The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-14
The Ohio Situation.


There are good prospects for Democratic
success this year in Ohio. Ii a popular
man is put up Tor governor and strong
aggressive platform is adopted, the state
may be carried by the Democracy. This
is predicated on the recent Republican
performances there.
Learning nothing from the repeated
decisions of the county against the high
protective policy which reached its culmi-
nation in the MCKINLEY bill, the Repub-
lican party of Ohio not only renominated
its author for governor but avowed its
adhesion to the old doctrines and the old
methods. In fact the platform adopted
goes MCKINLEYIsM Zone better" and
says: "We cordially declare our adhes-
ion to the doctrines of that great measure,
and favor such amendments thereto for
protection as time and experience may
show to be advisable
That means still higher protection If
deemed necessary to party interests.
Amendments cannot mean reductions
because they are to be ssfor protection
in the party sense, which always means
the protection Of the purchaser. Higher
duties on wool are mentioned as one OF
the amendments that may be "adyisa-
ble.''e
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money is exceedingly vague. The plat
form says: "We favor honest money,
money composed of gold. silver and paper
maintained at equal value and under
national aud not state regulations. The
course of the present administration on
the financial question is denounced, but
what the Republican party would do if in
power is not stated in any definite way.
! Who does not believe in ''honest
/ money?' Is there. anyone who wants
dishonest money as the currency Of the
country? The platform does not explain
what the party considers to be honest
money nor even hint at the ratio which
silver should bear to gold as coin.
Governor MCKINLEY, in his speech &C
cepting the nomination, was as much be-
hind the times and as obscure on the
| financial question as the platform
adopted. He also descended to the plane
of the pot mouse politician in demagogi-
cal attacks upon the present administra.
ton. He endorsed the platform and tina!
adopted at Minneapolis, of course. He
wanted to know if the SHERMAN act was
the cause of the present financial distress
why CLEVELAND does does not convene
Congress and repeal the law, and he walled
over the fact that ''three months have
gone by, Congress is unconvened and 1T;
assembling in extraordinary session il
now as doubtful as it was three months
ago.
This was spoken two days after thu
publication in every paper in the land o
the Presidents statement that Cougres:
would be convened in extra session il
September, if not earlier. AS to whaf
ought to be done on the silver question
Governor MCKINLEY like the platform
had nothing to say that anybody can I'M
derstand. He spoke of 'sthat standard O
financial honor and national good faitf
which has guided the, Republican party
since its installation to power in 1851
But who can tell what he means by "tha
standard?'' Does he want the Sherman
law to stand, or does he want it repealed
and what is to be the silver and gold par
| ity which ought to be maintained?
No one can tell whether the Ohio Re
publicans lay the blame of the financia
situation on the SHERMAN law or OF
what. 1t was Republican measure il
every respect. 1t was endorsed by TIL
Ohio Republicans when enacted and on
year later. Is that the standard the,
want maintained? Who knows.
The Democratic party in Ohio SHOULD
come to the front and show that it is
party OF progress and of definite principle
and intentions, McKinleyism he's beef
twice overwhelmingly defeated in til
country and can be overcome in tina
state. 1t is all the Repu blicans have t
, cling to after they have seen its repudia
ton throughout the land, and their fee
, BILE position ought to be sign to til
Democracy that the hour of the party ha
, come in Ohio also.