Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-22

Of unconditional repeal must be beaten,
but 1t seems at this distance as n the
writer had permitted his inclination
that way to get little the better Of his
judgment.
Governor Pennoyer is much better
known to the average reader, not only
M an official but "a a writer and speaker.
He lie quite as radical In his pro.sllvor
views as IL Governor Waite. but 20
Tar has paused this side tue CORY
panorama which the Coloradoau
preGgures. The OregonisnS chap
ter Ia onti led cater the Four Hun
bred Years, WHAT" CHANGING briefly
at the Worlds Fair, ami showing how
appropriations to II are illegal because
Of mailing the man who cannot nitoi o
pay for the one who can, In contrast
with the manner In which Coiumbu|s
expedition was provided, he comes
drawn by easy stages to the currency
question. History from remote periods
IL resoried to to show the origin and
philosophy Of currency. The rise,
progress and fall OF the Roman empire
cofrespoudod with the product aud
failure to produce metallic treasures,
and Ivy the writer's own process OF
reasoning he makes II plainly appar'
ent as an undeniable truth that the
decline into the dark ages following
the Christian era was the direct result
OF diminutlon Ia the WORLDS volume
Of money. lie holds that the discovery
Of the PRECIOUS metals In the western
hemisphere "bfoks tho bands Of this
[Eutopeanl slavery ani disenthralled
Europe nom It, AFFECT condition OF
money servitude."
The reader will not have much
difficulty In discerning at this point
that this governor has constructed for
himself an excellent foundation. To
show that great quantities OF metallic
moneys In n nation, 20 far from being
menace do but raise II from the
social slough Of dsspond and broaden
the minds and quicken the energies
Of iis people, Is certainly very irlini-
tous for one who socks 10 uphold aud
convince others Of the usefulness Of
bimetnllism. OF course with the
precious metal which the United States
produces ~ much Of rs all the rest Of
the world combined, retired perma'
neatly and all transactions adjusted to
the gold scale, II IN easily SEGA that the
volume Of currency must be curtailed
more than ono.half to begin with, aud
the decline that thus sets IN must be
maintained and increased as the "only
money" ENDS itB way into strong
vaults only to emerge ut the call
OF greater Interest and stronger
security than before. And n such
a condition bogrts physiosl decadence
and Intellectual decliuo-a proposition
which It Is easier to deny than over
come-tho governor has made very
strong point, one that, We think, 1t
would have been as well for his whole
article to have rested upon exclusively.
or course, he does not do this. The
difrusiveness characteristic Of most oil
the silver champions crops out here
and there, the resort to glitterlng gene
ralitics having but the effect Of dilut.
ing that which would otherwise be
solid argument. There il much to be
said in favor OF the unlimited use oil
two kinds Of metallic currency on q
parity; but the saying must not be
that OF either the charlatan, the fGna.
tic, the pessimlst or the soothsayor u
have force aud effect. Least " all
must Il bu attended by tho approval oil
the communist or the applause Of th'
meTcenRry and impecunious olacker