The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-13
SILVER CLEANLINESS

A Nevada contemporary, the State
Journal Of Reno, has been a fair and high
toned newspaper. and perhaps the cleanest
and ablest journal in the SagebrEsh state.
But we fear It's insane love for silver will
not improve its tone and responsibility. In
the latest issue received we find this:
The Salt Lake 7r15pne advocates the election
Of HARRISON and THE SALT LAKE HERALD
wants the people to vote for CLEVELAND The
federal patronage in Utah is quite sugar
plum, and The 1rtbuHe. which now controls it
wants HARRISON reelected, while THE
HERALD supports CLEVELAND SO as to get It's
share or the pie in the event OF his election. In
Utah as Ia Nevada there are those who prefer
federal pap to the RECOMMENDATION Of silver.
A newspaper never gains anything by
willfully misstating the position OF con
temporary. The state Journal, which has
regularly received this paper for many
years, knows that TIE HERALD is just as
good FRIEND to silver as any newspaper
in Nevada, not excepting our esteemed
Reno contemporary. Never has line ap
psared IN the editorial columns Of
THE HERALD which indicated that
this journal was not in full sym
patty with the movement for the
reconciliation OF silver. Furthermore,
this paper has never changed its at
utude on the silver question. 1t has never
gone of on tangents. 1t has never advo
Gated compromises and temporary make
shifts. It has slo sqaarely for the resto-
ration Of silver TO the place it occupied in
our monetary system when the metal was
demonetzed by a Republican Congress
nineteen years ago. Tan HERALD has had
no respect for bullion buying bills, for bills
proposing 10 change the ratio between the
two metals, for bills to coin American sill
yer only. or for any bill which treated sill
yer as anything else than money metal.
1t might be better for them II the silver
records OF certain other newspapers were
as straight ana consistent as THE HER
AIDS.
But while this paper has ever stood and
now stands squarely for freq coinage at the
present ratio, we do not propose TO aban
don every other principle. especially as the
hope of achieving the reconciliation Of
silver at this time is vain and idle. We be-
lieve free coinage will come. The people
want il and they will bring it about But
the state JoiNaal and al other papers which
are conducted on the one idea principle
may as well understand now as wait for
years to learn it, THAI silver will never be
remonetized as the result OF Independent
political action; that is to say, DO third
party will ever be able to bring it about
The principle involved is not partisan, and
se hfaf 10
great parties will divide. The Republican
and the Democrat will be alike benefited by
free coinage ami more money, and their ad-
vocacy Of the cause of silver will not make
them less Republican or Democratic. They
are not going TO leave their respective par
ties because all their associates do not agree
with them in all things The friends OF sill
yer will keep on working industriously for
the cause, and for Democracy and Republi-
canism at the same time, neither Of which
is antagonistic to silver. Republicans and
Democrats who believe in silver viii be sent
to Congress wherever it is possible to elect
them, aad one of these days free coinage
bill will be passed. Ia that way justice
will be done.
But what will ever come from the course
pursued by our fanatic silver contemporsr-
iesl Suppose Nevada should send to the
electoral college three men directed to vote
for Mr.. WEAVER or some other man who
will pledge himself if chosen president not
to veto q free coinage bill, what would be
the resulta Would the silver cause be ad-
vanced a pega Would the election of Mr..
CLEVELAND or MIR. HARRIsoN be defeated .
Would not the result be the throwing away
Of Nevada's electoral vote and the Rntagon-
lzing of whoever may be inaugurated pres
ident. Would not the state stand alone as
regards the great parties, and be in a posi-
ton where she could not ask even respect
ful consideration by the ruling political or
ganization!
THE HERALD would like it better If the
Reno journal and other Democratic news
papers would stop their nonsense and while
working for silver do it in an intelligent
manner, at the same time retaining princi-
pies which are quite as important as free
coinage. 1t is never well to bite of the
nose 10 spite the face.