The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-11
AMONG DEMOCRATS
An Interesting Political HOr0-
scope by WatterSOn.
WHAT HILLS FRIENDS DECLARE
They Say 1t is Part of the Cleveland Conspiracy
to BUN the GOyernor-The Waiter
son Letter Again.
Especial toTHE RERALD-Examiner Dispatch.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
LOUISVILLE, March 10.-The following
are extracts from an interesting political
horoscope by Henry Watterson's observa
tory: I'm the midst of the rejoicing which
followed the November elections and the
Democratic ground swell they brought US,
one dissonant note was heard, one dis
couraging word was spoken, and to this
effect, that the victory was too great to
last, and that before the presidential cam
paign of 1892, we could be relied on to per
petrate some folly, setting it all at naught.
Four short months have passed away and
already signs are not wanting that point to
the verifcation of this sinister prophecy.
The people are wiser than the politicians.
Given information to see, they rarely go
astray, and however they may be misled by
feeting chimeras of discomfort, they are
very APP In the long run to get at the truth.
Two points of disturbance are being ad-
relates to the denomination of Cleveland
the other to the adoption of some, as yet I'M
defined, but altered policy as to silver COIN
age
Touching the first of these, reflection
ought to lessen the anxiety of those opposed
to it that it depends largely, if not
wholly, upon the action of the Democrats
of New York. If New York comes to the
next national Democratic convention re-
sisting the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland or
seriously divided upon it, his nomination
would be suicidal. In that event, the party
will be compelled to quit New York alto
gether and to seek for nominee elsewhere
for nothing could be more absurd than the
suggestion of the setting aside Mr.. Cleve-
land and the substituting of Governor Hill
or any other New Yorker in his place,
when we leave New York. In the interval,
however, the eX-President should be
treated with the respectful consideration
alike commanded by his public services and
the obligation we owe to the single Demo
cratic President we have had in thirty
years.
| Touching silver, this is to be said AL
of us in the,west and south are bimetallists
| all of US are friends of the double, enemies
of the single standard; all of US believe the
expanding needs of the country require ano
that the country will assimilate still
larger circulating medium, and look, largely
| to silver as the basis of the currency which
is to succeed the retiring national banl
notes. But as to conclusions, this is the
extent of it: The people of the west art
south are sorely distressed an(
perplexed. Twenty five years of class
distinction of government have done
their perfect work. Excessive ant
unjust taxation is the original, thu
| fruitful source of our ills We have ex
pended ten years in getting together OF
this paramount issue. At last we are to
gether and we stand upon high, SOLE
ground. Victory, if not within our grasp
lis yet within our sight. Is it possible tina
any sane Democrat, anywhere, can believ
it good or wise to abandon this position o
advantage, reached after so much trave
and outlay, and to advance through a mo.
rass OF uncertainty upon the rifle pits ant
masked batteries of an enemy who laugh
in his sleeve as he waits to welcome u
with bloody hands to hospitable graves
The Democratic party is all that stands be
tween the people and anarchy on the on
hand, and oligarchism on the other. 1t ha
always shown itself equal to the emel
gency."