The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-12-05
bEIlFTLING SILVER,

In their efforts to excuse the silver
situation and to gather what comfort
they may in the present dark outlook
for the money metal of the ages. many
papers. even some sound democratic
papers, are saying practically, Oh!
rshaw! the world can get on without
silver, it was never much Of money
ANYHOW. This is like dishonoring your
own father. Such policy is unseemly
and unbecoming in any state of this
union, but more so in silver produc-
ing state than in any other. With all
their long continued hostility to silver,
it may be said truly that the people |
have never for one moment accepted |
the idea that silver has been really de-
monetized forever and all. The great
masses of the people think, and truly,
that the present cloud resting upon
this favorite money is but temporary
one, and it will pass away one of these
fine mornings. as suddenly and as
promptly as it arose III 1878 1t is
really touching to note the numbers
and respectability of the men OF the
west who hold these views. The num-
bar is daily increasing. The logical
result mustibe inevitably some sort of
competent restoration which will re-
store, in part, if not in full, the old
time honored money metal of the
masses. In western parlance, We say,
gold has got ''the bulge" on silver.
That is SO, but silver and its friends
have been asleep for twenty-one years.
They are awakening, The effect
of the awakening can only be restora-
ton. 1t is only Freedoms battle,
once begun is bequeathed from oleed-
ing sire to son. Though often lost is
ever won. The fidelity of the masses to
the white metal money is notable and
it must result in bearing the strong
arms of the people in its defense ulti-
mately. 1t illbecomes western,
especially Utah paper, TO seek to
withdraw from its support at this
time, the time of its greatest need. 1t
is true that Grover CleI eland, the head
OF the silver party of the nation, is IN
faithful to this money metal; out is
that sufficient reason why the masses
or any one else should abandon the
faith and go over to the enemy? Is it
not rather reason why they should
gather all the more closely to It's sup
port?
When Benedict Arnold in the dark
est hour of our national life, left the
ranks of the patriotic contineutals, nc
one went with him, but ali drew closer
about the standard of freedom. and
ultimately the cause of the people
won. So it will ever be, SO il will be
with silver. The New York bankers,
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Carlisle, Mr.. Cor
man and many other democrats have
.aSrrendered to the John Sherman
g0loISUs, Dut for ali that we maintain
that the rank and file of the democracy
of the nation are true to the money of
the democratic party; they are also to the
other fundamental doctrines of the
party. Now is the day when we need
and must have the undivided voice of
the party on this matter. We must
lop off the halfway democrats who
ignore the silver tenet of the faith.
The party which will yet restore
silver is the party of which it is still
the chief tenet of faith, the redeemed
and restored free silver democratic
party of the nation. The fight is likely
to be long, severe and hotly contested.
but it will, it must be, ultimately sue
cessful because it is right, and the six
thousand years of experiment with it
has fully demonstrated its adaptability
to the uses and behoofs of mankind.
Never fear for silver. 1t will yet be
fully restored and never to be again
dishonored by John Sherman or Grover
Cleveland.