The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-25
UNWISE DEMOCRATS.

The Democrats of Arapahoe county,
Colorado, the county in which Denver is
situated, held their convention on Monday
for the election of delegates to the state
convention which viii convene to-day. The
county Democrats adopted resolution de-
claring for the free and unlimited coinage
Of silver. That was all right. Democrats
throughout the west and south believe in
silver, and many of their conventions have
SO declared. They are generally sending
free coinage delegations to Chicago, which
is also the thing to do AT present there is
no means of knowing just how strong the
silver sentiment will be in the great con-
vention. 1t is certain that 1t will be for
midable, and we hope it will be powerful
enough to incorporate in the platform an
unequivocal free coinage plank and thus
commit the national party to the work of
restoring the white metal to its rightful
place in our monetary system.
But the Denver Democrats went fur sher
than any convention of the party has here
tofore gone. A resolution to endorse the
candidate for president the Chicago con-
ventlon might nominate was voted down
showed UNDER" The HERALD's cor
respondent writes it. That was wrong. 1t
was not good Democracy and it was
mighty bad politics. 1t is good Democracy
for Democrats to go with their party, and
it is bad politics for individuals or factions
to ''bolt" whenever they don't get all they
want. Let US suppose the Chicago con-
vention shall contain q majority of dele
ho not fou 10 ~
coinage of silver, or who do not think it
wise to make that an issue this year; in
that case the platform will be silent or non
committal on the subject, and the nominee
for president will naturally be man who
is in sympathy with the majority Our
Colorado friends would then repudiate the
platform, reject the nomination and &c
where? OF course they would
be out of the party and cease
they go for consolations How would they
help themselves! What could they do for
silver! The Republicans could offer them
no comfort, for the Minneapolis convention
will certainly straddle the silver question
and nominate a man who has let it be
known that if free coinage bill ever
reaches him he will promptly veto it. The
Colorado Democrats would derive very
little satisfaction from nominating a silver
man, who could never be heard of again
In short, any course they could pursue out
size of the Democratic ranks would lead di
rectly to their own discontinue.
Western Democrats should look at thi
matter intelligently and not in passion.
they will be guided by wisdom it will b.
only q little while before victory i
achieved. Common sense should tell then
that success can be attained only within tn
party, every man doing his utmost not T.
destroy the organization, not to encourag
factions and lead men to political self
destruction, but to bring the party to thei
way OF thinking, all the time being loyal t
the Democracy, that loyalty being show
in one way by bowling to the will of tn
majority.
AS for the Chicago convention and wha
it will do, of course nobody can truly spea
with authority. We believe, however, tina
the platform declaration on silver will b
satisfactory to all save the silver fanatic
who have wrought themselves into fur
over the failure of Congress to pass fire.
coinage bill. We believe the declaration wi
commit the party to bimetallism and loo
to the early restoration of silver to the DC
sition which it occupied previous to it
demonstration by Republican congress
We also believe the presidential nomine
will DE man who can stand squarely o.
such plank without doing violence to hi
personal ideas on the subject. The pla,
form and the candidate VIII be such as t
command the respect and support Of al