Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-31
SILVER Is DEFEATED.

SILL liz II UltLAlIDs
The business for which Congress was
called together in extraordinary session
on the 9TH OF August has at last been
accomplished. The repeal Of the pur-
chasing clause Of the sherman law has
been decided upon by both branches
Of the national legislature.
In come respects this session has
been the most notable and Interesting
in all cur legislative history. The
Senate particularly has distinguished
itself for abundance Of speech, dilstori.
ness Of action, vaclilatiln IA leader.
ship, rertinacity for hlibustering, and
obsilnaoy against reason. The House,
by comparison, has fairly carried OH
the honors Of promptness, sobrieiy aud
dignity over the upper branch. The
President comes out Of the stfugglu
with all the credit that belongs to un-
faiterlng purpose and incorporating
flrmness In cause right or wrong for
TO all appeals 10 recedc from his de-
mand toruuoondiiional repeal--appeals
that must have been surely the greatest
temptation ever party chief was ~
sailed with-he returned an emphatic
and Underwriting refusal. All In all,
we arr bound TO regard the question nj
lssue aud the session ituelf as having
developed high sincerity associated
with patience, and determined courage
coupled with conviction.
The sympathies Of this paper have
been with the minority, aud 40 long as
the later calamity contested their
ground within the legitimate limits Of
debate we applauded them. When
they went beyond those limits aud
fought, not In the hope OF converting
any one or changing the inevitable,
but simply 10 fe.ari ana coufu-e tho
will OF tho majority, We criticized
them. Legislative contests nre not
settled that way. Reason Is the only
legitimate weapon IN such warfare. II
that fails once, II must wait for another
opportunity. In America the majority
rules, and he who would defeat the
honest will Of the majority, must DO
deemed an enemy 10 our Institutions,
Not that the majority Is always right;
far from IT, The minority OF TO-DAY
may be put In power tomorrow. Our
history h full Of such changes almost
as rapid NJ the passing u two days.
Tho people are not long In Ending out
what they want anu In doing their
part toward getting II. "You cannot
fool oil the people all the time"
Our confidence Ia that tho people. n
majority Of them ana at no distant date
majority Of their representatives. viii
come to the side Of the present minor.
ity In this matter Of silver. We believe,
Furthermore, that their conversion will
be- haslened by the seton now taken;
In other words, that the quickest way
10 liit silver up is 10 strike IL ruthlessly
down, There never hns been au
attraction for US Ia the proposition to
oompromise-to resort to that would
be but TO postpone the Issue. Now
we know wheS We stand. The major.
ily think the country can travel better
on the gold path. They have elected
TO tTy IT, II tbs result shall rrove that
they were right, We were properly
defeated. II not, our triumph will be-
the sooner our Qualification thu more
complete. Itlhrre IL any merit In uug
cause, II will not be- Loot through being
delayed.
An analysis Of the vote on the quus.
tion Of repeal gives nJlle gtluni for
rejoicing am Ius the aIhereut, OF
any party. section, rather tnan polI,
ties, determined the result. Generally
speaking, the Lac, wasior it, the YVES.
against D.; tut there aru exceptions tu
this division, the sou,h made its
passage lossib.e by abanuuuiug the Oh,
stTuctlou policy TO which 10 hau form,
eTly acgedcd, this, however vilhuu
abandoning a iuuduess Tor the wit,
metal. The houors Of Tue clo.iu.
debate on the negative side clear )
belong to tue Republicans, AID UWhl
nearest noighuOrs can De mvutouuu
with pride. Nothing more imprgs.iy,
could oe imagined than the last ap.
peal made by Senators Teller Of Colo,
RADIO, Jones OF N,vada, Uul Dubois 10
llahoi while W1loitl ani stewar.
viii need none other tnan their recon,
ON this OH to euliIle them to warn
place In Western remembrance. NJ