The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17
FALSE CRIES OF "MuRDER.y

1t is not necessary to notice further
the peculiar antics of the Ogden Stand
ard, but for the sake of our Republican
friends in the Junction City we suggest
that some of them give their alleged
organ few lessons on sheep, sugar
the tariff and silver. so that they may
not be made to blush for the Ignorance
Iof their reputed mouthpiece.
The latest argument (0 it offers to
prove the discontinuance of the coinage
of silver as money by law recon-
mended by Grover Cleveland and pass
ed by a Democratic Congress, is that
"the government has been coming A.
100000 ounces of silver per month I'M
til the Sherman law was repealed,
We pass by the slurs Of the Standard
as to The Herald and the Democrats,
accompanying that display of wonder
full silver information, and come to
simple facts. apologizing to our Graders
who understand this matter for re-
stating so plain proposition. It is
for the benefit of people who have been
deceived by the Republican misstate-
ments about the killing of silver that
we mention the subject again.
The Sherman law provided for the
monthly purchase of 100000 ounces of
silver but not for it's coinage. We will
quote the coinage section of the act
Section 8. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall each month coin two
million ounces of the silver bullion prIr-
chased under the provisions of this
act into standard silver dollars. until
the first day of July, 1891, and after
that time he shall coin Of the silver bull
lion purchased under the pro-
visions of this act, as much
as may be necessary to pro-
vide for the redemption of the Treas
ury notes herein provided for, and any
gain or seignorage arising from such
coinage shall be accounted for and paid
into the treasury
1t will be seen from this that under
the Sherman law no 100000 ounces of
silver have been coined, either until the
law was repealed OF at any time since
its enactment. 1t the Standard did not
know that it should be cautious about
airing itself on something it does moi
understand. If it did know it, and To
make an attack on The Herald or to
deceive the public as to the Democrats
1t told that 100000 untruth, it NAV an
ply to itself all the pet epithets If has
for those persons and papers which OK
pose its perfidy.
The coinage Of silver dollars practi-
cally ceased when there was no neces-
sity for them to redeem the Treasury
notes issued under the Sherman act
They being rcdeemable in coin. and The
policy of the government being to main
ain the parity of the two metals gold
coin was paid by the Treasury on do
nand in redemption of the notes
ssued in purchase of silver bull |
ion And as gold was usually |
demanded, there was no necessity to
'oin silver dollars to redeem them.
Lest the Standard may try to throw |
he odium Of that upon the Democratic |
party, we will add, it was a Republican |
that adopted that pol |
cy and the present Secretary of the I
Treasury considered it necessary to |
ollow in. the line of his predecessor |
Until the obnoxious law could be re-
'ealed. 1t was a Republican schcme
rom start to finish and was designed,
$ Sherman himself admitted to avoid
he free coinage of silver.
Now as proof that in moving for the
epeal of the Sherman purchase pro-
ision. Senator Voorhees, was sincere
a his declaration of the purpose of
he government to maintain the use of
9th gold and silver as the money of
he United States, he has introduced
is bin for the coinage of two millions
er month. We do not say that his
ropositfon is a good one or that it is
satisfactory to the silver men or their
pponents. We merely mention the
let TO show that he did not desire to