The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-17

rejoicing and the glee of those protested
Democrats who do not like the ex-Presl-
dent are vain mockeries. If there were
doubt before as to CLEvELAND's nomina-
ton there can be none now, and his election
is more certain than ever. And why, 1t
will be asked, the Democrats in Con-
gress, who are supposed to speak the senn-
ments of the party throughout the nation,
occupying position directly opposite to
that held by the ex-Presideut in the matter |
of silver coinage? The explanation is easy
enough. The men who study politics and
make it profession understand
that while the west is clamorous
for free coinage of silver the west
doesn't cast many Democratic votes in the
electoral college. The Democratic votes
must come from the east and the south.
The Democratic nominee, no matter who
he may be, nor what his attitude on public
questions would not expect or hope to carry
single western state, with the possible ex-
ception of Montana, having three electoral
votes. All the others are Republican in
national politics, and most of them hope
lessly so; hence, it will not count against
the Democratic candidate if he shall be Of
fensive to this entire side of the republic.
The successful man must be one who can
gather strength in the east. We dom believe
Mr.. CLEVELAND thought of this when he
wrote the letter. He is too big a man. and
too much of statesman to resort to the
tricks of the politician to secure his per
sonal advancement. Besides, the views
which he now expresses are those which he
has before expressed and he is honest and
courageous enough to repeat and emphasize
them at this time when less frank and
more discreet person, politically, would
have remained silent But if MIR. CLEvE-
LAND had been the clever and trained
political worker, schooled in all the
arts and tricks of the professional
politician, he could have done nothing
which would have made more certain his
nomination and election next year. He
will go into the convention with the united
delegations of the New England states and
all the middle states, speaking for him as
with one voice. 1.-THE South is unit for him,
Dotwiths landing its differing views on silver
and will suggest no other name. The west
is proud and courageous, and may under
take to rebuke him, but what can it do in
the face of the mighty supporJwhich he will
have! What can its represent atives say
when the fact is pointed out to them
that their states, one and all
are within the Republican fold and would
continue there if the greatest western
Democrat and the most pronounced advo-
cate of free coinage were nominated! They
would be compelled to admit that the west
can do nothing for the Democracy in 1892
and then if they are wise, as we assume
they will be, they will fall into line and
support the man who can carry New York
and Connecticut and New Jersey and make
Massachusetts and New Hampshire and
Rhode Island doubtful. 1t is too late to
undertake to educate the people of those
states up to the western ideas of silve
coinage The convention is too near and
their opinions are too firmly fixed to be
reyolutionized within the time, especially
as all the newspapers which they read, in
fact all of the influential papers east of the
Alleghanies, are daily telling the voters
that free coinage would be disastrous to the
nation and the people. Four years hence
there may be different sentiment, but to
day the gold influence of the east control!
the people as well as the politicians of that
section, and the politicians and people of the
east will name the next Democratic candi
date for the Presidency, and we firmly be
lieve that Mr.. CLEVELAND will be that man
The nomination being made, the Democ
racy will have nothing to fear, even though
the Democrats of the west may turn agains
the candidate, for the simple reason tina
the Democracy has nothing in the west ant
can lose nothing. 1t cannot lose what
hasn't got, and it cannot hope to gain any
: thing this side of the Mississippi. TIL
south will be true to the candidate, n
. matter who he may be, and the east will
= give an anti-silver man more votes than
u free coinage nominee could hope to get
o Western Democrats who admire CLEvE
LAND may, and many of them will, regre
t that the ex-President wrote this letter
e but they will at once see that it makes hin
t stronger in those places where strength
t counts and does lot weaken him elsewhere