The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-28
MORGAN IN ALABAMA.

Down in Alabama, where Populism
is taking root, Senator Morgan has
been dilating on pure Democracy, a full
growth of which is sure to crowd out
the rank political weed, the seeds of
which are being scattered over the
country. There is some dissatisfaction
on the patronage question in that state.
The President, perhaps, is too slow in
turning the rascals out" and the
Senator has had to meet the diseon-
tent which exists. In reference to this
he remarked: There are higher con-
siderations which appeal to statesman
ship and love Of party than mere per-
sonal gain. We should not endorse an
administration, my fellow citizens, sim
ply to make fair weather for a postof-
fee"
The Senator's position in reference to
the issues of the hour are summed up
in four chief points as follows:
First-The field for presidential can
didates must no longer be confined
to New York
second-The income tax is not sec
tional and is quite as fair as the cotton
tax.
Third-She state bank should be the
rival of the national bank with
honest men to control, and with a gap
ing penftentiary to receive law-break-
ers, enough good banks would spring
up to consume all the gold and silver
mined. You would find that all the
I repressive measures against silver, en-
acted by the Republicans, would be
nullif1ed. Then men would not go to
New York, but to one of these banks
when they needed money"
F'ourth-The constitution contem-
plates the increase of the volume Of
true money from the coinage of both
gold and silver, and the laws following
have contemplated that whatsoever
shall dig gold or silver and bring it to
the mint shall have it coined without
charge.
Mr.. Morgan clinched his silver point
by declaring: THE right to coin is
inherent in the constitution, and they
may call me what they please. but I will
die in my tracks. before I give up a
single right" That will commend it
self to the people of this region as we'll
as those in the South, and it will be a
good thing when the Democratic party
becomes united ON this vital question.
The Republican party need not be
looked to for the rehabilitation of silver
because it has been its persistent ene-
my for quarter of a century On this
point the Denver News says:
The people of Colorado ought not to
vote with or for party that has made
as straight and as persistent a record
against silver as has the Republican
party. 1t was the Republican party
that swindled the silver men with the
Sherman purchasing law, and both
Senator Sherman and eX-President
| Harrison have positively stated, one of
them at least over his own signature,
| that the passage of the law was Sc
cured to prevent the adoption of a free
coinage bill. 1t was President Harri-
sons secretary of the treasury who or
dered silver coinage to cease under the
act of July IA, 1890. 1t was the same
secretary who ordered the treasury
notes. issued in payment for silver bull
lion and which the act expressly provi-
ded should be redeemed in gold or
silver coin. to he redeemed in gold only
| 1t was John Sherman who first intro
duced a bill to stop the purchase of sill
yer and who, with Tom Reed and other
| Republican leaders in both houses OF
Congress. has persistently championed
every measure for the degradation OF
silver. The vote on every bill affecting
silver in Congress shows that the lar
ger proportion of Republican senators
and representatives are hostile to silver
and devoted to the gold power
Senator Morgan has the courage OF
his convictions and is thoroughly hon
est in them. He yields strong influence
as a legislator and while he represents
the State of Alabama in the Senate of
the United States, the south and the
west may count upon him as a sturdy
and stalwart champion of silver.