The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-09
A HEAVY BLOW TO SILVER.

one OF the results of the Republican
victory in the east is terrible blow to
the silver interest. Bland of Missouri
mas been the most persistent, courage
Gus and able advocate of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
OF sixteen to one that has figured in
the house OF Representatives since the
RECOMMENDATION of the white metal. He
is the author Of numerous silver bills
which have been voted down by the
great body of the Republicans aided by
few goldite Democrats. He is a
straight Democrat and is known as
silver Dick" He is defeated in the
overflow and his place will be filled by
a Republican in the next Congress.
In Ohio and Illinois the Republican
gains are in the same direction. The
campaign was fought largely on the
silver question, and Republican victory
means silver defeat. Senator Jones and
senator Stewart were right in declar-
ing, when they left the Republican
party, that there was mo hope in it
for silver
While our Republican friends are re-
fJolcing over the party victories in the
states, they should remember that it
means continued hostility to silver and
the postponement of it's restoration in
definitely, unless something is done for
it by the Democratic party during the
last session of the present Congress.
1t is scarcely to be expected that
anything definite can be done in that
direction by the Fifty-third Congress.
The votes cast on the question during
the struggle for the repeal of the pur-
chase clause of the Sherman act,
proved beyond question the determined
enmity to silver of the Republicans in
both Houses.
BANDS amendment to the Sundry
Civil bill, providing for the free coin
age of silver at the old ratio, was ruled
out of order by the chairman. On ap-
peal from that decision to the House,
every Republican but seven voted to
sustain the chair; the votes that the
amendment was in order were all from
Democrats but eleven. This was the
final effort in behalf of silver, after va.
rious attempts were made in its behalf
in vain. This was cited by Roswell G.
Horn, Republican. in proof of the point
he desired to establish, namely, that
the entire record of the Republican
party in Congress since 1873 has been
against the free coinage of silver, and
that it has found it's supporters almost
entirely in the Democratic party.
But for the Republican members of
Congress, a silver bill could be passed
while the Democratic party is in con-
troll of both Houses. With the Repub-
licans in the Senate and in the House
almost solidly against free coinage, it
is apparently impossible.
That Utah miners, and others who
see that silver restoration is the great
need of the territory, vote for party
which has demonstrated its hostility to
the white metal in the most unmistak-
able manner, is one of those remark
able inconsistencies to be frequently
found in political history. If there was
sufficient support from the silver Re
publicans Of the Fifty-third Congress
to unite with the Democrats of the
West and the South, silver would stand
a good show for resumption. But with
the Republican majority which will be
found in the Fifty-fourth Congress, sill
yer will have about as much chance as
a balloon in the breath of cyclone.