The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-30
GONE MAD.

We fear the people of Colorado are losing
their heads. Much silver has made them
mad. Unfortunately the affection is con-
fined to no class, but includes ali, without
regard to conditions or circumstances. A
good deal of this insanity could be endured
if it were restricted to Republicans. 1t
would not make much difference whether
they wrecked themselves on slyer-bssring
rock or anything else, so long as they are
bent on destruction. But when Democrats
persist in going insane, or at least in doing
''crazy things," 1t is annoying.
If one didn't know better he would get
the impression from reading the Colorado
papers that the Centennial state was about
to proclaim control Of the United States,
and announce to the other members of the
federation that they couldn't be "in it,"
except on certain conditions. The Repub-
licans are going to Minneapolis, to make
war upon every man who does not say that
the free and unlimited coinage of silver,
and that too, right now, is the only thing
that will save the republic from Immediate
collapse. The Democrats are going to
Chicago with the same clay out" The
two national conventions being over, the
Colorado Democrats and Republicans are
coming home and, pooling their
issues, are going to proceed and elect 9
President and Vice President upon a solid
! silver PLATFORM in that way showing the
efete east what great western state car
do in an emergency.
Now all this is very big and very formid
able as it appears in the newspapers. We
l do +ba4 rh1 oF OIL a.
citizens really believe what they read in
their journals, and actually think that il
/ neither the Chicago convention nor that al
Minneapolis puts itself squarely erect or
the silver question, the jig will be up with
both the great parties. To other people
the Colorado folks are simply making them
selves ridiculous. Colorado is q great state
, in the extent Of its territory and in the
. esteem Of its patriotic citizens, but when
we come to size it up and give 1t its plac,
R in the councils of the nation, we find tina
e Of Lightweight United States Senators i
has just two, of 1855 members of the Houst
Of Representatives it contributes one, ant
= Of 444 votes which will be cast in the cleo
e toral college all of three will be deposited
by the Centennial stated We are awar
that this showing does not compoFt vel
u with the professions of the Colorado pres
= at this time, but the exhibition has tn
l. virtue of being correct
It is to be regretted that the good peepl
d on the other side of the range are maxim
# such ludicrous spectacle Of themselves
t 1t is to be regretted that they blind thei
eyes to the situation, and take q cours
he
9 are all quite as deeply intereste
% as they can possibly be- Any pei
n son of ordinary intelli gence know
as well to-day as he will kno1
4. after the conventions adjourn, tha
- an open advocate OF free coinage will nc
n be nominated either at Minneapolis G
CHICAGO Everybody knows that II sue
an advocate were nominated he would b
"A literally swept out Of existence at the pol
- in November, and with him would 60 tn
"A party which made him its standard-bearel
Everybody knows that the free coinage
silver will not be made an issue in TIL
~ years campaign, because neither party ha
Is the courage to put it forward. Thel
n what sense is there in the holy spectac
which the Colorsdoans are presenting
Because our aeighbors cannot obtain ;
"a once what they want. why should the
in take leave of their senses and run aroun
4 in search of stone walls against which
beat their heads?
The thing for Colorado to do, as IL is tt
no thing for all the friends of silver to do,
"a to go with their respective parties to Mi
,r neapolis and Chicago, and labor for Il
al best recognition it is possible to obtain fl
the white metal. Having done that, thu
should continue the agitation, continue tt
to campaign of education, and not get m,
on and destroy themselves. u the Colorat
er people obey their newspapers, the vote
a the Centennial state will be counted amor
the scattering, for there is not anoth
state in the Union whose press Is
s. reckless and desperate, or whose peor
ka can be lead into theldiotic course which O
sy neighbor is pursuing.