The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
NEW YORK PRESS -pLArIrunEs.

The New York Press, on which country
Republican papers rely. for protection
pabulum and anti-Democratie catch para
graphs, asserts, ssexplicitly and directly,
that the prevailing conditions of disaster
have been brought about by the threat Of
Democratic free trade,'' and goes on to
say that none of these financial and in
dustrial evils would have taken place if
BENJAMIN HARRISON had been elected in
stead of GROVER CLEVELAND. And "the
Press challenges Democratic newspapers
to deny this statement. -
The denial of this nonsense is in the
facts OF the situation. They remain and
speak for themselves, in spite ofrwhat
Republican papers wildly assert, even
though no Democratic papers denied or
noticed the assertion. The Press knows
that such unsupported say SOS are mere
demagogy; nothing but tricks of pot
house politicians.
The idea that what the Press calls the
threat of Democratic free trade has
caused ''the depreciation of securities,
the paralysis of credit and the stagnation
of INDUSTRIES cannot spring from a
sound and honest mind. In the first
place there has been no Democratic
threat. - either of Stree trade'' or any
thing else. The majority of the people OF
the United States declared at the polls
they had had enough of Republican pro-
lection and the evils it had wrought, and
they demanded tariff reform.
Now to say that after doing this in the
most deliberate and determined manner,
they are so alarmed at the prospect of de-
liyerance from the evils that had been
increasing for thirty years that everything
is financially, industrially and CONNER
cially paralyzed, is to accuse the majority
of the people Of the United States of lu-
macy. The indications are that the no.
ton was put forth by lunatics.
Now who are the alarmists? Are they
not these same demagogues that pretend
to trace the results of Republican rule tt
threats that have never been made anc
to causes that have not yet been set il
motion?
If BENJAMIN HARRISON were in the
presidential chair today, what coule
he DO to stem the tide of disaster
that has rolled over the world, spreading
ruin and dismay in Europe and in Aus
tralia as well as in America? Conld b,
prevent the runs on banks, raise the pric,
of wheat and pork, of oats and rice, O
silver and lead? Could he stop the over
flow of gold to Europe that set in unde
his administration? Could he find en-
ployment for idle hauds and repair thu
ruin that has come from over speculation
followed by a shrinkage and a collaps
!. from depreciation OF securities? Fudge
Every Republican paper that tries t,
deceive the unrefecting public by charg
ing the troubles of the times to Presiden
CLEVELAND, or the Democratic party, i
fibbing, and will find its attacks 8 boom
, erang. The most ordinary people vii
soon appreciate the fact that the presi
dent is sworn to administer the laws as b
} finds them; that the country is under tn
l legislation that Republican congresse
, have devised. both as to finance. and tn
) tariff; that the great disasters of the pas
few months are the elimination of evil
that have been increasing during thirt
2 years of Republican rule; that it wi
take time and legislation and the enforce
} ment of that legislation to remedy til
: wrongs Republicanism has wrought; an
: that not only the troubles existing ar
traceable to that, but the very fear
: which are falsely held up as the cause c
2 those troubles are manufactured by tn
S same dishonest party.
IL is an old political trick. Charg
4 every evil that arises to the party i
power. Even If it is plainly the result
4 the policy of the ''outs,'' debit it to th
'tins.' If food is high or wool is low,
: harvests are bad and industry languishe
q If money is locked up, panics arise an
g banks are broken. say it is the result of
e certain election; that is the polite,
t course of the trumpery demagogue an
the partisan paper without principle