party were as honest as himself they would all be on the platform by hil side he paid he had been told to support bryan and stand by the rest of the republican ticket he eaid that if the head of the republican ticket was not fit for his support no part of the republican organization had a claim upon his suf frage now Is the time to stand for principle the platform sounded the battle cry of freedom and upon it the people of the west should stand as a unit he asked the question what good will it do to vote for mr bryan and then hold the party organization together to send to the senate a misfit like arthur brown or an equally inconsistent gold bug the speaker launched into a description of various kinds of bugs from abe chintz variety to the straddle anc and declared the latter to be the result of a deceased mind the platform adopted by the democratic party at chicago is a new declaration of independence and the party which ie the author of such an instrument which voices abe sentiments ot humanity in an unequal struggle against greed and avarice is worthy the suffrages of all tree men he closed with an eloquent tribute to mr bryan and was given rounds of applause chairman loar introduced mr weber as the cyclone of the wasatch mr weber saad in substance inflated with success and relying upon the magio J L RAWLINS influence of wealth the republican party met in convention and declared against the will of the the platform was inspired by the money changers of aj corrupted aristocracy be it was not for the representatives senta tives of the people to return to the bloney of jefferson and jackson coin and blaine the democrate at chicago returned to the policy of glicr man and II endricks and denounced the doaa english policy of Cevo lad and carlisle applause the money af abe country shall be coined by the and not by national bans the money that waa good for a hundred years ahau be restored and that without ailing on our knees and begging abe privilege of england or germany this ie iscore than the question of eil ver it means abe question of american manhood it means that america ahall legislate for amor iab applause bryan the great commoner bays let us be fearless and brave mckinley the counterfeit ka 1 let us consult england cause to tremble for our country he closed by saying he believed in the faith the integrity and the judgment of the people and that when the verdict of the people was rendered it would declare that win J bryan the man who comes from the people as did abraham lincoln would be the choice for president mr james H mcfarland of west weber was the succeeding speaker he referrer refer to the st louis convention sue a court of law that threw the free silver cause out of court without even a decent non euit he referred in most complimentary reference to teller and cannon and declared that even as coming events cast their shadows before eo now was the time when the american people must act he closed by saying A J WEBER ho had trained with the was now in the harness of the democrat x livery to ficht for silver and bryn applause when mr mcfarland closed the big four eave another silver belec taen and loudly applauded mr aloar introduced col W L fey ton who made one of hie speeches eloquent humorous pithy and logi oai the following a extracts mr Ohi irman ladies tonight feel like the old of awty who for the airet time in tier life had proposal of 1 I am so happy I 1 just aey a ward laughter when the noble little bend of dilver republicans bolted from st lauh the convention sang goodbye my llover goodbye tonight we sing in our our returning the more appropriate air of fc ee tiro con querine heros come applause it ie well and proper that we eing our hallelujahs and lor the first time in thirty years WL P PEYTON of american history the result of ithe chicago convention has been and a triumphant victory for the people applause the turning down of denb 1 and the election in his stead of the brilliant and eloquent son of vir eini senator daniel for temporary that a gold beg has no place in a democratic convention or in the eyes of the lord applause and and I 1 get my democracy from tho statesman of monticello and not from the fatted sea calf ot buzzards bay great applause and laughter who has bought 1 lead the democratic party from ite starlit star lit has witha diaphanous splendor every edep of its stately march since god through the instrumentality of mans wisdom established this government on this western hemisphere into the gloomy swamps and quagmire thickets of financial heresy whose darkness is lighted only by the glow of gold bags and other poisonous and blood bucking insects great applause anor is this occasion a cause for democrats adoue to rejoice it is a victory lor the whole people cheers a victory jefferson democrats lincoln republicans liets and all should join their shout in one mighty chorus and and paradoxical as it may seem it will not be inappropriate just now for even prohibitionists to come in and wet their parched lips with the liquid sweetness ewe etness of our good old democratic free silver whiskey I 1 great laughter in ogdan there are bome traitors to the people but they aro few and power lees they are men who have no love or for the masses when I 1 hear such men as code commissioner lee ex Police judge bagley would be life holding city attorney blackstone steele the brilliant leader of the ogden bar politician SI eighan cr mean politician which ever it is seat grab ang rogers don quixote breeden san 1 panza white and the other beautiful and fossilized of the arch ical ages who represent the gold bug element ef ement here claiming all the time 1 be for silver and yet running a gold bug paper indorsing and working for a gold bug candidate on a dt raight gold platform while I 1 would not call them liars ye at the same time it I 1 were walking down washington avenue and were to meet ahny one of this sweet eyed band of ministering ancela walking between anan and sapphira I 1 could not suppress ane remark that ho waa in the very bosom of his family 1 shouts of laughter ad wild cheering juthe battle wo are to fight from this asoh la battle ot right against wrong the battle ot truth against error tho battle of the sorrow burdened many against the petted and pampered few the battle of popular prerogative against the centralized forces of the day in this fight I 1 for one know no difference between a jefferson democrat a lincoln republican or a populist it is the peoples cheers and let us proclaim to the world that the knightly bre of american manhood ic requires ne Brit tish crown of gold to make him f king and no european be jeweled diclem upon the esa purity of american womanhood to make queen cheering and applause be as true to the silver cause ayou would be to your own honor or to the heart ol 01 he that you lokeel let every true Aise rican carry hie ballot in the same cirit that our carried in and when november has past we can rekindle our campfires from the of our financial iker hill and biaas our victory bong i conff that will have ite birth way beck in the and maple ridges of the the of tho greet middle west 1 its crest the lofty barriera 0 the rocksy mountains pause but or a moment to roice with the billows and foam flecked bubbles on the bosom of the briny inland sea and rest ite flight only when it has bathed ite in the wa tere of foregone Or egone while floating baak to ua will echo of our awa glad as did the children of israel when tace mighty wave erf the red aea had back and engulfed eng alfed their op jehovah bath his people are freel and continued applause and cheering mr aa followed ad hie appearance signal for bem ty reception lie made an ero ellent speech the mail points are briefly touched upon we laws met the enemy and they are ours fhe free and unlimited coinage of silver ie in our platform and the nominees party standing squarely upon that platform are alie trophies of our victory the democratic party has had a new birth an american birth it it be revolution to nominate a candi aate who elande upon a platform promises to relieve distressed humanity I 1 am a revolutionist if it be revolutionary to strike tho eb ackels of financial slavery from the limbs of the people then we are all our friends the enemy eay that we would disturb business who ever heard of the busine ea men of this country leading in any greet reform in the dark days of 1876 the business men desired peace it is the people who lead out in taking action to right wrongs they had their in the chicago convention and upon their declaration of principles they propose to march behind W J bryan the young wellington of 1896 to victory over the napoleon of the gold standard etan dard the speaker explained that the selection of bryan was superior to that of teller because mr teller comes from a silver producing sate while mr bryan comes from an aeri cultural commonwealth unadvised the not to speak boastfully over the silver declaration of the democracy but to hold out open arms for the converts ot other parties and to join with nil silver men in running politics locally as well ae nationally he said abat the ladles would join with the dilver party and vote for the candidates of the manees he the great now appealing to the people should be supported by a common brotherhood of patriots who placed country before party in the hour of trial it was not democracy in the partisan sense it was a new of principles around which all silver men could conscientiously join the speech was remarkable for eloquence logic and fairness ex delegate rawlins succeeded mr evans he was warmly received and his speech created much applause he said the silver question ia now the paramount issue the tariff question can not be dragged forth from the bole into which it has been forced by the great dominant domi nent question the money question the republicans have declared for a single gold standard and against the debasement of the currency that i they are opposed to debasing the currency unless great britain agrees to the debasement he told the republicans that they could hope for no benefit from protection as promised in the st louis platform he said that old ties had been sundered and old hopes destroyed but a new idea has inspired thu people and their hope for the future was in the democracy mckenley it is said in the east can be elected only by herding the voters as cattle in the shambles and by threats force and the use of money procure an unfair expression of ballots mr rawlins wag at his best and made many great hits space forbids more extended mention judge pox ere address was thy last he caid thra ratification should cause all to rejoice because it has shown that to the democrats republicans and alike country was more dear than party he said that when men are so bound fo party to vote the party ticket regardless gard less of principle the country was in danger lie sad that the great question now paramount in the campaign was of more importance than the of which dealt with the right men to deal with human slaves or isyle of 76 which inspired the american colonies to declare their independence pen dence botn tyrant king because had to do wibb every home in america tie cautioned the people to wisely and well for the result nuch to the people the masses marching on under the same inspiration that promoted the crusaders who went forth to conquer the holy and in this fight those who are not democratic are being sifted from the party and republicans who are truly democrats in the broad benee of the word have become initiated into the democracy he spoke in praise of the gallant service of the utah delegates and said that at the chicago convention the forty fifth state was heard from to good advantage he aid bryan was destined to lead the people through the aea of financial distress into the garden 0 prosperity he emoke in commendation of the protection plank of the chicago platform which he said was written by mr ballins and which declared fora revenue tariff wath incidental protection which eo far as utah is concerned means protection for wool and lead mr powers also advocated unity of action in the election of local representatives let the dead past bury the dead he eadd and turning our faces to the rising eun bury our local differences and march on to victory he predicted that tho enthusiasm for silver was so etrone that it was not improbable that every state in the union should return a majority for bryan silver and the people his peroration declared that the chicago convention had declared for the next president of the united states the band played the star spangled banner and the first ratification of a presidential nominee in the state of utah was over |
