The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-08-24

Editor Public Opinion.
l have been requested to write fo
your valuable column upon the finan-
cial depression which has borne 81
heavily upon the American people dur
ing the past two years. There are
several great causes which have con
tributed to this great financial depres-
sion, First. The decentralization o
silver, by the republican party on the
18th day of February, 1873. Mr.. Sher-
man on calling up the bill made five
minutes talk on the question, during
which talk he said, 81 will state that
this bill will not probably consume any
more time than the time consumed in
reading it."
Think of that. A. measure which
was to effect the value OF every acre of
land, every piece of personal property
and every dollar of Indebtedness,
national state, municipal and indlyidu-
al between the two oceans, which COM
pletely changed every existing equality,
was not to consume any more time
than the time consumed in reading it. .
Great Heavens, but wasn't John Sher-
man progressive in his ideas of doing
great things! But no more so than the
tae rest of his party, for with both
houses Overwhelmingly republican,
they passed the bill with a whOop. sent
it to President Grant and before he
knew the meaning of the measure the
great bill was signed, became a law
and one hall Of our money system des-
troyed, by the foulest piece of legis-
lation that was ever put upon the
statute books of this country. Not
only this but they kept it demonetized
for the 20 years aud 20 days which they
remained in power afterward, and at
this late date, we hear them shouting,
as pitiful excuses, that their great
party leaders and statesmen didn't
know what they were doing, or the
effect it would produce when they
passed that legislation" Ii this is
true, then such party is unfit TO gov
ern free people, and by all means it
should never be entrusted with power
again, and permitted to enact greater
plumbers and then play ignorance after
wards as an excuse. But of all the
assumptions that were ever presented
by human beings, it is certainly the
most crystalized, when you hear repub-
Leans accusing the democratic party as
being guilty of that crime. On this
latter proposition l had forgotten
their claims, that they ''forc9d the dem
ocracy to give Utah statehood" Bah!
Bah! BAIL 1t is in harmony only with
Charley's instructions, "claim every
thing" which is good for our party,
whether you believe we passed it or
not" but charge everything that is
evil to the party no matter whether
they are responsible or not. In the
name of common justice, will not such
statements or sentiments as these drive
honest republicans from their ranks?
All are convinced of the fact that this
act of legislation has contributed as
much as any other one thing to the
financial depression. There are other
causes which we desire to take
up in their regular order, in future
viz: az. Tie
system of taxation by raising funds to
run the government, pursued by tie
republican party for tue past thirty
years. ~. The Mckinley and Reed
C ongress together with its legacies
left upon the American people, and
last hut not least, the lack OF patriot
ism displayed by the republican party
since their defeat in 1892. AL. Of
which causes have contributed to the
financial depression, but none of them
Can be traced logically to the democracy,
from the TACT that the great depression
was upon the country at the time the
democracy come into power.
as we'll might you charge the repub-
Iican party which come into power in
1861 with being the sole cause of the
great civil war, and the cause of all
the troubles which were on the country
at that time, as to charge the democ-
rAcy with being in any manner respon'
sible for the troubles that were on the
country at the time that party come
into power, March 4tb, 1898.
Respectfully,
A. d. CASH.