The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-09-22
TELL THE TRUTH.

The western Republican papers, noting
the growth OF the third party, due largely
to accessi0ns from the ranks OF the e. O. p.
on account of the attitude of MIR. HARRISON
towards silver. are trying to check the de-
sertions and bring the boilers back into the
ranks. In reckless defiance of Republi-
can platforms and in the face of MIR. HAIR
R7soN's open and unyielding opposition to
the white metal, these papers keep on in
slstIng that the president is friendly
towards silver, and that his party will give
free coinage before any other. The organs
also continue TO practice deception on the
people by declaring that the Re-
publican Senate passed the free
coinage bill and the Democratic House
defeated it. Technically this is true. in that
the House has Democratic majority and
the Senate a Republican majority; but the
statement is false in so far as it is intended
TO convey the impression that the bill
would have become law if the Republicans
could have had their way. The HERALD
has already published the vote on the bill
IN the two houses, with reference to the
politics OF the members. but inasmuch as
1t mas recently been repeated here that the
Democratic House defeated the biil'' w
republisn the figures.
In the Senate the vote on the STEWART
free coinage bill was, for, %; against, %.
The aye votes were made up as follows:
Democrats, 16; Republicans, II; Alliance,
= The nay votes were IS Republicans and
z Democrats. Thus, while the Republican
Senate passed The bill, 81 per cent. of the
Republicans present voted against it and
only 80 per cent. for it; whereas 20 per
cent of the Democratic senators voted
for the bill and only 30 per cent. against it.
The bill was passed in q Republican
Senate, but by Democratic votes, the Re
publicans voting against it almost as two
to one
In the Democratic House the showing
was much worse for the Repu olicans. The
vote in that branch of Congress stood:
For the bill, Republicans, 11S Democrats
aud 10 Alliance; against the bill, 60 Repub-
licans, "a Democrats. If we anaiyze this
vote we find that IS per cent. Of the Repub-
lican members voted against free coinage,
and only u per cent. far it, whilst only A
per cent. of the Democrats opposed the bill
and 90 per cent favored It.
Free coinage is not an issue in this
campaign as between Republicans and
Democrats, and 1t ought not to be brought
into the controversy. There are friends
and enemies of silver in both parties, AMI
we have always believed that free coinage
will come as the result Of combination by
Democrats and Republicans, and not as
a party measure. One class of citizens
always has been and always will
be opposed to BIZ metallism, and another
and the more numerous though less influen-
tial class want free coinage of the two
metals on equal terms. The differences OF
opinion between these classes regarding
silver, do not cause them to disagree re-
garding political questions and politics
We say that Republicans and Democrats
being in favor of and other Republicans and
Democrats being opposed to free coinage,
and the matter not being an issue, it has no
legitimate place in this campaign; but when
it is dragged in by the opposition the facts
should be stated and the truth told This
being done it viii always appear that Demo
Gratis are better friends TO silver than Re
publicans.