The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-02
A RECORD OF THIRTY YEARS.

There may have been times within the
past thirty years when Republican could
feel proud Of his membership IN the party
of that name. Whilst it Is true that, had
DOUGLAS been elected President in 1860, the
southern rebellion would have been put
down quite as effectively and far more ex-
peditiously and economically than under
LINCOLN, yet a conscientious Republican
might well feel proud of the behavior of
his party in that conflict. But with this
conspicuous exception, the record of the
Republican party is one disgraceful and
ruinous to the country. 1t was under Re-
publican administrations that the system
of protecting eastern manufacturers was
fastened on the country as a war measure,
and has been maintained to the present
time, at an immense cost to citi-
zens Of other sections. A Republ
can administration is responsible for taking
100, DOC. 900 acres of western land and giving
them to Massachusetts railroad corpora
tons, with s65, 000, 900 Of money besides. 1t
was the Republican party which converted
greenback debt of $1,000, 100000 into
gold debt, putting therebya premium of
s6o0,000,000 into the pockets of eastern
bondholders and their European CORE
spondents. 1t was the Republican party
that demonetized silver in 1873, throwing
out OF the market one of the metals used by
the people to pay their debts with, and in
1891 ordered the coinage Of it to cease. 1t
is the Republican party which takes the
peoples money and gives it to ship-build-
ers and sugar raisers and protectionist
manufacturers to turn part Of it against
them TO carry elections for their party. 1t
is the Republican party which concocts
force bills, and which gags free speech in
the halls of Congress.
For thirty years there has not been a day
in which Republican policies have not pre-
vailed in this country. Out of these thirty
years Mr.. CLEVELAND was President for
four years, but in all this time the Senate
was Republican and prevented the passage
of any Democratic measure. The Demo
Gratis controlled the House of Representa-
tives under two Republican administra-
tons, and in 1878 the BLAND silver bill,
partially restoring silver, was passed by
the Democrats over Republican Presi-
dents veto. OF course it was q Repubi-
Noh SOhSACSo Gndg LCPSd4CO GlIo law duU
degraded silver. Democrats in the House
made two efforts-with the MORRISON and
the MILLS bills-to reduce the war tariff
and they were both defeated by the Repub
licans. And it was Republican Congress
the last one, that passed new tariff, rails
ing the war duties higher than ever This
tariff bill was so unjust ana sectional, Sc
offensive to a great majority of the people
that some of the most loyal" and radical
of the Republican Senators, Messrs. PAT.
TERsoN, PETTIGREw and PLUMB, felt con-
strained by their consciences to vote
against it.
This is part of the Republican record
for thirty years. 1t does not include the
carpet Dagger reconstruction policies, mol
the other measures devised ostensibly e
protect the union people of the south, bur
really intended to hold the south dowr
whilst the eastern monopolists were robbins
: the west Nor does it embrace catalogue
of unnumbered outrages upon a long-sug
fering and patient minority. And will Re-
publicans who honestly supported the wal
and who reioiced at emancipation continu,
1 voting with the Republican party Ions
after the issues of the war have been set
tied, to enable selfish capitalists to lord i
over their victims.