The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-17

Washington, Aug. 16.-[SpeciaL lone
not acquainted with the facts that tell
in the determination of political conven-
lions can scarcely realize the important
effect the elections of this fall in the
west will have on the silver question
and the candidates to be nominated in
1896.
IF the west had combined with the
south on politics we should have had
free silver long ago" said Richard P
Bland to The Herald correspondent today
1.-The Democratic party, that is, the
great majority of the Democratic voters,
who control the party, are IN favor Of
bimetallism, realizing it is for the benefit
of the miners, the farmers and the labor
ing men. But they have always been
placed in a peculiar situation; as the
natural allies of the southern Democrats
on this question, the western states,
have been Republican.
"If the west were Democratic today
if it had been Democratic, u offered 2
chance of being Democratic in 1892
Cleveland would never have been noui
mated at the Democratic convention. But
the southern Democrats looked to he
west and saw no hope there They had
to form an alliance that would ri! e them
the number of electoral votes requisite
for victory and, therefore,, were compel
led to seek the strength In the east,
where the sentiment is unfaVorlble to
silver.
Between West and South.
For the next presidential erec-ion I
shall be in favor of Il reorgI u:<tt!on of
the Democratic party that snail effect
an alliance between the west ind the
south on the silver and other questions
and make it unnecessary for the party
to consider the strength among the enc
mics of silver as at all necessary. II
the alliance can be formed and the south
ern Democrats feel assured of enough
electoral votes in the west 10 cover their
losses in the east there can be no doubt
of the nomination of free silver can
didate and the passage of a free silver
bill.
No Republican Free Silver.
cit is not likely that the Republican
party will come out for free silver All
! its strength in that line lies n mi
nority that cannot control the party. The
Democratic has always been he silver
party. 1t is from them that the voting
strength has come. 1t is but natu al
in view of the principles of the two rar-
ties that this should be so. The Re
publican strength lies too much in New
England for a hope that the party VIII
come to free silver.
ION the other hand, the principal
strength CT the Democrats now lies in the
south and the middle states, which are all
in favor of free silver. With the cleo
toral votes, of CALIFORNIA, Oregon, Wash
b IL I y
tana, Idaho and the other states they
would have no reason for concilitating
the anti-silver element in the east and
could come out in favor of free coinage
Between Money and Voters.
This expresses the views of all the free
silver Democrats. IT will be The en-
deavor this year to carry all the west and
middle states on this issue and thus con-
solidate their strength So that it will be
come square issue between the money
power and the voters of the west and
south The situation is plain. A con-
tinued alliance of the west with the hide
bound monopolists and gold bugs Of Ney
England will drive the Democratic free
silver men to some concession so that the
ground may not be entirely barren for
them in the east.
If the alliance continues the western
party to free silver. 1t is too much
Street for that The only hope is the
unity of the west and south, a cutting
loose from the conservatives in the east
and a strong fight made IN the one issue
that will be paramount after the tariff
question is disposed of. Bryan IN NeD-
raska. Bland and others in Missouri Mac
Veagh and Fithian. with strong support
ers in Illinois are already to the front and
will work for this corsummation. With
the west and south on the silver question
it is case fitted by the old saying
UNITED we stand; divided we fall;
That is why the Democrats are looking
with hope to Titan, Idaho, Wyoming and
the other western states and trusting that
the people will see the necessity that eX-
lists for the presentation of strong
front.