The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-24
WORK WITHIN TIE PARTIES.

An Idaho Miner" in communication
to The HERALD berating the Democratic
and Republican parties, asks The HERALD,
which he regards las the friend of the
poor people and the working classes" why
this paper does not support the Third or
Peoples party, and thus help to bring re-
lief to the western states which are being
paralyzed by the destruction Of the silver
mining industryp The point of all our
correspondent writes is slated in the lines
we have quoted.
TIE HERALD appreciates the situation
fully. We know that mines are being shut
down every day, aud scores of men
thrown out of employment. We know
that other mines are worked at a
loss to the owners who are considerate of
their men and who live along in the hope
that every week will bring rise in the
price of the white metal, and thus make
mining profitable We know how the west
is suffering from the assault on silver, and
we fear it will suffer more, as the effects of
closing mines and shortening pay rolls be-
come more general. This is a disastrous
year for the great industry of the far
west, and the suffering is not confined to
those Immediately engaged in that indus.
try. The depression in mining is affecting
iniuriously every business and industry.
All this is known to THE HERALD and
yet we cannot see how the advocacy Of the
cause of the Third party would tend
anything We assume that nobody is so
verdant as to think the election of General
WEAVER is among the possibilities In our
opinion not single electoral vote will be
cast for the man. But suppose WEAVER
were to receive the votes of all the mining
states, what would be the result. They
wouldn't make him president; they
wouldn't confer on him any more power
than he enjoys today; they wouldn't en-
able him to do one thing for silver which
be cannot do equally well now Let US 20
farther and indulge more in the improb-
able; let US suppose that enough votes
were cast for General VIEWER to elect
him president, and that he were duly in
augurated, and then let US ask any intel
gent person how the cause of silver would
be thereby advanced peg? The pres
ident does not make the laws, and
as matter OF fact mighty few
laws are made in accordance with his re-
commentator. Congress is the power to
which we must look for the necessary
legislation to restore silver to its rightful
position. The president is weak and power.
less in the matter, Whatever may be his
disposition.
And herein is the "poir teri which should
guide the voters. Instead of running off
after strange gods. instead of attem pting
vain things as in the election of WEAVER if
the silverite voters would see to it that Re-
publicans and Democrats friendly to the
white metal were sent to Congress the
legislation needed would be sooner OBJ
tanned. THE HERALD does not believe
there will ever be a third party big enough
to control Congress; we do not believe a
formidable party can be established on the
single Issue of silver; but we do believe
enough Democrats and Republicans who
believe in silver can be elected to Congress
to do something for the white metal. We
believe the remedy for the existing evil
can be found in the old parties, but not in
new and cranky organizations. If our COR
respondent will drop the WEAVER nonsense,
fall back into line with his party and help
elect to Congress man who can be relied
upon to vote for the rehabilitation of silver.
he VIII do all in his power to "help to bring
relief to the western states which are be-
ing paralyzed by the destruction of the
mining industry"