Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-16
THREE VIEWS OF SILVER.


In AuuuRs badly Tor the Ohio Dem
ocracy that at IT, State Convention
yesterday In Cleveland harmony did
not prevail. II Is true the present In.
cumb,nt, James T.. Campbell, was 70.
nominated on the Grst ballot by an
overwhelming majority. But on n
motion 10 make the nomination unanl.
nous the Hamilton county delegation
opposed II. Cincinnati Is In this coun.
~, and the saying IL current that ns
Hamilton county goes, No goes Ohio.
The present Lieutonant-uoverno w.
V. Marquis was renominated by accla-
nation.
Allen w. Thurman, son OF the old
Roman, was temporary chairman Of the
convention. In his address he de.
nounced tho Nc Kinleybill, the subsidy
bill and the efforts to pass the Force
bill. lilo cxhortcd the farmers 10 aban-
don their socialistic projects and unite
with tho Democratic rSrty n that
which would bring them relief.
Tho platform demands n tariff for
revenue only. aud charac tories the
Mckinley bill IA n plcco Of class logis.
latlon. A graded income tax Ia
favored. Tho 1871 decentralization
silver law Is emphstloally condemned,
and "the reinstatement Of the con.titu-
tionsl standard Of both gold aud silver,
with equal right each 10 free and un.
limited coinage" Ia demanded. The
minority report, however, had some.
thing as substitute for this silver
plank. Hut II was rejected by 1901
nays TO 900 yeas
Inasmuoh M the minority report took
the attitude assumed by Grover Glove.
land on the money issue, Ia action Ia
significant. II advocates honest
money, and opposes all legislation
which tends to drive either gold or
silver out OF circulation. This report
was sustained by 800 delegates, very
nearly half Of the convention. This
shows that the Ohio Democracy IL not
a unit for free silver. one Of the
speakers Tor tho minority said that
Ohio had plenty Of good Democratic
issues TO fight over, without taking up
the Republican free silver OF Nevada,
Montana aud Colorado.
In the speech Of acceptance, Cover
nor Campbell said that the battle In
Ohio IL essentially a National one, in.
asmuch as all tho National Issues Of
the times enter into It. From him the
Mckinley bill received the usual Dem.
ocratlc scoring. Another speaker said
there was no use To shelvo tho silver
issue. II was vital question aud
should DO settled sooner or later.
The Ohio platform denounees ",he
decentralization Of silver In lS7a."
This law Is kind OF fifteen puzzle to
tho ayerag. reader. Perhaps no better
way Of illustrating thu conflicting
views entertained about II can be
adopted, than that OF giving quota.
ton FROM each school.
Andrew Carnage, who Is looked
upon as an out and out golditr, says
at wa. always tho last resort tn de.
base tho coin. Those instances happened
long ago. Nations OF the ffst rank In our
day do not fall 80 low, l must pause TO
mako Que exception 10 this slatomon,.
| bow my head in shame rs Il write it.
the Republic OF the carbohydrates. Every
one Of it, silver dollars l. DECEASED
coln' When government issues a do
based coin' II takes lohyo " all that o.
pcrlonco has proved 90 DO sound In 70.
gard 10 money. Sound finance requires
tho government only To certify to tho real
value possessed by each coin issued from
Ia minis, so that tho people may not be-
cheated Every tlmc tho government
stamps the words Ono dollar upon 3Il d,
grains of silver II stamps lie, disgrace.
lul, but, alas too true, Tor tho silver In
II IL worth today not dollar, but only
soyoniy-oight cents"
senator Stewart, nreply, says;
az 3H', grains OF silver are worth
! loss than dollar in gold, it was tho
! secret and fraudulent legislation which