The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-05-18
CITY.
MAY Is, 1884
IT'S SIGNIFICANCE

The true significance of the &C.
ton of the Missouri state con-
yention in endorsing Representative
Bland for the nomination for president,
is that great states entire and COM
plete devotion to the cause, the great
cause Mr.. Bland has SO ably, so per-
sistently and SO bravely championed
for all the years since the discussion
has been going on, or more properly,
since demonetization was effected by
John Sherman's stealhy steal of silver
out from under the people. This &C.
tion of the convention does not indi
cate an abnormal devotion to the per-
sonality of the man, albeit, the people
are warmly attached to the man. 1t
simply tells to the world that the fifth
most populous state in the union-one
of the richest and most progressive of
all the states, is unalterably devoted to
the great cause of the people, to BIZ
metalism. That it fully apprehends
the gravity of the situation we are fac
ing now, and that she goes on record as
opposed in toto to the policy which
robs the wide west to pile up money in
the Golfers of the eastern states, the
eastern bene6ciaries of the policy
which robs the west and south. 1t is
an earnest effort to indicate that
Missouri at least would divide equally
the chances of prosperity between the
east and the west, The west has been
hewers of wood and drawers of water
long enough for the east. A halt is to
be called and Missouri's voice is one of
the first to speak out in the way it can
do so most efeetually.
There is one significant circumstance
in this action of the state named. The
democratic convention of the state but
voices the sentiments of all other
parties in it. The people are practi-
calIy an unit for national independent
action, if needs be. She would not
wait the slow process of interna-
tional action, While preferring it she
would make an effort to force things in
view of the growing distresses of the
people of not the west only, but the en-
tire union. Many people suppose that
the action Of the convention indicates
hostility to Mr.. Cleveland. That is
not 90. The Missourisns are only
opposed to Mr., Cleveland upon
his silver policy. In all other
matters they are thoroughly in accord
with him. They regretfully take is
sue with him on this subject. The
grand qualities of the man are ad-
mired and his principles approved of
entirely, save only on this one count.
The men of Missouri are western, thor
oughly so, and their democracy is
also of the western tinge. They are
honest and earnest and would help the
west and south out of the slough of
despond, especially that in doing so
they will injure no other section-not
that alone, but that they will benefit
all others in interest, save only the
gold grabbing reckless spectators of
Wall street.
Now watch the other state demo-
cratic conventions. Note how nearly
an unit are all the western and south
ern states. One mighty voice will 60
up from them, demanding the ful,
complete and speedy restoration of the
chances of the people destroyed by de-
monetizstion Of silver in '73. Each
western state should send up one
mighty all-prevailing cheer for the
action of the grand convention of the
oldest commonwealth on the sunset
side of the Mississippi.