The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-07-03
THE TRIBUNE FEARFUL.

The Tribune is deeply grieved. In an
article through which one may see
tears of detection and hear sobs of bit
ter anguish, our pitiable contemporary
protests against our Sundays exposure
of the Denver silver resolution.
The Utah delegation, fourteen strong,
went down to Denver to demand. first,
declaration by the Republican clubs,
Favorable to bimetaIlism, second, a de-
elaration in FAVOR of the free and I'M
limited coinage of silver, irrespective
of what. other nations might do and,
third, free coinage upon the ratio of IL
to 1. Such plank is sterling silver:
what they got is the following. it is
only thinly sllverplated:
We believe IN the use of gold and silver
as money metals, maintained on a perfect
parity ana lnterconvertbility. We do not
believe that there will be a permanent re-
turn of prosperity to our country until
full use and the highest position of silver
shall be restored, and we favor such leg
lslauon as VIII bring about this result
What does this resolution say? Not
word about free coinage; not a word
about free and unlimited coinage; not
a word about the United States at
tempting bimetallism without the CO.
operation of European powers; not
word about ratio of 16 to l, or any
other ratio; not a suggestion as to how
the two money metals may be main
tanned in perfect parity and inter
convertibility; not word as to what
legislation is necessary to secure the
full use and highest position of sill
YER"
On all these points. which are the
veritable issues Of the silver fight, this
great and glorious resolution is wholly
silent and non-commital. No wonder
that Tom Patterson branded it as the
'leanest, meanest and weakest de-
claration yet adopted by any state. not
excepting even Massachusetts"
This masterpiece of crawfishing does
say two things, first. that the use of
both gold and silver as money metals
is desirable. but even to this moderate
statement the Wall street contingent
tied string. to wit, provided, that
parity and interconvertibility be main
tanned; and second, that return of
prosperity will not be brought about
until silver shall be restored, but even
to this colorless declaration is likewise
attached a string. namely, that such
(what?) legislation is favored as will ac-
complish this result.
And yet Judge Goodwin, who hereto
fore has ben marked by two distin-
gushing characteristics, namely, his
willingness to talk at all times on any
subject, and second, the impossibility
of suppressing him at any time on the
subject of silver, could not be induced
to open his mouth on the silver ques-
ton at Denver. Why? Political con-
si1erauons dictated that however. lank
lean, mean and unsatisfactory that
plank might be, it would not do to op-
pose II openly ana unSucceSsIully ana
THEREBY put whip into the hands of
the Democrats with which to lash the
Republicans in this territory; the judge
and his confreres were outvoted by
their Wall street brethren, and although
they struggled with other silver men
for nine hours in committee to secure
satisfactory resolution, the best express
sion obtainable was non-commital
resolution.
No, Judge. the silver millennium is
not yet at hand. You profess to believe
that the resolution is all you desire;
Wall street accepts it. You favor free
coinage, Wall street is opposed to it.
The resolution straddles the question.