The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-07
REPUBLICANIsM AND. SILVER.

The candid avowal of Senator ]. P.
Jones that 1.-The Republican organiza-
ton is unalterably opposed to the e-ee
tonnage of silver at the ratio of IS to
1, or at all except with the consent of
foreign governments and at a ratio to
be dictated by Them" ought to he
duly considered by the people of Utah
land the surrounding states and terri
tories. II is. as true as the shining sun
and throws pure light on the silver
situation.
The fact ought to be fully appre-
Iciated that while local Republicans
may be in favor of silver, the party
with which they affiliate and which
for some inscrutable reason they plead
for and support, is the deadly foe of
the white metal and has always been
so, and is the party and tool of the
goldites and bondholders as it has
been of the great trusts and fat cor
Iporations.
The local organ of the party cannot
deny that Senator Jones is one of the
foremost, if not the very highest Ameri-
can authority on the silver question, nor
the Republican party because of it's
deadly hostility to silver is not a great
blow to that. party. But it seeks to
mitigate the severity of the blow by
garbling his words so as to make
pass. at the Democratic party. The
senator did not say, as placed in quo
ltation marks to deceive the readers of
that paper, that Republicans and
Democrats alike worked together for
the repeal of the purchasing clause of
| the Sherman law and it is a false
gether for the decentralization of silver
one and twenty years ago" 1t seems
that the Tribune cannot touch on any
thing honestly and fairly.
The Republican demonetizing act of
twenty-one years ago was rushed
through the House under suspension of
the rules by strict party vote"
In 1876, when the Democrats had a
majority in the House of Representa-
ltives for the first time in sixteen years,
a free silver coinage bill was voted for
Republicans against it.
In 1877 another bill for the free COIN
age of silver was introduced by Demo-
Gratis, 81 of them voting for it and "a
Republicans against it
In 1878 a Democratic silver bill passed
the House over the Republican Presi-
dents veto, which restored the status
of the silver dollar, making it a legal
tender for all debts and dues public
and private, except where otherwise
specified in the contract; 122 Democrats
voted for it and 81 Republicans against
lit.
In 1882 Senator Beck introduced an
amendment to the bill extending ma
tional bank charters, which was in the
line of the free coinage of silver and
expa nsion of the currency; 20 Demo-
cratic senators voted for it but not one
Republican, while 26 Republican sena-
tors voted against it
In 1886 bill for the free coinage of
silver was voted upon in the House of
Representatives; Sc Democrats voted
for it and SO Republicans against it.
In 1890, when the bullion bill was I'M
der way, motion was made to recon-
init the bill and report back a bill for
the free coinage of silver; 1o1 Demo-
Gratis voted for it and 81 Republicans
against it.
The Sherman bill passed the House
June Z, 1890, 134 Republicans voted for
1t and 1l2 Democrats against it.
When another amendment was offer
ed by Mr.. Bland for the free coinage
of silver June 25. 1895, 112 Democrats
voted for and 80 Republicans against it.
In the Senate, when the Sherman bill
was reported, 80 Republicans voted for
1t and rs Democrats against it. ]
In the Senate, October %, 1898. an
to require the coinage of
not less than 100000 ounces OF silver a
month was offered to the repeal bill, 81
Democrats voted for it and 20 Repub-
licans against it.
When the bill for the unconditional |
repeal of the Sherman purchase law
was voted on in the Senate, "a Repub- |
lcans voted for it and 21 Democrats
against it and in favcr of increased cir
The Republican party from the begin |
ming has legislated when it had the |
power in favor of the bondholders and |
bankers and against the body of the
people. Senator Jones has found his
own party silyer's greatest enemy, SO |