The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-06-02
PROVO CITY.
A BUSY SEASON.

NOTWITHSTANDING UCdn suffers III
common with her sister territories and
states in the terrible depression pre-
vailing all over the business world, she
is just entering upon campaign, or,
rather, a series of political campaigns
the most important in (which she has
ever wrought or fought. These COM
ing struggles are to be fraught with the
veal of the new commonwealth, and
in order to launch the new state under
conditions hopeful of the grand future
DOW just beginning to unfold and
glimpses of her future dimly coming
into view, the people Of Utah must
hasten to study the complex interests
of her people, and the means best cal
culated to push these to their highest
destinies with the least expenditure of
time. She occupies the central and
commanding position In a series of
states of this mountain region, and to
her care is confided interests as grand
and as important as eyer beckoned pa
triots to lofty policies and determined,
manly and correct action.
Throughout this vast mountain ex-
panse we have one grand, overlapping
interest leading and excelIing all else,
overshadowing all else, silver. Her
destiny for the future, Utah will
bravely meet. That is, to lead in the
great work OF restoring to its old Of
fees of money, q marker of value, the
full equal of gold, and the no-less i'm
portant task OF fixing this condition as
permanently as the giant mountains
from which the favorite money of the
ages is dug. She cannot, she dare not
confde this holy task, this all import
ant work to the republican
party, That party first laid
violent hands upon this product.
No one ever dreamed of dis
honoring silver until the republican
party by a trickery unworthy of the
sleight of hand people, destroyed its
money functions at the bidding of the
gold spectators of Europe and the
east. Surely, surely such an interest,
such care will not be returned to
those traitors to the west by whose un
faithful and traitorous acts to the peo-
pie of this rich and once prosperous
region have been reduced from af
Auence to almost abject beggary. 1t
would be presumptuous to ask it and
most unwise to concede it.
We are asked to conide the care of
the new state now forming here, to the
party which debased silver and in doing
go precipitated panic which has SO
depressed values while increasing the
purchasing power Of their gold that one
dollar now will purchase more than
two would then. Win the people of
Utah do this utterly foolish thing?
We trow not. If she will not, she must
now take off her coat and 60 to work |
as she has never done before, or this |
evil will sit astride of her neck for her |
first quarter of century of statehood. |
All other issues pale before this one
in Importance. We must avert it and
the only way to do it is to elect her
last territorial as her first state admin
istration, truly, strongly and fxedly
democratic, her constitution must also
be built by strong democratic hands.
To accomplish all of this we must see to
it that the most complete organization
is had and the most determined ana
faithful work is done. Preliminary
work of organization is being done,and
we'll done. 1t must be continued until
he final victory is won in November
next. If we fight under the free coin
age banner victory can never be doubt
tul, if we do not so fight we have no
assurance whatever. Let us choose
wisely and without prejudice. &