The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-21

ldCL WITHOUT ueidy anu Wllloul cOuul-
tons? Do they not know that in spite
of all the tales to the contrary, the
masses of the people in the east are.
vehemently against unlimited silver
coinage even at the present day?
Grover Cleveland is not the repre-
sentative of one section Of the coun-
try. He is the Executive of the ma
ton He was elected by the majority.
We should not go wild because our
interests and our views of what is
best for the country as well as for
ourselves have not prevailed. Our
rational course is to try and convert
others to our position on this point
and so make a. majority for free silver.
Do not believe the vile accusation
that the great body of the Congress
of the United States either knuckled
down to one man, or went against
theh convictions for sordid purposes,
or voted against the will of their con-
stituents. That is the most despicable
kind of SANDER and the most patent
and foolish sort of falsehood
But why should anybody turn to
Republicanism for comfort as to sill
yer? Were not the Republicans in
Congress in greater proportion accord
ing to numbers. supporters of uncon-
ditional repeal? Did they not claim
when it was done that no particular
credit for it attached to the Demo-
Gratis. because Harrison would have
done as Cleveland did if he had been
President, and the Republican party
was against any other policy? John
Sherman was strongly in favor of kill
ing his own measure. Republican
papers clamored for it. Republican
speakers applauded it's accomplish
ment
Who placed silver in the subordinate
position it has occupied as money
since 1873? The Republican party.
And during all the years it was in con-
troll of the legislative branch of the
government it did not attempt to right
the wrong done under it's auspices. If
that was accomplished by a trick, it
was Republican trick; if by a blum
der, it was Republican stupidity, and
in either case it was never repaired.
The act of supporting Republicanism
in revenge for Democratic action on
silver, is political suicide from polit-
ical insanity
Cleveland has favored tariff reform
as embodied in the Wilson bill. That
contemplates the abolition of duties
on wool and lead. Suppose the results
of that policy should be all that has
been pictured, though they have been
exaggerated out of all likeness to even
the probable reality Again we saw
that the interests of the whole nation
are to be considered by our national
legislators and the national Executive
before those of any one section. And
they are what the President and the
Congress have in mind.
Sectionalism may be defended like
other forms of sheer selfishness from a
local and narrow point of view. But
| if each section of this country is to
demand control on national questions,
what chaotic condition would ensuel
While we have our eyes turned to
local self-interests, the national mana
gers and lawmakers are in duty bound
to ignore the clamors of seetionalism
and not for the whole country.
The Democratic party favor. on
general principles. the admission of
raw materials needed in home MANN
features free of duty, and only a
moderate tariff on such manufactured
articles as are necessary to common
comfort. If in the carrying out of
that policy certain sectional interests
are made subordinate to the general
welfare, that is good government and
in accord with the sentiment, .'The
greatest good to the greatest number"
To condemn Grover Cleveland for SUD-
porting the doctrines and policy on
which he was elected is the very
hight of unreason and inconsistency.
The Hawaiian policy of the Presi-
dent is the only other important thing
I in his present administration to which
exceptions can be taken. The facts
Invested of the rumors, misrepresenta-
tons and claptrap which have tended
to obscure them, are that Cleveland
has simply endeavored, within the
limits of his constitutional authority.
to right a wrong perpetrated under
unlawful exercise of power by a repre-
sentative of this nation. The success
or non-success of his effort has nothing
to do with the propriety and legality
of his acts. And the color or moral
status of the injured party forms no
excuse for injustice. All the buncombe
and spread-eagIeism which have been
INDUCED in ought not to influence lust
and rational people. That SO many
were for a time carried away with it
lis not indicative of independent
thought. And that some Democrats
have Joined in the Republican howl
argues very poorly for their sagacity.
Utah will have no voice or weight in
national affairs or in promoting her