The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-17

1nefe Is certainly mucn IiilSdppIe-
hension OF the position Of the staunch
silver advocates throughout the east
and a strong public sentiment against
free silver coinage, as we stated early
in the contest, but were rebuked by
our contemporary in its arrogation
of all the wisdom in existence on the
silver question. Not only many OF
the legislators but the majority of the
masses of the people need education
on money. its origin and uses and the
relation which the two natural money
metals bear to each other. And the
injustice which is done to the silver
men arises from the common belief
that their purpose is to make the
| country pay $1.29 an ounce for some
thing that is only worth in the market
70 cents an ounce. This is why they
think the silver men dishonest.
On the other hand some of the silver
advocates damage their own cause by
imputing evil motives to all who take
the other side of this question If
they believe in silver coinage but yet
| think it is best to clear the Sherman
| 'nake-shift'' out of the way first,
they are denounced as bought by the
goldites or coerced by the President.
If they think the United States cannot
safely establish free silver coinage
alone but that there should be further
endeavors Ito SECURE international
agreement, they are held up as fools
or scrubs or bribed by British
bankers.
Only few days ago our morning
contemporary, which is SO sensitive to
the opinions held about the silver men
senator on the international PROPOSE
ton:
"The mistake he made was in sup
posing that any men who want to re-
peal the Sherman law first and then
have an international conference are
honest
| That is just as bad and spiteful as
anything that is said about the silver
men. 1t does no good. If it has any
effect at all it is for evil. There are
thousands of people who think as do
those men in Congress who are de-
nounced as not honest. and. knowing
sent such unjust aspersions and are
spurred on thereby to continued per-
sistence in their efforts for what they
believe to be right.
| 1t is the same in regard to the at
tacks upon Cleveland and upon pub
lie men who view this subject as he
does The silver fanatics say he is
I@s hi,
goldite. They talk about his hostility
to the white metal and say that he
''denounces silver" But from his
standpoint the extreme silver men are
monometallists. What they demand
he believes would destroy the parity
between the two metals which it is
the declared policy of the government
to maintain. He and the majority of
eastern people believe that the free
coinage of silver would drive gold
from it's place and create discrimi-
nation against it.
Now let it be distinctly understood
that the Herald does not share these
opinions. 1t has so stated and ex-
planned several times and repeats it
find here an opportunity to misrepre-
sent by citing those views as the
position taken by the Herald.
In his letter to Governor Northern.
| in which our morning contemporary
says he 'denounces silver" the Presi-
dent explains:
am friend of silver, but I be-
lieve it's proper place in our currency
can only be fixed by a readjustment
of our currency legislation and the in
auguration of a consistent and COM
prehensive financial scheme. / think
such thing can only be entered upon
profitably and hopefully after the re-
peal of the law which is charged with
all our financial woes. In the present
state of the public mind this law can
not be built upon nor patched in such
a way as to relieve the situation.
In his message to Congress in extra
ordinary session the President says:
IF, as many of it's friends claim, sill
yer ought to occupy a larger place in
our currency and the currency of the
world through general international
| cooperation and agreement, it is
vious that the United States will not
be in a position to gain a hearing
long as we are willing to continue
our attempt to accomplish the re-
suit single-handed."
| Now, however mistaken this opin-
| ion may be, there are hosts of in
telligent people who believe it is
right, and they will not be convinced
of their error by denouncing them as
dishonest or by proclaiming them en-
emies to silver, when they desire its
maintenance on parity with gold.
The New York Herald has this to
say:
1.-THE President is bimetallist as
those men are not who desire free
coinage under conditions which must
drive gold out of the country and es-
tablish a silver recommendation. He
wants "our currency to be of such a
character that all kinds of dollars will
be of equal purchasing power" and
on that basis alone can there be act
ual bimetallism anywhere On any
other there must be recommendation
either of gold or of silver. In any
future and sincere endeavor to adj
| just our currency to the needs of
the people, the advocates of a rat
| ional and safe bimetallism will have
nothing to fear at the hands of the
President"
The Herald thinks the gentlemen
and the papers that take such ground
are mistaken as to the effects that
would follow the restoration of the
free coinage of both metals But
| it does not believe that it will help
the silver cause to misrepresent or
abuse anybody, and is of the opinion